First the Flag Pin, and Now the Flag Decal

Somebody in the Obama campaign seems to be more than a little tone deaf on the issue of patriotism:

As part of a month-long aircraft makeover, a painted American flag was removed from the tail of Sen. Barack Obama's official campaign airplane and was replaced with the presidential candidate's trademark "O" symbol.

The refurbished 757 was unveiled to members of the news media today, 41 of whom boarded the craft and took off to meet Obama in Amman, Jordan, where the presidential candidate will stop as part of a Middle Eastern and European tour.

Obama traveled to the Mideast earlier this week on board a separate airplane.

Fox News blogger Bonny Kapp, traveling on Obama's new airplane, reported:

"The North American jet that flew Obama and his traveling crew around for much of the primary season was refurbished with new seats and power for each passenger a must on the campaign trail. And the plane that once had an American flag on its tail now sports the Obama 'O.'"

It would be an easy shot to analyze this as just more evidence that Obama is really running for president of the world, but it's probably just an idiot lower down the campaign foodchain that had his head up somewhere when he approved the design. The plane will likely get another paint job when they add the VP candidate's name, and I'll bet they add a flag back on it somewhere.