Are you fucking KIDDING me???

Pardon the language, but this has got me steamed. To quote Futurama, I'm literally angry with rage.

Barack Obama has stopped wearing an American flag lapel pin. His explanation is that he believes wearing one has become a substitute for actual patriotism. The media went wild on this, yelling about how this means he's obviously not patriotic and/or doesn't support the troops. Media? Shut. The. FUCK. Up.

You're seriously going to try to make this into an issue? Because he doesn't wear a particular piece of jewelry, he's some sort of traitor now?

I don't wear one. I also don't have a ribbon magnet on my car, a "Support the Troops" bumper sticker, or a flag hanging from my apartment. OH SHIT! I MUST BE A TERRORIST-LOVER! Give me a break. And the media wonders why people don't take them seriously anymore.

Y'know, I really, really, really hate to "throw the race card", but I can't help but wonder if some of this hyper reaction may be motivated by something more. I wonder what would happen if another (read: white) candidate did what Obama has. I have a sickening feeling that it wouldn't get nearly this kind of reaction.

I mean, I will agree that I think he is over-hyped in some of the praise he gets and I think that may be somewhat racially motivated as well. But for the most part, I think he's doing what I wish more politicians would and that is saying what he actually thinks. Unfortunately, that may be his undoing in today's Bizarro political climate.