Comments on: Desperate GOP Turns to Flag Burning http://www.philipklein.com/2006/03/desperate-gop-turns-to-flag-burning/ Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 28 Jun 2006 02:16:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mike http://www.philipklein.com/2006/03/desperate-gop-turns-to-flag-burning/comment-page-1/#comment-669 Mike Mon, 20 Mar 2006 08:14:56 +0000 http://www.philipklein.com/?p=922#comment-669 What's astounding about this nonsense is how politically tone deaf it is. While the flag burning amendment has always been a hypocritical and silly issue, during peacetime it was, sadly, shrewd politics. But now??? Do they really need something like this to make Democrats look unpatriotic??? Do they really need this issue to sway their base??? And not only is this sure to alienate/disillusion younger conservatives, neo-cons and moderates I could see it backfiring even with hardcore conservatives. I can't imagine that somebody who has a loved one actually fighting in a war would be ethusiastic about watching our lawmakers waste months sludging through the process of passing this trivial amendment. Just plain dumb all around. What’s astounding about this nonsense is how politically tone deaf it is. While the flag burning amendment has always been a hypocritical and silly issue, during peacetime it was, sadly, shrewd politics. But now??? Do they really need something like this to make Democrats look unpatriotic??? Do they really need this issue to sway their base???

And not only is this sure to alienate/disillusion younger conservatives, neo-cons and moderates I could see it backfiring even with hardcore conservatives. I can’t imagine that somebody who has a loved one actually fighting in a war would be ethusiastic about watching our lawmakers waste months sludging through the process of passing this trivial amendment.

Just plain dumb all around.

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