Posted on 03/14/2012 10:30:45 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
An American flag with President Obama's image in place of the stars flew over a Florida county's Democrat headquarters long enough to enrage local veterans who called the altered banner "a disgrace."
Lake County Democratic Party officials took down the flag, which flew just below a standard Old Glory on the flagpole outside headquarters in Tavares following complaints by local veterans. But merely taking it down wasn't enough for several local veterans, who said they fought for the flag Betsy Ross made famous, not one with a politician on it.
"It's absolutely disrespectful," Jim Bradford, a 71-year-old veteran who participated in the Bay of Pigs Invasion told FoxNews.com. "It's totally ridiculous. To put somebody's picture there, to me, it's a disgrace to do that."
Bradford, an organizer with the Veterans Memorial at Fountain Park in Leesburg, Fla., snapped photos of the flag and distributed them to fellow veterans and friends. By late afternoon, he and several other veterans delivered a copy of the federal flag code to Nancy Hurlbert, chairwoman of the Lake County Democratic Party.
"We read that to her, but she would not accept that," Bradford said. "The discussion finally got a little bit heated."
The flag, which had been flying for several months without complaint and is available online for $12.95, was later removed by Hurlbert.
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Without a doubt.
SandRat has the best advice - chop it up and use it for toilet paper.
It reminds of 2008 when Obama was speaking in Ohio, and the Ohio flags were behind Obama, and people thought that the “O” was for Obama. Except these flags really are Obama flags.
The symbolism is too rich......The flag removes the stars representing the states, and replaces it with their “star”. States’ rights don’t matter — only Obama and the government of Obama matter!
Maybe we should leave the US/Obama flag just as it is—in place, and put this photo on the news, in hand flyers, and everywhere else you can post it. The US/Obama flag says it all: Democrats have no respect for the flag or the republic for which it stands.
“call your congress-critter and voice your outrage”
Call them too, I did. They are scum. Tell them to their face. BTW the “chairwoman” of the Lake County RATs looks like an idiot!
Just Wow!
I was picturing 50 little Obama faces.
‘lakedemocrats@embarqmail.com‘
Someone posted this link on an earlier thread. Everyone should send their thoughts to the DNC office.
WORSHIP HIM!!!
In the Church of Obama, the Koolaid is always free, it’s the Hopium that’s gonna cost you.
Don’t you mean 57 little Obama faces?
I said the same thing today to a friend. Truly this flag represents the heart of the Democrat party. They do not believe in the rights of the people to govern themselves, they believe in one party and one person making the decisions for everyone. Which, of course is not a democratic republic.
We must push back. We must stand up and kick these democrats out. This is our one and only chance. We must fight. This is it. This is our battle and we MUST fight and win!
Desecration of the US flag has been 100% legal, at least since the ‘60’s.
Good grief, Hitler would be so proud!
Good grief, Hitler would be so proud!
Looks like something that would have been flown during a military parade down the middle of Moscow in the 1970s.
I'm amazed at the number of folks I see in FR that post comments without reading the link, where you would have learned FL state law as it relates to PUBLIC property and lands:
Statute 256.05, which covers improper use of state or United States flag, or other symbol of authority, reads: "No person shall, in any manner, for exhibition or display:
"(1) Place or cause to be placed any word, figure, mark, picture, design, drawing or advertisement of any nature upon any flag, standard, color, ensign or shield of the United States or of this state, or authorized by any law of the United States or this state; or
"(2) Expose to public view any such flag, standard, color, ensign or shield upon which shall have been printed, painted or otherwise produced, or to which shall have been attached, appended, affixed or annexed any such word, figure, mark, picture, design, drawing or advertisement."
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