I'm amazed that an Observer reader is so ill-informed. The chain emails and "Obama is Muslim!!1" blogs are absurd tall tales spread by sociopaths and political operatives.

If your against Obama fine, but inform yourself of the facts.
You're right about one thing, he does not wear a flag pin on his lapel. What does that matter, what does it mean? The flag is dripping with blood and the current government is red handed - no one should wear the flag until it is liberated from the clutches of warmongering corporate republicans.