This post is not about Barack Obama.

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This post is not about the following things:

• Barack Obama’s refusal to wear an American flag pin on his lapel.
• A reporter who could have asked any question–like one about health care or torture–but asked about why Obama wasn’t wearing an American flag.
• The pundit’s ridiculous responses*
• The amount of time devoted to this story on the national news
• The amount of bandwidth devoted to this story
• How the New York Times made this their lead story on their website
• The lack of coverage of real issues in a substantive way

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And now, sincerely:

*”Why do we wear pins? Because our country was attacked!” Yeah, stick that pin on and be a hero, asshole.