It’s telling that Rebuplican congressman, Rep. Roger Williams, thinks "patriot" means "opportunist."
He equates the two terms in the first five seconds of this campaign ad.
Dictionary definitions of "Opportunist" include:
"a person who exploits circumstances to gain immediate advantage rather than being guided by consistent principles or plans"
and
"someone who tries to get an advantage or something valuable from a situation without thinking about what is fair or right."
When Rep. Williams and his staffers find their missing dictionary, maybe they can look up "unintentionally" and "revealing."
UPDATE 7/26/14: My apologies: When I posted this yesterday, I didn’t realize that this ad is several years old. I assumed it was new, and therefore more newsworthy, because I saw it posted on Facebook yesterday. That was silly of me. I should have checked the date. I don’t know if the campaign or candidate were ever asked about their misuse and misunderstanding of the word "opportunist," though with 2 million views on Youtube, I imagine it was picked up on and asked about.
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Drew Dellinger, Ph.D., is an internationally known speaker, poet, writer, and teacher whose keynotes and poetry performances—which address ecology, justice, cosmology, and connectedness—have inspired minds and hearts around the world. He is also a consultant, filmmaker, and founder of Planetize the Movement.
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