Watch Sarah Palin Desecrate A Flag

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin
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A Guardian reporter interviewed Sarah Palin while she was giving autographs to her fans. Sarah put her Sharpie marker on a book, a hat, and an American flag. The latter of which is against the law!

Salon blogger Emma Mustich caught the flag desecration at 1:35 in the below video. Palin autographs a star-spangled banner, then waves it and smiles.

According to extant law, “The flag should never have placed upon it, nor on any part of it, nor attached to it any mark, insignia, letter, word, figure, design, picture, or drawing of any nature.” Rallying against flag desecration is a perennial right-wing rabble-rousing technique, but I have it on good authority that Sarah Palin–who once wrote a book about “family, faith, and flag“–had her fingers crossed when she did this, so it’s probably fine. Just stand in front of a mirror at midnight and chant “Bloody Hussein Obama” three times, and all sins against state will disappear. [Salon]

The original version of the story appears here: http://gawker.com/5669077/watch-sarah-palin-desecrate-a-flag

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