Obama Faces Another Flag Question
Posted on April 16th, 2008 by ecthompson
I’m a little surprised that this question slipped in. It is so crazy but rumors fly and folks are willing to believe anything. Hell, the majority of Americans believe that Saddam Hussein had something to do with 9/11.
So, Senator Barack Obama answered for the 100th time why he doesn’t wear an American flag on his lapel. Obama’s answer was good, but not great. He really needed to nail this answer. But I guess when you answer the same question repeatedly, it might be a little hard to drum up some enthusiasm.
I first mentioned Obama and the flag pin back in January.
Remember this one from John Prine? Great song! Even my 1974 Westchester County, NY, country-clubber girlfriend loved Flag Decal.
(Not that anyone asked me. But what I think is crazy is that most Americans still believe Osama bin Laden had much more than being a convenient bogeyman to do with 9/11.)
Your Flag Decal Won’t Get You Into Heaven Anymore
© John Prine
While digesting Reader’s Digest
In the back of a dirty book store,
A plastic flag, with gum on the back,
Fell out on the floor.
Well, I picked it up and I ran outside
Slapped it on my window shield,
And if I could see old Betsy Ross
I’d tell her how good I feel.
Chorus:
But your flag decal won’t get you
Into Heaven any more.
They’re already overcrowded
From your dirty little war.
Now Jesus don’t like killin’
No matter what the reason’s for,
And your flag decal won’t get you
Into Heaven any more.
Well, I went to the bank this morning
And the cashier he said to me,
“If you join the Christmas club
We’ll give you ten of them flags for free.”
Well, I didn’t mess around a bit
I took him up on what he said.
And I stuck them stickers all over my car
And one on my wife’s forehead.
Repeat Chorus:
Well, I got my window shield so filled
With flags I couldn’t see.
So, I ran the car upside a curb
And right into a tree.
By the time they got a doctor down
I was already dead.
And I’ll never understand why the man
Standing in the Pearly Gates said…
“But your flag decal won’t get you
Into Heaven any more.
We’re already overcrowded
From your dirty little war.
Now Jesus don’t like killin’
No matter what the reason’s for,
And your flag decal won’t get you
Into Heaven any more.”
Outstanding poem. thanks for posting it.