NewsMax.com is reporting that Kerry's pretty boy Veep running mate John Edwards has banned the American Flag at campaign rallies. Well, to be fair, they have banned ALL flags and banners...as Banjo the Democrat clown learned.

As he produced his flag and proudly declared "This flag right here doesn't belong to the Republicans," he was quickly told that the flag ... apparently ... didn't belong to the Democrats either as a campaign worker informed him of the rule.

So, the question is to Mr. Banjo the Democrat fool ... if the Democrats don't want the flag, why can't the Republicans claim it? Kind of makes you think there huh?

Newsmax also noted for good measure "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."

So I say if the socialists don't want the flag, why are you so up in arms about it finding a home in the Republican Party ... who I admit ... are not exactly the BEST custodians of the America our Founding Fathers left us.