There is a hoax about President Obama, the Flag and a Meet The Press program on Sept 7, 2008. The email about disrespecting the US flag that attributed absurd dialogue to President Obama was fiction. The president was never on Meet the Press that day, and the times he was on, he never said anything bad about the flag. The guests for that day were Joe Biden and Tom Friedman, and the word Flag never appeared. You can get the transcript from the link in the related links section below. You can also find a link to the transcript for the DECEMBER 2008 Meet the Press when Barack Obama was a guest, but the word Flag was again not mentioned.
There are also videos on YouTube for Meet the Press for September 2008 when Pres. Obama was not on the show, and for Meet the Press for December 2008 when Barack Obama was on the show, but never mentioned the flag. At YouTube you can enter in the search box, "Obama Meet the Press 2008 December" and again for September.
You are probably asking this question because you saw an email that started as a piece of satire (i.e., like they do as a joke on the TV show "Saturday Night Live"). It is not the truth. It was written by John Semmens in 2007 in his Arizona Conservative Blog which he labels "semi-news, a satirical review of the events shaping our nation and the world" Semmens made up all the dialogue. You used to be able to get it from his blog, but now his archives only go back to 2009. Someone took it from his column, expanded the satire, wrapped it in a lie, and started forwarding it as if it were an email of truth. One version of the FALSE email from 2008 is below, there are also later modified versions:
THE FOLLOWING IS NOT TRUE, IT WAS WRITTEN AS COMEDY SATIRE:
Obama Explains National Anthem Stance
Sun, 07 Sept. 2008 11:48:04 EST, General Bill Ginn' USAF (ret.) asked Obama to explain why he doesn't follow protocol when the National Anthem is played.
The General also stated to the Senator that according to the United States Code, Title 36, Chapter 10, Sec. 171... During rendition of the national anthem when the flag is displayed, all present except those in uniform are expected to stand at attention facing the flag with the right hand over the heart. At the very least, "Stand and Face It"
Senator Obama Live on Sunday states, "As I've said about the flag pin, I don't want to be perceived as taking sides, Obama said. 'There are a lot of people in the world to whom the American flag is a symbol of oppression. And the anthem itself conveys a war-like message. You know, the bombs bursting in air and all.
It should be swapped for something less parochial and less bellicose. I like the song 'I'd Like To Teach the World To Sing.' If that were our anthem, then I might salute it."We should consider to reinvent our National Anthem as well as to redesign our Flag to better offer our enemies hope and love. My wife disrespects the Flag for many personal reasons. Together she and I have attended several flag burning ceremonies in t he past, many years ago. She has her views and I have mine."
It's an internet myth, widely quoted but totally false. The president (then candidate) was not even on Meet the Press that day, nor has he ever said anything negative about the flag. I enclose a link to the transcript of the guests who were actually on Meet the Press, none of whom had anything to say about the flag.
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