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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 Obama’s “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:

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 can’t think of an analogy to this fiasco: the Obama campaign’s initial insensitivity to proper uses of the flag was bad enough, and then it was compounded by bringing to mind one of the administration’s foreign policy disasters. One can only imagine the hysteria if a similar mishap had befallen George Bush’s 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:

Yeah: your bad.


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bho2012; flag; nevermind; obama; obamacult; obamaflag; oldglory; oops
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1 posted on 09/23/2012 5:18:35 PM PDT by lasereye
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2 posted on 09/23/2012 5:22:49 PM PDT by Alex Murphy
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3 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)
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To: lasereye
Yeah: your bad.

Or equally true - You're bad.

4 posted on 09/23/2012 5:23:18 PM PDT by Bob
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To: lasereye
BARACKWARD

5 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!)
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To: lasereye

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.

6 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))
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To: lasereye
this one was particularly bad . . . Such an office doesn't exist.


7 posted on 09/23/2012 5:26:40 PM PDT by JohnBrowdie (http://forum.stink-eye.net)
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8 posted on 09/23/2012 5:26:46 PM PDT by Nachum (The List was hacked- www.nachumlist.com)
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To: lasereye

Yippee! One for the good guys.


9 posted on 09/23/2012 5:27:16 PM PDT by pfflier
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10 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)
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To: null and void; RetSignman

Graphic credit: RetSignman


11 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)
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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.


12 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.)
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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?


13 posted on 09/23/2012 5:38:36 PM PDT by coloradomomba (Lord God...please use me.)
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To: MissMagnolia

That’s a perfect image of what he has done.


14 posted on 09/23/2012 5:38:42 PM PDT by palmer (Jim, please bill me 50 cents for this completely useless post)
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To: MissMagnolia
simply OUTSTANDING!!!
15 posted on 09/23/2012 5:45:15 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: lasereye

It's been apparent for years that he has no respect for the flag. This latest fiasco just emphasizes that.

16 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.")
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17 posted on 09/23/2012 5:52:11 PM PDT by Iron Munro (US Embassies Come and Go But An Obama Apology Lasts Forever)
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hahhaha...looks like smeared blood to me


18 posted on 09/23/2012 5:55:33 PM PDT by dalebert
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To: Iron Munro

Nice!


19 posted on 09/23/2012 5:57:47 PM PDT by thecodont
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To: thecodont

Gone as fast as the Obama hoody.


20 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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