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August 26, 2008
Official Dem Convention Pass Features Upside Down Flag
Topics: Political News and commentaries
Just another Obama-ism (HT - DBKP).
According to Marty Justis, director of the American Legion's Americanism Division, the United States Flag Code states, "The flag should never be displayed with the union down, except as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property."
... the best example he could cite would be on a small boat or a ship that is in danger of sinking and has no electronic means to communicate a distress message. Another possible scenario would be a military outpost incapable of communicating a distress message.But surely this doesn't apply to Democrats, after all - they're always the special exception (at least in their minds). This is like Nancy Pelosi supporting abortion, lying about the position of the Catholic Church on abortion in a televised interview, receiving communion, and then claiming it's "a regional thing."... The Flag Code is pretty clear on flying the flag upside down, he said. It does not include doing so in order to "make a political statement or to suggest that we are in extreme danger to life or property ...
Posted by Richard at August 26, 2008 11:47 AM
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