Senator Barack Obama, Governor Bill Richardson, Senator Hillary Clinton and Ruth Harkin stand during the national anthem.
Yes, Title 36 or the U.S. Code,does state the following:
During a rendition of the national anthem, when the flag is displayed (A) all present except those in uniform should stand at attention facing the flag with the right hand over the heart; (B) men not in uniform should remove their headdress with their right hand and hold the headdress at the left shoulder, the hand being over the heart;
k.b.: I did not know this. On the other hand, the Code refers specifically to "Patriotic and National Observances." I'm not sure that a steak fry where there are flags flying all over the place including the one they weren't facing, behind them, qualifies. Regardless, why can't the media get this stupid issue right about it being the National Anthem and not the Pledge Of Allegiance? Or they don't want to.
The original story and photo was featured in Time Magazine and a fact check was done by
WashingtonPost.com.
Michael Shaw of BagnewsNotes writes an article at HuffPost about a feature that Newsweek is running on a comparison of Barack Obama to John Kerry in the 2004 Presidential campaign.
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