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- SmokeyJones, on 04/17/2008, -3/+16Apparently, not wearing a flag pin is only an issue if you're the Democrat. What an absolute farce. Really disgusting hypocrisy.
- brandonchicago, on 04/17/2008, -1/+10They can't even get their non-issues right. Wow.
- ptoland, on 04/17/2008, -3/+12Let's play Charlie Gibson's asinine game of "where's your American flag pin game?" with Senator McCain. Turns out that he hasn't had a pin on at all since receiving the nomination on March 4. Here's photographic proof of each key meeting McCain's had where he is NOT wearing his lapel pin. This is ridiculous..
- mitoguard, on 04/18/2008, -0/+7That's the entire point. If McCain's patriotism is unquestionable, and he doesn't wear a pin, why are we questioning Obama's. The article didn't mean to call McCain's patriotism into question- it meant to point out how inadequate a measure pins are and how uneven the treatment of the pin issue is.
- raymondmarble, on 04/18/2008, -2/+7And when one sees the whole Apr 2008 quote in context, one comes to the conclusion that p0s3r's comment is nothing more than blowing hot air into a non-issue (just as this whole lapel pin nonsense has been from the start).
"What I've tried to do is to show my patriotism by how I treat veterans when I'm working in the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, by making sure that I'm speaking forcefully about how we need to bring this war in Iraq to a close, because I think it is not serving our national security well and it's not serving our military families and our troops well.
And let me just make one last point on this issue of the flag pin. As you've noted, I wore one yesterday when a veteran handed it to me, who himself was disabled and works on behalf of disabled veterans. I have never said that I don't wear flag pins or refuse to wear flag pins. This is the kind of manufactured issue that our politics has become obsessed with and, once again, distracts us from what should be my job." - sedrik, on 04/17/2008, -1/+5What's wrong with this country that senseless issues like this get airtime. Obviously the article is making fun of this, but a big WTF goes out to the big media companies who let senseless ***** like whether a candidate chooses to wear a pin or not get printed or aired. Big media has done this country a severe injustice over the last decade in the last decade.
- inactive, on 04/18/2008, -0/+3Obama made a statement about flag pins AFTER someone else tried to make it an issue. The really funny thing was that the person trying to make it an issue wasn't wearing a flag pin.
The whole thing is a big big waste of time. - bigskybear, on 04/17/2008, -1/+4F*cking BS.
- inactive, on 04/18/2008, -0/+3Again, he didn't make it the issue. The media made it an issue, then questioned Obama about it.
- juno660, on 04/18/2008, -1/+4The fact that people care about this is absolutely absurd. McCain's real loyalty should be to the US Constitution, though he violates it at any chance he gets.
- inactive, on 04/18/2008, -0/+3I think you miss the point. No one is saying McCain is unpatriotic for not wearing a flag pin. No one SHOULD be saying the same thing about Obama.
- BohicaTwentyTwo, on 04/18/2008, -1/+3The Obamassiah is only experiencing BLOWBACK because he was the one who made a superficial expression of patriotism an issue.
Thursday, October 04, 2007
WATERLOO, Iowa — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says he doesn’t wear an American flag lapel pin because it has become a substitute for “true patriotism” since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Asked about it Wednesday in an interview with KCRG-TV in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the Illinois senator said he stopped wearing the pin shortly after the attacks and instead hoped to show his patriotism by explaining his ideas to citizens.
“The truth is that right after 9/11 I had a pin,” Obama said. “Shortly after 9/11, particularly because as we’re talking about the Iraq war, that became a substitute for I think true patriotism, which is speaking out on issues that are of importance to our national security.
“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.” - actorboy, on 04/17/2008, -2/+4Better yet, let's drop the whole flag pin issue altogether. The ownership and display of flag pin is a horrible litmus for patriotism or the ability to properly lead. If donning a 10¢ charm made better politicians, the country wouldn't be the mess it's in now.
- ChurchillBrown, on 04/17/2008, -1/+3This ENFURIATES me! The fact that the McCain campaign is making this an issue is beyond belief!
- inactive, on 04/18/2008, -1/+3Neither did Obama. The media made a big deal about it, and he had to answer.
- Dragular, on 04/18/2008, -0/+1From what I've seen it hasn't been the McCain campagin that's brought it up, it's been the media and average voters. Which should be a sign.
- Dragular, on 04/18/2008, -3/+4THANK YOU. The problem has nothing to do with whether or not you wear a friggin' pin. The problem is when you start throwing statements regarding that sentence around. He's also said (can't find exact quote, going from memory so don't shoot me) that he wouldn't wear the pin because he didn't support the Iraq War, then he started wearing the pin, then it disappeared... flippity floppity flippity floppity...
- brandonchicago, on 04/17/2008, -1/+2Damn dual post. My bad.
- SmokeyJones, on 04/17/2008, -2/+3Hey, I totally get it, I was laughing at the same thing. I was being facetious. My sarcasm didn't come through in my note.
- defiantone, on 04/18/2008, -0/+1distractions - you're on notice!
- raymondmarble, on 04/18/2008, -1/+2Well, fair enough; my point wasn't to try to defend Obama for contradicting himself, it's that the whole issue is just a big irrelevant manufactured non-sense issue. It's that there are many more substantive issues regarding why any of us may or may note vote for Obama than this stupid lapel pin issue.
- Dragular, on 04/18/2008, -1/+1That one I've not heard. Can I get a link?
- brandonchicago, on 04/17/2008, -3/+3They can't even get their non-issues right. Wow...
- inactive, on 04/18/2008, -7/+6McCain never said:
" I decided I won't wear that pin on my chest. Instead, I'm gonna try to tell the American people what I believe will make this country great and hopefully that will be a testimony to my patriotism." (Obama, Oct. 2007)
Then said:
"I have never said that I don't wear flag pins or refuse to wear flag pins. " (Obama Apr 2008) - DaDrake, on 04/18/2008, -2/+1It is true that Obama has tried to make some political stances on his pin. Therefore, much like Kerry and his war record, Obama has created the controversy himself. Still, I find it trivial. How about talking about other controversial things, like Obama quote about banning all semi-automatic guns.
- Dragular, on 04/18/2008, -5/+3Ok, so now we've got lots of words that still say the same thing. I never said I don't wear flag pins or refuse to wear flag pins. All the stuff around it is just background info, it doesn't really take away from the statement. So viewing the Apr 2008 quote in context, you see that it's still the exact same quote. I don't get your point.
- bigbadbyte, on 04/17/2008, -5/+3You don't get the joke do you. We are pointing out the hypocrisy of saying these things when you do not do them yourselves. You my friend, are an idiot.
- TheodoreRex, on 04/17/2008, -2/+0Why isn't the media aware of this? They were just talking on MSNBC about the fact that Obama doesn't wear a flag pin!!! No mention that McCain doesn't as well.
- Dragular, on 04/18/2008, -4/+2Right. The thing is though, for example, a few grains of rice is not a substantial meal. This story is a few grains of rice. The Reverend Wright story is a few grains of rice too. As is the weathermen story. And the "bitter" debacle. At this rate, we're gonna drown in rice. That's when it becomes a substantive issue.
- ruthellis, on 04/18/2008, -2/+0I'd wish they'd all find a better way of having an 'orgasm' than riding on top of I hate Obama, I'm going to be the one that brings him down - race & politics and how it defines a difference!
- DavidS9, on 04/18/2008, -6/+3McCain also never made it a point to say he wasn't going to wear a flag pin. Plus Obama has the problem of surrounding himself with America hating people. So he is responsible for making the Flag pin a issue and causing his patriotism to be called into question.
- DavidS9, on 04/18/2008, -5/+2Dont forget he's also all about change
- DaDrake, on 04/18/2008, -5/+1While I think calling Obama unpatriotic is wrong (despite meeting with terrorist and a few other questionable actions)..... calling McCain unpatriotic is simply incomprehensible. McCain went through torture for years and never gave up. His life story reads more like a fictional novel then something you expect from a real human being. Simply put, McCain made more sacrifices for this country than anyone else alive.
- inactive, on 04/18/2008, -6/+2Exactly.
- DaDrake, on 04/18/2008, -7/+2While I think calling Obama unpatriotic is wrong (despite meeting with terrorist and a few other questionable actions)..... calling McCain unpatriotic is simply incomprehensible. McCain went through torture for years and never gave up. His life story reads more like a fictional novel then something you expect from a real human being. Simply put, McCain made more sacrifices for this country than anyone else alive.
- DavidS9, on 04/18/2008, -8/+1McCain never called attention to the fact he doesn't wear a pin
- inactive, on 04/18/2008, -11/+2You're being buried by the Obamabot brigade for not selling out to Barack Hussein Obama's campaign and supporting, even indirectly, McCain.
Your presentation of logic and facts is irrelevant to the Obamabots on Digg. Most of them only know that he's just soooo cool and trendy.
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