The freakin' flag pin...

[WorseBeforeBetter]

Do we have a list as to the reasons Obama doesn't always wear one? (Add away!)

1. Because they're all made in China.

2. Because George W. Bush and Dick Cheney wear flag pins, and look at the havoc they've wrought on this country.

3. Because I carry my country in my heart with me at all times, blah, blah, and don't need a pin, blah, blah, to show my love of country.

4. Because I like to watch you dumbasses get whipped into a Corporate Media-manufactured frenzy and ask stupid questions during live "debates."

5. Would you rather I step on it?

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

1. cause its sexist to ask him to wear one but not ask Hillary to?

just wondering

[WorseBeforeBetter]

2. Does she wear one?

I don't give a shit whether either of them do, but I thought Hillary normally donned one.

[Indiana_Dem]

3. She didn't the night of the debate when they asked Obama about it. nt

[WorseBeforeBetter]

5. I've tuned out almost completely...

but for snippets here and there on TDS and Colbert.

Corporate Media will be hanging onto Obama's lapels like Hannity swings from Clinton's penis, and I'm just hoping (it springs eternal, you know...) for a way for Obama to shut them up for good on this issue.

[IndependentDem]

4. because the flag should be seen as more than a fucking fashion statement.

wearing a jersey doesn't make me an athlete and wearing a flag pin doesn't make me a patriot.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

7. I would loved to have seen the look on 'ol Nash McCabe's face...

had he given that response.

[IndependentDem]

9. yeah it would have made for some good tv thats for sure. n/t

[Raine]

12. I love that answer

it's right on point. I would love someone when asked to give that as a response. :thumbsup:

[Hissyspit]

6. Because disgraced President Richard Nixon started the tradition.

Or so I've heard.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

8. ...and carried it through to his resignation.

[tridim]

10. A freakin' flag pin..

On your uniform?

[WorseBeforeBetter]

15. Ha... spittle included! (n/t)

[Golden Raisin]

11. It's disturbing and indeed tragic that

it's more important to see a flag pin on politicians' lapels than it is to see the flag-draped coffins of our brave troops which we are not allowed to see. True patriotism is in your heart and brain, not on your goddamn lapel.

[barack the house]

13. Let alone Hillary or most of the GOP rarely wear one

[noel711]

14. If a citizen really revered the flag, he/she wouldn't denigrate it to the level

of cheap reproductions, like tee shirts, handbags,
beach towels, and tacky little pins.

The flag is a symbol, not a fashion accessory..