This was just sent to me, but I was not aware of it.. ABC declared no lapel flag pins?

[Frustratedlady]

http://www.snopes.com/rumors/noflags.asp

[graywarrior]

1. Malkin again.

She's like a bad penny.

[Bucky]

13. I think

you overestimate her value. She's more like that slippery booger in the back of your nostril you can't... quite... reach.

[yourguide]

2. That is amazing.

Especially after all of the flag pin hub bub on that crappy stephanopoulos debate.

[onehandle]

3. ABC holds only one allegiance ...

[Bucky]

14. I see you used the cleaned up version

I don't











(Neither does this artist)

[2rth2pwr]

4. "I decided I won't wear that pin on my chest..."- Barack Obama

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Story?id=3690000

[PBS Poll-435]

6. SHHHH - You would be implying that Obama first made a big deal about flag pins!

(And you would be right)

[2rth2pwr]

7. i'll try and keep it down. {shhh}

[endarkenment]

8. The trouble with providing the links ...

"You know, the truth is that right after 9/11, I had a pin," Obama said. "Shortly after 9/11, particularly because as we're talking about the Iraq War, that became a substitute for I think true patriotism, which is speaking out on issues that are of importance to our national security, I decided I won't wear that pin on my chest.

"Instead," he said, "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."
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Story?id=3690000


So you knew the context and yet you persisted in propagating the smear. What does that make you?

[2rth2pwr]

10. In context, he is saying the same thing.

Edit to add- This is like all those people who said that the Wright statements were out of context, in context they were even worse.

[endarkenment]

11. Er - no he isn't.

But you are a bit on the blind side. Have fun with your shameless rightwing sourced 3xday smear jobs. In one week - no more of your crap will be tolerated here.

[2rth2pwr]

12. Er- no he isn't. Could you explain? If u can't I'll just assume that you know there is no difference

[ieoeja]

5. Reminder that when Conservatives complain about the media being too Liberal...

... they are complaining about the media being too unbiased.

90+% of the American media reporting during the Vietnam War was pro-US government. Yet, that is when the "media is too Liberal" meme became part of the American consciousness. Because an awful lot of folk believed, still believe, that media outlets based in the United States should be 100% pro-American in a time of (perpetual) war instead of reporting the truth.

Once "media is too Liberal" became accepted as common wisdom, it morphed into "media has a Liberal bias". Since the Conservatives originally brought up Liberal media as a synonym for unbiased media, this morphing literally translates into, "the media has an unbiased bias".

Just typically, stupid Conservativism.

[DearAbby]

9. Flagpin?

[Bucky]

15. When the nation is in mourning, you're supposed to wear your lapel pins on you hip.

You can also literally wear it at "half-staff", but good luck walking around all day at half staff with a pin stuck in it.