If you want to understand why Barack Obama has been unable to further his climb in this year's Presidential field since the initial burst of excitement that followed his entry into the race, look no further than his statement over the weekend to ABC news on why he doesn't wear a flag-pin on the campaign trail (h/t Greg Pollowitz)…
You know, 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.This sums up, as well as anything, how there's very little new or exciting or different at Senator Obama's core; his positions are derived from the jumble of ideas that define garden-variety liberalism. In this specific case, we have…"Instead," he said, "I'm going to try to tell the American people what I believe will make this country great, and hopefully that will be a testimony to my patriotism."
Why does the mainstream media have such a squicky reputation today? For blowing this kind of silly story way out of proportion.
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