Stickin’ It to Obama

From last night’s video spectacle, the so-called Democratic “debate“:

NASH MCCABE (Latrobe, Pennsylvania): (From videotape.) Senator Obama, I have a question, and I want to know if you believe in the American flag. I am not questioning your patriotism, but all our servicemen, policemen and EMS wear the flag. I want to know why you don’t.

MR. [Charles ] GIBSON [ABC-TV News]: Just to add to that, I noticed you put one on yesterday. But — you’ve talked about this before, but it comes up again and again when we talk to voters. And as you may know, it is all over the Internet. And it’s something of a theme that Senators Clinton and McCain’s advisers agree could give you a major vulnerability if you’re the candidate in November. How do you convince Democrats that this would not be a vulnerability?

SENATOR OBAMA: Well, look, I revere the American flag, and I would not be running for president if I did not revere this country. This is — I would not be standing here if it wasn’t for this country.

There is a question whether civilians whose immediate relatives are not serving in a theater of war are even legally entitled to wear a flag lapel pin under the Flag Code of the United States. But I don’t think the issue is flag pins; I think it’s lapels:

 

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