Posted on 03/13/2012 2:47:10 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
AVARES — The Lake County Democratic Party removed an American flag depicting an image of President Barack Obama at its headquarters this afternoon after several veterans complained.
"That's a complete desecration of the American flag," local veteran Donald Van Beck said.
The controversial flag had been flying under an American flag on the same flag pole. It has an image of Obama in the blue section where the stars are normally located. A similar flag was available for sale on eBay for $12.95.
Today, half a dozen veterans arrived at the party headquarters in Tavares and Van Beck asked party chair Nancy Hurlbert to take down the flag.
She responded that she would research the matter and wouldn't take it down immediately, prompting Van Beck to say that he would take it down. However, Hulbert said they would be trespassing on private property.
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Flag should be flying upside down.
Obama Heil Kameraden! /sarc.
The cult of personality lives!
Why would any vet put anyone ones face on the Flag, put especially BHO.
I want to vomit.
The democrat party has become a cult!
I am STUNNED...
and after three years (and two months) of this megalomaniac, that’s something....
Every day it’s some fresh lunacy! Good thing my late father (USMC 1943-65) didn’t live to see this.
Zer0, Zer0: You’re supposed to wait until AFTER the election to implement Stalinism!
Thank God for our veterans protesting this hideous POS. This is what the United States' flag will look like after Puerto Rico is declared the 51st state.. 0bama's just itchin' to CHANGE it and Puerto Rico may be the excuse he needs! How surprising that the 0bama flag wasn't placed ABOVE our great flag.
FUBO !
God Bless our veterans and our troops! I am glad this flag was removed.
I’m glad, over and over... that my Daddy isn’t here to see this junk.
That picture should scare everyone. God help us.
GOD bless Mr. Van Beck.
I have seen flags with motorcycles on them and other flags sold with thing pinted on them. It is against the law,and it is definitely against the Flag Code.
However:The United States Flag Code establishes advisory rules for display and care of the flag of the United States. It is Chapter 1 of Title 4 of the United States Code (4 U.S.C. § 1 et seq). This is a U.S. federal law, but there is no penalty for failure to comply with it and it is not widely enforced—indeed, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that punitive enforcement would conflict with the First Amendment right to freedom of speech.
The proper ruling her is:The flag should never have placed on it, or attached to it, any mark, insignia, letter, word, number, figure, or drawing of any kind.
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