The silent majority is wide awake in America. Red states will become redder and some of the blues will be flipped in the next election in 2008. The backlash against those like the ACLU who want remove 'God' from public view and thought has really just begun, in my humble opinion of course.
If he chose simply not to speak, I would suggest tolerance.
When an elected representative turns his back on the flag, IT'S TIME TO GO!
If only you were really talking about red and blue, but you're not, you're actually talking about religion. Maybe I shouldn't, but I have these paranoid fears that vindictive theists want to burn me and those who believe like me at the stake, even if metaphorically.
Ever since the election I'm seeing more of a backlash against the ACLU more.. It seems that that ACLU does not get the message.
He doesn't turn his back -- Newman hyped a bit. Watch the tape, he doesn't move -- just sits there, flag off to his right. He can probably see it. Don't hang your hat on Newman's quote -- better to stick to the main issue.