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OBAMA CAMPAIGN QUIETLY DITCHES FAUX FLAG
Powerline ^
| September 23, 2012
| John Hinderaker
Posted on 09/23/2012 5:18:31 PM PDT by lasereye
The Obama campaign produced a poster of an American flag, with Obamas O symbol replacing the field of stars, as an item of campaign merchandise, selling for $35. The image was tasteless at best. It is hard to imagine any other politician arrogant enough to remake the flag in his own image:
Barack Obama, however, has never been one to be deterred by bad taste. The larger problem was that, as many pointed out, the flag bore an uncanny resemblance to this grisly photograph taken at the American consulate in Benghazi:
![](http://www.powerlineblog.com/admin/ed-assets/2012/09/Prints00381.jpg)
So the Obama campaign has quietly ditched the flag poster, which now returns an error message if you try to buy it at the Obama store.
I cant think of an analogy to this fiasco: the Obama campaigns initial insensitivity to proper uses of the flag was bad enough, and then it was compounded by bringing to mind one of the administrations foreign policy disasters. One can only imagine the hysteria if a similar mishap had befallen George Bushs re-election campaign. And yet, our reporters assure us that it is Mitt Romney who has had a bad couple of weeks!
JOE updates: The Obama website returns this page not found message when you try to buy the flag:
![](http://www.powerlineblog.com/admin/ed-assets/2012/09/Screen-shot-2012-09-23-at-4.12.04-PM.png)
Yeah: your bad.
TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bho2012; flag; nevermind; obama; obamacult; obamaflag; oldglory; oops
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posted on
09/23/2012 5:18:35 PM PDT
by
lasereye
To: lasereye
To: lasereye
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posted on
09/23/2012 5:23:14 PM PDT
by
Old Sarge
(We are now officially over the precipice, we just havent struck the ground yet)
To: lasereye
Yeah: your bad. Or equally true - You're bad.
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posted on
09/23/2012 5:23:18 PM PDT
by
Bob
To: lasereye
BARACKWARD
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posted on
09/23/2012 5:25:07 PM PDT
by
Gene Eric
(Demoralization is a weapon of the enemy. Don't get it, don't spread it!)
To: lasereye
![](http://i1167.photobucket.com/albums/q623/MissMagnoliaVA/FR%20posts/ry4001_zps907a3aa9.jpg)
Too late ..... Americans died and we won't forget Obama was derelict in his duty to these folks and to the country. We also won't forget the partying that went on in the days after (Las Vegas, Letterman, Beyonce/JayZ) with al-Qaeda flags flying over American embassies and the slain not yet laid to rest.
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posted on
09/23/2012 5:26:28 PM PDT
by
MissMagnolia
(Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't. (M.Thatcher))
To: lasereye
this one was particularly bad . . . Such an office doesn't exist.
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posted on
09/23/2012 5:26:40 PM PDT
by
JohnBrowdie
(http://forum.stink-eye.net)
To: Jet Jaguar; NorwegianViking; ExTexasRedhead; HollyB; FromLori; EricTheRed_VocalMinority; ...
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posted on
09/23/2012 5:26:46 PM PDT
by
Nachum
(The List was hacked- www.nachumlist.com)
To: lasereye
Yippee! One for the good guys.
9
posted on
09/23/2012 5:27:16 PM PDT
by
pfflier
To: lasereye
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posted on
09/23/2012 5:30:46 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Day 1342 of our ObamaVacation from reality - Obama, a queer and present danger)
To: null and void; RetSignman
Graphic credit: RetSignman
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posted on
09/23/2012 5:34:35 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Day 1342 of our ObamaVacation from reality - Obama, a queer and present danger)
To: lasereye
As I said previously; the first thing I noticed about this abberation and desecration of our national symbol was the absence of the stars representing our sovereign 50 (57?) states. Of course that couldn’t have been the intention of the POS-in-Chief’s administration........./sarc.
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posted on
09/23/2012 5:36:22 PM PDT
by
wesagain
(The God (Elohim) of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is the One True GOD.)
To: lasereye
This man’s ego has no limits! What other political figure had his image on bumper stickers, yard signs, posters and tee-shirts? oh...I mean in America?
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posted on
09/23/2012 5:38:36 PM PDT
by
coloradomomba
(Lord God...please use me.)
To: MissMagnolia
That’s a perfect image of what he has done.
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posted on
09/23/2012 5:38:42 PM PDT
by
palmer
(Jim, please bill me 50 cents for this completely useless post)
To: MissMagnolia
![](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v253/chode6/chode2.gif)
simply OUTSTANDING!!!
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posted on
09/23/2012 5:45:15 PM PDT
by
Chode
(American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: lasereye
![](http://www.cityprofile.com/forum/attachments/national-politics-debate/31569d1312473400-how-does-make-you-feel-obama-not-saluting-american-flag.jpg#obama%20not%20saluting%20flag)
It's been apparent for years that he has no respect for the flag. This latest fiasco just emphasizes that.
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posted on
09/23/2012 5:50:09 PM PDT
by
Stonewall Jackson
("I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.")
To: lasereye
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posted on
09/23/2012 5:52:11 PM PDT
by
Iron Munro
(US Embassies Come and Go But An Obama Apology Lasts Forever)
To: lasereye
hahhaha...looks like smeared blood to me
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posted on
09/23/2012 5:55:33 PM PDT
by
dalebert
To: Iron Munro
To: thecodont
Gone as fast as the Obama hoody.
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posted on
09/23/2012 6:03:42 PM PDT
by
getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL
(What if you woke up today having only those things for which you thanked God last night?)
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