Sarah Palin Drives 'Em Batty

Get this.  An MSNBC host went after private citizen/non-candidate-for-anything Sarah Palin last night for a possible breach of federal law.  The violation? 

She has the American flag painted on the side of her tour bus.

Yeah, I know.  It's MSNBC, where intelligence is a rare commodity.

But is this guy for real?

Here's one Martin Bashir "clearing the air":

"This is not a campaign bus," she said on Fox News. "This is a bus to express to American[s] how much we appreciate our foundation and to invite more people to be interested about all that is good about America." It all sounds like a wonderful commitment to American values and American history, but it's nothing of the kind. In fact, the whole thing could be in breach of a federal law because the United States Flag Code establishes important rules for the use and display of the stars and stripes, the flag of the United States. Under standards of respect and etiquette, it's made clear that the flag of the United States should never be used for any advertising purpose whatsoever. Yet that's precisely what Sarah Palin is doing. She's using the flag of the United States for her own financial purposes. She drapes herself in the stars and stripes and makes millions of dollars in the process. This has got nothing to do with the presidency and everything to do with filling her pockets. And by raising her profile, she raises her income. It is as simple as that. So she was right when she said that hers is not a campaign bus. It's a cash bus and she'll keep it rolling for as long as she can. [link]

That may be the stupidest thing I've ever read.  Sarah Palin is breaking the law by using the American flag for personal gain?  One can only laugh.

My guess is this Bashir character has never followed country music, where Old Glory (along with the tractor, the dog, the whiskey, and the cheating spouse) is a mainstay of the genre.  And where more than a few bucks change hands in the process.

But beyond that, doesn't this moron have better things to complain about?  Have his kind run out of Palin gripes?

This is so pathetic I feel sorry for mainstream journalism.  Again.

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And the runner-up in the race to be crowned Journalism's Idiot of the Year:

CBS News Producer Screeches: 'Dangerous' Palin Could Cause a Car Crash!

For the love of God.