See.
I wear flag.
I iz frend.
Freeeeend.
This from around The Carpetbagger Report on Conservatives popping their hinges over Barack Obama’s evil evilness:
Conservatives slam Obama over flag-less lapelOf course, Fox News joined the chorus (summary via Media Matters.)
Posted October 5th, 2007 at 10:00 am
Yesterday, in response to a question from a reporter suspicious of why he wasn’t wearing an American flag pin on his lapel, Barack Obama explained his belief that for some, the pins became a substitute for “true patriotism.” The senator said he would instead “try to tell the American people what I believe will make this country great, and hopefully that will be a testimony to my patriotism.”
I didn’t expect leading conservative voices to understand, but I was a little surprised at the ferocity of the response. Jonah Goldberg described Obama’s perspective as “staggeringly stupid,” and “the single dumbest thing I’ve ever heard of him doing.” Another prominent far-right blogger responded this way:
“Seriously, you want this for President of these great United States.This is how he catches the attention of a media aligned with the terror force? This useful tool won’t wear an American flag pin? Talk about pandering to the radical base, he ought to run against Ahmadinejad.Higher-profile conservative voices were only slightly less unhinged.
“He is scoring points with Georgie Soros, won’t be waiting long for his on his Soros stipend, I’m sure. What’s Obama Hussein’s new campaign slogan, “America Sucks!”
“But talk radio and cable news quickly pounced on the issue. “It just shows you he’s not ready for the big time,” conservative Laura Ingram opined on Fox News. Said Sean Hannity: “Why do we wear pins? Because our country is under attack!”Hannity, a voice of reason in these trying times. Perhaps he believes lapel pins are some kind of protection against terrorist attacks? And if so, why doesn’t he wear one more often?
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...As did the rest of the usual suspects.
(Andrew) NAPOLITANO: I think he's disrespecting the American flag, E.D., but I understand why he's doing it. He's appealing to a hard-left audience. That's the only way he can catch up with Hillary Clinton, and they agree that wearing the pin means you're pro-war.
(Brian) KILMEADE: So what you're saying is he's kissing up to the people who don't like the American flag?
NAPOLITANO: Right.
And so I welcome them --
One and All --
To this 74th Year
Of the 1,000 Year Reich.
Just one world away.
Over where that paper-hanging
Son of a bitch
Had faced an America
Which could not distinguish
Between Liberty
And Fascism
Because Evil had swapped
Its Brown Shirt
For a pair of
Red
White
And Blue
Underpants.
12 comments:
Sorry to go OT, but THIS is what we need from Edwards.
Not too shabby, for starters.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071005/ap_on_el_pr/edwards_clinton
Hell, can't link to it, but he's gettin' in her shit about the connections one of her "Roves" has to....taaadaaa! Blackwater!
Red, white and blue underpants with track marks, perhaps? Mmmmmm.....?
Dee Loralei
How awesome would it have been if Barack responded "Yeah, I gotta stinkin flag pin, on my dick Bitchezzz!
then continued with "Excuse me while I whip this out"
"Excuse me while I whip this out."
D'ya suppose that every time KKKarl Rove manages to bamboozle a sufficient number of non-affluent white folks [I am n.a.w., btw] into voting on the basis of bullshit neo-Confederate "social issues', rather than their own best interests, Rove says to himself:
"Oh, baby, you are so gooood---and they are SOOO DUMMMBBB!"
It's always about image over substance for the wingnuts - they know it, we know it, everyone knows it.
But that's the great thing about America: wearing a flag pin is exactly the same as volunteering to serve the country. Putting a magnetic ribbon on your car is exactly the same as sacrificing for a cause. Talking on the radio is the most effective way to fight for freedom and keep America safe.
If it weren't for the Bumper Sticker Patriots and Right Wing Mama's Boys, god only knows what would happen to our nation!
David Cross on flags and patriotism
So much for the vaunted 'American Individualist'. Of course, such individuals,............. not so useful for Red, White and Blue fascism.
Sandy said the same thing, skunqesh. Great minds think alike.
Not anonymous, but Randall:
From the Flag Code I learned years ago, it was both disrespectful and illegal to wear the American Flag as clothing or ornamentation. And those insipid little fake jewel pins those freaks wear are far more hideous and macabre than ANYTHING the DFH's ever did with it.
Nice Photoshop on the PHSOB. Where's the cross?
PS: the local news (a freak of nature brought me to the Place of the Skunk this weekend) is treating this as a non-story, and between the Cubs collapse and the shooting death of Shaun Gayle's girlfriend there isn't room for any other news.
I read this yesterday. It made my head hurt. Made me think of John Prine..."Flag Decal"..... only Pin. The pinheads sure do likes the pinz!! Arrrrrrgh!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xp1mIYJNKWQ
So the role model for true-blue, America-loving, super-duper-patriotic conservatives is...
...Abbie Hoffman?
(historical note from old geezer to young whippersnappers: Abbie Hoffman, 1970's radical, was arrested for wearing a shirt made from an American flag. Also arrested other times, for other charges -- see "Chicago Seven" -- but the shirt incident was one of the most famous.)
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