Obama stops wearing flag pin

[Peikko 1,575]

Obama has to do something to attract attention, hasn't Hilary shot ahead in the opinion poles recently?

Still think the pres should be a figure head and the elections run on a tv show a la pop idol model.

[Jenn! 918]

Still think the pres should be a figure head and the elections run on a tv show a la pop idol model.

When you're in this country you should reference American Idol not Pop Idol, out of respect of course.

[Sister Fracas 5]

Still think the pres should be a figure head and the elections run on a tv show a la pop idol model.

When you're in this country you should reference American Idol not Pop Idol, out of respect of course.

hehehehe

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By MIKE GLOVER, Associated Press Writer

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says he no longer wears an American flag lapel pin because it has become a substitute for "true patriotism" since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

He commented on the pin in a television interview Wednesday and then again on Thursday at a campaign appearance in Independence, Iowa.

Noting the TV interview, he told the campaign crowd, "I said, you know what, I probably haven't worn a flag pin in a very long time. After a while I noticed people wearing a lapel pin and not acting very patriotic."

"My attitude is that I'm less concerned about what you're wearing on your lapel than what's in your heart. You show your patriotism by how you treat your fellow Americans, especially those who serve. You show your patriotism by being true to our values and ideals. That's what we have to lead with is our values and our ideals."

He had been asked about the pin Wednesday in an interview with KCRG-TV in Cedar Rapids.

"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."

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Associated Press Writer Scott McFetridge contributed to this story.

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