I'm afraid most folks would be dead wrong. The flag amendment was not even on the horizon during the campaign. The major issue was tom dashle's obstruction of anything conservative including judges, and the 60 vote filibuster bs that closed down the senate as a body, allowing a small minority to rule the nation. Other points were his multi million dollar town house in Washington, his lobbyist wife, the appearance that he has lost touch with SD values, etc, etc.
IMHO the flag amendment is a lost cause, and to even suggest that such an important document would be amended for such a small thing as flag desecration leaves me wondering who and what is pushing this proposed amendment.
I told my husband about that comment "such a small thing as flag desecration" he said sounds like his golfing buddy a Lt. Gen USAF Rtd. who lives next door. Then he said must be Air Force Type too. I checked and told him Yep!
John Thune called on Daschle to “join the vast majority of South Dakotans who support a constitutional amendment to protect our flag from desecration.”
during news conferences in Sioux Falls and Rapid City in
A lot of people didn't think 'morality' was on the horison either.