Shed One Tear
This evening, as I prepare for a very early flight to Denver tomorrow morning -- which begs the question, what is the opposite of redeye? -- I do shed one lone tear, as I learn that Barack Obama was wearing a flag pin while campaigning in West Virginia. A shame, really.
It was a proud stance, in my opinion. Despite the senseless heat from the right on the subject, Obama made clear that wearing a token piece of jewelry on one's suit lapel does not prove or verify one's love for his country, nor his patriotism. I like that thought, because I believe it. And with Obama switching gears on the subject for minuscule political gain (or safety, moreover), I shed a tear this evening.
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Roger Wisniewski wrote:
Save your tears for something important. Wearing a flag pin is only important to the person it belongs to. Recently, I became a life member of the Disabled American Veterans and they sent me a flag pin as a token of appreciation. Every time I wear a suit now, I wear my new DAV Flag pin. Duty, honor, country means something to the people who have lived and sacrificed and we look to our leaders to share those values. It might be politically correct for Senator Obama to wear the flag pin now and start to win over the hearts and minds of the real patriots in america. I now can see the VA hospitals are loaded with them and I now can also say I’m proud to be a part of them.
Posted on 14-May-08 at 7:28 pm | Permalink
reyonthehill wrote:
I disagree — mightily — with the notion that those that wear flag pins — Cheney, Bush, etc., who never served — necessarily should be considered “real patriots.” And that is what this false issue is really about — the image of patriotism. It is a sham.
Posted on 15-May-08 at 12:54 pm | Permalink
Roger Wisniewski wrote:
You can’t handle the truth. Bush and Cheney won two elections by playing on the sense of patriotism that most americans strongly believe in. They were never patriots but they new how to conect to the real ones. The sham is that young people believe that Senator Obama represents change from the old political ways of doing business. He might be a new kid on the block, but his campaign committee plays all the same old games as all the rest. They maybe better at it. Who will they bring out to endorse him after the Kentucky primary defeat. Bush ‘41′ or maybe the entire NBC news staff?????????
Posted on 15-May-08 at 5:39 pm | Permalink
reyonthehill / Sense Of Patriotism wrote:
[...] father — a recent commenter and frequent podcast guest — has stated, for the record, that “Bush and Cheney [have] won two elections by playing on the sense of patriotism that most Americans s…” I am not suggesting that that analysis is not true, however, it is apparent that that “sense of [...]
Posted on 15-May-08 at 6:27 pm | Permalink