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October 2007: Obama Stops Wearing American Flag calls it a "substitute for true patriotism"
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Posted on 09/11/2011 4:45:54 PM PDT by macquire

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, D-Ill., said he will no longer wear an American flag lapel pin because it has become a substitute for “true patriotism” since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

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KEYWORDS: hypocrisy; obama; patriotism; sourcetitlenoturl
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To: macquire
The pin will be retired, if he gets reelected.

The justice department, under this administration removed all flags and symbols of patriotism from their web site

What it used to be

Since Obama and Holder took office

21 posted on 09/11/2011 5:24:01 PM PDT by opentalk
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To: macquire
It comes from Obama’s inability to tell the truth. Everything out of his mouth is a lie or deceitful.
22 posted on 09/11/2011 5:25:56 PM PDT by broken_arrow1 (I regret that I have but one life to give for my country - Nathan Hale "Patriot")
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To: Rapscallion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFbQ4fRsAhk&NR=1


23 posted on 09/11/2011 5:26:42 PM PDT by PLD
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To: WinOne4TheGipper
How did someone who said that get elected president?

He had the MSM run interference for him.
Even after all that's happened in the last 2 years to many in the media
Legitimate criticism of 0bama = Racism.

24 posted on 09/11/2011 5:27:47 PM PDT by YankeeReb
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To: nascarnation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDaO7N-JujU&NR=1


25 posted on 09/11/2011 5:29:26 PM PDT by PLD
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To: macquire

So was he saying that he wasn’t a true patriot?


26 posted on 09/11/2011 5:31:27 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: macquire

Loser


27 posted on 09/11/2011 5:40:24 PM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: macquire

Does anyone remember that phoney baloney staged event at one of his speeches where a “veteran” in a wheelchair rolled up and gave him a pin and he said he would start wearing it because of his service....a crock of sh**....happened after the big outcry over him not wearing the pin and making that stupid statement....he had to come up with a gimmick so it would look like he did it for the military....he was then a phoney....he is now a phoney....and on his last death on this earth he will remain a phoney.


28 posted on 09/11/2011 5:40:45 PM PDT by imfrmdixie (A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both. Eisenhower)
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To: macquire
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29 posted on 09/11/2011 5:44:05 PM PDT by NYTexan
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To: WinOne4TheGipper
How did someone who said that get elected president?

Because the press didn't hammer this story for two or three weeks solid. If you want the traitorous libs to go away stop supporting the mainstream press. Canceling your local newspaper would be a good start.

30 posted on 09/11/2011 5:50:35 PM PDT by steelwheels
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To: macquire

He’s full of it, of course.


31 posted on 09/11/2011 5:54:01 PM PDT by Jack Hammer
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To: opentalk

How soon after taking office did this happen?


32 posted on 09/11/2011 6:14:32 PM PDT by Stayfree (Find out the truth at RewardForObamasBirthCertificate.com!)
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To: Stayfree
This article is from July 2010. Not sure exactly when they changed the site.

from article:

..the redesigned website was launched without fanfare, but was noticed internally by several career lawyers, who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of political reprisals.

"We were told that the media team and the senior leadership that signed off on the design thought that the patriotic shtick from the Ashcroft days was a bit much for an agency that isn't supposed to be political," says a DOJ lawyer, who inquired about the redesign. "It was a real effort not to laugh at that."

Justice Loses Its Stars and Stripes

Interesting. We now know, the DOJ was helping supply guns to Mexican cartels through ATF, the black logo is more representative of the department.

33 posted on 09/11/2011 6:34:22 PM PDT by opentalk
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To: macquire

Then the “Seal of the President” on your podium is a substitute for being the real president. Take it off.

Same thing with any nameplates placed before you.


34 posted on 09/11/2011 6:49:42 PM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Dick Obama is more inexperienced now than he was before he was elected.)
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To: Rapscallion

I take complete and total offense at your premise that Vladimir Putin doesn’t love and admire America.


35 posted on 09/11/2011 7:58:40 PM PDT by gura (If Allah is so great, why does he need fat sexually confused fanboys to do his dirty work? -iowahawk)
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To: macquire

That’s one ugly man.


36 posted on 09/11/2011 8:05:22 PM PDT by Krodg
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To: macquire

Wearing a tiny American flag pin requires only the tiniest bit of patriotism snd Obama couldn’t evenuster that.


37 posted on 09/11/2011 8:44:01 PM PDT by Crucial
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