Draped in red, white, and blue bunting wrong.

Posted by Abe on April 29, 2004

In Reply to: Draped in red, white, and blue bunting wrong. posted by ESC on April 29, 2004

: : : : It refers to people (usually politicians) wrapping themselves in the U.S. flag. Hiding behind the flag, in other words.

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: : : I don't think so in this context. I think it, along with the rest of the phrase, refers to to the unmistakeable, obvious, glaring quality of the 'wrongness'.

: : : Bunting of course is not the flag. One dresses items in rw&b bunting (undeniably showy) to catch the eye, to say "da da da-dum-dum (cue "Washington Post March") look at this!"

: : "..unmistakeable, obvious, glaring quality of the 'wrongness'."would fit the context. I had just never heard the bunting bit used this way before. I rather like the whole sentence.

: Could you post a link to the story?

Story is at slate.msn.com/ id/2099617/.

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