Reader comments: Obama emphasizes that he's patriotic

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russ | 6:37 a.m. May 13, 2008
Of course, Obama is patriotic. Good grief. Some of the people need you to wear a pin, to prove it, eh.

The people are stupid. Patriotism is not worn on the outside. It is next to the heart. Wrapped in your soul. It courses through your blood. I know the nicest quietest people who if cut would bleed red, white, and blue.

Patriotism is not a pin. Unfort. Obama is forced by the ignorant to think that a pin equals patriotism.

If I was a spy, I would wrap myself in the American flag, join some right wing org., and then parade around. it would fool the idiots.

Obviously, Obama is a patriot. He is trying very hard to lead this country out of the mess that Bush has put us in.

Go Obama!!!
Strait and True! | 11:20 a.m. May 13, 2008
NOT!

poor Obama.

dropped his halo and stumbling over feet of clay.

dumped the Rev when the heat turned up,
never looked back.

dug that dusty pin out and slapped it on his chest,
let's all SALUTE THE PATRIOT!

lucky for America he's not a cynical politician.
Obama pinned | 11:44 a.m. May 13, 2008
gee russ

If Obama is wearing the pin to kiss up to the ignorant then what kind of wishy washy backboneless dork must he be?

Not a very smart one, for sure.
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Anonymous | 1:49 p.m. May 13, 2008
Actions speak louder than words. And based upon his actions, I wouldn't want Obama to be the President of any country. It's not his patriotism or lack thereof--- it's his policies-- the most liberal Senator in the entire Senate. He might as well pick Karl Marx as his running mate.
Anonymous | 2:14 p.m. May 13, 2008
The Che Guevara flag proudly posted in Obama's Texas campaign office did it for me. He might as well wear a hammer and sickle flag pin on his lapel.

But people buy his socialism little by little because pieces of it appeal to the human mind; but experienced people see through his ideas because those ideas have been tried before. Follow his socialist policies to their natural conclusion and it will scare you. More government control in the economy, social engineering, and government run health care are not the answers--they are the problem. Socialists appeal to the weak minded, because they promise to have the government take care of you as it appeals to your victimhood and entitlement. We need a return to conservatism if our country is to survive the socialist/communist onslaught of the likes of Obama.
Lewt | 3:10 p.m. May 13, 2008
If all I could do was call names, I'd make sure I was writing anonymous, too.
wrz | 11:22 p.m. May 13, 2008
"Of course, Obama is patriotic. Good grief. Some of the people need you to wear a pin, to prove it, eh."

But you'd think maybe he could at least salute the US flag.

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