Wearing a flag pin is a substitute for true patriotism – Sen. Barack Obama, who refuses to wear a US flag pin on his coat.

This writer said in a previous article, Mr. Obama Talks of “Loose Change,” Ergo, Endorsing Mrs. Clinton and Mr. McCain Is Right Thing to Do , that Senator Obama is not the leader that he and his handlers want the American people to believe in and accept as the “Great Agent of Change.” Despite Mr. Obama’s recent successes in the last 11 primaries and caucuses, this column still believes that the Democrats will not give the nomination to Senator Obama. Americans, especially Democrats, will realize that the “change” that Mr. Obama talks about is nothing more than hollow rhetoric. Now the mainstream American media are writing about the inconsistencies and outright contradictory statements in Mr. Obama’s oratory and track record. This column has a fearless forecast: Senator Clinton will win big the Ohio, Texas, Rhode Island and Vermont primaries tomorrow.

I wrote in the earlier article that “When Harry Truman was President, he said that ‘the buck stops at his table’ in the Oval Office. In a metaphorical sense, the change that presidential aspirant Sen. Barack Obama talks about may not be worth a buck. Perhaps the ‘change’ that Mr. Obama talks about is loose change (sic) amounting to less-than a dollar bill.”

In his latest column in the Washington Post, Howard Kurtz wrote: “Some of this involves recycled reporting that didn't get much traction the first time around. Within the last two weeks, ABC's ‘World News’ has done a story on Obama voting ‘present’ nearly 130 times as an Illinois legislator, two months after that information was on the New York Times front page. ‘NBC Nightly News’ has followed up a two-week-old Times piece about Obama compromising on Senate legislation affecting a nuclear energy company that contributed to his campaign. A ‘CBS Evening News’ segment reviewed a series of negative points – Obama's controversial pastor, his ties to indicted fundraiser Tony Rezko, voting present, the nuclear contributions and the lack of a flag pin.” To read Mr. Kurtz’s column in its entirety, please click on this hyperlink

'Soft' Press Sharpens Its Focus on Obama (By Howard Kurtz)

(To be continued . . .)