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Emit

(11,239 posts) Sun Oct 13, 2013, 05:44 PM Oct 2013

Waving a Confederate flag outside the White House [View all]

Cruz, Lee, Palin join memorial protest

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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

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Waving a Confederate flag outside the White House [View all] Emit Oct 2013 OP

It IS a hostile act. elleng Oct 2013 #1

Yeah, when I saw that I have a visceral reaction to it also gopiscrap Oct 2013 #2

Yah, I'm all about me some censorship. In fact, why don't we just delete any reference TalkingDog Oct 2013 #7

ah no, but the confederate flag is a gopiscrap Oct 2013 #8

Yes, but you can't ban the symbol. Warren DeMontague Oct 2013 #11

BURN ALL HEMP FLAGS BURN ALL LIQUOR STORES! TalkingDog Oct 2013 #12

Shorty? pangaia Oct 2013 #33

Pick a different country then... Decaffeinated Oct 2013 #44

Said quite bluntly, but true none the less! rustydog Oct 2013 #56

Not a big fan of the First Amendment, are you? Nye Bevan Oct 2013 #49

The Confederacy Lives in the GOP 2013. nt onehandle Oct 2013 #3

I know! Talk about disrespect... eShirl Oct 2013 #6

Exactly I would be curious to know gopiscrap Oct 2013 #13

Or how many are from the North and mid-West and still Fawke Em Oct 2013 #26

Yeah I have seen that flag in the backwoods of Washington State also. gopiscrap Oct 2013 #28

Flag was waving off the back of a ratty old pick up in Rochester, NY yesterday. pangaia Oct 2013 #34

I'm from extreme northern Indiana originally... DissidentVoice Oct 2013 #59

But this has nothing to do to with race Liberalynn Oct 2013 #4

That flag has NO PLACE in Washington, DC eShirl Oct 2013 #5

There are plenty of those flags across the river in Virginia ThomThom Oct 2013 #30

50 years ago those f*&kers would have been in white robes. Hoyt Oct 2013 #9

Yep, exactly. They can't stand the black man in office or any others. n/t RKP5637 Oct 2013 #14

They are STILL in White Robes Today they just lack the courage to wear em during the day. MarchemintotheSea Oct 2013 #18

and carrying a different flag Go Vols Oct 2013 #52

I remember racists like this from 50 years ago. Every one of them, claimed they were not racists. Hoyt Oct 2013 #53

Only took them 150 years.... Wounded Bear Oct 2013 #10

sighhhhhhhhh... Gidney N Cloyd Oct 2013 #15

Useful idiots ... GeorgeGist Oct 2013 #16

Is there a pic of Palin and that flag in the same frame? elfin Oct 2013 #17

Sorry, no, I did not see one ... Emit Oct 2013 #24

Here, this is the best I can do Emit Oct 2013 #25

Thanks - been prowling google photos elfin Oct 2013 #36

She was married to a guy who was part of an Alaska secessionist party NoGOPZone Oct 2013 #32

He's an idiot. onenote Oct 2013 #43

Alaska Independent Party planned to seceed from the United States and infilitrate the two parties DhhD Oct 2013 #63

thanks! More tweets on this, Emit.. Cha Oct 2013 #19

The army of the Confederacy never got that close nadinbrzezinski Oct 2013 #20

LOL n/t RainDog Oct 2013 #21

Yeah JackInGreen Oct 2013 #62

Had a RWers saying that the Republicans were afraid of appearing to be racist in 1999 zbdent Oct 2013 #22

After they stacked the barricades? kentuck Oct 2013 #23

Antebellum isn't an era, it's a mental disease . orpupilofnature57 Oct 2013 #27

The proper use for that flag. . . DinahMoeHum Oct 2013 #29

So the only thing missing this time were the white hoods? n/t woodsprite Oct 2013 #31

Waving the Confederate Flag while claiming veterans are being disrespected dflprincess Oct 2013 #35

ooh Skittles Oct 2013 #38

I hope he haunts the teabaggers dflprincess Oct 2013 #45

prevailing theory is they got cranky because of how long it took to take the picture Skittles Oct 2013 #46

If you look closely at old pics dflprincess Oct 2013 #47

I think it was a lack of dentistry hootinholler Oct 2013 #48

such a diverse crowd Skittles Oct 2013 #37

Tell you the honest truth...I don't care. It's their freedom davidn3600 Oct 2013 #39

Visual imagery, historical reference: lynch mob Hekate Oct 2013 #40

Someone hose those fuckstains off the WH sidewalk Blue Owl Oct 2013 #41

what country does their flag represent? madrchsod Oct 2013 #42

It is a hostile act, Progressive dog Oct 2013 #50

Meanwhile, the Million Vet March is denouncing the "Washington insiders" who hijacked Squinch Oct 2013 #51

Imagine if any antiwar protestors had waved a Soviet flag for instance randr Oct 2013 #54

The far right is beginning to butt-stink. nt Eleanors38 Oct 2013 #55

Maybe seeing Confederate flags sulphurdunn Oct 2013 #57

Why isn't every reporter in the librul media MsPithy Oct 2013 #58

This just shows how little power the Tea Party has kylie1 Oct 2013 #60

Cruz is Canadian bacon. blkmusclmachine Oct 2013 #61