The state champion ritual team of Santa Clarita Elks Lodge 2379 presented their annual Flag Day Ceremony on June 9, the Friday closest to Flag Day on June 14. During the event attendees learned the history of the flag of the United States of America.
party s part? if it s a southwestern strategy, i think it s idiotic. they reaped a lot of gains from the southern strategy back in the 60s and 70s and the problem is they can win regionally in short term ways in a state like arizona. they can make some sort of political hay out of this. in the long-term, it s suicide. it s political suicide because of the demographic trends of the country. every smart republican from a strategics perspective understands that. and yet i think they re so sort of captured by the angriest part of the base that this is the sort of thing you see. but as you suggest, could this wind up being the best thing to ever happen to opponents of bills like this? i do think it has the potential for two reasons. one is i think it could be a really terri schiavo moment. we ve been seeing the snake flag with don t tread on me, right? this is, you know, we are sure as hell going to tread on you.