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MSNBC’s Martin Bashir: Sarah Palin Bus Tour ‘In Breach Of Federal Law’

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MSNBC’s Martin Bashir isn’t angling to get a seat on the One Nation bus with Sarah Palin. In fact, as he told viewers Tuesday, he thinks the whole thing might just be illegal. How so? Well, if you’re expecting a brainiac argument about campaign finance law or a nuanced take on the media, this won’t be it. Bashir says Palin’s possibly in violation of the law over her use of Old Glory: “The whole thing could be in breach of a federal law because the United States Flag Code establishes important rules for the use and display of the stars and stripes, the flag of the United States.” Oh yes.

Bashir suggests that the American flag simply can’t be used in any form of advertising (which, in enforced, would pretty much destroy President’s Day and 4th of July sales, among others) and Palin’s bus tour, in his view, is all about advertising Brand Palin:

Under standards of respect and etiquette, it’s made clear that the flag of the United States should never be used for any advertising purpose whatsoever. Yet that’s precisely what Sarah Palin is doing. She’s using the flag of the United States for her own financial purposes. She drapes herself in the stars and stripes and makes millions of dollars in the process. This has got nothing to do with the presidency and everything to do with filling her pockets. And by raising her profile, she raises her income. It is as simple as that. So she was right when she said that hers is not a campaign bus. It’s a cash bus and she’ll keep it rolling for as long as she can.

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  • writer

    Bashir also discovered that one of the bus tires wasn’t inflated to the proper pressure.

  • Pablo

    Bashir says Palin’s possibly in violation of the law over her use of Old Glory: “The whole thing could be in breach of a federal law because the United States Flag Code establishes important rules for the use and display of the stars and stripes, the flag of the United States.” Oh yes.

    The Flag Code is advisory. There is no force of law behind it. And if there were, well, we should get impeachment proceedings underway, huh?

    MSLSD: The Place For Hallucinations.

  • http://www.sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ sarainitaly

    Selective nitpicking at it’s finest.

    I don’t know how long Bashir’s been in the states, but he’s acting like he just moved there.

  • Colorado_Conservative

    For such a s.t.u.p.i.d woman she sure knows how to make Liberals dumb themselves down!!!

  • RichardBraincase

    The people at msnbc really need to stop drinking before noon.

    Not that Martin Bashir would ever own or display an American flag other than in a Bill Ayers sort of way.

  • http://www.nukethefridge.com MartiniShark

    This past Memorial Day weekend I saw a local bedding company use the American flag in a commercial for a mattress sale. GO GET ‘EM, MARTIN!!!

  • White Ninja

    Apparently using it for advertising is fine if you fly it upside down?

    http://homepage.mac.com/mkoldys/blog/wes240249888.html

  • greg454

    Come on, liberals, even you have to admit Bashir is an idiot. EVERYBODY uses the flag! Car dealers, advertising, left-wingers, right-wingers, bikinis, baseball games, schools, even the president wears a flag pin (although at first he didn’t want to do it but then it became an issue during the campaign).

    Seriously MSNBC, are you that desperate?
    http://libertarians4freedom.blogspot.com/

  • writer

    Be advised that this summer’s ‘How petty can we get’ tour is being conducted by MSNBC, not Tom Petty.

  • Just4thefax

    Fact: Martin Bashir is just a liberal American flag hater as well as get God off our money since he believes in separation. Right.

  • TangledThorns

    Bashir has to be the most ridiculous person on TV. MSNBC, y u no hire talent?

  • perceptorii

    Pffffffff!

    Yes, this is ridiculous. But his real reason for bashing Palin would have looked even more ridiculous.

    “I hate the Sarah-Palinness of Sarah Palin! She’s just so…Sarah-Palin-y!”

  • winning

    Wow. Just wow. Is this what the left is down to?

    And then they’ll wonder why most regular people think they’re so dumb.

  • THE REAL ROYAL KING

    While I find the use of the flag in the manner Palin put it on her bus tacky and disrespectful of the flag, it is indeed silly to argue it is illegal. If poor taste were illegal, the entire states of Alabama, Utah and West Virginia would be imprisoned.

  • THE REAL ROYAL KING

    winning said:
    Wow. Just wow. Is this what the left is down to?

    And then they’ll wonder why most regular people think they’re so dumb.

    Who’s left here. Bashir is a limey.

  • writer

    If poor taste were illegal, the entire states of Alabama, Utah and West Virginia would be imprisoned.

    Even the members of minority groups who live in those states? Sounds kind of racist.

  • Sam M.

    Of course this is about lining her own packets. The half-term nit wit simply pulled a page from The Rodeo Clown’s book; “How Stupid People Can Make Millions From Morons.”

  • http://www.harropson.com WHarropson

    I’ll tell you what. You can prosecute Palin on the flag code when the Democrat party get’s procecuted for putting up a candidate that was a dual citizen (and a communist with an allergy to the american flag) at birth.

  • MPAndonee

    Martin, Please pick something else to complain about….

    I am neither liberal or conservative, but I don’t like Sarah Palin.

    Yet, this is the silliest argument I have ever heard. Please. Her Bus Tour is the most entertaining thing I have ever seen! I love how these journalists are chasing her bus like chickens with their heads cut-off. You want to talk about who is smarter. Like Jon Stewart said yesterday… she’s paying you back about that newspaper comment 3 years ago.

  • winning

    THE REAL ROYAL KING said:
    Who’s left here. Bashir is a limey.

    winning said:
    And then they’ll wonder why most regular people think they’re so dumb.

    I rest my case.

  • Just my Opinion

    You have got to be kidding me!
    Martin, we just learned why your ratings suck, also!!!
    Good Lord….

  • lane

    Fantastically funny clip from ‘The Onion’…..

    Oh wait, it’s an MSNBC clips. Being dumb ‘live’ is one thing. Actually writing, producing and no one catches the ridiculous claim is lunacy.

  • TeaPartyNation

    The idiocy of the “Corrupt B-tards” at the M(ore)S(ocialism)from N(itwit)B(iased-socialist)C(lowns) network is UNBOUNDED.

  • lane

    sarainitaly said:

    I don’t know how long Bashir’s been in the states, but he’s acting like he just moved there.

    you’re being too kind. There must be some staff who had to write up the stupidity, and produce it. No one bothered to tell him he was being ridiculous. He said such stupidity on national cable news and in a produced segment.

  • Barack Must Go

    MSNBC’s Martin Bashir‘In Breach Of Federal Law’. Turns Out Marty’s Green Card Was Made By the Same Guy That Produced Omamer’s ( that’s how Marty says obama ) Actual ( nod, nod, wink, wink ) Birth Certificate.

    He will be deported back to Iran on the Red Eye Express.

  • Sam M.

    TeaPartyNation said:
    The idiocy of the “Corrupt B-tards” at the M(ore)S(ocialism)from N(itwit)B(iased-socialist)C(lowns) network is UNBOUNDED.

    And yet you managed to “UNBOUND” it. LMAO.

  • Penguin60

    Pablo said:
    MSLSD: The Place For Hallucinations.

    Deserves to be seen again.

  • jerrybobphil

    Every country singer with a tour bus might be in trouble.

  • justanotherconservative

    jerrybobphil said:
    Every country singer with a tour bus might be in trouble.

    or people wearing american flag shirts, or those with american flags hooked on car windows, or american flag bandannas. this is hilarious. but then again, the lunaticleft/scaredycats know all about breaking laws……

  • Steve_27

    I was going to work on getting a pic on here of my Harley. It’s an American flag. But now i’m afraid i’ll go to jail.

    Seriously, does Bashir still have a job? Make fun as we may, in the liberal world he’s a hero for doubling down on what was already a lost cause. Amazing.

  • Steve_27

    jerrybobphil said:
    Every country singer with a tour bus might be in trouble.

    LOL!

  • WCinWI

    The more important thing is this:

    PeterHambyCNNPeter Hamby
    “Palin says she is meeting with bosses at Fox before departing NYC”

  • White Ninja

    winning said:
    Wow. Just wow. Is this what the left is down to?

    And then they’ll wonder why most regular people think they’re so dumb.

    Maybe we’re not intellectual and not-racist enough to understand?

  • WCinWI

    White Ninja said:
    Maybe we’re not intellectual and not-racist enough to understand?

    Tons of dunces over at CNN’s Political Ticker. Enter an Palin mentioned thread and you see the vitriol.

  • Rescuedog

    “The whole thing could be in breach of a federal law because the United States Flag Code establishes important rules for the use and display of the stars and stripes, the flag of the United States.”

    Not that he actually cares. It’s just tiresome cynical point scoring from a washed up hack who can’t find work in his own country.

  • Steve_27

    sarainitaly said:
    Selective nitpicking at it’s finest. I don’t know how long Bashir’s been in the states, but he’s acting like he just moved there.

    Irrelevant. Look at all the leftys around here. You dont have to be from outta country to be an idiot, just a liberal. Actually we have more then anywhere else. :)

  • crclarkNY

    Who is this guy? And notice how when he mentions Palin name – especially in conjunction with some trumped up charge of illegally using the flag, we start hearing about him? To paraphrase:

    This has got nothing to do with the Palin and everything to do with me. And by my bringing her up, she raises my profile. It is as simple as that.

  • RichS

    WCinWI said:
    The more important thing is this: PeterHambyCNNPeter Hamby“Palin says she is meeting with bosses at Fox before departing NYC”

    Gee, all this fuss about breaking Federal Law and no one is talking about the fact the President Obama is violating the War Powers Act by still being engaged in Libya without the consent of Congress.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Michael-Adam/1471630141 Michael Adam

    It’s nice that someone points out what Sister Sarah is in anything for….money. The only thing more sad than Sister Sarah and her traveling carnival is the morons who think this woman is fit to do anything other than ride an ATV.

  • Bill Huggins

    THIS IS TO PROMOTE THE CONSTITUTION!!!

    DIDNT YOU HEAR HER DISSERTATION ON THE CONSTITUION AT THE THUNDER EVENT?

    No? You didn’t?

    No? She didn’t say anything about it?

    She didn’t bring up the preamble and speak eloquently on it?

    But

    But

    This was supposed to be a tour PROMOTING THE CONSTITUTION!!!

    Certainly she discussed the CONSTITUION at the Statue of Liberty or in Times Square

    CERTAINLY SHE DID

    That’s her whole purpose with this “tour”

    Right? Right SarahPAC??

  • trica

    To bad lying, two timing, slimy, bottom feeding, trust me while I use my long knife to stab you in the back with curs like this piece of rotten buzzard shit are not illegal. MSNBC how low do you wanna go to keep this THING on the air?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ed-Durffee/1311278663 Ed Durffee

    Michael Adam said:
    It’s nice that someone points out what Sister Sarah is in anything for….money. The only thing more sad than Sister Sarah and her traveling carnival is the morons who think this woman is fit to do anything other than ride an ATV.

    May I thank you for pointing out how sad I am. You poor misguided Libs, just cant stand to see anyone do anything that you dont personally approve of. We call that Arrogance and there is no lack of that here. Mention Palin and every Liberal in the world goes nutz. Personally I hope she travels for the next 10 years, I love to watch grown Liberals cry. Have you ever noticed, Liberals love to call her names, BUT never do you see one tell you where Palin is wrong. Is that another genetic failure in a Liberal’s make up. The thing with this guy who has a problem with the way her Bus is painted is just pure Liberal Hate with a keyboard. Its all you guys have. Call the law, I think she is doing something with our flag. Yes she is. She proudly displays it, honors it and shows she is, UNLIKE YOU,,,,A Patriot. Give em Hell Sara.

  • writer

    Huggins, we don’t care if she reads the constitution or her grocery list. The fact that she keeps you lefties so upset is good enough.

  • Bill Huggins

    But

    But

    This is to promote the CONSTITUTION!!!

    Sarah feels she has to PROMOTE the constitution

    Promote it Sarah!!! Like you did at the…wait…when did she actually DO what she said…

  • Nacho

    That was a funny clip. He makes the crew at Fox and Friends look intelligent.

  • winning

    She certainly does bring out the hatred in you little twerps.

  • tatboy

    THE REAL ROYAL KING said:
    Who’s left here. Bashir is a limey.

    And he’s lefty. He’s on MSNBC for Gawd sakes. Are you seriously arguing he’s a conservative. You make Fox News own their nutters. MSNBC has to own this one.

  • david r

    THE REAL ROYAL KING said:
    While I find the use of the flag in the manner Palin put it on her bus tacky and disrespectful of the flag, it is indeed silly to argue it is illegal. If poor taste were illegal, the entire states of Alabama, Utah and West Virginia would be imprisoned.

    I guess all of us in Texas would just get probation.

  • AndyZNYer

    I wonder if Martin Bashir even realizes he’s biased or is jut so completely under the left-wing spell that he thinks his comments are legitimate?

    This stupid flag thing is what’s important to him, as opposed to Barney Frank giving his live-in boyfriend a job which benefits him as it also destroys the US housing market (and economy)??

  • puck30

    I hope doepy Martin pursues this, no I really do. I think it would be just great to for him or some wacko leftest to try and force Palin to take the flag off the bus OR better yet arrest her because it’s illegal.

    Go ahead Martin and play right into her hands, dance little minions dance!

  • winning

    Bill Huggins said:
    This is to promote the CONSTITUTION!!!

    A statement from Palin a few days ago regarding her upcoming bus tour: “So, together let’s prepare ourselves for the days ahead by reminding ourselves who we are and what Americans stand for. We’ll celebrate the meaning of our nation’s blueprints, our Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, which are the threads that weave our past into the fabric necessary for the survival of American exceptionalism.”

    That took about ten seconds to look up. Conclusion: Bill Huggins is kinda dumb.

  • Old Duffer

    Martin Bashir, had no comment on desecration of the American flag by a domestic terrorist, who is also Obama’s first fund raiser, ghost writer of “Dreams of My Father” and best bud.

    http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/August-2001/features_ayers1.jpg

    Also Martin Bashir is not an American citizen, but a Muslim raised Paki/Brit.

  • winning

    Old Duffer said:
    Martin Bashir, had no comment on desecration of the American flag by a domestic terrorist,

    I know, isn’t it cool how he’s suddenly concerned about the flag?

    Like most leftist / muslim kooks, Bashir’s indignation’s are reserved tor those he disagrees with, politically.

  • Bill Huggins

    BUT THE CONSTITUTION!!!!!!!!!

  • Old Duffer

    Follow Sarah Palin’s “One Nation” tour of America’s historical sites here: http://www.sarahpac.com/

    Sarah Posts a short note from each site they visit.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Roger-Ramjet/1042325824 Roger Ramjet
  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Roger-Ramjet/1042325824 Roger Ramjet
  • armand

    The leftists progressives at MSNBC are really reaching with this bit of reporting. There’s no political campaigning over there!

    How ridiculous is this little bit of biased reporting from Martin. I want to see if the flag is on Air-force One when Obama takes it to a Presidential fundraiser in California. I seem to remember seeing Harry Reid’s bus having an American flag on it as well. Where the hell was Martin back then?

    Leftist MSNBC political garbage from a network that is deeply involved in politicking and campaigning!

  • CarmanK

    Oh, who really cares. It is Sarah Palin and Sarah does what she wants to do. After all, she has Roger Ailes covering her back. She can’t fail with the Master Liar and the whole of FOX media on her side. Sarah could well end up being the first presidential candidate of the FOX NEWS PARTY aka tparty, aka republican party.

  • mlb

    My eyes just got stuck in the back of my head from rolling them too hard.

    At least she wears the flag, unlike Obama who was blasted for not sporting a flag pin. So what are the rules exactly? – as long as you burn it, desecrate it in the name of free speech, wear it after a SuperBowl game or say winning an Olympic medal, you are okay… but using it as a backdrop, when you are an active voice in politics is not?
    There is no pleasing those like Bashir who unfortunately, open their mouth when people are listening.

  • BarneyFranken

    Sam M. said:
    Of course this is about lining her own packets. The half-term nit wit simply pulled a page from The Rodeo Clown’s book; “How Stupid People Can Make Millions From Morons.”

    LOL The only comment out of 59 agreeing with Bashir comes from hater extraordinaire Sam M!

    The problem is, when you devote the content of an entire network to lunatics like Sam, your ratings do suffer.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Bobby-Levit/1048771827 Bobby Levit

    Can someone PLEASE sow Bashir’s mouth shut

  • http://MsUnderestimated.com MsUnderestimated

    Barack Must Go said:
    MSNBC’s Martin Bashir‘In Breach Of Federal Law’. Turns Out Marty’s Green Card Was Made By the Same Guy That Produced Omamer’s ( that’s how Marty says obama ) Actual ( nod, nod, wink, wink ) Birth Certificate.

    He will be deported back to Iran on the Red Eye Express.

    That would be SOO awesome if he had to be accompanied by the guys of FNC’s RedEye! Can’t you IMAGINE the fun they would have with him? HAHAHAHA

  • http://MsUnderestimated.com MsUnderestimated

    jerrybobphil said:
    Every country singer with a tour bus might be in trouble.

    . .and don’t forget about bikers who have flags painted on their tanks. If I were Marty-Mart, I wouldn’t make that case to one of their faces, though.

  • Sam M.

    BarneyFranken said:
    LOL The only comment out of 59 agreeing with Bashir comes from hater extraordinaire Sam M!

    The problem is, when you devote the content of an entire network to lunatics like Sam, your ratings do suffer.

    What’s the problem Barn, all lathered up because Sarah didn’t sign your dongle? There will always be another cash tour.

  • http://MsUnderestimated.com MsUnderestimated

    Ed Durffee said:
    May I thank you for pointing out how sad I am. You poor misguided Libs, just cant stand to see anyone do anything that you dont personally approve of. We call that Arrogance and there is no lack of that here. Mention Palin and every Liberal in the world goes nutz. Personally I hope she travels for the next 10 years, I love to watch grown Liberals cry. Have you ever noticed, Liberals love to call her names, BUT never do you see one tell you where Palin is wrong. Is that another genetic failure in a Liberal’s make up. The thing with this guy who has a problem with the way her Bus is painted is just pure Liberal Hate with a keyboard. Its all you guys have. Call the law, I think she is doing something with our flag. Yes she is. She proudly displays it, honors it and shows she is, UNLIKE YOU,,,,A Patriot. Give em Hell Sara.

    Well said, my patriot friend… WELL SAID!

  • http://constitutionallibertarian.co.cc DavidKramer

    Bashir is a MORON. There is nothing else to be said.

    Sorry, can I get the number of the complaint he has filed?

    By the way Bashir, have I said you are a MORON?

  • http://MsUnderestimated.com MsUnderestimated

    OH, HAHAHAHA… anyone notice in the “You Might Also Like” links below the post? The first one is of Mr. Marty-Mart with the caption:

    Ratings: Martin Bashir’s New
    Daytime Show Off To Slow Start At
    MSNBC
    (Mediaite: TV)

    You don’t say???? Who’da thunk it? Still LOL’ing that that’s there on this post.

  • Bill Huggins

    winning said:
    A statement from Palin a few days ago regarding her upcoming bus tour: “So, together let’s prepare ourselves for the days ahead by reminding ourselves who we are and what Americans stand for. We’ll celebrate the meaning of our nation’s blueprints, our Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, which are the threads that weave our past into the fabric necessary for the survival of American exceptionalism.”

    That took about ten seconds to look up. Conclusion: Bill Huggins is kinda dumb.

    Did that same ten seconds find you this:
    http://www.rawstory.com/rawreplay/2011/05/sarah-palin-bus-tour-is-not-about-me/

    “, Palin spoke to van Sustren about her “One Nation” bus tour, saying that it was “not about me” and wasn’t a campaign tour “except to campaign on the Constitution, on our charters of liberty.””

    Campaign on the Constitution

    So, what did I get wrong?

  • http://constitutionallibertarian.co.cc DavidKramer

    Ooooh, I just thought of something.
    Tell me, we have laws about liable, does that stop the MSM from lying?

    So, now the US government is attempting to quiet us bloggers on the internet, how is that going to be different from the liars on the MSM?

    Oh I get it, state sponsored lies versus anonymous lies right?

    By the way, that is why I have begun to put my name on the internet. I use to use avatars and such but now I could care less.

    By the way Bashir, you sir are a LIAR. Now why not come and sue me for liable, since YOU SIR are a blatant propagandist for the current administration. Why not sue me for liable, or just MAYBE you would be susceptible to discovery. Right?

    I am going to say it again, you BASHIR are a LIAR and CNN putting your crud on the air propegates lies therefore CNN is another perveyor of LIES and PROPAGANDA for the Obama administration. By the way, looking forward to the lawsuit. No?

  • http://constitutionallibertarian.co.cc DavidKramer

    By the way Bashir, why not go out and BURN THE FLAG! Frelling idiot.

  • Sam M.

    DavidKramer said:
    Ooooh, I just thought of something.
    Tell me, we have laws about liable, does that stop the MSM from lying?

    So, now the US government is attempting to quiet us bloggers on the internet, how is that going to be different from the liars on the MSM?

    Oh I get it, state sponsored lies versus anonymous lies right?

    By the way, that is why I have begun to put my name on the internet. I use to use avatars and such but now I could care less.

    By the way Bashir, you sir are a LIAR. Now why not come and sue me for liable, since YOU SIR are a blatant propagandist for the current administration. Why not sue me for liable, or just MAYBE you would be susceptible to discovery. Right?

    I am going to say it again, you BASHIR are a LIAR and CNN putting your crud on the air propegates lies therefore CNN is another perveyor of LIES and PROPAGANDA for the Obama administration. By the way, looking forward to the lawsuit. No?

    No, you really don’t seem to get it. How is the US Gov. attempting to stop “us bloggers?” Examples are always nice.

  • Just4thefax

    CarmanK said:
    Oh, who really cares. It is Sarah Palin and Sarah does what she wants to do. After all, she has Roger Ailes covering her back. She can’t fail with the Master Liar and the whole of FOX media on her side. Sarah could well end up being the first presidential candidate of the FOX NEWS PARTY aka tparty, aka republican party.

    Fact: Images from Heaven! We do need control over the debt problem.

  • Sam M.

    DavidKramer said:
    By the way Bashir, why not go out and BURN THE FLAG! Frelling idiot.

    What is wrong with you? Why would anyone want to burn the flag. How unAmerican of you.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Dave-Allen/100000077637523 bohratom

    When Martin was first hired by MSNBC I thought he would bring some balance to the network. Now after this story I see he is just another liberal hack using any means possible to attack conservative women.

  • http://www.nukethefridge.com MartiniShark

    Hey Marty, since you surely hold Hollywood dear and regard celebrities as intellectual demi-gods do me a favor: Once you bring up Robert Redford up on charges for this atrocity inflicted upon our flag standard in the name of making money then get back to us on this very important subject.

    http://www.impawards.com/2001/last_castle_ver1.html

    Until that time please shut the hell up.

  • BatBoy

    Martin needs to get a lesson on our Flag…..

  • Sam M.

    BatBoy said:
    Martin needs to get a lesson on our Flag…..

    You seem to be just the guy to do that.

  • Bill Huggins

    Come on guys, she’s just campaigning for the COnstitution. Lay off!

    THE CONSTITUTION!!!!!

  • Azarkhan

    Buzz off foreigner.

  • MediaiteCensorsSux

    Martin, you are a knucklehead.

  • MediaiteCensorsSux

    BatBoy said:
    Martin needs to get a lesson on our Flag…..

    Rep Wiener will show how it waves!

  • White Ninja

    Michael Adam said:
    It’s nice that someone points out what Sister Sarah is in anything for….money. The only thing more sad than Sister Sarah and her traveling carnival is the morons who think this woman is fit to do anything other than ride an ATV.

    So TELL ME, if you could make a crapload of money spouting your thoughts in our country you wouldn’t do it cause you feel like that’s wrong?

  • TfT

    Well, hotair has a nice clip, from reason tv, where it shows how Martin is nothing but a hypocrit, and how MSNBC does the exact same thing with the flag that Palin does.

    Blow it out your liberal, two-faced you know what msnbc.

    So typical of MSNBC – point the finger at others for what they themselves are guilty of.

  • david r

    I hear Martin Bashir and Cenk Uygur are going to Alaska to prove that Todd and Sarah Palin have indeed, in breach of the peace and dignity of the federal government, torn the tag off their mattress.

  • beavoux

    BatBoy said:
    Martin needs to get a lesson on our Flag…..

    He’s correct “The flag should never be used for any advertising purpose”

  • http://constitutionallibertarian.co.cc DavidKramer

    david r said:
    I hear Martin Bashir and Cenk Uygur are going to Alaska to prove that Todd and Sarah Palin have indeed, in breach of the peace and dignity of the federal government, torn the tag off their mattress.

    LOL, get 50 people on that IMMEDIATELY holdren. That is important stuff.

    Forget about supplying the Mexican Drug Cartels with guns, go after the Palins for tag infringement!

  • LA screenwriter

    >> Martin Bashir: “Under standards of respect and etiquette, it’s made clear that the flag of the United States should never be used for any advertising purpose whatsoever. Yet that’s precisely what Sarah Palin is doing. She’s using the flag of the United States for her own financial purposes.”

    LMAO!!! You have GOT to be kidding me. All the flag-waving print or TV ads for Presidents Day or Memorial Day sales that are done by EVERY retail store imaginable…

    Or EVERY time Warner Brothers sells licensed products to make some coin (whether it’s movies, comics, posters or toys) that SPECIFICALLY show Superman posed with an American flag…

    Not to mention ALL of the things that come out EVERY Fourth of July, where the flag has clearly been put into the advertising, packaging or even the actual product itself…

    …All of THOSE things (and so many other examples) buffoonish Bashir has NEVER noticed once in his life. But the painted side of Palin’s BUS? Yep, THAT he has a gripe with. No, wait — it’s even better than that. He doesn’t just have a gripe. He wants to use a national TV show to bring up the laughable idea that she actually committed a FEDERAL crime!

    >GASP< Oh, the horror!!!!!
    (Insert mocking eye roll here)

    All, I can say is "Good going, Martin."
    Nice to see MSNBC hosts are as CLUELESS as ever.
    In the immortal words of Bugs Bunny: "What a maroon!"

  • Sam M.

    TfT said:
    Well, hotair has a nice clip, from reason tv, where it shows how Martin is nothing but a hypocrit, and how MSNBC does the exact same thing with the flag that Palin does.

    Blow it out your liberal, two-faced you know what msnbc.

    So typical of MSNBC – point the finger at others for what they themselves are guilty of.

    Total bs as usual. Nothing here but hot air.

  • MotherLodeBeth

    Does anyone even watch MSNBC? Hate when a foreigner tells a patriot what is correct.

  • Heywood Jablowme

    Does anyone know that Martin Bashir once served time in prison in the UK for picking up little boys?

    Who is he to lecture anyone about what OUR flag means?

    Plus, he has the law wrong.

    You can burn a flag…how you display it is your right.

    MSNBC – wrong on the facts, as usual.

  • Bill Huggins

    This isn’t the first flag rule the Reality Show Star has broken

    It’s funny reading these comments how many self described PATRIOTS don’t know the rules of the flag

    Wanna brush up, PATRIOTS?
    http://www.ushistory.org/betsy/flagetiq.html

    Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahaha

    You can fix your posts afterwards

    HahahahahahahahhHh

  • seek

    Bill Huggins said:
    This isn’t the first flag rule the Reality Show Star has broken

    It’s funny reading these comments how many self described PATRIOTS don’t know the rules of the flag

    Wanna brush up, PATRIOTS?
    http://www.ushistory.org/betsy/flagetiq.html

    Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahaha

    Keep laughing – didn’t read the article because it was apparent immediately it was a left wing smear blog.
    Did it mention flag burning, or is it o.k. if it’s used in lieu of fire-wood?

    Martin Bashir is “bat shit crazy”, but we all knew that already.

    You can fix your posts afterwards

    HahahahahahahahhHh

  • LOGICandREASON

    By the way I’m glad Sarah Palin took Piper with her, I think it’s a very good thing for American kids to be taught American exceptionalism at a young age, and what it means to be a patriotic and proud citizen of the world’s freest nation. (Actually the only free nation on earth; and an evidence of this is a Pakistani on cable TV telling an American if she can or cannot use her country’s flag)

    Otherwise when you don’t raise your children properly you’ll end up with a Meghan McCain or a Code Pink member.

    Who would have though that in the 21st century a legal ALIEN from Pakistan would tell a Patriotic American how and when to fly her country’s flag?

    Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, and Abraham Lincoln will all be turning in their respective graves, and Ronald Reagan would be weeping for what his country has become.

    Nice one Sarah! http://www.sarahpac.com/bus_tour

  • avoidswork

    LOGICandREASON said:
    By the way I’m glad Sarah Palin took Piper with her, I think it’s a very good thing for American kids to be taught American exceptionalism at a young age, and what it means to be a patriotic and proud citizen of the world’s freest nation. (Actually the only free nation on earth; and an evidence of this is a Pakistani on cable TV telling an American if she can or cannot use her country’s flag) Otherwise when you don’t raise your children properly you’ll end up with a Meghan McCain or a Code Pink member. Who would have though that in the 21st century a legal ALIEN from Pakistan would tell a Patriotic American how and when to fly her country’s flag? Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, and Abraham Lincoln will all be turning in their respective graves, and Ronald Reagan would be weeping for what his country has become. Nice one Sarah! http://www.sarahpac.com/bus_tour

    What is the deal with the Meghan hate? She’s a Columbia graduate, has a column in Daily Beast and has written a book. Bristol has a kid and a GED.

    Reagan would be weeping for his nation. Sadly, he’d be on the liberal side this time. Also, you’d be calling him a RINO along with TrickyDick. Difference between them and modern conservatives are that those men of old don’t consider themselves a victim to everything like modern conservatives do.

    (how/why do you people invoke Reagan without actually knowing his beliefs is beyond me.)

  • http://constitutionallibertarian.co.cc DavidKramer

    avoidswork
    (how/why do you people invoke Reagan without actually knowing his beliefs is beyond me.)

    Oh no, another LEFTIST that is going to tell us what REAGAN really meant.

    Why not go to Newsweek or Time that compared Obama to Reagan. I cannot remember which leftist rag did that, but if you look closely, Reagan had his fingers above Obama’s head with rabbit ears.

    Sir or Madame, I lived through Reagan and Carter and you must have gotten the liberal education on Reagan. Do you even listen to any of his speeches? Here is a great one- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yt1fYSAChxs

    After listening, why not tell me how leftist he was. Of course it is more than 30 seconds so more than likely you will not listen.

  • Bill Huggins

    Mediaite:’PLEASE post the footage of Palin saying what the Statue of Liberty means.

    PLEASE
    POST IT

    SO HILARIOUS

    CLASSIC PALINESE

  • WildMan

    Martin Bashir?????

    Who the hell are you????????

    LSDnbc is really reaching the bottom of the barrel with talking idiots they hire…!

  • Gorgegirl

    BatBoy said:
    Martin needs to get a lesson on our Flag…..

    It appears that Martin is correct. Maybe it is you and Sarah Palin who need the lesson on the flagl.

  • Gorgegirl

    DavidKramer said:
    Oh no, another LEFTIST that is going to tell us what REAGAN really meant. Why not go to Newsweek or Time that compared Obama to Reagan. I cannot remember which leftist rag did that, but if you look closely, Reagan had his fingers above Obama’s head with rabbit ears. Sir or Madame, I lived through Reagan and Carter and you must have gotten the liberal education on Reagan. Do you even listen to any of his speeches? Here is a great one- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yt1fYSAChxs After listening, why not tell me how leftist he was. Of course it is more than 30 seconds so more than likely you will not listen.

    Why not just take the word of his son who lived with him for a lot longer than he was president? Ronald Reagan. Please note that Michael Reagan boasts as being his son, but never lived with him – he was adopted and lived with his mother after Ronald Reagan divorced her. In fact, when Ronald Reagan became president, he hadn’t even seen Michael Reagan for 5 years.

  • Gorgegirl

    LA screenwriter said:
    >> Martin Bashir: “Under standards of respect and etiquette, it’s made clear that the flag of the United States should never be used for any advertising purpose whatsoever. Yet that’s precisely what Sarah Palin is doing. She’s using the flag of the United States for her own financial purposes.” LMAO!!! You have GOT to be kidding me. All the flag-waving print or TV ads for Presidents Day or Memorial Day sales that are done by EVERY retail store imaginable… Or EVERY time Warner Brothers sells licensed products to make some coin (whether it’s movies, comics, posters or toys) that SPECIFICALLY show Superman posed with an American flag… Not to mention ALL of the things that come out EVERY Fourth of July, where the flag has clearly been put into the advertising, packaging or even the actual product itself… …All of THOSE things (and so many other examples) buffoonish Bashir has NEVER noticed once in his life. But the painted side of Palin’s BUS? Yep, THAT he has a gripe with. No, wait — it’s even better than that. He doesn’t just have a gripe. He wants to use a national TV show to bring up the laughable idea that she actually committed a FEDERAL crime! >GASP< Oh, the horror!!!!!(Insert mocking eye roll here) All, I can say is “Good going, Martin.”Nice to see MSNBC hosts are as CLUELESS as ever.In the immortal words of Bugs Bunny: “What a maroon!”

    ***********
    So, if you have a law about the use of the American Flag, are you saying it should be disregarded? If that is the case, why not go ahead and just “burn” all the laws regarding the use and abuse of our flag????

  • http://www.harropson.com WHarropson

    Bill Huggins said:
    This isn’t the first flag rule the Reality Show Star has broken It’s funny reading these comments how many self described PATRIOTS don’t know the rules of the flag Wanna brush up, PATRIOTS?http://www.ushistory.org/betsy/flagetiq.html Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahaha You can fix your posts afterwards HahahahahahahahhHh

    Bill Huggins link above has a photoshopped picture of George and Laura stepping on a floormat that has a 11 stripe and 30 star depiction of a flag. They must have been having trouble finding good examples that properly impuned George Bush,…. that’s OK, just manufacture one.

    If you want to see wilful and meaningful desicration, then you must look to Obama’s kind.
    http://www.thehotjoints.com/2008/05/05/obamas-friend-bill-ayres-desecrates-a-flag/

    .

  • http://www.nukethefridge.com MartiniShark

    Gorgegirl said:
    ***********So, if you have a law about the use of the American Flag, are you saying it should be disregarded? If that is the case, why not go ahead and just “burn” all the laws regarding the use and abuse of our flag????

    So what exactly is this “law” that is being broken? I mean if there is a breaking of “federal law” , as Bashir tries to claim, what exactly would the sentence be?

    Note how Bashir never said anything like, “. . . and could be punishable by (X amount) of dollars or (Y amount) of time in jail”. That is because this is not a federal law, it is a code of use and display. The idiot Bahir even admits as much during his pathetic rant: he referred to it as “Under standards of respect and etiquette”. That is not a law, nor a punishable offense. If it were the case then those flag burners that the left so ardently defends would have some serious charges flying their way.

    Marty looks pathetic as he tries to start a fire with wet matches.

  • http://www.harropson.com WHarropson

    TfT said:
    Well, hotair has a nice clip, from reason tv, where it shows how Martin is nothing but a hypocrit, and how MSNBC does the exact same thing with the flag that Palin does. Blow it out your liberal, two-faced you know what msnbc. So typical of MSNBC – point the finger at others for what they themselves are guilty of.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvTRvtzVpUo&feature=player_embedded

  • http://www.harropson.com WHarropson

    Here is a concept. No one is going to stop using the stars and stripes on stuff. I say if the item is a regulation flag made to fly from a pole or other appropriate means, it’s use should be as per code. In other words, don’t remake it as clothing, allow it to touch the ground.. and all those other things. If it is a depiction as was in the bus, it is not a flag, but auto paint. Just enjoy it. Now what so tough about that?

  • http://www.dandyid.org/id/okami okami

    . . .what about Captain America?

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