What a pin means
I'd just like to echo the question asked by John Hinderaker over at Powerline:
I never would have noticed, let alone cared, if Barack Obama had simply stopped wearing an American flag lapel pin. I'd never noticed that he was wearing one in the first place. But Obama chose to frame his decision to stop wearing the flag pin as some kind of political statement. So I think it is natural for people to wonder what, exactly, is the content of the political statement; to what group of voters is it intended to appeal; and what does it tell us about Obama as a candidate?
While I couldn't possibly care less whether a candidate wears a flag pin or not, there doesn't seem to be any plausible set of answers to these questions that casts much credit on Obama.
For all the money he's raised, Obama doesn't have a prayer.
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Just wondering, how could he have answered that questions without getting hammered? Assuming the answer he gave are his true feelings, and unless any of us are mind readers we should assume they are.
1) If he had said he had forgotten to wear it he would be a liar, he would have to put it back on or be questioned about it again.
2) If he had made a comment about not wanting to wear it he would be called unpatriotic and attacked anyway
3) If he ignored the question he would now have something to hide and be hounded until he gave a reason
Just wondering...
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