Posted on 10/22/2007 8:29:23 AM PDT by redstates4ever
During rendition of the national anthem when the flag is displayed, all present except those in uniform should stand at attention facing the flag with the right hand over the heart. Men not in uniform should remove their headdress with their right hand and hold it at the left shoulder, the hand being over the heart. -- United States Code, Title 36, Chapter 10, Sec. 171
Turns out that not wearing a flag lapel pin isn't the only way Barack Obama chooses to show he's a different kind of Democrat.
Have a look at the photo from the October 1, 2007 edition of "Time." It shows Obama, Hillary and Bill Richardson at the Steak Fry of Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) on September 17 in Indianola, IA during [according to the photo caption] the National Anthem. Richardson and Clinton have their hands on their heart. But not Obama. Does he perhaps believe that, like wearing the flag pin, the hand on the heart isn't "true patriotism"?
"Time" ran the photo without comment. I haven't seen coverage of this anywhere else in the MSM. Perhaps some enterprising reporter can ask the Illinois senator about his decision to spurn this American tradition.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...
Sometimes all you need is a pic, and that one says it all.
Obama. AlQaeda’s inside man.
Obama's hands ARE where is heart is.
A few months back we had a local hero that was killed in Iraq. Prior to his funeral I knew the motorcade with the body was going to drive by on the freeway feeder road. I went over there with my big American flag and stood by the road. As I stood by the road I noticed some waitresses and some other people come out of a restaurant that was on the freeway. They walked over to the side of the road down the ways from me. The waitresses were you average white Texas chicks. But the waiters, busboys looked like they were illegals. Every one of them had a little American flag and as the hearse drove by they raised their small flags up and put their hands on their hearts and silently bowed their heads. Some made the sign of the cross. Then they all walked by inside the eatery.
I agree that illegals should not be here. Say what you want about them but on that hot Texas day, standing next to a freeway and watching an Amerian hero pass by those Mexican waiters and busboys understood more about America than this phony half-black and likely moslem Obama does.
Anyone that refuses to put their hand on their heart when the colors are recognized isn't on our side.
“I have no interest in defending Obama. I just don’t want to see one of those situations where the left can accuse our side of using a misleading photo to try to smear the guy.”
“It is what it is...
I see you joined FR last month.”
Your comment about joining FR last month gives the impression of coming from the right-wing thought police. Do we only want one point of view on this forum? Far more is accomplished with an exchange of views, otherwise we’re all preaching to the choir.
Check out the website of the church he attends. Go to www.tucc.org. Quoting from the “About Us” section: “We are an African people, and remain ‘true to our native land’, the mother continent, the cradle of civilization.”
This looks so real that it doesn’t even seem like photoshop!
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