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Obama Flip-Flops on Patriotism

June 30, 2008:

So let me say at this at outset of my remarks. I will never question the patriotism of others in this campaign. And I will not stand idly by when I hear others question mine.

My concerns here aren’t simply personal, however. After all, throughout our history, men and women of far greater stature and significance than me have had their patriotism questioned in the midst of momentous debates.

And some of them had their patriotism questioned by Obama himself.  October 5, 2007 (from Obama’s own campaign Website even):

‘I’m less concerned about what you are wearing on your lapel than what’s in your heart,’ [Obama] said under a county fairgrounds pavilion here, a giant American flag draped behind him. ‘You show your patriotism by how you treat your fellow Americans, especially those ones who served.’ He suggested that some politicians who wear such pins act in disingenuous ways. ‘After a while, you know, you start noticing people wearing a lapel pin, but not acting very patriotic, not voting to provide veterans with the resources that they need,’ he said.”

It seems Obama is going to have to renounce himself.