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Pat Dollard | Young Americans: Republicans And Boy Scouts To The Rescue: Recycling The DNC’s “Trash”ed Flags - Edit Added
Betsy's Page: Republicans make use of the DNCC's "trash"
Gateway Pundit: Thousands Of US Flags Trashed At Obama's Invesco Event Will Be Used At Palin Speech Today (Video)
Republicans And Boy Scouts To The Rescue: Recycling The DNC’s “Trash”ed Flags - Edit Added
Pat Dollard | Young Americans —
... you is less than half of total flags,” a Republican official emailed. “We estimate the total number to be around 12,000 small flags and one full size 3×5 flag.”
I’m not sure what the DNC was supposed to do with unused hand-flags, frankly. But the Republicans are obviously questioning someone’s patriotism here.
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McCain Camp to Chastise Dems for Discarding American Flags
by Carl Cameron and Bonney Kapp - (FOX)
John McCain’s campaign prepared to accuse Democrats on Saturday of leaving behind ...
Republicans make use of the DNCC's "trash"
Betsy's Page —
... has the picture. The Republicans know an opportunity when they are handed one. John McCainâs campaign prepared to accuse Democrats Saturday of leaving behind 12,000 miniature American flags after Barack Obamaâs nomination acceptance speech last Thursday in Denver. Boy Scouts have arrived with 84 trash bags full of bundles of flags at the site of a McCain rally scheduled to begin at 12:30 p.m. local time in Colorado Springs. The campaign says the flags were recovered from Invesco Field after the Democrats concluded their convention there, and they are going to be used as ...
Thousands Of US Flags Trashed At Obama's Invesco Event Will Be Used At Palin Speech Today (Video)
Gateway Pundit —
One Party's Trash Is Another Party's Treasure... Republicans at the McCain-Palin event in Colorado will be given US flags that were trashed by Democrats after the Obamapalooza at Invesco Field. FOX News reported: FOX News has more on the latest patriotic gesture by the Far Left. Please- Don't question their patriotism. A True Obamanation has more on the trashed US flags. ...
Republican desperation: The patriotism card
The Latest on Air America —
By GottaLaff If this is all they've got, then they don't have much:
John McCain’s campaign prepared to accuse Democrats on Saturday of leaving behind 12,000 miniature American flags after Barack Obama’s nomination acceptance speech last Thursday in Denver.
Is that worse than leaving behind your own country? I guess they think so:
Boy Scouts have arrived with 84 trash bags full of bundles of flags at the site of a McCain rally scheduled to begin at 12:30 p.m. local time in Colorado Springs.
The campaign ...
Flag-Gate
Nice Deb —
... morning, Republicans tell me that a worker at Invesco Field in Denver saved thousands of unused flags from the Democratic National Convention that were headed for the garbage. Guerrilla campaigning. They will use these flags at their own event today in Colorado Springs with John McCain and Sarah Palin.
Before McCain speaks today, veterans will haul these garbage bags filled with flags out onto the stage — with dramatic effect, no doubt — and tell the story.
Fox News reports:
McCain supporters, claiming they rescued 12,000 miniature ...
84 Trash Bags of American Flags: The Obama Campaign’s Newest Chunk of Ineptitude
The Sundries Shack —
... Oh the other hand, 84 bags of bundled American flags in the trash bins of Invesco Field a week after his big speech is also a powerful symbol. It brings back every single disparaging thing he’s ever said about America and her flag. It resurrects every “Obama hates America” story that he had worked so hard to slay in the past year and puts them smack in front of him at the worst possible moment. That’s a colossally stupid oversight. ...
One Party’s Trash Is Another Party’s Treasure: McCain Camp Rescues Flags Thrown in Trash From DNC
Stop The ACLU —
... Country first indeed! The flags are on their way to a McCain Palin rally in Colorado Springs where the Boy Scouts and Veterans of Foreign Wars will distribute them to the GOP faithful. FOX: Boy Scouts have arrived with 84 trash bags full of bundles of flags at the site of a McCain rally scheduled to begin at 12:30 p.m. local time in Colorado Springs. The campaign says the flags were recovered from Invesco Field after the Democrats concluded their convention there, and they are going to be used as part of the warm-up ceremonies before McCain takes the stage for the rally. FOX ...
John McCain Watch: Obama Trashed Flags Rescued by McCain - Palin
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog —
... This story cannot be good for the Democrats, especially in the battleground state of Colorado.
Democrats are not caring for their Stars and Stripes. At least that’s the message out of John McCain’s campaign.
McCain supporters, claiming they rescued 12,000 miniature American flags from the site of Barack Obama’s nomination acceptance speech last Thursday, redistributed the orphan flags to audience members ahead of a McCain campaign rally in Colorado Springs Saturday.
They say the flags were recovered from Invesco Field in Denver after the ...
'Thrown Away Flags' Story False, Dem Convention Official Says
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... Days before the anniversary of 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. ...
'Thrown Away Flags' Story False, Dem Convention Official Says
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... 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. ...
You're A Grand Old Flag: Redux
Stubborn Facts —
... the Democrat's convention in Denver, wherein a RedState correspondent went looking for American flags at the convnetion, but couldn't find any? Then finally did find some...in the trash? I believe I mentioned it at the time and expressed some optimism that they were just being saved for recycling or something, along with the pizza boxes and other trash they were sharing those bags with.
Well, they DID get recycled, but not by the DNC.
McCain Camp ‘Rescues’ Flags From Obama Rally
McCain ...
Democratic Trash: The Story That Just Won’t Go Away
Stop The ACLU —
... ***LET’S GET TO WORK ON THIS FLAG THING NOW***“We need to press the meme that the McCain campaign STOLE the flags.” Here’s the article from Puke News : John McCain’s campaign prepared to accuse Democrats on Saturday of leaving behind 12,000 miniature American flags after Barack Obama’s nomination acceptance speech last Thursday in Denver.Boy Scouts have arrived with 84 trash bags full of bundles of flags at the site of a McCain rally scheduled to begin at 12:30 p.m. local time in Colorado Springs.The campaign says the flags were recovered from Invesco Field after the ...
From GOPs To Gents
pandagon.net - we are the public option —
... Fox News reported that “a vendor” found bags and bags of discarded American flags near trash cans, took them, and handed them over to the McCain campaign. Which, of course, makes sense. Most vendors wander around after major events, searching through the trash for remnants of the event that can be reused at some opportune point in the future. The partially-bitten cupcakes I had at my high school graduation party were delectably incomplete. ...
More Evidence of Ideological Collapse: GOP to use Hundreds of Flags that Obama supporters Trashed at Invesco Field
The Discerning Texan —
And the hits just keep on coming from the Stalinist left... (but don't you DARE question their patriotism!). From Gateway Pundit : Republicans at the McCain-Palin event in Colorado will be given US flags that were trashed by Democrats after the Obamapalooza at Invesco Field. The flags were rescued by local boy scouts after the Obama gig. FOX News reported: FOX News has more on the latest patriotic gesture by the Far Left. Please- Don't question their patriotism. A True Obamanation has more on the trashed US flags. Ace has more on the ...
McCain and Fox News Spread a Lie Together
Hoffmania! —
... used at Invesco Field for the Obama acceptance speech, claimed they were going to be thrown out, and that's good enough for McCain and Fox. Because "Some People" are making the claim. (A radio host was involved which makes it VERY suspect from the get-go.) ...
Thrown Away Democrat American Flags Rescued By Camp McCain
Pirate's Cove —
I’m a little late to this party, too busy today to drop a post till now, but, ‘member those flags the DNC was caught throwing in the trash? Well, there were apparently tons more
Democrats are not caring for their Stars and Stripes. At least that’s the message out of John McCain’s campaign.
McCain supporters, claiming they rescued 12,000 miniature American flags from the site of Barack Obama’s nomination acceptance speech last Thursday, redistributed the orphan flags to audience members ahead of a McCain rally in ...
Democrats Disrespect the American Flag
Blue Star Chronicles —
... The Democrats said it didn’t happen that way. They say the flags were stolen. They say the flags were just being stored in the garbage bags by the garbage dumpsters! ...
McCain-land Drags American Flag On The Ground
Daily Kos —
Remember John McCain's false flag smear? At the conclusion of the DNC, McCain campaign blogger Michael Goldfarb spread a false story claiming that McCain-land had "rescued flags" from Democratic mistreatment. FOX dutifully reported the smear: Democrats are not caring for their Stars and Stripes. At least that's the message out of John McCain's campaign. Fast-forward to yesterday, October 20. Take a look at the callous fashion in which the McCain campaign removed a flag after a (sparsely attended) rally in St. Charles, ...
American Flag on Ground After McCain Event
News —
... oversized American flag on the ground as workers dismantled the stage after a Monday rally in St. Charles, Mo. Jeremy Funk, spokesman for Americans United for Change, said that letting the flag hit the ground is a no-no. "As a wise man once said, Senator McCain: It ain’t no rag," said Funk, whose group has criticized President Bush and McCain for their his Iraq war and and domestic policies. Funk e-mailed to reporters the video, which can be seen here . McCain supporters had accused Democrats of throwing away flags at the Democratic convention. Democrats said the ...
