Just a few hours ago, the Senate narrowly rejected a constitutional amendment on flag burning:
The 66-34 tally in favor of the amendment was one less than the two-thirds required.
Now that gay marriage and flag burning are out of the way, the Senate GOP are getting ready to address what they consider to be the third most important problem facing this country: the estate tax. But late today, word came down that Bill Frist will delay the estate tax repeal vote. Maybe one of his strategists told him that just about every voter in this country has caught on to the 2006 GOP game plan.
In a Reuters article about the failing of this constitutional amendment on flag desecration, I found this line pretty funny:
Democrats, even those who supported the flag-burning amendment, said Republicans were pandering to conservative voters ahead of November's elections when they should have been tackling more substantive problems.
Either you support it or you don't. If you think it's pandering, stand up and say you don't support it. It's gut-check time! Here is how each Senator voted.
When it comes to my own opinion, let's face facts. One reported flag burning incident happened last year. Many people who do burn flags are charged with arson anyway. Also, why are we trying to defend something that people buy at a store, which is made in China?
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Other blogs writing about this issue: MyDD, Tim Chapman Blog, History Mike, The Tin Man, Cutting to the Chase, Penguins on the Equator,
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