Face The Nation: It’s The Patriotiotism Not the Flag Pin
With any luck, Bob Schieffer’s commentary at the close of Face The Nation will end all further discussion of lapel pins.
Finally, today, I watched the ABC debate the other night when that question came up again about why Senator Obama doesn’t wear a flag pin in his lapel. Since no one asked me, here is my thought on all that. I think it’s a nice thing if people want to wear a flag on their lapel. But I believe it more important to keep the flag behind our lapel in our hearts. I feel the same way about wearing my religion on my sleeve. It just fits me better on the inside. When I go to see our local baseball team, I do wear my Washington Nationals baseball cap. But am I less a fan if don’t wear it to work? The truth is I have been known to wear a red, white and blue stars and stripes tie on the Fourth of July. But am I less patriotic when I trade it for my Santa Claus tie at Christmas? Patriotism is no more about signs or pins than religion is about reminding others how pious we think we are. No, the proof in these puddings is not the signs that we wear, but how we act. Wouldn’t that also be a better way to judge our presidential candidates than by the jewelry they wear?
Are you listening, MSM? Let’s get back to the issues. Not the cult of personality issues, but actual issues facing this country and how we’re going to get out of the mess we’re in.
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February 18th, 2010 at 6:32 pm
Guess you forgot …
Guess you forgot G.W. Bush’s cronies are obama’s too.
Gates, Brzezinski, Kissinger. You call that change?
SECURE THE BORDERS !
February 18th, 2010 at 6:32 pm
Can someone just …
Can someone just deport the all ready. More like the commander in thief.
obama has lost respect of the Police Force, and now the CIA. The troops hardly do either. Wouldn’t be surprised if his own secret service shoots him.
February 18th, 2010 at 6:32 pm
Guess you forgot …
Guess you forgot that obama is pouring gas on the fire with this reckless spending, and appointing geithner (NY Federal Reserve) as his treasure.
Yes Bush tripled the size of Federal Government, but I guess you forgot that obama doubled that tripling, and is now appointing communist, anti American czars that don’t answer to congress.
February 18th, 2010 at 6:32 pm
Ok, Ill judge him …
Ok, Ill judge him on his patriotism since he became President. His grade is an F-. All of the that Bush left on the Constitution is still there! Americans are still dying for a cluster occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan. The banks and the Federal Reserve fleeces America for 900 billion+ dollars and Obama throws us a bone “Cash for Clunkers”. I am so happy I could a rock.
February 18th, 2010 at 6:32 pm
Which was started …
Which was started by the worse president ever: Jimmy “the peanut “Carter.
February 18th, 2010 at 6:32 pm
There are a lot …
There are a lot more than just oil companies that run this country today…
February 18th, 2010 at 6:32 pm
reasonable man
reasonable man
February 18th, 2010 at 6:32 pm
Guess you’re not …
Guess you’re not aware that anyone who becomes president of the USA is a puppet of international bankers. Bush, Obama, Clinton are all working for the same criminals on wall-street.
February 18th, 2010 at 6:32 pm
Guess you forgot …
Guess you forgot that G.W.Bush doubled the debt and caused the crises that President Obama has had to address.
February 18th, 2010 at 6:32 pm
Well said.
Well said.
February 18th, 2010 at 6:32 pm
Are you listening, …
Are you listening, MSM? Let’s get back to the issues. Not the cult of personality issues, but actual issues facing this country and how we’re going to get out of the mess we’re in.
February 18th, 2010 at 6:32 pm
Obama also has the …
Obama also has the best position on Iraq by far. He will end our occupation, plain and simple, but will do it responsibly. I trust his judgement in this regard. He does not want to be a occupying power.
Regarding Israel, yes, he will maintain the US support of Israel. The good thing is he recognizes the difference between supporting Israel and supporting everything the Israeli right wing stands for. Resolution of the I/P conflict is more likely under Obama than anyone else.
February 18th, 2010 at 6:32 pm
I disagree that …
I disagree that Obama supports a nuclear strike against Iran. In fact that is entirely counter to the diplomacy-oriented approach he favors. Of all presidential candidates, he is the least likely to bomb Iran–nuclear or otherwise.
Regarding Pakistan, personally I agree with his position to take out Osama if we have clear intelligence and Pakistan won’t act (possibly because they can’t, politically.) He would not bomb villages but would have a surgical strike against Osama.
February 18th, 2010 at 6:32 pm
and will maintain a …
and will maintain a U.S. presence there. The war wont end in other words. He has also funded the Iraq war, and that is irresponsible in itself.
In palestine, he has taken the wrong decision again, siding with Israel (though I have heard his heart sides more with Palestinians). I must take him at his word, and if he cannot take a leading role in condemning Israel’s criminal actions on the campaign trail, I can hardly trust him to take similar stands in office.
What do you think?
February 18th, 2010 at 6:32 pm
On Iran, it is …
On Iran, it is inconcievable to me to actually think a nuclear strike is on the table, especially with what we know about Iran. I think it is irresponsible for him to support that.
On Pakistan, he says if Osama is in there and we have intelligence and if Pakistan wont act, we will. To me, this is a violation of international law and a democrat’s abuse of preemptive war. Bush has his Iran, Obama his Pakistan.
On Iraq, I am saddened by Obama. He will not “get out” so far as I can tell…
February 18th, 2010 at 6:32 pm
I actually agree …
I actually agree with that.
My problem lies with his policy decisions. Personally I think he is inexperienced in foreign policy, which may not be bad if he chooses to not take a stance, but he does, and for me it is the wrong stances.
On Iran, Pakistan, Iraq, and Palestine, he seems to have taken the wrong positions. If he says this only to get elected, I have a problem with that-to me it questions his integrity. But I must take him for his word, so I feel I cannot vote for him.
February 18th, 2010 at 6:32 pm
I think Obama has …
I think Obama has the intelligence, the integrity and the values to make an excellent president, in the mold of Abraham Lincoln. With his background, he understands the rest of the world far better than most politicians, he believes in transparency in government (a very welcome relief after the nefarious and secretive Bush presidency), he believes in grassroots involvement in government (just as he has had in his well-run campaign) which is what democracy is really all about in the first place.
February 18th, 2010 at 6:32 pm
hahah good no more …
hahah good no more right wing nutjobsd from your family douchebag!
February 18th, 2010 at 6:32 pm
irock keeps saying …
irock keeps saying Obama is Muslim
NO HE ISN’T.
February 18th, 2010 at 6:32 pm
im not sure if you …
im not sure if you watched the video, but he wasn’t talking bad about obama, he was actually defending him, saying that it doesn’t matter if barack wears the pin or not.
February 18th, 2010 at 6:32 pm
ITS NOT PATRIOTISM …
ITS NOT PATRIOTISM
ITS NOT A FLAG PIN.
Its the COLOR OF HIS SKIN.
THESE COCKSUCKERS in the MEDIA have done everything they can to present the best candidate up there as a Black muslim militant – none of which he is.
February 18th, 2010 at 6:32 pm
Great comment
Great comment
February 18th, 2010 at 6:32 pm
So what catndryer? …
So what catndryer? His point goes beyond liberal/conservative politics. He’s saying that patriotism comes from the heart, not empty superficial gestures like wearing a pin. Let’s be honest, some if not many politicians wear the flag pin to “look” patriotic, but they don’t necessarily act patriotically. For instance, almost every member of the Bush administration dodged the Vietnam draft. But now because they wear a flag pin we are supposed to overlook that, right?