So, the President has come out with a new post that looks like the U.S. Flag, but a tad bit different:
Now… Todd Starnes has taken to “reporting just the facts” and Malkin is screaming “Oh my God” on facebook and twitter – decrying this abuse of the U.S. Flag by the President. They do not know their history… but I would not expect them too… or rather, if they did know their history, not to apply it to this president.
The U.S. Flag has been used by past presidential campaigns at least as far back as James K. Polk. I say at least because that’s as far as I want to research it.
James K. Polk’s election flag
Lincoln’s First Election flag
John Bell’s flag
So, while they are getting rednecks excited, they are showing themselves only as ignorant talking heads to the rest of us – you know, those people Rick Santorum said would never be Republicans… the elite, the educated, the smart people…
Joel L. Watts holds a Masters of Arts from United Theological Seminary with a focus in literary and rhetorical criticism of the New Testament. His interests include exploring the role of mimesis in human civilization, specifically in the study of religion and media, as well as science fiction and the way in which it has allowed mythology to be explored in light of scientific discoveries of the past century. He is the author of Mimetic Criticism of the Gospel of Mark: Introduction and Commentary (Wipf and Stock, 2013) and a co-editor and contributor to From Fear to Faith: Stories of Hitting Spiritual Walls (Energion, 2013).
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