WATERLOO, Iowa, Oct. 4, 2007
No U.S. Flag Pin For Obama
Democrat Says He Expresses Patriotism On Campaign Trail Through Ideas
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Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., delivers a foreign policy speech on the campus of DePaul University in Chicago, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2007. At this event and others, he has been seen without the American flag lapel pin that many politicians have worn since the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. (AP)
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Asked about the decision Wednesday in an interview with KCRG-TV in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the Illinois senator said he hoped to show his patriotism by explaining his ideas to citizens.
“I decided I won't wear that pin on my chest,” he said in the interview. “Instead, I'm going to try to tell the American people what I believe will make this country great, and hopefully that will be a testament to my patriotism.”
The television interview didn't include an explanation for his decision or when he stopped wearing such a pin.
Campaign spokesman Tommy Vietor said Thursday that Obama didn't plan to say more about his decision.
“I think he explained it pretty well,” Vietor said.
Obama was campaigning in Iowa Thursday, the second day of a four-day trip to the early voting state.
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Posted by bizzzz at 02:34 PM : Oct 05, 2007
Maybe he''s taking after Kerry......just throw it over the fence.
Go back to Ill and lead them in to socialism. Just leave the rest of us alone.
The problem is that stupid people in the country don''t understand the function of the flag, it''s history, or how many people have died to preserve the country it symbolizes.
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS HAVE DIED IN ORDER TO PRESERVE THE AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE AND THE FLAG IS SYMBOLIC OF OUR FREEDOMS, OF OUR HISTORY AND OF OUR STUGGLES.
OBAMA IS SETTING AS PI$$ POOR EXAMPLE AS A LEADER!!!
Does he have any American flags in his office or in his home or did he throw those out too. Does he recommend we follow his lead?
Posted by Hwy71So at 09:38 AM : Oct 05, 2007
Hwy71So -- it''s too bad there are so many brain-dead dimwits in this country like you who think that wearing an American flag on your lapel makes you patriotic. When are you fools going to wake up and smell the coffee? Any hypocrite can wear the flag, as the current Republican party has so ably demonstrated while it tramples all over the U.S. Constitution.
Posted by Hwy71So at 09:38 AM : Oct 05, 2007
Hwy71So -- it''s too bad there are so many brain-dead dimwits in this country like you who think that wearing an American flag on your lapel makes you patriotic. When are you fools going to wake up and smell the coffee? Any hypocrite can wear the flag, as the current Republican party has so ably demonstrated while it tramples all over the U.S. Constitution.
You are going to lose this thing miserably Mr. Obama.
Good riddance.