*deep sigh*

American Flag 'Outlawed' by Edwards

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Vacuous veep wannabe John Edwards has ned the American flag at campaign appearances, according to a left-wing weekly.

New Times Broward Palm Beach, a monomaniacally Bush-hating yuppie tabloid in Fort Lauderdale, tells the sad story of jo the Democrat clown and how Edwards' handlers censored him.

During a recent campaign appearance in West Palm by the sue-happy senator, professional clown Jack "jo" Williams of Delray Beach showed up early to nab himself a good spot.

"Before the start of the speech, 70-year-old Williams worked the crowd in a star-spangled outfit that made him look like a patriotic Raggedy Andy with a top hat. Williams, a retired social worker, pulled an American flag from his clenched fist for a bit of magic. 'This flag right here doesn't belong to the Republicans,' he said. But the trick drew the ire of an Edwards camp volunteer. All signs and flags are outlawed at the event, jo was frostily informed," New Times reported.

"Outlawed"? Is that what the ambulance-chasing chowderhead has in mind?

To paraphrase an old saying, when Old Glory is outlawed, only outlaws will have Old Glory.

If freshman Edwards has his way, it appears "this flag" won't "belong" to anybody, Democrat or Republican or independent.

To be fair, we checked the Associated Press's photo archives of President Bush's and Vice President Dick Cheney's rallies to see if they didn't believe in freedom of expression either. The pictures, including today's appearances by Bush in The Villages, Fla., and Cheney in Xenia, Ohio, showed an abundance of flags and signs.

and this:

Kerry, Enraged by Cavuto, Threatens to '' Fox News

Democrat airhead apparent John Edwards has "outlawed" the American flag, and now his ticket has threatened to "" Fox News Channel.

Oh, wait: John Kerry's handlers have already flip-flopped on their latest attempt at censorship.

Kerry's senior mouthpiece John Sasso "threatened to Fox News staff from the candidate's plane Friday night" because of afternoon business host Neil Cavuto's amusing comment about Osama bin Laden backing Kerry, the Boston Globe reported Sunday.

"Kerry advisers quickly backtracked, however, concluding that an escalating conflict with a major cable channel just days before the election would do nothing to help" the Democrat nominee.

On Cavuto's show Friday, a Republican guest noted that the al-Qaida terrorist leader's latest whining about President Bush amounted to "an endorsement" of Kerry. Another guest disagreed: "I don't think he's going to have a Kerry-Edwards sticker in the cave."

The amiable Cavuto said: "He's all but doing that. I thought I saw a button."

Boston.com: Angry over an on-air remark, adviser threatens a