Byline: Elizabeth Strother
Oct. 10--Sen. Barack Obama has taken off his American flag lapel pin, he says, to make a statement.
It is a statement about patriotism: that simply showing the flag is not what true patriotism is all about. That love of America requires speaking out on issues important to its security, essential to its greatness.
I agree. Yet I winced.
Of all the presidential hopefuls crisscrossing the country in this long run-up to the parties' nominations, Obama has struck me as the most likable, the most able to connect with a crowd, to speak comfortably about shared values. He can remind Americans of the social principles that don't ...