Obama's Naked Lapels Pose National Security Threat

Posted by D. Cupples |  Over the weekend, certain media outlets focused on what's been treated as one of the most intense national-security threats of the year (or at least of the last fiscal quarter): presidential candidate Barack Obama has not been wearing an American flag pin on his lapel!

Friday, when asked by an Iowa TV station why he wasn't wearing such a pin, Obama said:

"Right after 9/11 I had a pin. Shortly after 9/11, particularly because as we're talking about the Iraq war, that became a substitute for I think true patriotism...." (Chicago Sun Times)

Saturday, the overworked media personalities on Fox found time to get worked up over Obama's naked lapels -- and even to ask other presidential candidates for their input.

John Cole at Balloon Juice dismissed those media personalities as "drooling retards."  Cole further suggested...

that the reason for Republican politicians' nose-diving public support is that sane Republican voters are embarrassed to be associated with said "retards."

The Carpet Bagger Report gave the following examples of comments about Obama's now-famously naked lapels:

"Jonah Goldberg described Obama’s perspective as 'staggeringly stupid,' and 'the single dumbest thing I’ve ever heard of him doing.' Another prominent far-right blogger responded this way:

'Seriously, you want this for President of these great United States.This is how he catches the attention of a media aligned with the terror force? This useful tool won’t wear an American flag pin? Talk about pandering to the radical base, he ought to run against Ahmadinejad.

'He is scoring points with Georgie Soros, won’t be waiting long for his on his Soros stipend, I’m sure. What’s Obama Hussein’s new campaign slogan, “America Sucks!” '?

"Higher-profile conservative voices were only slightly less unhinged.

"But talk radio and cable news quickly pounced on the issue. 'It just shows you he’s not ready for the big time,' conservative Laura Ingram opined on Fox News. Said Sean Hannity: 'Why do we wear pins? Because our country is under attack!'”

Perhaps Mr. Hannity embraces the voo-doo approach to national security, relying on a talisman or charms to ward off future homeland attacks.