Amendment to ban Flag Burning Fails...

BY ONE LOUSY STINKIN' VOTE

Well this one was a kick in the nuts. 66 Senators, including a number of Democrats, voted to do the right thing and allow the congress to ban the desecration of the Stars and Stripes. Once again, the usually suspects, mostly liberals, voted down this amendment. Im not sure exactly why though, I mean wouldnt stopping flag burning also help curb global warming? Two Republicans and even Joe Lieberman voted no on this one, which came as a shock to me. But in Joe's case, I guess when your at risk of losing a primary back home, you have to play the game of politics to survive. The two GOP senators ought to be ashamed of themselves for voting against this bill. Here is the list of those who dont want to protect the flag of our country, which symoblizes everything this nation has stood for over the last 230 years.

Akaka
Bennett
Biden
Bingaman
Boxer
Byrd
Cantwell
Carper
Chafee
Clinton
Conrad
Dodd
Dorgan
Durban
Feingold
Harkin
Inouye
Jeffords
Kennedy
Kerry
Kohl
Lautenberg
Leahy
Levin
Lieberman
McConnell
Mikulski
Murray
Obama
Pryor
Reed
Sarbanes
Schumer
Wyden

The fact that 66 senators voted for this thing proves to me that once again the liberal media in this country was wrong, and that this wasnt done just for politica posturing. All I heard from the pundits on TV was how much the senate is wasting its time with things like flag burning and gay marriage when they should be concentrating on the real important things going on in our country today. Gimme a freakin break. Those are probably two of the most heatedly debated issues by the American public, because almost everyone has an opinion on them. Not to mention that more than 70% of the American people think burning the flag should be illegal, but I guess that doesnt mean anything to most Democrats.

This flag burning vote proves how much the Democrats are out of touch with middle American. Lets see now, the Democratic Party favors flag burning, gay marriage, cutting and running from Iraq, no more oil drilling in the United States nor the opening of any new refineries, no domestic wiretapping or spying on terror suspects financial records to keep people safe....and these people think they can win elections? The United States of America is a moderately conservative nation, and until the Democratic Party can realize that, the will never be successful, even with all they help they get from media and Hollywood. I cant say Im complaining, they single-handedly do more to help the GOP than anyone could hope for. Now I know why they are the party of jack-asses...or wait thats a donkey, excuse me.

-Brad