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October 01, 2007
Our Flag MIA at Debate Due To Not Wanting To Offend ~ WTF!
Whose broad stripes and bright stars?
Baltimore Sun
Republican front-runners weren’t the only things missing from the presidential debate stage. The American flag was AWOL, too.
The backdrop to the “All-American Presidential Forum,” brought to you by Tavis Smiley and PBS, was a map of the United States, superimposed with a checkerboard of multicultural faces.
Rep. Duncan Hunter of California, one of the presidential hopefuls, asked debate organizers to get Old Glory up there, too, according to Chris Cavey, first vice chairman of the state GOP.
Cavey was acting as an escort for another candidate, Tom Tancredo of Colorado, and heard Hunter’s request over his earpiece about half an hour before the show began.
“Escorts were wired. I heard [in the earpiece], ‘Congressman Hunter is requesting a flag on stage,’” Cavey said.
Request denied.
The buzz among some Republicans was that organizers thought the flag might “offend” some members of the audience. Cavey, while critical of the decision, chalks it up to aesthetics, not politics. Red-white-and-blue simply would have clashed with the map’s yellow-to-burnt-orange hues…
Isn’t it possible that the producers just couldn’t find a flag in time after Hunter raised the issue?
“They could have walked across the street to the police station to get a flag in half an hour, and I know personally that Morgan State University has a flag somewhere,” Cavey said. “I thought it was absolutely inappropriate that the ‘All-American Presidential Debate’ couldn’t even produce an American flag.”
Wild Thing's comment.........
Please read Mark's comment, it says it all and I agree!!
.....Thank you so much Mark for the heads up on this.
And thank you Mark for your comment on this:
"The reason ? Our flag MIGHT OFFEND someone in the audience. We have Red states and Blue states, the map on the stage was all different colors reflecting the multi-cultural, multi-diversity of the country. everything was there except the American Flag. Whose friggin country is it. And if someone is offended, why the hell don't we show these retarded sons of bitches the door.Who the hell is running the government Dr. Seuss, I mean c'mon if the American Flag offends someone, in the audience, living in this country, then their being in this country, is not that of being an American.
When are we going to stop being afraid of offending someone because of OUR culture. I say, if our country offends you, you have two choices 1.) F'n leave or... 2.) Shut the hell up and learn why you have the freedoms you have, it aint because of Hillary Clinton or any mealy mouthed self righteous F'n Liberal. It is because when we are challanged we kept this land because we won't back down.
I have had it with this multi-cultural crap, I have had it with 'Dissing God', He is the reason we have rights, I am tired of these punks trying to change the Pledge. We used to be a country of majority rule, since when does one disaffected individual have the right to tell the rest of us that our Culture and tradition is wrong, Screw that disaffected moron. We either got to stand up and fight to get our country back or we will surely lose it."
...Posted by Wild Thing at October 1, 2007 01:47 PM
Comments
Well said Mark. BRAVO!!!
Posted by: BobF at October 1, 2007 02:43 PM
Why can't we just shoot these numbnuts? But then again, I guess you would have to have some, for them to be numb. When I was a kid, none of this would have happened. The audience would "handle" the malcontents. If they did'nt, we children would have. A politian would NEVER act the way some do today, without fellow peers of ALL parties, taking them out back to the wood shed.
I am just sick of it all. I want to hurt muslims....real bad. Oh, no...I won't kill. I always shoot to maim. I will heal them and take care of them...and then maim them again.
Posted by: SSgt Steve, USMC, VRWC at October 1, 2007 03:44 PM
Damn, just Damn! No further comment.
Posted by: TomR at October 1, 2007 04:09 PM
Why didn't the candidates DEMAND a flag be on the stage?
Why didn't those second tier candidates take advantage and DEMAND a flag be put on the stage before they went onstage? They could've really scored, but they were too spineless.
Posted by: Marvin at October 1, 2007 05:27 PM
I might have known this was a PBS event, their broadcast stations are nothing more than indoctrination centers operated by our universities. Events like this are funded most often by leftist philanthropists of the caliber of The Ford Foundation or George Soros in any of his manifestations, that explains the lack of decorum usually found at events that deal with nationalism and americanism. I echo Steve. Tom and Marvin's senetiments, those candidated should have walked off until proper respect was shown in their presence.
A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle; and patriotism is loyalty to that principle.
Posted by: Jack at October 1, 2007 10:18 PM
SSgt Steve, I am sick of it too. It has been just too much and too many times that we all have to sit by and see this kind of thing happening.
This is totally unforgivable and add to that to have it happen at a political event for people running for President???? Oh my gosh!!!!!!
Posted by: Wild Thing at October 1, 2007 11:26 PM
Tom, nodding in agreement from me.
Posted by: Wild Thing at October 1, 2007 11:29 PM
Marvin that is what they should have done.
It shocks me that as a girl I have more nerve to speak out then these men on that stage had.
Posted by: Wild Thing at October 1, 2007 11:34 PM
Jack ditto and amen.
Posted by: Wild Thing at October 1, 2007 11:35 PM
The Rock says it's time to open a big,big can O
WHUP ASS...I have this little comment from good
old TEDDY...I think it fits the no flag people to
a "T"It was good in 1907 and it sure as hell good
just as good in 2007...
Theodore Roosevelt on Immigrants and being an AMERICAN
"In the first place we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the man's becoming in very fact an American, and nothing but an American...There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag, and this excludes the red flag, which symbolizes all wars against liberty and civilization, just as much as it excludes any foreign flag of a nation to which we are hostile...We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language...and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people."
Theodore Roosevelt 1907
Posted by: Tincan Sailor at October 1, 2007 11:45 PM
Tincan Sailor, that is great, thank you so much.
Posted by: Wild Thing at October 2, 2007 01:39 AM
... how many times do I have to tell you the GOP will never receive more than 3% of the black votes! They're so militant that OLD GLORY offends them - like the CSA rebel flags do?
Posted by: darthcrUSAderworldtour07 at October 4, 2007 12:50 AM
Darth, your right, I just can't get over how it shocks me though.How anyone here in America can't understand what our Flag means, it really bugs me.
Posted by: Wild Thing at October 4, 2007 01:19 AM
