Bush gives ABC interview with Gay Pride flag in background

[Ian David]

Bush uses gay rights flag as backdrop for ABC interview
by John in DC - 10/22/2006 01:24:00 PM

UPDATE: As some of our commenters have noted, everything this White House does is scripted. There is simply no way that Bush did this interview without his people intentionally choosing to have a rainbow flag right behind his head, framing the entire shot. Look at these photos, that flag was clearly meant to be where it is in the frame. The question is why?

Here's Bush with the rainbow flag behind him:



Here's a close-up of Bush and the flag:



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It's very difficult to conclude other than someone in the White House has clearly decided to send out the silent code that "gay is okay" right before the election. It is very difficult to believe that all of this is just coincidence.

Then again, it's not like the Bush administration, including the White House, isn't full of gays - so perhaps the pink mafia strikes again. (Anyone see George Allen's staff, or the RNC, doing any last minute decorating on the set before Bush spoke?).

PS In all fairness to Bush, it's possible this isn't the gay rights flag at all. It may simply be the PACE flag ("Peace" in Italian) used by opponents of the war in Iraq.



More:
http://americablog.blogspot.com/2006/10/bush-uses-gay-rights-flag-as-backdrop.html

[xchrom]

1. peace or gay -- the one thing you can be sure of

it wasn't an accident.

[orpupilofnature57]

2. The quintessential face of a Cracked Actor , How cheated his Neo-

Morons must feel , I never did expect much from a third generation Misanthrope who's family has ranked with the worst of them for over 100 years , though I did expect more from even republicans.

[tuvor]

3. The Pride flag is not rounded, and the stripes are horizontal.

Looks more like a TV test pattern to me.

[Ian David]

4. Looks like the acronym PBRC.

Pit Bull Rescue Central?
Pennington Biomedical Research Center?
Pacific Biosciences Research Center?
Pacific Bisexual Resource Center?

[greeneyedboy]

5. my guess is PACE flag, too. either way, weird photo op for him.

though he of course doesn't have to run for elective office ever again, 'cause he will be going back to Texas soon.

[Coloradan4Truth]

6. Not a gay flag - order of colors is wrong

See this wiki for the details.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_flag

[Scooter24]

7. It looks like stained glass to me

like it's actually part of the wall itself.

[tuvor]

8. I'm thinking bush is courting the ska vote, too.

It's all there for a reason, right?

[cboy4]

9. Why would he be sending a "gay is okay" message now??

Is he trying to keep gay Republicans from defecting?

Gay Republicans are imbeciles who don't know any better but to stay the course with the GOP.

They are embarrassingly dumb.

We, on the other hand, know better than to align ourselves with a party that would criminalize homosexuality if it had its way.

So, I see no point of using a gay-looking rainbow trinket as a prop.

[The Brethren]

10. It's hard to say if it's a rainbow flag

or the PACE one. But if it were meant as a gay rights flag, I wouldn't be surprised. I remember just before the presidential elections he started to act like he was flip-flopping a little on gay rights. And then we saw what happened after the elections - same old garbage.

[donheld]

11. Gay flag has 6 stripes that one has 5 n/t