I just have to be amazed that anyone would pick the PRESIDENT OF THE US based on a lapel pin.
For me, I agree with Sailormon that he should have known how many people out there this is important to and just gone with the flow. But I also dont think it is very important in the final analysis.
My father was stationed overseas in Latin America during part of my time growing up - I was in middle school during the height of "Yankee go home". Nobody channels parental attitudes in a more direct way than 13 year old boys and I am the veteran of MANY fistfights based on my being American and not tolerating disrespect to me or ours. I yield to no one in patriotism but I also dont have a lapel pin. I KNOW I am American. I dont need a lapel pin to prove it.
But, of course, since I am a Dem I am immoral and unpatriotic
