Obama declines on US flag pin - revisited
Politics • March 2008 • Views: 369
October 4, 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.
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While I’m sure many of us saw this explanation as specious at the time, it’s more obviously so today.
Despite my rational ability to know better, I remain aghast that any American would still want this man to be our primary diplomat in the world.