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Speaking of the Press Conference...
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6/4/2010 1:37:01 PM
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...this following piece is filling the Internet. ...don't know if it is true that no other president has held a press conference without flags. Couldn't find anything on it in the regular media coverage. ...but with lapel pins, national anthems, etc., it seems a continuing story. You'd think that just to avoid unnecessary controversy, his handlers would ensure the flags were there; I guess they just don't care. ..it's hard to believe he is the president...
Here's teh piece from the blogs:
"Did anybody notice at President Obama's Press Conference on the Deep Water Horizon disaster that something was missing in the background? I noticed something didn't look right and then it hit me. The American Flags were missing behind him. Why? Behind him were just yellow curtains, and a couple of gold columns with chandeliers."
"I went and researched and looked at photos of many press conferences (not press briefings) of past presidents as far as I could go and low and behold the American Flags stood proudly behind the President or off to the side. What was the reason for this? This was Obama's first formal press conference since July of 09 which at that conference there were U.S. Flags present. I am pretty sure this time that they had plenty of time to plan this and get it right?"
"So, maybe there was another motive for the flags absence. We know Obama (or his handlers) carefully choreograph his image, his appearances... It's why he's so teleprompter-dependent. Surely he and his advisers know that flag issues have been a lightning rod -- even before he was elected. I think this was deliberate. Could it be that Obama really is ashamed of America? Could it be that he thinks he is the citizen of the world which has no flag? Ladies and gentlemen this is very disturbing coming from the office of the Presidency. This is not normal to not have the symbol of the United States and its government in the east room of the White House and it is not very Presidential either. Many patriotic brave men and women have died under the stars and stripes called old glory. ..."
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