White House Director of Oval Office Operations Keith Schiller carries a red USA hat and a copy of Fortune magazine with President Trump on the cover as he and Communications Director Sean Spicer deplane from Air Force One yesterday. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst.
I was reading yet another article about leakiness, but got completely distracted by that photo. Specifically, by the lining of Spicer’s jacket. I know it gets routinely ignored, and rightly so in my opinion, but there is a law about using the flag as an article of clothing. Yeah, yeah, it’s probably just a flag type printed fabric, but it’s certainly meant to give the impression of the ‘merican flag. I…uh, is this like Mormon undies, or secretly wearing silk undergarments to give you that special feeling? It’s definitely ostentatious, and I don’t think it’s going to help with anyone even trying to take Spicer seriously, which is already a difficult enough task. A bloody impossible one now. Are the stars on a field of blue his boxer shorts as well as his tie? Okay, yeah, I’ll stop.
The law routinely gets ignored because the Supreme Court has already ruled it to be unenforceable. Of course, that means it’s kept on the books so it can be used to harass people the cops don’t like with arrest, only to have charges later dropped. Kind of like the sodomy laws in many southern states that are still being misused.
Or like the similar flag desecration law in Illinois which was used to harass a young man. The cops also claimed they had to arrest and charge him “for his own protection and the protection of others”. You know, like how the cops had to arrest Nazis like Richard Spencer for their own… wait no, they claimed they could do nothing about that because of the First Amendment.
Well, my libertarian acquaintances assure me free speech is a right everyone has as they defend the Nazis and ignore minorities, so it must be true.
Just be sure not to misuse an image of “Woodsy Owl“. As far as I know the Supreme Court hasn’t ruled on that one yet…
I just can’t get over Spicer wearing that thing. Fuck, does it make him feel like Captain America? Superman? What?
I’m guessing it makes him feel superior to everyone else.
Prisoners of red, white and blue.
Spicer looks like he’s seen Godzilla.
@Caine — no, it makes him look like Waldo.
He’ll be ready for some “Where’s Waldo” LARP as soon as he puts his jacket on inside out.
Spicer looks like Godzilla upon seeing that flying flamy turtle thingy
And after a couple of rum, that top pic has become hilarious.
I’m going with morphing into a whilst tripping down the stairs.
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s an idiot!
“Holy shit! We were somewhere else when we got in!”
I’m all for loud stripes, but the combination with the star-spangled tie (and boxers?) and probably other americana accessories becomes rather ghastly. Especially since it’s not a national holiday (is it?).
It also looks like really badly done.