I wonder who burned these flags, and if the proposed graven images law would prohibit it?
There's a congressional race in the state of Ohio between a chickenhawk Evil Party representative and an invasion of Iraq veteran, where the chickenhawk is being beaten like a gong and who has, as expected, gone for the traditional Evil Party scheme of slandering the veteran. Coincidentally, the family of a different Iraq veteran (who is no longer serving because he was killed in Iraq) had their car destroyed in a nasty case of arson, where the arsonist collected a bunch of American flags, soaked them in lighter fluid, wadded them up under the car, and torched the lot of them.
Need I mention that various Evil Party apparachiks started blaming the Iraq veteran candidate for this bit of arson?
I'm reminded of a race a few years ago where an Evil Party campaign consultant "discovered" that their campaign office was bugged and blamed the Democratic candidate for it. (Actually, I'm reminded of a whole bunch of campaigns where something like this happened, and by happy coincidence the blame was erroneously laid at the feet of the Democratic candidate.) Would someone torch an innocent bystander's car, just so they could use the resulting press as propaganda against their opponent?
Would an Evil Party campaign accuse their opponent of child abuse? Would an Evil Party campaign accuse someone of having an affair with someone of the "wrong" color, just to knock them out of a race? Why, that's as unbelievable as wadding flags under someone's car and lighting them on fire.
(via The Swing State Project)