Sleazeshow: Obama and Flag Pin

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Comments

[BeachSaint]

My favorite flag pin? Sarah Palin's rhinestone encrusted pin with its 12 stars and 7 stripes. Oh, yes, and the fact that it's made in the Czech Republican, a country John McCain still likes to call Czechoslovakia.