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Flag Pin Just One Symbol Embraced By Obama ( Change )
CBS ^ | July 3, 2008 | Brian Montopoli

Posted on 07/03/2008 9:40:20 AM PDT by george76

Last fall, Barack Obama explained why he hadn't been wearing an American flag pin on his lapel.

"I won't wear that pin on my chest," the presumptive Democratic nominee said. "Instead, I'm going to try to tell the American people what I believe will make this country great, and hopefully that will be a testimony to my patriotism."

What a difference a presidential campaign makes.

Obama, who suggested back then that the flag pin "became a substitute for I think true patriotism" after the Sept. 11 attacks, now regularly sports the patriotic symbol at campaign events.

He even briefly employed a campaign seal that looked a lot like the official presidential seal, the symbolism of which was hard to miss.

For a candidate who took an early stance against what he seemed to characterize as an empty symbolic gesture, the heavy use of symbolism in Obama's campaign has been particularly hard to ignore.

"All politicians, especially presidential candidates, traffic in symbols all the time," said Rutgers historian David Greenberg. "But Obama has given special care to his symbolic statements."

Image makers have long understood the importance of creating powerful symbolic associations for their candidates. A good photo of a politician gesturing confidently, a row of American flags behind him, can convey leadership ability and competence; a poor one, like the infamous shot of 1988 Democratic presidential nominee Michael Dukakis in a tank, can have the opposite effect.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; Politics/Elections; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: barack; barackobama; democrats; dnctalkingpoints; election; electionpresident; elections; fearlessleader; flag; flagpin; flipflop; macacamoment; nobama2008; obama; obamatruthfile; waronerror
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He may change everything ?

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1 posted on 07/03/2008 9:40:21 AM PDT by george76
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2 posted on 07/03/2008 9:43:59 AM PDT by newheart (The Truth? You can't handle the Truth. But He can handle you.)
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"But Obama has given special care to his symbolic statements."

The halo? The Che posters at his campaign offices? Failure to cross his heart for the national anthem? Reluctance to wear a flag pin?

His special care has been noted.

3 posted on 07/03/2008 9:45:35 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Et si omnes ego non)
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To: george76

Hopefully people aren’t fooled by this clown now attempting to wrap himself in the flag.

Can you fit more flags behind ya Barry when you’re making speeches?

Snowjobs in July..


4 posted on 07/03/2008 9:47:41 AM PDT by vietvet67
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To: george76

He will switch or change anything to fool whatever next block of voters he needs next.


5 posted on 07/03/2008 9:47:59 AM PDT by F15Eagle (1 John 5:4-5, 4:15, John 11:25, 14:6, 1 Tim 2:5, John 3:17-18, John 20:31, 1 John 5:13, John 6:69)
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To: george76
"But Obama has been carefully groomed by his handlers given special care to change his view on symbolic statements and symbols."

There, now it is accurate.

6 posted on 07/03/2008 9:50:06 AM PDT by SoldierDad (Proud Dad of a U.S. Army Soldier soon to be training other Army Soldiers)
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To: F15Eagle; Jeff Head

7 posted on 07/03/2008 9:53:55 AM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76

CBS? Nice to see. Maybe the halo is starting to lose its glow.


8 posted on 07/03/2008 9:54:47 AM PDT by ElkGroveDan (The road to hell is paved with the stones of pragmatism.)
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To: george76
I'm going to try to tell the American people what I believe will make this country great

So, does this mean our country is not great? I thought we were the greatest in all time history.

Maybe I should go back to school so a liberal professor can fix my wayward thinking..

9 posted on 07/03/2008 9:55:31 AM PDT by do the dhue (They've got us surrounded again. The poor bastards. General Creighton Abrams)
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To: SoldierDad

People don’t declare themselves patriots. They are viewed by others as patriots. Our founding fathers pledged their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor.
Now..what has Obama demonstrated? His never risked his life, never pledeged his fortune and his honor was purchased along with his mansion.
The man is fraud.


10 posted on 07/03/2008 9:56:16 AM PDT by Oldexpat
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To: george76

Last fall, Barack Obama explained why he hadn't been wearing an American flag pin on his lapel.

"I won't wear that pin on my chest," the presumptive Democratic nominee said."

11 posted on 07/03/2008 9:59:30 AM PDT by weegee (CHANGE? A more truthful slogan would be to proclaim Obama the candidate of FLIP FLOP.)
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To: george76
This guy is such a piece of s*** that he will lie to cover his lies to cover his BS. That's it stupid America, fall for the garbage this SOB dribbles out too you. Suck it up, lick it in, he is piling garbage on garbage and you are falling for it. Stupid A-holes.
12 posted on 07/03/2008 9:59:34 AM PDT by RetiredArmy (Congress in session, the White House occupied - Your freedom, liberty and rights are in jeopardy.)
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To: george76
His phrasing is important - "that pin" As if it was something to be ashamed of...
13 posted on 07/03/2008 9:59:54 AM PDT by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, but DemocRATs believe every day is April 15th. - Reagan)
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To: george76
Have I got this right?
First he threw the flag pin under the bus and now he has reached under it to retrieve it?
Would that be considered backtracking on his backtrack?
I'm so confused.
One wonders if there's anything believable about this guy.
14 posted on 07/03/2008 9:59:59 AM PDT by Larry381 (That's not the flagpin I knew)
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To: Oldexpat

The man has presented himself as a multinational candidate and said that this gives him foreign policy experiences.

He has said that he does not need to wear the flag pin even though the role of president is full of pomp and circumstance.

His pastor of 20 years damned Amerikkka.

He was backed by Ayers, a domestic terorrist who attacked the government with bombs and wishes he’d done more.

The man is no patriot. He is a demagogue and a jerk.


15 posted on 07/03/2008 10:01:51 AM PDT by weegee (CHANGE? A more truthful slogan would be to proclaim Obama the candidate of FLIP FLOP.)
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To: Larry381

the first impressions count for much more than the “relaunched” image he wants to present.


16 posted on 07/03/2008 10:02:39 AM PDT by weegee (CHANGE? A more truthful slogan would be to proclaim Obama the candidate of FLIP FLOP.)
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To: Oldexpat

Even larger than is Billy Jeff Clintoon.


17 posted on 07/03/2008 10:02:48 AM PDT by SoldierDad (Proud Dad of a U.S. Army Soldier soon to be training other Army Soldiers)
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To: weegee

So Rolling Stone made Gore’s wang bigger but made Barack’s ear smaller.


18 posted on 07/03/2008 10:03:59 AM PDT by aruanan
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To: george76
Image makers have long understood the importance of creating powerful symbolic associations for their candidates. A good photo of a politician gesturing confidently, a row of American flags behind him, can convey leadership ability and competence; a poor one, like the infamous shot of 1988 Democratic presidential nominee Michael Dukakis in a tank, can have the opposite effect.

This was a photo op gone wrong (photo oops). It was intended to show Dookie as being a tough military man.

It didn't work.

Neither did this one:


19 posted on 07/03/2008 10:06:39 AM PDT by weegee (CHANGE? A more truthful slogan would be to proclaim Obama the candidate of FLIP FLOP.)
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To: aruanan
And gave him an aura this year...


20 posted on 07/03/2008 10:08:38 AM PDT by weegee (CHANGE? A more truthful slogan would be to proclaim Obama the candidate of FLIP FLOP.)
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To: OrioleFan

"Who ees it who won't wear the ribbon?" < /seinfeld >

21 posted on 07/03/2008 10:10:20 AM PDT by weegee (CHANGE? A more truthful slogan would be to proclaim Obama the candidate of FLIP FLOP.)
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To: Larry381; SunkenCiv; jazusamo; Grampa Dave; LucyT; MileHi

This change is very confusing.

First he threw the flag pin under the bus and now he has reached under it to retrieve it?


22 posted on 07/03/2008 10:11:08 AM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: vietvet67
"Image makers have long understood the importance of creating powerful symbolic associations for their candidates. A good photo of a politician gesturing confidently, a row of American flags behind him, can convey leadership ability and competence; a poor one..."

Can you fit more flags behind ya Barry when you’re making speeches?

23 posted on 07/03/2008 10:12:00 AM PDT by weegee (CHANGE? A more truthful slogan would be to proclaim Obama the candidate of FLIP FLOP.)
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To: weegee

Nice find.

Never enough flags....now.


24 posted on 07/03/2008 10:15:58 AM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: weegee

Will they fall down like Hillary’s, that moment was priceless, look what happened./Just Asking - seoul62.......


25 posted on 07/03/2008 10:16:59 AM PDT by seoul62
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To: george76
Another word for image is mirage. Obama, as far as patiotism and interest in the long-term, traditional interests of this Republic, is only a mirage, and an intentionally crated one at that. He is a militant anti-American, an abject marxist, and a charlatan.

BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA - CHANGE YOU CAN COUNT ON, BUT DO NOT WANT

THE AUDACITY OF TRUTH ABOUT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA


NOBAMA '08 SIGHTED IN EMMETT, ID, JULY 2ND, 2008

26 posted on 07/03/2008 10:18:52 AM PDT by Jeff Head
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To: george76

His “changes” are a red flag as to how he’d operate should he win the White House, we’ll all be in big trouble.


27 posted on 07/03/2008 10:19:58 AM PDT by jazusamo (DefendOurMarines.org | DefendOurTroops.org)
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To: george76

Won’t wear the pin with the flag of my country, the United States of America. Then he doesn’t deserve to be president.
He accuses loyal patriotic people of being rednecks; well, Obama is a pinkneck Marxist and should never be allowed to hold any office in my country.
Hmmmm. Is pinkneck a word? I like it. It is descriptive.


28 posted on 07/03/2008 10:30:11 AM PDT by BuffaloJack
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To: weegee
this photo of him with the 8 flags behind him, why are the ropes draped down the front? another symbol perhaps of the bondage that this country is putting the people under? I would think that if you are proud of the flag, nothing, and I mean NOTHING, would be in front of it. Let it stand infront of everything, even a rope that is deccorative.
Hidden message????
29 posted on 07/03/2008 10:37:02 AM PDT by AJMaXx (ILU Roo.....!)
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And the most Photoshopped image of the day goes to -----

TA-DA

ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE for their "That Arab Guy Obama is G-d" cover image!

Rolling Stone graphics designer Irvin Goldberg who worked on the image said "I swear that cover gives me an erection!" Oy!

One Obama supporter said "That white halo around his body is real! I have seen it! He gives us hope for a change for hope and change like we have never seen hope and change ever in America!

Marice Brown, a young African American, looked at the Rolling Stone cover as it sat next to a newstand in downtown Atlanta and declared "Damn! That Arab looks good! I seen him once in a limo! Sold him a couple of rocks! Uh, you haven't seen a pipe on the ground here have you? It was next to my underwear."

Obamas campaign approved of the Rolling Stone picture and said that Obama would soon announce his energy policy on a nearby mount where he would take one barrel of oil and transform it in to many barrels of oil!

Obama's wife, Michelle, will be featured on next months Rolling Stone Magazine's cover. While the magazine denies that Obama's wife's image has been Photoshopped and that the "small differences are due to her recent makeover" some readers may wonder about that. Here is the picture of Michelle Obama that will be on next month's cover:

Michelle Obama.

30 posted on 07/03/2008 10:53:56 AM PDT by isthisnickcool (Hillary / Obama - 2008 <---Bet on it. She will do it to win.)
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To: weegee

That looks more to me like the effect used to indicate an unsavory aroma emanating from the object in question.


31 posted on 07/03/2008 11:04:13 AM PDT by aruanan
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32 posted on 07/03/2008 11:15:23 AM PDT by weegee (CHANGE? A more truthful slogan would be to proclaim Obama the candidate of FLIP FLOP.)
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To: george76

If Obama started wearing a swastika the press would explain that it’s an ancient Hindu good luck symbol intended to show his solidarity with people of Indian origin, and in no way associated with Nazism.


33 posted on 07/03/2008 11:22:00 AM PDT by Argus (Obama: All turban and no goats.)
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To: isthisnickcool
Obama's wife, Michelle, will be featured on next months Rolling Stone Magazine's cover. While the magazine denies that Obama's wife's image has been Photoshopped and that the "small differences are due to her recent makeover" some readers may wonder about that. Here is the picture of Michelle Obama that will be on next month's cover:


Hey isthisnickcool, which of the below pictures of Michelle Obama will be on next month's cover?





34 posted on 07/03/2008 11:28:38 AM PDT by B-Cause (It's not what you gather, but what you scatter that tells what kind of life you have lived.)
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To: jazusamo

Obama changed on same sex marriage, too.

http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/1051404.html


35 posted on 07/03/2008 12:03:39 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: newheart
Photobucket
36 posted on 07/03/2008 12:06:29 PM PDT by BunnySlippers
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To: BuffaloJack; Marine_Uncle; neverdem; joanie-f; USF; rmlew

LOL

Yes

Hmmmm. Is pinkneck a word? I like it. It is descriptive.


37 posted on 07/03/2008 12:10:27 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: Argus; Cicero; river rat; freema; editor-surveyor; PGalt; Lancey Howard
Barack Obama urged people Wednesday to look past the "bustle and busyness" of their everyday lives this Fourth of July weekend ...

Obama talked in almost achingly intimate terms about the impact service had on him...

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38 posted on 07/03/2008 12:31:33 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: isthisnickcool

Priceless!


39 posted on 07/03/2008 12:34:46 PM PDT by karnage
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To: Argus

That’s not the swastika I knew!


40 posted on 07/03/2008 12:35:19 PM PDT by karnage
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perfect


41 posted on 07/03/2008 1:01:35 PM PDT by F15Eagle (1 John 5:4-5, 4:15, John 11:25, 14:6, 1 Tim 2:5, John 3:17-18, John 20:31, 1 John 5:13, John 6:69)
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Pffft. What a POS. Our troops are dead the way he’s cut and run from his pastor, his gram, etc., etc., etc.,


42 posted on 07/03/2008 2:02:22 PM PDT by freema (MarineNiece,Daughter,Wife,Friend,Sister,Friend,Aunt,Friend,Mother,Friend,Cousin, FRiend)
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To: Grampa Dave

Obama talked in almost achingly intimate terms about the impact service had on him...


43 posted on 07/03/2008 3:44:28 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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“Obama talked in almost achingly intimate terms about the impact service had on him...”

What service? Did I miss something?


44 posted on 07/03/2008 3:53:29 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (America's Mugabe, the Obamination.will bring Mugabe Change to America!)
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To: Grampa Dave

He also claimed to have visited 57 states and...

BO would lie about anything.

Seems like he is claiming to have served ?


45 posted on 07/03/2008 3:57:35 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76

He also claimed to have visited 57 states and...

BO would lie about anything.

Seems like he is claiming to have served ?

Serving as a covert al Qaeda thug probably doesn’t count yet.


46 posted on 07/03/2008 4:09:53 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (America's Mugabe, the Obamination.will bring Mugabe Change to America!)
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To: george76

The makeover machine is so appropriate.


47 posted on 07/03/2008 4:57:12 PM PDT by Marine_Uncle (Duncan Hunter was our best choice...Now we are left with a bunch of idiots.)
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To: george76; All
Obama Flag Drape

"He may change everything ? "

Obama Throws Obama Under Bus

48 posted on 07/03/2008 11:04:24 PM PDT by musicman
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To: Jeff Head

That must be a brave person.
I had a GWB sticker on my brand new Pick up truck and it was keyed shortly thereafter. It wasnt kids, but a concerted effort to damage my truck that caused $1500.00 damage.
The freedom of speech only applies to the left. The left is the REAL source of policial violence.


49 posted on 07/04/2008 7:05:47 AM PDT by Yorlik803 (RIGHT: Wots all this then?)
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The odiousness of the American Left is only matched by their cowardice.


50 posted on 07/04/2008 7:08:40 AM PDT by popdonnelly (Does Obama know ANYONE who likes America, capitalism, or white people?)
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