If Hillary Clinton puts on a flag pin, Obama loses.
If we Obama supporters fail to understand how sacred the flag is to most of this country, we deserve every elitist label flung at us. Over 4000 Americans have died for it in Iraq. And if we use flag pins to pull stunts lashing out at ABC, we are playing into the hands of Clinton and John McCain.
People love the flag. We should be celebrating that love. We should be reaching out to share their patriotism. Looking for Made in America combo flag and Constitution pins or something.(Someone on dkos suggested a Constitution pin, great idea) Obama should have artisans craft a new flag pin for him every day.
My born again Christian, racist, Republican, 77-year olld Southern society mother voted for Obama. Because she likes his great ideas and open heart. That's real change, people. But the only thing that really bothers her is his refusing to wear a flag pin. That's what she thinks. That he "refuses".
Stop trashing others' patriotism just because you're too cool and hip to love wearing the flag. That's what it feels like to some people. And we're fools if we play into the hands of our opponents. If we really love our country, we shouldn't for one tiny instant consider the American flag to be anything other than something to "revere" as Obama said. It is not a symbol to be used for mockery. Stop, stop, stop thinking of flag pin stunts.
Wake-up, stop this ignorant flag pin trashing before it backfires.