Quote Originally Posted by maladroit
sure it's a sell out...there was a principle behind not wearing the pin (true patriotism), and when the rightwingnuts accused him of being anti-american (false patriotism), obama opted for the false patriotism...it's the same tactic used to bully people into supporting the same war he refused to wear the pin for

it makes me wonder what he going to do when he's accused of being a socialist for ensuring everyone has access to health care, or when he's accused of being a soft-on-crime drugpusher to kids for legalizing medical marijuana...dem dum dems have been letting us down

DISCLAIMER: obama can't do whatever his principles dictate because he fears the consequences of his principles
I'm sorry but u dont seem to live in the practical world.

Obama needs to win the nation, not the liberal leaning crowd only. they are already supporting him and have no other choice but to avoid vote which will in either case work against their ideas.

UNDECIDED voters are at stake.

and without flexibility to shut up critics (no matter how stupid the criticism, its shown that it so works on a lot of americans) in the eyes of dumb crowd who believe what they see and hear without even analyzing it, he aint gonna get the votes he needs.

Yes, this is politics and its a game and u sure do have to play the game or u will be a nobody in politics.

u cant risk and u cant let small things drag u down. look @ mccain, even he has had to change some of his words and policies. so imo this is the nature of this process especially when stakes are high like now. expect more flip flops to show up and far more serious ones from both sides.

DISCLAIMER: obama can't do whatever his principles dictate because he fears the consequences of his principles
i doubt it. its not a provable claim. its just your opinion.

and in real world its called compromise. u put a flag pin up, just so u avoid negative comments thrown @ ya. it wont hurt wearing the pin and no1 has defined it in any way and its not a principle issue... idk why such small things are made into big deals.... its the anti-obama crowd who start these things and now that they are over it u start it off again...

this whole thing is just pointless