Ill. GOP forgets flag so do the pledge to a man's flag t-shirt

[ensho]

http://blog.windycitywatch.com/2009/08/illinois-gop-forgets-flag-so-they.html


Statehouse Insider: Gene saves the day for GOP




llinois Republicans are a patriotic bunch.


They start their meetings with a recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance, the nation’s unofficial
loyalty oath. And so it was last week when Republican Party leaders met at a Springfield hotel prior to attending Republican Day at the Illinois State Fair.

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. What to do?

Why, call on a fellow named Gene to come to the rescue. Gene was wearing a shirt decked out in an American flag pattern. He came forward, and the group of assembled Republicans pledged allegiance to his shirt.
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[tridim]

1. I pledge allegiance to the shirt..

and the Chinese corporation who manufactured it.

:eyes:

I bet that guy got a huge super-patriot hardon as they pledged to his shirt.

[rfranklin]

4. We refer to that as his flagpole... eom

[rfranklin]

2. What a bunch of incompetent boobs!

I think that violates the flag code in about five different ways.

[dhpgetsit]

3. That is hilarious!!! - nt

[ccharles000]

5. lol

[BR_Parkway]

6. Now they'll want a Constitutional amendment against burning shirts

[Buzz Clik]

7. Remember when the knuckledraggers considered it unpatriotic to put the flag on clothing?

Next, they'll be saluting my shorts.

[EOTE]

8. Damn, they could have called me.

I've got some red white and blue boxers I'd have had no problem with them pledging to. Hell, I'd have even included a free fruit bowl for their enjoyment.

[frylock]

16. freakin awesome!

:rofl:

[HopeHoops]

9. And the shrub signed countless flags - THAT is desecration!

What an idiot.

[wndycty]

10. Thanks for the love and linking to my blog!

:kick:

[nykym]

11. For a group that thinks they are

sooooooooo ultra patriotic, they need to brush up on their flag etiquette.
This from: http://www.ushistory.org/betsy/flagcode.htm

§8. Respect for flag

No disrespect should be shown to the flag of the United States of America; the flag should not be dipped to any person or thing. Regimental colors, State flags, and organization or institutional flags are to be dipped as a mark of honor.

4. The flag should never be used as wearing apparel, bedding, or drapery. It should never be festooned, drawn back, nor up, in folds, but always allowed to fall free. Bunting of blue, white, and red, always arranged with the blue above, the white in the middle, and the red below, should be used for covering a speaker's desk, draping the front of the platform, and for decoration in general.

More at the website listed above.

[gatorboy]

12. Please, please, please let there be a video.

:rofl:

[progressoid]

13. Is this Gene?

[jimshoes]

14. I can picture his wife saying as he's leaving the house...

No dear you don't look like a silly asshole at all.

[KansDem]

15. Well, if some of the jerks can see Jesus in a tortilla, a potato, or a piece of toast

...I suppose they can see the America on a tee-shirt.