GOTTA BE CAREFUL PINNING IT ON THOUGH....:

Barack Obama now wears his patriotism on his lapel (Peter Nicholas, 7/05/08, Los Angeles Times)

He seldom goes out in public now without a flag pin stuck in his lapel. He devoted an entire speech to patriotism this week in Independence, Mo. Visually reinforcing the message, he stood in front of a quartet of large American flags.

None of this is an accident. Polling shows that on the threshold test any serious presidential candidate must pass, Obama has ground to cover.

A CNN poll released one day after the Illinois senator gave his patriotism speech showed that a quarter of registered voters surveyed questioned Obama's love of country. Nearly 30% of the respondents who described themselves as independents -- a coveted slice of the electorate -- believed he lacks patriotism, according to the survey.

...he's so hollow he might pop.

Posted by Orrin Judd at July 5, 2008 7:17 AM