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Cruz told the crowd that President Obama is using military veterans as pawns to draw support for his argument in the budget impasse, which has resulted in the two-week closure of the federal government and the memorial.
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Palin similarly placed blame for the closure of the World War II Memorial on President Obama.
Our veterans have allowed us to be here today standing up for our First Amendment rights so that we can express their optimism, she said. (Obama) could be here today standing up and saying, Yes, we can tear down these barricades.'
The presence of a Confederate flag at the protest, which later moved to the White House, sparked an uproar on Twitter.
Joan Walsh ✔ @joanwalsh
I know, I'm always bringing race into everything, but I didn't bring the Confederate flag to the White House:
11:15 AM - 13 Oct 2013
Jeffrey Goldberg ✔ @JeffreyGoldberg
In many parts of America, waving a Confederate flag outside the home of a black family would be considered a very hostile act.
11:48 AM - 13 Oct 2013
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http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/328255-cruz-lee-palin-join-memorial-protest
elleng
(131,073 posts)Sick.
gopiscrap
(23,763 posts)I personally think those fucking flags should be outlawed.
TalkingDog
(9,001 posts)to slavery, the Confederacy and that whole ugly chapter of history from the books. Outlaw and burn any library books that have any mention of it. Hell, let's burn the libraries while we're at it.
That should make it all go away.
gopiscrap
(23,763 posts)symbol of something that was banned by the consitutuion
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)Personally, I think it.'s great that they want to fly their asshole flag all the way into irrelevance.
TalkingDog
(9,001 posts)You see the problem there, don'tcha shorty?
pangaia
(24,324 posts)Decaffeinated
(556 posts)Free speech is for assholes too...
rustydog
(9,186 posts)That is the "problem" with free speech.
As offensive as this goober's actions are, I have to defend his RIGHT to wave the goober flag.
Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)Flags are protected free speech. Of course it's not as easy to support free speech when you disapprove of the message.
onehandle
(51,122 posts)eShirl
(18,502 posts)Hey NeoConfederates, your side LOST.
gopiscrap
(23,763 posts)how many goersd are from the south
Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)fly that flag.
I've seen that flag in yards in Ohio and Indiana, personally.
gopiscrap
(23,763 posts)pangaia
(24,324 posts)DissidentVoice
(813 posts)That flag is a common sight in rural areas, flown by people who have probably never been south of the Ohio River.
Liberalynn
(7,549 posts)according to the PUKERS.
eShirl
(18,502 posts)except maybe on the ground
ThomThom
(1,486 posts)it is a symbol and inspires rage
they think the south will rise again
problem is the south is too poor, they need government support to feed the people and provide government services
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)RKP5637
(67,112 posts)MarchemintotheSea
(50 posts)Go Vols
(5,902 posts)Hoyt
(54,770 posts)Like this ass who used to run for public office claiming he wasn't a racist, right up until he was sentenced for bombing a church in Birmingham.
Wounded Bear
(58,696 posts)Gidney N Cloyd
(19,846 posts)GeorgeGist
(25,322 posts)ARE STILL IDIOTS.
elfin
(6,262 posts)Can't find one yet. A vivid revelation of her true nature, which we know, but a niece of mine is still denying.
My niece thinks that the tea party is only about fiscal responsibility and responsible reduction of government spending. Yeah, I find it hard to believe any woman with a three digit IQ would think that, too.
Emit
(11,213 posts)yet. Sorry to hear about your Tea Party niece.
Emit
(11,213 posts)elfin
(6,262 posts)This may serve my purpose until more shots are posted.
Suspect Moosilla's advance team was on alert not to have photo ops in the same place as the flag of bigots.
NoGOPZone
(2,971 posts)Sarah obviously has very little love for this country
onenote
(42,747 posts)But I tend to think that about secessionists no matter what party they belong to (including the secessionists here on DU).
DhhD
(4,695 posts)seems to be what Palin did. Different flags at Veteran Memorials rally is part of the Independent Party Plan; just like the speaker says near the end of the video. I think Palin hates this country as much as she hates the Repulbican Party.
Cha
(297,523 posts)Lee Fang @lhfang
Waving a Confederate flag at the home of a black family isn't okay anywhere. It's a threat of violence.9:52 AM - 13 Oct 2013
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LOLGOP @LOLGOP
Bringing Sarah Palin & a Confederate flag to DC will certainly reassure Americans who were afraid the GOP might be a little self-destructive8:52 AM - 13 Oct 2013
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Nerdy Wonka @NerdyWonka
Yes Republicans, waving a Confederate flag outside the Black President's home is a great way to convince America that you're not racist.8:58 AM - 13 Oct 2013
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nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)RainDog
(28,784 posts)JackInGreen
(2,975 posts)but now they're in congress.
zbdent
(35,392 posts)(leading to the "great recession" .
But they apparently were (and are) not afraid to appear OVERTLY racist by flying the flag.
B-Zarrrrrrr
kentuck
(111,110 posts)orpupilofnature57
(15,472 posts)DinahMoeHum
(21,806 posts). . .is as a toilet.
woodsprite
(11,923 posts)dflprincess
(28,082 posts)How about a little respect for the veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic who, I seem to recall, defeated what that flag stood for.
My great-great grandfather, Sgt. H. B. Cutting, of the 2nd Minnesota, Company A, would not be amused by this.
Skittles
(153,179 posts)he looks RIGHTEOUS
dflprincess
(28,082 posts)looking just like he did in this picture. A ghost that was looking at me like that would scare me. (Poor guy, according to his obit he was a man of "fine humor" - but everybody looks cranky in pictures from that era.)
Skittles
(153,179 posts)personally I think it is because they are always overdressed
dflprincess
(28,082 posts)you can almost hear the subject muttering "For Godsakes, take the damn picture already."
hootinholler
(26,449 posts)No one smiled back then because their teeth were horrible. IIRC, it was a requirement to be accepted for enlistment that the man must have 2 front teeth, one upper and one lower so they could tear the paper on the cartridge to pour it down the muzzle.
I have no proof other than my conviction, lol.
Skittles
(153,179 posts)davidn3600
(6,342 posts)If there be any among us who would wish to dissolve this Union, or to change its republican form, let them stand undisturbed as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated, where reason is left free to combat it.
-Thomas Jefferson
Hekate
(90,773 posts)You know they are being incited to do just that. It is horrible.
Blue Owl
(50,487 posts)n/t
madrchsod
(58,162 posts)what ever country these people come from when they are in the usa they should at least respect the our flag
Progressive dog
(6,917 posts)that flag represents the slave holding traitors.
Decent people would be ashamed to stand with that flag.
Squinch
(50,993 posts)their march with an intent to create panic.
randr
(12,414 posts)It would have been on every front page in the nation and made the permanent poster to discredit any movement.
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)sulphurdunn
(6,891 posts)flying in Washington will wake some folks up to the fact that the Civil War ended on the battlefield but nowhere else.
MsPithy
(809 posts)asking every republican to denounce bringing a racist flag to a republican rally at the White House?
kylie1
(8 posts)There is no reason to over analyze this.
Anyone who brings a Confederate flag to the White House of the first black president has lost. It's over.
The flying of the flag show a lack of power on their part.