Nash McCabe: Obama's Flag Pin Questioner

McClatchy:

Nash McCabe is the voter from Wednesday night's presidential debate who noted that Barack Obama doesn't usually wear a flag pin and asked, "I want to know if you believe in the American flag."

ABC, which hosted the debate, had tracked her down after she was quoted in a New York Times story about white voters in small-town Latrobe, Pa., revealing her as 52, out of work and against Obama.

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Comments

[ByersL]

And hey, Hillary doesn't wear a pin, neither does John McCain but no one asks them about it! Sorry folks, the only difference between them all is that Obama's half African.....Come on PA, kick Hillary to the curb and let's get moving forward! Leave your fears at the door, we will prevail! If we can do it in VA, you can do it in PA!!

[Rockwell]

This woman is a walking example of the bitterness that Obama was talking about. If you read her story, her life was one crushing disapppointment after another after her marriage. Her husband became a millstone around her neck. So where does she channel her anger? At Obama. Because he's happy, successful and has a good marriage? She embraces HRC because like her, Hillary has a loser of a husband?

So she relates to Hillary, not so much Obama. Fine, vote your feelings. But when you get one chance to ask of question of the future POTUS, you ask him about a fucking lapel pin? Shame on her for throwing away an opportunity and shame on ABC for their FOX like exploitation of this bitter woman.

That "debate" was a farce. An embarassing spectacle. And I'll never watch ABC News again. Oh, wait, I stopped watching ABC News 20 years ago. Well, I'll picket a Disney Store or something.

[brooklyncitizen]

Yes shame on her...but guess what? this is the limitation of her intellect and knowledge. THere are SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO many Americans like this...they are for real and probably "nice" people but their bitterness, racism and ignorance is too entrenched.

SHe was manipulated by the media and probably doesn't "get" that either. She doesn't get that lapel pins and having a beer with someone are not the top items on a resume for POTUS. It's an infantile assessment...

[nunzia]

That nimrod is a repugnican voter, for sure.
If indeed she can tear herself away from the tv long enough to vote.
If indeed she's ever voted.

[ByersL]

Geez Louise! I sure hope Obama prevails. Maybe Pennsylvania will finally get the good schools they deserve, and obviously need!!

[ajax2]

Too bad she never had time to get an education, but if worshiping the flag is her benchmark, well she's dumber than a doorknob. Her simplistic ideas about patriotism is what brought the nation and the world the greatest catastrophe of my life time GW Bush.

[aquarius2001]

This woman looks like one of the McCain Girls from that stupid video on YouTube ("It's Raining McCain...")

[granamica]

She asked this question because she has no grasp that anything else is going on in the nation that is more important. I wonder how she feels about a handkerchief in the breast pocket, three piece suits,...

[creasybear]

Ah, exactly the image that flashed into my silly mind: fat, divorced, bitter, sadistic, unemployed and out for someone's blood. The purrrfect Hillarians. Go Go Hillary '08.
Though shame on the Obama campaign for making him lose it so early. Not that I would entirely blame Barrack, atleast he could lecture Hillary about having more experience inregards docking snippers fire than her. What the hell is wrong with Obama! Does he have any idea he's facing the REAL AL-QAEDA here. The word Al-Qaeda means "The Base", like a kinda establishment. Why does he walks into the front line without a good bulletproof. Atleast, serves him right, he would be better prepared someother times. Reads files about moderators who wont take any pity.

[NoFactsJustTruth]

So, just where was this MORONIC women's 'flag pin' when she asked her STUPID question planted by ABC???

Not that I question THEIR patriotism, ...like HELL I don't!

[Opus007]

I would like to ask Nash if she considers someone who doesn't wear a cross a real Christian?
And ask her if she thinks someone that doesn't have a Support TheTroops sticker on their car is against the troops.

The more we find out about ABC's debate the worse it gets. Let's see if George puts John McCain on the ropes.

[Kyuzo]

In which parallel universe did Barack Obama come from a privileged upbringing? I've read both of the man's books, he was raised by a single mother in lower-middle class conditions. What is this woman's malfunction?

The fact that Obama earned his way to an Ivy League school (and excelled, unlike pathetic blueblood legacies like Bush) is something the "average American" should embrace and be proud of instead of segregating him as an "elitist."

Incidentally, I can remember a time when "elite" was a compliment. How the bar has lowered...

[condew]

ABC dug this woman up, and didn't think any of this was worth mentioning? Shame on ABC.

[arvada]

im so pissed i can't even type

[arvada]

i'm not giving this numbnut a pass

her and people think like her gave the bush crime family

i have had it with these bozo's

[ObamaEdwards]

She can vote as she likes, of course. But did you see a flag pin on Clinton? And did anyone ask why she wasn't wearing one? COME ON. All the gripes against ABC were not because of "tough questions" but because of non-questions like this one.

[Probus]

During the entire debate they kept going after Obama because they know that he is more likely to be the democratic nominee and not Clinton. ABC wanted to go after Obama so they went out of their way and had this woman asked her biased dumb question. The issue of the flag pin is beyond ridiculous. How come no one ever asks Clinton why she never wears one?

[UnknownSoldier]

If ABC had already assumed that Obama will be the Nominee, then why invite Hillary to the Debate to begin with............. The Debate was freakin joke......... ABC crediblity is in the toilet

[Grunty1]

If they only invited Obama, it would have been awfully hard to explain the BS.

[Probus]

ABC invited Clinton because 10 states have yet to vote. I say Obama will be the likely nominee because statistically she would have to win each remaining state by more than 65 percent to get ahead of Obama. This she can't do.