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McCain Plays the Cameron Card
Talking Points Memo — ... According to a article just out from Huffington Post, the story about flags from the Democratic National Convention being thrown away is simply false. The story was jumped on and apparently authored by the McCain campaign. But the real tell is down in the Huffpo piece where it traces the story to none other than Fox News' Carl Cameron. ...

Stupid, Unpatriotic, Wrong and Stupid (NOT?)
The Moderate Voice — ... UPDATE: The Democrats in charge of the event claim that the flags were STOLEN and were heading for another site. They probably could have been stored better, but if this is the case, then there was at least one GOP operative playing a VERY VERY VERY dirty trick. ...

McCain Supporters/Campaign Pushing Phony Story About “Thrown Away” Flags
Oliver Willis — When you’ve got no record to run on, this is the kind of bull you pull. 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. “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 ...

McCain caught lying in effort to smear Obama
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth — Not quite the maverick any more, is he. From Huff Post we find that McCain is peddling another smear against Obama - and big surprise, this one's a lie too (interestingly, this comes just one day after McCain criticized Obama for suggesting that he and the Republicans like to peddle anti-Obama smears - did you get that, they criticized Obama for criticizing THEIR smears, classic). McCain is an old hand at smears. He used to be against them, now he's for them. Like when he keeps suggesting that Obama is unpatriotic and care about the troops - McCain seems to think an awful lot ...

From GOPs To Gents
pandagon.net - these things don't just blame themselves — by Jesse Taylor Long story short, it looks like McCain and Palin are going to be using stolen American flags at their Colorado Springs rally. 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 ...

The Big Republican Invesco Anti-Patriotic Flag-Disposal LIE
The Latest on Air America — ... are spreading around? Not so much: 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. So I guess that makes the Republican liars gullible and stupid, huh? Fox News' Carl Cameron and ...

The bogus flag story
Political Animal — ... are excited about the latest in a series of lies from the McCain campaign -- the notion that thousands of American flags from the Democratic convention were going to be thrown away. Like far too many of the stories pushed by the McCain campaign, and embraced by Fox News and far-right blogs, it's not true . 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 ...

McCain and Fox News Spread a Lie Together
Hoffmania! — ... Disgusting. Someone from the McCain campaign stole a sack of flags 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 " ...

Makes Good Sense to Me
Whiskey Fire — ... Of course, maybe THE LEFT really should have its act together when it comes to covertly manipulating public opinion by filtering dishonest bullshit through some sort of powerful media institution. I mean, look what we're up against. ...

Election Central Sunday Roundup
TPM Election Central — ... Democratic Convention officials told the Huffington Post that Republican allegations are false that the Dems were throwing away miniature American flags left over from the Denver convention. Instead, they say, they were put in storage but then stolen by GOP-aligned vendors, who then turned around and used the story for their own political gains. ...

FOX News Helps Spread False McCain Rumor About Thrown-Away Flags At Dem Convention
News Hounds — From Huffington Post: 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 real story, it turns out, is that the McCain campaign took the flags without permission (where I live, they call that stealing) and fed the story to FOX News. Nico Pitney at HuffPo writes: "The campaign says the flags were recovered from Invesco ...

Phony ‘thrown away’ American Flags story
Crooks and Liars — Just because Carl Cameron of FOX repeats John McCain talking points does not make them true. Here’s the DNC response: “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 ...

Friday McBush/McSame Bashing
Discourse.net — ... McCain’s Big Acceptance Speech Priceless Daily Show Clip (II): John McCain: Reformed Maverick Scholars & Rogues, If she’s a feminist, we should be able to ask who cares for Sarah Palin’s kids TRex, SOS! — “How do YOU clean stubborn spots off your resume?” HuffPo, ‘Thrown Away Flags’ Story False, Dem Convention Official Says Palin in ...