Obama flag at Florida Democratic Party office removed after veterans call it ‘disrespectful’

[proud2BlibKansan]

A flag flown by a group of Florida Democrats has created quite a flap.

The Lake County Democratic Party took down an American flag that displayed President Barack Obama’s face in place of the stars after some local veterans who took umbrage at the banner showed up at the party’s office and demanded its removal.

The standoff started after local veterans circulated photos of the flag, which flew below a standard Stars and Stripes outside the party’s headquarters in Tavares, about 45 miles northwest of Orlando.

“It’s absolutely disrespectful,” Jim Bradford, a local veteran who helped to organize the protest, told Fox News. “What really upsets me is that the flag had apparently been flying for months and no one had done anything about it.”

Flags similar to the Obama flag the veterans objected to are available for about $26 on eBay.



Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/obama-flag-florida-democratic-party-office-removed-veterans-call-disrespectful-article-1.1040162#ixzz1pIZwHFCz

[Drale]

1. It amazes me

How people will defend a flag to the death, but treat fellow humans like crap.

[Ian David]

2. See this thread....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002424134

[liberal N proud]

3. I wonder, would those same people find this offensive?

I think the Obama flag was in appropriate, but probably not for the same reason as these loony toons.

[woo me with science]

6. +10000

[CAPHAVOC]

8. That must be the Congressional Flag.

I await the logos on their clothes.

[backscatter712]

11. You beat me to it!

That's the only version of the American flag I'll display.

[DJ13]

4. It was no longer a flag

It was a banner.

[zbdent]

5. They displayed the U.S. flag correctly ...

I guess only "Republicans" can break the rules and then get the "liberally-biased media" to attack attack attack the objectors to let them fly "their flag" ...

[lpbk2713]

7. Not so surprising when you consider Tavares is close to The Villages.

That place is screaming Red. The Half-Governor visited there a couple
of times for short speaking gigs, and to pass the hat of course.


Link: http://www.sptimes.com/2006/06/17/Worldandnation/Where_the_base_is_saf.shtml

[nykym]

9. After Sept 11th displaying the flag

reached epidemic proportions with flags displayed everywhere and most were at fault for the manner in which they were displayed. Did any groups protest this, NO! Crickets were all you heard. SO once again hypocrisy at work. No I do not condone the Obama flag depicted here, it was bad taste. But if you want to display the flag do so according to the rules.

More info;
http://www.senate.gov/reference/resources/pdf/RL30243.pdf

[otohara]

10. Speaking of Disrespect

The GOP's treatment of this president.

Of course he called FOX - because they disrespect President Obama the most.

[baldguy]

21. The President is just as much a symbol of America as the flag is.

[Zalatix]

12. If they agree that nothing else should ever replace the "Stars" in the Stars and Stripes

and they pursue such things with equal zeal?

Then we have a deal. Short of that? The modified flag stays.

[provis99]

13. here's how the flag is typically displayed in Florida:

[HopeHoops]

15. I think the US Flag Code could find an exception for that one.

[SomethingFishy]

14. They love this one though:

Frankly I don't like the Obama flag either.... reminds me of Communist China.

[ladjf]

16. I don't think it is a very good idea to "mess around" with the design of the American Flag.

However, I'm not too bent about it either.

[MineralMan]

17. That design is a bad idea. It shouldn't be used.

No good can come from it.

[GeorgeGist]

18. It is tacky. /nt

[baldguy]

19. .

How come they're only ever concerned when Democrats do it?

[Honeycombe8]

20. I don't know about disrespectful, but the flag is weird. And we all know how some people

feel about the flag. Take it down, and move on. That wasn't a good idea.

[hobbit709]

22. I'm a vet and I don't find it disrespectful.

[eShirl]

23. Dumb idea for a flag.

[deutsey]

24. I don't find it disrespectful, but it's a dumb idea for a flag

Why not fly something like this?