Turns out that not wearing a flag lapel pin isn't the only way Barack Obama chooses to show that he's a different kind of Democrat. Posted on 10/20/2007 3:51:52 PM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
Turns out that not wearing a flag lapel pin isn't the only way Barack Obama chooses to show that he's a different kind of Democrat.
Have a look at the photo from the October 1, 2007 edition of "Time." It shows Obama, Hillary and Bill Richardson at the Steak Fry of Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) on September 17 in Indianola, IA, apparently reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. Richardson and Clinton have their hands on their heart. But not Obama. Does he perhaps believe that, like wearing the flag pin, the hand on the heart isn't "true patriotism"?
"Time" ran the photo without comment. I haven't seen coverage of this anywhere else in the MSM. Perhaps some enterprising reporter can ask the Illinois senator about his decision to spurn this American tradition.
Meanwhile, does Obama have some third act or omission planned to demonstrate that he's not falling for those corny, old-fashioned displays of patriotism?
H/t reader J.S.
The only religious groups I know who don't are Quakers and Jehovah Witnesses.
Campaigns are no longer about issues. They are about making mountains out of mole hills and playing gotcha. Honestly is this photo really worth our time?
Guess he’s sending another political statement
BTTT
Nothing suprising here!!
Any way to blow that picture up? I mean make it bigger, not actually, well, hhhhmmmmm.
I’m thinking B. Hussein Obama’s loyalties lie with B. Hussein Obama.
The correct slur is "Mohammedan"....that's their version of the dreaded N-word.
My two. They were standing too. That made me tear up a bit as to what we are leaving them.
Disgusting.
This guy is a complete fraud.
But you can't fault him. He has religious freedom.
His Imam must have told him is free to salute the flag or loose his head.
There's an old saying--"The devil is in the details." He won't wear a flag pin, he doesn't salute during the Pledge...why not? What does it cost to abide by these simple and painless conventions? What has he ever done instead?
I recall Hillary Clinton explaining that she refused to pledge allegiance to the nation as it is but would pledge allegiance to what the nation could be(Presumably, if she were its ruler.)
A politician's violation of norms, however small, is not trivial. Obama is the political equivalent of the squeegee man-- or the delinquent who throws a rock through the window of an abandoned building. Is it really worth the time of the police to bother with these behaviors? They're just molehills after all...
...and he’s running for PRESIDENT of the United States? This is a disgraceful act and he should be called on it. What a chump!
Maybe he doesn't.
Maybe he plans to lead a brand new mooseslime nation
they have, after all, publicly stated that they will get one of their own in the White House
Maybe someone should ask him if he knows the words to the Pledge of Allegiance at the next debate. (I'm sure the MSM will get right on that)Ha!
What heart? If he put his hand there, he'd be committing fraud.
BTTT
Big Michael Jackson fan?
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