No U.S. Flag Pin For Obama

(AP)  Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has stopped wearing the American flag lapel pin that has become a common symbol of patriotism since the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

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.

[marccole]

Is this a little like Gold Hat in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre:
"Badges!?... We don''t need no... stinking badges!!"

[vet999999]

Well, well. Now we really get to the meat of qualifications for president. This should seal the deal.

[signof4]

Does he recommend we follow his lead?
Posted by bizzzz at 02:34 PM : Oct 05, 2007

Maybe he''s taking after Kerry......just throw it over the fence.

[signof4]

I used to think Ubama had a VP shot.....but he''s so f**king stupid that no one will ask him to run with them....that is, no one who wants to win.

Go back to Ill and lead them in to socialism. Just leave the rest of us alone.

[bizzzz-2009]

Let me get this straight, this guy is running for the President of the United States??? IT IS HIS RESPONSILIBITY AS OUR COUNTRY''S LEADER TO NOT ONLY EXPRESS HIS PATRIOTISM, BUT TO ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO BE PATRIOTIC AS WELL. Our flag is a symbol usaed to express, and hopefully spread patriotism. IS THIS GUY A F$CKING IDIOT?
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?

[sftodd]

. . . now he won''''t even recognize the U.S. flag?
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.

[sftodd]

. . . now he won''''t even recognize the U.S. flag?
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.

[hwy71so]

That right there is one ANTI-American man. He should be ejected from this country! He''s lying through his teeth saying his patriotism is in his "ideas". What patriotism? That punk has ZERO. He''s been badmouthing the troops since they left for Iraq, now he won''t even recognize the U.S. flag?

You are going to lose this thing miserably Mr. Obama.

Good riddance.

[sftodd]

Amen -- I''m so sick of sleazey republicans putting on that pin and wrapping themselves in the flag just before they turn around to ____ us. It''s a sort of like Larry Craig denying he is gay while looking for *** in the men''s room. Not totally the same, but you get the idea.