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Fox's Kelly refers to U.S. flags as "Stars and Bars" -- but that's the first national flag of the Confederacy

September 22, 2009 12:05 pm ET

From the September 22 edition of Fox News' America's Newsroom:

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The "Stars and Bars" is the first national flag of the Confederate States of America.

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    • Author by rtwmd1230 (September 22, 2009 12:07 pm ET)
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      Wishful thinking.
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    • Author by The_Cat (September 22, 2009 12:21 pm ET)
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      Three to one she's a bottle blond. I've known a few real blonds, and they've convinced me that it's the ones who get their blond from a bottle that are the source of the belief that blonds are intellectually challenged. In her defense, it's probably mostly due to all the talk about secession we've been hearing recently...
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    • Author by pilotshark (September 22, 2009 12:22 pm ET)
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      well guess its not hard to see were here country first lies in.

      or was that a Freudian slip or her lips.
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    • Author by AB-001 (September 22, 2009 12:26 pm ET)
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      Was she reading off a prompter or the paper in her hands? It's possible (probable, actually) that this was no slip on her part but simply something that she read verbatim.
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    • Author by magnolialover (September 22, 2009 12:38 pm ET)
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      Ah, yes, the good old Stars and Bars. The symbol of which represents slavery. Now, hear me out.

      If we look at what time period the Stars and Bars is attached to, the Civil War period, what did that contain? I long and cruel war between former citizens of the same country who were basically and essentially fighting about slavery (there were other reasons as well, I know), and hence, the Confederate flag represents slavery, and the South's fight to keep it in place, and hence, repression of blacks and other minorities. Also, it represents treason and traitors to our own country, which is why, for the LIFE of me, I can never figure out why people fly it still to this day in the South. It represents the worst time in the lifespan of our country, and lots of "evil" things that happened during that time, and yet, these alleged patriotic citizens fly this standard of hate, slavery, and treason proudly.
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    • Author by shaggles (September 22, 2009 12:41 pm ET)
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      That's kind of funny.
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    • Author by pete592 (September 22, 2009 12:42 pm ET)
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      Can I get a terrorist fist jab???
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      • Author by DAWUSS (September 22, 2009 12:47 pm ET)
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        [http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/fist%20jab1.jpg]
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        • Author by jmariemo (September 22, 2009 3:24 pm ET)
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          Rumor has it...it's not a "terrorist fist-jab" if you are wearing faux-Livestrong bracelets.
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      • Author by rtwmd1230 (September 22, 2009 1:08 pm ET)
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        Wrong bottle blonde. The one you're thinking of aged out of her job at Fox.
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        • Author by jmariemo (September 22, 2009 3:22 pm ET)
             
          No, no. I could've sworn it was her. I can still hear her annunciation of the word "jab" ringing in my ears. I'm thinking it's the same voice..but I could be wrong.
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          • Author by bintx (September 23, 2009 10:32 am ET)
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            The fist jab bottle blonde was E.D. Hill, thrice-married crusader for "family values." Her contract wasn't renewed after the fist jab comment and she was very slowly phased out of the line-up. She was the original dumb blonde on Fox and Friends.
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            • Author by jmariemo (September 24, 2009 3:14 pm ET)
                 
              Oh I see! I was just watching Fox and Friends this morning, actually, and I noticed that the blonde was a little old (I mean, too old for Fox-you know, her thirties.) On top of that, I needed more of a Hamptons/PTA vibe from her. She wasn't cutting it for me. I might just as well watch Rachel Maddow. Sheesh.

              [I love you, Rachel.]
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    • Author by DAWUSS (September 22, 2009 12:47 pm ET)
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      Maybe the flags that were pulled WERE Confed flags, and they posted the wrong picture...
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    • Author by epkklk851 (September 22, 2009 12:51 pm ET)
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      Hmm, so what flag was pulled, exactly? Was it the CSA flag or the USA flag? So the bank has a policy against having things in its lawn, if it is a policy against any and all sorts of displays, than I don't have a problem with it. Frankly, I have been known to avoid businesses that hawk either their patriotism or their religion as a selling point, and I really avoid the ones that wrap Jesus up in the flag!
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      • Author by magnolialover (September 22, 2009 12:58 pm ET)
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        You mean, like this?

        [http://totalobscurity.typepad.com/flagorama/pics/jesusflag.jpg]
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        • Author by epkklk851 (September 22, 2009 1:15 pm ET)
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          Yep, yep, yep! Run for your life!
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          • Author by Looking_4_Truth (September 22, 2009 1:27 pm ET)
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            Magnolialover, That is just too sweet!! :-)
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            • Author by magnolialover (September 22, 2009 2:14 pm ET)
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              Got to love those pictures like that. Considering of course that if Jesus actually existed, he'd probably look more like Jeff Goldblum than what we've come to expect of his visage from the "good old days", and also, that somehow a man from the middle east is an American citizen makes me laugh as well.

              I was always a fan of The Buddy Christ from Dogma.

              [http://ancientearthentertainment.com/store/images/large/BuddyChristDashboardStatue.jpg]
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    • Author by Looking_4_Truth (September 22, 2009 12:54 pm ET)
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      This was probably just her true subliminal, subconscious feelings, desires and wishes managing to get through her lips unchecked. Just pent-up longin' for the days of old!!
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    • Author by Boxer1979 (September 22, 2009 1:14 pm ET)
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      Now I know she slipped in here words about the U.S. Flag. Then again????? It is a wonder.
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    • Author by mjh (September 22, 2009 1:33 pm ET)
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      Fox's Kelly refers to U.S. flags as "Stars and Bars" -- but that's the first national flag of the Confederacy



      ROFL -- OK, where's ProudNeoKKKon to remind us how the Confederacy consisted mostly of Democrats? :^)


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      • Author by magnolialover (September 22, 2009 2:29 pm ET)
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        I'm sure he'll be along any minute now... Of course, he'd be somewhat right, and somewhat wrong, as during the time of the Civil War, the Democratic party broke into 2 pieces representing Southern states (who later became Dixiecrats in the 50's and 60's, and THEN turned republican after LBJ signed into law the civil rights act), and the Northern States who didn't support the South.

        And, overall, Southerners did remain democrats, because Lincoln was a republican, again, until LBJ signed into the law, the Civil Rights Act, which made them all (almost all of them) switch party affiliations and turn republican. Which is pretty much how it stands today, where the South is still the stronghold of republicans.
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    • Author by antihannity2009 (September 22, 2009 1:41 pm ET)
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      But wait.....Bank of America is somehow connected to ACORN!!!
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      • Author by magnolialover (September 22, 2009 2:30 pm ET)
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        I bet there are people who work for ACORN that have accounts at BofA! This is MORE than enough to connect Bank of America with ACORN!!! And, and, by proxy, Obama HAS the Bank of America under his control, since ACORN answers to him, and only him, THE ONE!
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    • Author by historygeek001 (September 22, 2009 1:44 pm ET)
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      So...is she so incompetent she doesn't know what she is talking about, did she do it on purpose, or was it some kind of freudian slip? Or maybe she was reading it, which just pushes the question on up the chain--who is confusing the Confederacy with the USA?

      What a loon.
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    • Author by gmsingh (September 22, 2009 2:14 pm ET)
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      Ya gotta love it when the blondes can create their own jokes.
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    • Author by JDoorjam (September 22, 2009 3:23 pm ET)
         
      Eh, it's a stretch to get overly upset about this. She was pretty clearly reading text from the TelePrompTer doubtlessly written for her, and in that context it's an attempt to come up with another synonym for the U.S. flag.

      Fox pulls enough crap in other, ridiculous ways that we don't really need to dwell on teensy slips of the tongue like this. It's about on par with Obama's "57 states" slip (though thankfully I guarantee that this "stars and bars" mistake won't be a topic of discussion a year and a half after it occurred). Just not a big deal.
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    • Author by MrBrown (September 22, 2009 4:51 pm ET)
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      Its "Stars And Stripes" blondie.
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    • Author by cbinns47 (September 23, 2009 9:35 am ET)
         
      But as the link correctly shows, the "Stars and Bars" itself is not the "Confederate flag" that most people think of. That is the Confederate battle flag, which was never the national flag, though it was incorporated in later versions of the national flag of the Confederacy.

      The Confederate battle flag hit the big time starting in the 1950s when it served as the symbol of resistance to racial justice, even getting incorporated into some state flags at the time. It is a very shameful symbol.
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