Why did he stop wearing it?
2007-10-05 08:30:05 · 36 answers · asked by kimmyisahotbabe 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Yes, he is catering to his America hating base. If he won't wear our flag I don't trust him to defend it or the people it represents. He votes to have every American baby possible aborted, and not he has aborted the American flag from his suit.. Voting for Obama is societal suicide.
2007-10-05 14:05:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
OB's time as the "flavor of the month" is running out and he knows it. When he first launched his campaign he was the fresh new face, the promising outsider we all hope will ride in and get rid of all these beltway-lifers.
What's fresh & new today might not have the lasting power to be a winner, and the media and Hollywood are fickle. For all their talk, they are still ratings and dollar-driven industries...They are going to back the front-runner and the winner, and right now the Clinton Machine is gaining steam.
That said, Obama needs to take risks to get the spotlight back on him. The bigger the risk the bigger the possible reward...and possible consequence--
When he was running against Daddy Bush, Michael Dukakis said that he would DEFINITELY raise taxes if elected President...and that any candidate that was saying otherwise was flat out lying. We all knew he was correct, but his honesty backfired and helped kill his campaign.
The risks for Obama are clear...but very intriguing. If he can side-step questions about his own patriotism, he can paint the other candidates as insincere, flag-waving panderers. Clinton and company have to be careful in critizicing Obama, lest they sound a bit too much like the Republicans. If it works, Obama will further paint himself as an independant-minded candidate, one not bogged down by party ideologies.
For my own part, I can almost respect Obama for the move. It shows a calculating side that means he wants to be more than the party's latest pretty boy (see: John Edwards, 2004). Whether the move back-fires or not is yet to be decided, but one thing is clear....He's a smooth politician and a fighter.
2007-10-05 09:04:19 · answer #2 · answered by a_man_could_stand 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A politician? Catering to his base? Clutch the pearls! At least he doesn't restrict his audiences to his pals and military personnel like the president does.
I agree with him; it's not patriotism if you wear a flag, then ignore the will of the majority of the American people, and kill off your military in an unjust and illegal war while your own citizens are stranded on rooftops.
I also read this great reader comment on the New York Times website yesterday: "Just like Kramer not wearing the AIDS ribbon… You shouldn’t have to if you’re supporting the cause. Obama shouldn’t have to wear the flag. We know his patriotism is deeper than that."
I hope that Obama is our next president, just because he has the stones to stand up and say what he believes. He isn't diminishing the intelligence of the American people by perpetuating the stereotype that a lapel pin, which is likely made in a Chinese sweatshop, is what makes you a patriot or proves that you love America.
2007-10-05 08:40:03 · answer #3 · answered by Hillary 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
He doesn't need some silly lapel pin to shout to the world "hey everybody see how partiotic I am" he carries patriotism in his heart as to the rest of the Presidential candiates. Rudy Guiliani is the only one of them that has consistantly worn a flag lapel pin. Some have never worn one. Much ado is being made about this nothing event.
Wouldn't you rather know a person's patriotism by their actions and words than some silly simbol such as a lapel pin or magnetic ribbon on their car? Some people hide behind those symbols thinking people will see them as super patriotic when their patriotism is no more or less than others.
Patriotism should be in ones heart and soul not on their lapel or fender.
2007-10-05 08:40:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
He explained his reasons and they're in the same article where you read about this incident.
He said to many people wearing a flag pin has become a substitute for true patriotism and that he show his patriotism through his actions.
Today, his campaign spokesman said "The American people are wise enough to understand the difference between petty symbolism and real substance, real courage, real judgment, which is what Barack brings to this ball game,"
2007-10-05 08:40:22 · answer #5 · answered by TxSup 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Because he can wear or not wear whatever he feels like on any given day, and it doesn't have to have a subliminal political message.
"He stopped wearing Argyle socks. Does this mean he wants to raise taxes??"
I love that people think that something so shallow, and so effortless as wearing a pin or a ribbon is actually "supporting" anything. Actually, that's not true, I hate that people are that vacuous, lazy and superficial.
2007-10-05 08:49:57 · answer #6 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"precise after 9-11, I had a pin. almost immediately after 9-11, extremely because of the fact as we are conversing with regard to the Iraq conflict, that grew to grow to be an alternate to, i think of, actual patriotism, it fairly is conversing out on subjects that are of value to our national protection. i desperate I won't positioned on that pin on my chest. rather, i bypass to purpose to tell the yank people what i've got faith will make this usa great and, optimistically, which would be an affidavit to my patriotism."
2016-10-21 03:47:54 · answer #7 · answered by carvajal 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he's proving the point that jsut because you wear a pin or stick a "support our troops" magnet on your car, it doesn't make you any more of a patriotic american than anyone else. Your patriotism and loyalty to your country is shown through your actions as a citizen and human being. That is what he is trying to prove.
And BOO to the idiot who said she wouldn't vote for him because his name resembles Osama..like he can help that? Vote based on ideas, values, hope, and policy standpoints..not a name. Vote because a person truely is the best qualified candidate. You obviously haven't done much research into any of the candidates...
2007-10-05 08:40:15 · answer #8 · answered by jaimelleonard 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I have a feeling he doesn't want the metal pin to become
scrapnal when he comes close to dynamite.
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2007-10-05 20:24:37 · answer #9 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read the article, there is a lot more to his removal of the pin than what people will tell you. His speech was very patriotic and cuts to the core of most people's beliefs.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071004/ap_on_el_pr/obama_no_flag_pin
2007-10-05 08:43:20 · answer #10 · answered by Lisa M 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋