One Nation Under Gene

12:30 PM --
"Let's run it up Gene and see if it flies." Springfield, Ill.'s State Journal-Register reports on patriotic doings in the Land o' Lincoln Blagojevich:
No? Well...
— Larry, Agèd Monkey, Light Reading
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Republican county chairmen (party leaders, not county board leaders) held a meeting and prepared to recite the pledge. Oops. There was no flag in the room for them to face while reciting. What to do?
Why, call on a fellow named Gene to come to the rescue. Gene was wearing a shirt decked out in an American flag pattern. He came forward, and the group of assembled Republicans pledged allegiance to his shirt.
No? Well...
— Larry, Agèd Monkey, Light Reading