Democrats Throw Away US Flags

[BuffaloBorn1960]

12,000 flags destined for the trash rescued by the GOP.... Not for nothing but I would have expected the delegates to keep them as souveniers...... Guess they just don't matter that much

[Wacka]

12,000 flags destined for the trash rescued by the GOP.... Not for nothing but I would have expected the delegates to keep them as souveniers...... Guess they just don't matter that much

 

They were the ones discarded by the dems and were handed out today at the McCain-Palin rally!

[BuffaloBorn1960]

And handed out today at the McCain-Palin rally!

Proof that Republicans are for responsible recycling!

[RI Bills Fan]

Link?

 

Oh wait let me guess, you heard this from O'Reilly, or was it Limbaugh, or Hannity...

 

Pathetic...

[Max Fischer]

Right-wing Lesson: Patriotism is about symbols not deeds.

[Wacka]

Deeds like dems throwing away the American flag? There are photos out there with them in with the dirty cups, etc the dems threw out.

 

Here is an article

[Max Fischer]

Deeds like dems throwing away the American flag? There are photos out there with them in with the dirty cups, etc the dems threw out.

 

Here is an article

 

Why try to make the country better for all when you can wave a flag instead? Why help a veteran with health care when you can accuse a fellow American of treason? Why help in your community when you can call people socialists? It's a great concept when you can profess love for your country but hate more than half the people in it.

[Kelly the Dog]

Days before September 11, on the same morning that John McCain and Barack Obama released a joint statement pledging to avoid politics in light of the anniversary of the terrorist attacks, McCain's campaign accused Democrats of throwing away 12,000 American flags.

 

"The campaign says the flags were recovered from Invesco Field after the Democrats concluded their convention there," Fox News reported, "and they are going to be used as part of the warm-up ceremonies before McCain takes the stage" for a rally in Colorado Springs, Col.

 

But according to a senior official involved in organizing the Democratic convention, the McCain camp is simply lying about the flags.

 

"All of the flags at Invesco were picked up and put in bags and into storage, along with the unused flags and campaign signs. The flags were going to be donated, and the signs were going to be sent out to be used elsewhere," the official said, speaking anonymously since he was not authorized to talk to the press.

 

Fox News' Carl Cameron and Bonney Kapp reported that they had "been told" that "a vendor at Invesco Field found the flags, which were going to be thrown out, and turned them over to the McCain campaign."

 

The Democratic convention official says that's not true.

 

"It's pretty reprehensible on their part," he said. "Someone made an assumption, took the flags, and essentially lied about what was going to happen to them. I mean, c'mon, we were never ever going to throw out flags."

 

Emails to three McCain spokespersons inquiring where the flags were found and how the McCain campaign obtained them were not returned.

 

UPDATE: DNC spokeswoman Karen Finney issues a statement: "American flags were proudly waved by the 75,000 people who joined Barack Obama at the Democratic Convention. John McCain should applaud that, but instead his supporters wrongfully took leftover bundles of our flags from the stadium to play a cheap political stunt calling into question our patriotism. On the same day he agrees to join Barack Obama at Ground Zero on September 11, John McCain attacks the patriotism of Obama supporters who so proudly waved the American flag at our historic event in Denver just days ago."

 

UPDATE II: Another statement from the Democratic National Convention Committee: "Stories circulating about flags at the Democratic National Convention are false. We distributed more than 125,000 American made flags at the Convention - the flags removed from Invesco field were intended for other events and taken without permission. It's disappointing that someone would take American flags without authorization and then falsely describe how they were being used. We have the utmost respect for the American flag, and it's sad to see them being used for a cheap political stunt."

[DC Tom]

Good thing we've got over the retarded scholastic performance issue...

[JK2000]

Deeds like dems throwing away the American flag? There are photos out there with them in with the dirty cups, etc the dems threw out.

 

Here is an article

 

You're the last person I'd ever expect to be unable to properly link to an article. What happened to you?

[justnzane]

Two slants to this:

 

1. The Republicans are garbage pickers

 

2. The Republicans believe that throwing out tiny flag is a federal offense.

[molson_golden2002]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/06/t...f_n_124499.html

 

But according to a senior official involved in organizing the Democratic convention, the McCain camp is simply lying about the flags.

 

"All of the flags at Invesco were picked up and put in bags and into storage, along with the unused flags and campaign signs. The flags were going to be donated, and the signs were going to be sent out to be used elsewhere," the official said, speaking anonymously since he was not authorized to talk to the press.

 

Fox News' Carl Cameron and Bonney Kapp reported that they had "been told" that "a vendor at Invesco Field found the flags, which were going to be thrown out, and turned them over to the McCain campaign."

 

The Democratic convention official says that's not true.

[Wacka]

So JK/molson you're so stupid you cant figure out I made a typo. It's fixed.

I saw pictures of the flags thrown out in clear plastic garbage bags along with the cups and other garbage from the Messiah's ascension.

[molson_golden2002]

Two slants to this:

 

1. The Republicans are garbage pickers

 

2. The Republicans believe that throwing out tiny flag is a federal offense.

1) As long as they leave the returnable bottles for me, I'm fine with it.

 

2) Flag desecration amendment outrage can't be too far away.

[molson_golden2002]

So JK/molson you're so stupid you cant figure out I made a typo. It's fixed.

I saw pictures of the flags thrown out in clear plastic garbage bags along with the cups and other garbage from the Messiah's ascension.

Clear plastic bags? Hmmmm....ya, flag burning amendment on its way!

[JK2000]

So JK/molson you're so stupid you cant figure out I made a typo. It's fixed.

I saw pictures of the flags thrown out in clear plastic garbage bags along with the cups and other garbage from the Messiah's ascension.

 

You fixed it? Good for you!

[RI Bills Fan]

So JK/molson you're so stupid you cant figure out I made a typo. It's fixed.

I saw pictures of the flags thrown out in clear plastic garbage bags along with the cups and other garbage from the Messiah's ascension.

 

So do you have a link to those pictures or is this more of your usual "Wacka BS"?

[Max Fischer]

So JK/molson you're so stupid you cant figure out I made a typo. It's fixed.

I saw pictures of the flags thrown out in clear plastic garbage bags along with the cups and other garbage from the Messiah's ascension.

 

So, theMcCain's campaign lied and Fox swallowed the whole story without checking. Cum to think of it, so did you.

[John Adams]

12,000 flags destined for the trash rescued by the GOP.... Not for nothing but I would have expected the delegates to keep them as souveniers...... Guess they just don't matter that much

 

Mods: please ban me before I break all the rules.

[BuffaloBorn1960]

Mods: please ban me before I break all the rules.

seriously... why didn't they take them home as a memento of the evening?