Barack & the Flag

[Alex Gnatiuk]

I was cleaning out my email inbox today and found this that someone had sent me earlier in the year. I had to read it twice before I could believe what I was reading! :eek: unbelievable

Hot on the heels of his explanation for why he no longer wears a flag pin,
presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama was forced to explain why he
doesn't follow protocol when the National Anthem is played.
According to the United States Code, Title 36, Chapter 10, Sec. 171,
During rendition of the national anthem when the flag is displayed, all present
except those in uniform are expected to stand at attention facing the flag
with the right hand over the heart.
'As I've said about the flag pin, I don't want to be perceived as taking
sides,' Obama said. 'There are a lot of people in the world to whom the
American flag is a symbol of oppression. And the anthem itself conveys a
war-like message. You know, the bombs bursting in air and all. It should
be swapped for something less parochial and less bellicose. I like the song
'I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing.' If that were our anthem, then I might
salute it.'

[Mike Wood]

The guy is a P.O.S. and anyone that votes for him is displaying either their ignorance or just contempt for this country.:mad: Strong words, yes, but the proof is everywhere. I'd like to slap the shit out of his scrawny little ass. He's spitting in the face of our forefathers who, if they were still here would no doubt also like to slap the living shit out of him. I agree with Jesse Jackson for once in my life.:o How does Obama think we won our independence by singing to the British, and yes we fought and won it not had it freakin' handed to us. Need I go on?

[Brad VanHorn]

Not that I support Barack Obama, because I certainly don't, but this is a false rumor. Read here if you want the rest of the story: http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/stance.asp

If we're going to try and discredit the guy, and I don't mind doing so, let's at least do it for things he's actually done - like vote for nearly every piece of anti-gun legislation he's ever seen.

[Mike Wood]

Brad,
If you Snope the photo of him NOT putting his hand over his heart while the National Anthem is played it comes up as true. As for the comment he allegedly made I guess not. As far as I'm concerned he's dug his own political grave a long time ago with right wing concervetives like myself. My comments were not based on this particular comment, they were based on all the other crap he's said, done, stands for, accociated with (This just set me off again). Any one of which would be enough for me to blurt out that he has NO BUSINESS being our next President/Commander In Chief.