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Do you consider yourself a proud American?
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Absolutely. I'm an extremely proud American
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I think I'm probably more proud than the average joe.
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When I put my flag up I can't allow it to touch the ground.
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Because I know the lives that were lost and the blood
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that was shed so that I could be here and have a flag.
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Right, how often do you put the flag up?
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Every single day, every single day.
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I started when my daughter was in Desert Storm.
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I have the same flag flying on my front porch
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and the same yellow ribbons
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praying and hoping that my child would come home safe
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and that everybody's child would come home safe.
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And she did.
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And she did.
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You have other family members
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that have been in the military?
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Absolutely. Uncles, aunts, cousins, brothers, father.
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A very strong military background.
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Very strong, my family was--
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my family is what I consider part of the backbone of America.
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It's families like mine and it's not just my family
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there's hundreds of families,
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millions of families out here
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that this country was founded on their backs.
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I have known to be a conservative democrat.
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Yeah, yeah.
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That's what you'd consider yourself now.
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Yeah.
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It's a great country.
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It's a great country. It's a great country.
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The cross that I choose to wear,
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you'll notice that it's a multicultural--
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multicoloured cross.
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That's because I believe
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that all God's people come in many colours.
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And my family itself is multicultural.
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You have a daughter that went into the military?
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Into the military.
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Then your firstborn son in the military?
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Thats quite a gift to the country,
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you know, from your family.
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That's exactly right.
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So having a son in the Army.. pretty proud thing.
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Oh, you know what? He made it.
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What was your reaction to the protesters
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to say the Gulf war or Vietnam..
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I always hated the protesters.
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I always hated the protesters.
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It was just a slap in my face.
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It was just like they were dishonouring my son.
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And I burned in my soul to tell them
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you don't understand.