To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.
-Theodore Roosevelt, 26th US President (1858-1919)

If only our Fearless Leader (ptui) could be a Republican in this tradition. Oh ... wait a minute ... there was that little matter of the Spanish-American War, which was about as drummed up as the current festivities.

Never mind.