Wanna see a liberal go bonkers?

Dare to suggest that liberals aren’t very patriotic, nor do they love their country very much. Their heads will start rotating like the little girl possessed by the devil in “The Exorcist.”

Be sure to duck when the pea soup starts flying.

But it is mighty difficult to think otherwise when the man who will likely be either the presidential or vice-presidential Democratic nominee in 2008 is perfectly content with telling the world that he is unwilling to display an American flag.

That’s right, an American presidential candidate refuses to display an American flag.

Hard to believe?

According to the New York Times, “Senator Barack Obama said Thursday that he stopped wearing an American flag pin in his lapel years ago, saying the symbol has become an empty substitute for true patriotism.” The Times said that “(Obama) told a television reporter one day earlier that he stopped wearing an American flag pin shortly after the Sept. 11 attacks.” He was quoted as proclaiming, “I decided I won’t wear that pin on my chest.”

That’s enough to make any veteran burst with pride, eh?

Allow me to get this straight: after the United States suffered the worst terrorist attack in history, Sen. Obama decided to join the rest of us in displaying the symbol of what unites us. Remember what that was like? We had flags on clothes, on cars, hanging from buildings, and flying in front of American homes.

But then time marched on. People began to forget the pain and heartache and yes, the patriotism. Flags started disappearing.

Come to think of it, as flags started to come down, more and more Americans grew impatient with the war and our president. According to the polls, “the tide of public sentiment” turned against a war that so many initially supported. Continued...