Re: Please define "patriot" as you would say it
A patriot is someone who takes a hands-on interest in the well-being of their nation. A person who wants their nation to prosper and works in some manner to that end.
Of course, one nation's patriot is often another nation's enemy. So being a patriot is never universally popular. Obama's found out the hard way - that even when you sell out your nation, and kow-tow to other nations, you still never can please other nations and their peoples. Because their national interests are ultimately, always, opposed to one's own.