Actually, the various Founding Fathers used much the same terms we do today...the US, America and Americans. One need only go look at some quotes from Madison, Patrick Henry, etc. to find that out. It is in their letters, documents and recorded conversations.
I guess they were just neocon idiots too.
I never said that. Dems are just as guilty as Repubs of using this term too loosely. I'm determined to change the image you guys have of me. I'm not a damn hippie and I have no delusions about vast rightwing conspiracies or left-wing ones for that matter. You see that picture in my avatar? That's me. I'm just a southern democrat--nothing fancy. Nothing diabolical about me. I love this country and I'm just as patriotic as anyone else.
Originally Posted by Gaffer
So what if another set of states united? Could we say we're the United States of America then?
God bless America, but she stole the "b" from bless.
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Well, if things go the way some want them to we might just as well call ourselves Western Europe. The Dems oughta like that!