Tea Party Convention forgets US flag, blames hotel staff

Perhaps the inaugural National Tea Party Convention was striving for historical accuracy.

On Thursday, Tennessee's Gaylord Opryland Hotel and Convention Center welcomed "hundreds of conservative activists" on Thursday (See also Invoking 'literacy test,' Tea Party opening speaker suggests blacks be kept from voting), who are often referred to as "flag-wavers."

As the Washington Post reports, "The convention's first day lacked the orchestrated staging of most modern political events. The convention host delivered a meandering welcome speech without notes, saying he misplaced them. Former congressman Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.) offered a fiery defense of Judeo-Christian faith and traditional American values, but there was no prayer or Pledge of Allegiance to open the convention -- nor was there an American flag in the convention hall."

The paper reports that Memphis Tea Party leader and convention spokesman Mark Skoda "blamed the oversight on the hotel staff."

However, since the original Boston Tea Party demonstration occurred three years before Betsy Ross debuted her American flag on July 4th, 1776, the modern day patriots were able to keep it real in an old school vibe.

rest at http://rawstory.com/2010/02/tea-party-convention-blames-hotel-staff-displaying-flag/