Obama S****ts Flag Pin...Or Not
Charles Babington, AP/Congressional Quarterly
Like the American flag that Francis Scott Key famously wrote about, the
one
on Barack Obama's lapel keeps appearing and disappearing. The Democratic
presidential hopeful said he generally stopped wearing a flag pin after
the
2001 terrorist attacks because he felt it replaced "true patriotism" for
some public officials. Some Americans, however, say they question the
patriotism of a candidate who makes such a choice, a sentiment that shows
up
in polls. Last month, the pin briefly reappeared on his suit jacket. Obama
said a veteran had given it to him that day and asked him to wear it. It
wasn't seen again until Monday, when Obama spoke to a veterans' group in
West Virginia. On Tuesday, when he spoke about the economy to workers in
Missouri, it was there again...Asked if he probably will wear the pin from
now on, Obama said, "Sometimes it ends up being on another suit. If it
ends
up being on another suit, I might leave it one day, but it's something
that
I've done before and I'll certainly wear it again."
Editor's Note: Glad to see his lack of commitment to something veteran's
feel strongly about hasn't waned...
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"I understand MSNBC has suspended Mr. Imus," Obama told ABC News, "but I
would also say that there's nobody on my staff who would still be working
for me if they made a comment like that about anybody of any ethnic group.
And I would hope that NBC ends up having that same attitude."
April 11 2007 B.Hussein Obama
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