# Obama has his own fucking flag!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 18, 2008, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-has-his-own-fucking-flag/468513 "2008-10-18T10:05:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-has-his-own-fucking-flag/468513/21 "2008-10-18T14:18:23Z")
Well, he’s right: Ohio does have a flag although I don’t know why the hell they need one and the one they have is screwed up; instead of the letter “O” in the center, they should have the letter “T” for Taft. Texas also has a flag, believe it or not, and the current flag is only one of the SIX that it has had at one point or another. I doubt that Ohio has had six flags and I don’t care, either. Anyway, Obama DESERVES his own flag much more that Ohio deserves the one it has. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-has-his-own-fucking-flag/468513/22 "2008-10-18T14:19:04Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > Every state has [its own flag](http://www.law.ou.edu/hist/flags/) > > Since this is the pit … > > For someone who considers themself heavily into politics, you are fucking woefully ignorant, and have obviously neglected watching any political speeches by any of your state representatives. Or perhaps you are only concerned with the big picture of national politics… > > Any time you see a politician giving a speech, they will be surrounded by the national flag and the state flag, or even the state flag on their podium. In elementary school we had to learn our state flag, motto, flower and bird. In many cases it was also part of learning the names of the 50 states, their capitals, their flags, their flowers and birds and their normal ‘products’. > > Since the link you gave comes out at the top with the picture of the flag and the explaination of the fact it is the fucking state flag of ohio, you are notably dumber than a box of rocks. I will be curious to see what your feelings are after Hurricane Liberal has passed by. I’m afraid FEMA will be of no help to you. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-has-his-own-fucking-flag/468513/23 "2008-10-18T14:22:15Z")
The terrible thing is that Obama apparently copied the Ohio flag, a flag that will never place higher than, oh, 50 on the most beautiful state flag list. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-has-his-own-fucking-flag/468513/24 "2008-10-18T14:22:39Z")
> [@LouisB](#): > > Well, he’s right: Ohio does have a flag although I don’t know why the hell they need one and the one they have is screwed up; instead of the letter “O” in the center, they should have the letter “T” for Taft. That may be over. The last one left on an extremely sour note, and his children do not appear to have any interest in going into politics. And, yeah, that was some whoosh above. I had to hold down my keyboard. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-has-his-own-fucking-flag/468513/25 "2008-10-18T14:24:31Z")
Holy Toledo! What a Flag!!! ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-has-his-own-fucking-flag/468513/26 "2008-10-18T14:24:47Z")
This thread is hilarious. By the way, I am going to Toledo (DARKEST OHIO) today to work for the Obama campaign. I will bring my camera to record any instances of the Obama flag. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-has-his-own-fucking-flag/468513/27 "2008-10-18T14:28:49Z")
That’s not an “O”! It’s a _zero!_ Wake up, America! _Wake up!_ ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-has-his-own-fucking-flag/468513/28 "2008-10-18T14:30:16Z")
> [@Kyla](#): > > By the way, I am going to Toledo (DARKEST OHIO) today … Say hello to Joe for me. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-has-his-own-fucking-flag/468513/29 "2008-10-18T14:34:43Z")
It’s not a zero. It’s a symbol of the black hole that is Ohio politics. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-has-his-own-fucking-flag/468513/30 "2008-10-18T14:40:31Z")
> [@Kyla](#): > > This thread is hilarious. > > By the way, I am going to Toledo (DARKEST OHIO) today to work for the Obama campaign. I will bring my camera to record any instances of the Obama flag. Hijack: Hey, I’m down in Toledo for the next three weeks doing campaign work! I was actually in Holland (home of Joe the Plumber) doing neighborhood walks yesterday, and that guy is not too popular amongst the locals right now. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-has-his-own-fucking-flag/468513/31 "2008-10-18T14:41:24Z")
And…the Obama flags MUST be made in Ohio or you can go to jail… [http://blog.cleveland.com/openers/2008/04/state\_senator\_wants\_ban\_on\_for.html](http://blog.cleveland.com/openers/2008/04/state_senator_wants_ban_on_for.html) ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Gay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ab097/32.png) [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-has-his-own-fucking-flag/468513/32 "2008-10-18T14:42:18Z")
You \*are \*dumber than a box of rocks, Liberal. Everyone knows that the O in that flag stands for Oprah, who Barrach HUSSEIN Obama plans to appoint as Secretary of State. He is going to **make history** by appointing the first black female Secretary of State. He’s a maverick. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-has-his-own-fucking-flag/468513/33 "2008-10-18T14:48:18Z")
A sonic boom of a whoosh. I find that once again I am dumbfounded by the depth of ignorance displayed by my fellow Americans. Just who IS Malkin’s audience? I would think they couldn’t read, to be this uninformed and ignorant. (don’t we learn about state flags in 3rd grade?). :eek: ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-has-his-own-fucking-flag/468513/34 "2008-10-18T14:49:44Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > And…the Obama flags MUST be made in Ohio or you can go to jail… > [http://blog.cleveland.com/openers/2008/04/state\_senator\_wants\_ban\_on\_for.html](http://blog.cleveland.com/openers/2008/04/state_senator_wants_ban_on_for.html) Oh my god, it’s Joy Fucking Padgett. She’s an absolute raving idiotmonster and dear, dear friend of Bob Ney. ETA: I thought most people would recognize the Ohio flag since it’s a bit distinctive–unlike most things in Ohio. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-has-his-own-fucking-flag/468513/35 "2008-10-18T14:54:51Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > The terrible thing is that Obama apparently copied the Ohio flag, a flag that will never place higher than, oh, 50 on the most beautiful state flag list. Nah, Maryland’s is worse, because _nobody_ should put that color combination together on one flag. Even when I was a kid, I thought it was garish. But Mississippi has a lock on the worst-flag award, now that they’re the only state that blatantly incorporates the Confederate Battle Flag into their state flag. (A couple of other Southern states’ flags hint at it, but MS doesn’t just hint.) ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-has-his-own-fucking-flag/468513/36 "2008-10-18T14:59:43Z")
It _is_ a really nice flag for a state flag, though. 00s redesign? And it’s more of an ensign in shape, too. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-has-his-own-fucking-flag/468513/37 "2008-10-18T15:02:08Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Hijack: Hey, I’m down in Toledo for the next three weeks doing campaign work! I was actually in Holland (home of Joe the Plumber) doing neighborhood walks yesterday, and that guy is not too popular amongst the locals right now. If you hear about a bunch of busybody grad students from UM hanging around the campaign office, come over and say hi! We’re supposedly doing door-to-door stuff, but I hurt my foot doing absolutely nothing (I think this is a sign I am getting old) and am hoping they’ll find something for me to do in the office. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-has-his-own-fucking-flag/468513/38 "2008-10-18T15:16:19Z")
_:: Looks at thread title::_ So let me see I’ve got this straight. Whenever we see [that flag](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Ohio) outside of Obama’s door, he is absolutely _not_ to be disturbed, regardless of whatever sounds security may think they hear. Uh, guys, I don’t think the “O” is for Obama _or_ Oprah … ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-has-his-own-fucking-flag/468513/39 "2008-10-18T15:16:22Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > Oh my god, it’s Joy Fucking Padgett. Wow, and I thought Obama had an unfortunate middle name for someone running for office. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-has-his-own-fucking-flag/468513/40 "2008-10-18T15:17:22Z")
> [@Ponder\_Stibbons](#): > > _:: Looks at thread title::_ > > So let me see I’ve got this straight. Whenever we see [that flag](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Ohio) outside of Obama’s door, he is absolutely _not_ to be disturbed, regardless of whatever sounds security may think they hear. > > Uh, guys, I don’t think the “O” is for Obama _or_ Oprah … Heh…I guess **Liberal’s** plane is still flying low… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-has-his-own-fucking-flag/468513.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-has-his-own-fucking-flag/468513.md?page=3)