What is up with the flag pins with holes in them?

[Care Acutely]

Desecration of the flag is funny, clever and cool when they do it I guess.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/29/us-usa-campaign-romney-birth-certificate-idUSBRE84S1GF20120529

I'm a little limited in being able to post photos frm my iPad - perhaps someone could assist with that

[jmowreader]

1. I don't see the flag pin with hole in it...

I would imagine they're drilling out the star that represents Hawaii, though...

I also noticed a picture of Paul Ryan throwing a Nazi salute, or what looks like one.

[Care Acutely]

2. To clarify, Lyin' Ryan & Romney both wore flag pins that appeared

To have holes in them.

ETA: in the red & white stripe area.

[Floyd_Gondolli]

3. I noticed that as well

But to me it looks like a black dot, which I figured was some kind of coded reference to The president. They do love their codes.

[BumRushDaShow]

4. I thought it was just me

Rubio had on the same sort of pin.

Maybe it's a 666 mark of the devil symbol?

[Shankapotomus]

7. I wonder if it's another

weird Mormon practice. Like "Thou shalt have no other flags above the Mormon flag"? It bears investigating.

[bluesbassman]

5. It's a gold gop elephant. n/t

[Care Acutely]

6. Seriously?

It looks more like a bullet hole.

[bluesbassman]

8. Here it is...

[Care Acutely]

9. So R$R feel the flag requires "improvement"

Dumber than a can of smashed assholes.