Many will know that Barack Obama has been hounded this primary season for simply not wearing an American flag pin on his lapel. It’s utterly ridiculous and has been the topic of one of my rants recently. I discovered this excellent commentary by Roland Martin on CNN this morning. It is well worth a read and says far more (and says it far better) than I ever could.
This debate is useless, tiresome and distracting. Why? Because if there are members of Congress who wear a flag lapel pin but refuse to shore up our borders, don’t do enough to stop the flow of drugs into our neighborhoods, or don’t help to eradicate the gaps between the haves and have nots, then are they truly fighting for the concerns of Americans, or playing on the emotions of people by what’s on their lapel?