Dems in Distress

Perhaps with "patriotism" being a word most often spit than said by those on the far left, perhaps it shouldn't be a surprise that the Democratic National Committee screwed this up:

Some viewers contacted 9NEWS Saturday, questioning the design of the credentials to see Sen. Barack Obama accept the Democratic Party's presidential nomination at INVESCO Field at Mile High.
The viewers say with the stars and blue field in the lower left corner, it looks like an upside down American flag. Published flag etiquette states the stars should always be displayed in the upper left corner. An upside down flag represents an international symbol of extreme distress.
Matt Chandler with the Obama campaign says the flag is not upside down. He says it is a stylized flag designed to blend the stars on Senator Obama's shirt with the flag blowing in the wind.
Natalie Wyeth with the Democratic National Convention Committee sent 9NEWS the following statement Saturday night: "The DNCC community credentials incorporate patriotic design elements. They do not depict an actual American flag. The DNCC has full and complete respect for the flag and all rules of display."

A composite of two images in a hologram, the credentials show the following.

What an interesting parsing by these two Democrats. Obama loyalist Chandler actually asks us to ignore our lying eyes, which clearly shows an inversion with the stars in the lower right orientation, while Wyeth parses that this isn't an actual flag, so the perceived slight is the fault of those who see it, not the fault of the DNCC.

The concerns of those Americans who understand flag etiquette and the meaning of an inverted flag has been compounded by some on the far left, who have noted that this is not the flag they are familiar with either, lacking the orange, crackling glow to which they have become accustomed.

(h/t Weasel Zippers and Hot Air, which notes another possible source for the inverted flag in an update.)

Posted by: Confederate Yankee at 08:30 AM

Comments

1 This is totally understandable. This is the only flag democrats and liberals respect and admire. The American flag is something they have to pretend to have respect for.

Posted by: Capitalist Infidel at August 19, 2008 09:11 AM (kNqJV)

2 I think you could also describe the picture as Socialism "wrapped up in the flag".

Posted by: sharprightturn at August 19, 2008 09:17 AM (/qKVR)

3 "He says it is a stylized flag designed to blend the stars on Senator Obama's shirt with the flag blowing in the wind. (emp added)"

Kind of wraps up the whole thing doesn't it...

Posted by: Lord Nazh at August 19, 2008 10:09 AM (sBNzZ)

4 lacking the orange, crackling glow to which they have become accustomed.

*rimshot*

LOL! Nicely zinged!

Posted by: Justacanuck at August 19, 2008 11:11 AM (chosq)

5 democrats want to lose

and therefore did not fully vet the candidate they shoved down everyone's throat. I am the first blogger to blog about Obama's abortion vote and how it would become the october surprise...they have michelle obama on tape defending live birth abortion, and raising money for it too...(they called this "the whitey" tape, but its far better than just that kind of a boring thing...she is on tape defending sucking the brains out of babies who live through late term abortions). This is the greatest gift pelosi and dean can give to the republicans they work for. It took alot of doing in order to throw this election to the republicans after iraq, katrina, and the economy, but pelosi and dean found a way!
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Wow! michelle obama on tape defending live birth abortion

Even "Crazy Larry" never came up with that one.

I wonder what drugs they are using.

Posted by: Neo at August 19, 2008 11:12 AM (Yozw9)

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