Illinois Republicans pledge allegiance to man in T-Shirt


	Illinois Republicans pledge allegiance to man in T-Shirt

BobbyRutan

8-24-2009 12:13 AM

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wrapped in the flag and violating the flag code, rebubbacans

BobbyRutan says:

... not to mention that technically he is desecrating the flag. See section 8d of the Flag Code.

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<A href="http://blog.windycitywatch.com/2009/08/illinois-gop-forgets-flag-so-they.html" linkindex="4">Illinois GOP forgets flag so they Pledge Allegiance to Gene, a man in an American flag t-shirt.</A>
</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.windycitywatch.com/2009/08/illinois-gop-forgets-flag-so-they.html"><P>llinois Republicans are a patriotic bunch.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.windycitywatch.com/2009/08/illinois-gop-forgets-flag-so-they.html"><P>They start their meetings with a recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance, the nation’s unofficial</P><IMG border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373347910388949010" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gEISvyVI8hI/SpH3dI1SIBI/AAAAAAAAAQM/LzRTeDt9syk/s200/notgene2.jpg" /><P> loyalty oath. And so it was last</P><P> week when Republican Party leaders met at a Springfield hotel prior to attending Republican Day at the Illinois State Fair.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.windycitywatch.com/2009/08/illinois-gop-forgets-flag-so-they.html"><P>Republican county chairmen (party leaders, not county board leaders) held a meeting and prepared to recite the pledge. Oops. There was no flag in the room for them to face while reciting. 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He came forward, and the group of assembled Republicans pledged allegiance to his shirt.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.windycitywatch.com/2009/08/illinois-gop-forgets-flag-so-they.html"><P>You have to wonder how conservatives would have reacted had Democrats done the same thing.</P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://blog.windycitywatch.com/2009/08/illinois-gop-forgets-flag-so-they.html?showComment=1251081236052#c6687781392623585207" href="http://blog.windycitywatch.com/2009/08/illinois-gop-forgets-flag-so-they.html?showComment=1251081236052#c6687781392623585207" style="font-size: 11px;">blog.windycitywatch.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.windycitywatch.com/2009/08/illinois-gop-forgets-flag-so-they.html?showComment=1251081236052#c6687781392623585207"><P>i pledge allegiance to the shirt<BR />rofl, nice improv</P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://blog.windycitywatch.com/2009/08/illinois-gop-forgets-flag-so-they.html?showComment=1251081190229#c3183021554386331757" href="http://blog.windycitywatch.com/2009/08/illinois-gop-forgets-flag-so-they.html?showComment=1251081190229#c3183021554386331757" style="font-size: 11px;">blog.windycitywatch.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.windycitywatch.com/2009/08/illinois-gop-forgets-flag-so-they.html?showComment=1251081190229#c3183021554386331757">http://www.ushistory.org/betsy/flagcode.htm</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/2E47660D-1440-4F0B-A581-0358AE62791F/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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