Tea Party Convention forgets US flag, blames hotel staff

Perhaps the inaugural National Tea Party Convention was striving for historical accuracy.

On Thursday, Tennessee's Gaylord Opryland Hotel and Convention Center welcomed "hundreds of conservative activists" on Thursday (See also Invoking ‘literacy test,’ Tea Party opening speaker suggests blacks be kept from voting), who are often referred to as "flag-wavers."

As the Washington Post reports, "The convention's first day lacked the orchestrated staging of most modern political events. The convention host delivered a meandering welcome speech without notes, saying he misplaced them. Former congressman Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.) offered a fiery defense of Judeo-Christian faith and traditional American values, but there was no prayer or Pledge of Allegiance to open the convention -- nor was there an American flag in the convention hall."

The paper reports that Memphis Tea Party leader and convention spokesman Mark Skoda "blamed the oversight on the hotel staff."

However, since the original Boston Tea Party demonstration occurred three years before Betsy Ross debuted her American flag on July 4th, 1776, the modern day patriots were able to keep it real in an old school vibe.

http://rawstory.com/2010/02/tea-party-convention-blames-hotel-staff-displaying-flag/

Like, a couple in the glovebox, one in the wallet, etc. I mean, they do enjoy waving it around so much you would think they would be as ubiquitous as a zippo lighter among the crowd!!!

:shrug:

Maybe so.

of the sailors, not the WH planners? The phrase "hotel staff" doesn't have to refer to minority workers. The point is simply to blame people at the bottom of the totem pole, not the ones at the top.

the rest are just the servers who deserve no recognition for being human beings. Of course they are so inferior in their minds (and in truth) that they can never accept responsibility for their own actions or inactions.

:puke:

Like the cheap relative who shows up and expects you to supply the ooze.

Perhaps the missing flag was on purpose.

the flag of the gasbaggers.