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September 06, 2008
McCain Camp ‘Rescues’ Flags From Obama Rally
McCain Camp ‘Rescues’ Flags From Obama Rally
On August 29th, I post ...... Democrats Trash Old Glory, and YES Democrats Are NOT Patriotic! ..... I shared with you how the Democrats were given our American Flag to have for their Convention. Once the convention was over the Flags were found on the ground with the rest of the trash to be thrown away. -- Wild Thing
I was shocked and posted about it. I was angry and this was just another thing the Democrats have done to prove and I do mean PROVE they are NOT Patriotic and could care less about our Flag and our country. --Wild Thing
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. 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.
From Fox News
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 Colorado Springs on Saturday.McCain supporters said the flags were discovered by a vendor at Denver’s Invesco Field after the conclusion of the Democratic National Convention. The vendor supposedly found trash bags full of flags in and near garbage bins, and turned them over to the McCain campaign.
Boy Scouts were sorting through 84 bags of flags in Colorado on Saturday, before a McCain supporter had veterans distribute them to the audience.
“We want to find good homes for these flags,” radio host Dan Caplis said at the rally, adding that whatever flags remained would be placed at memorials throughout Colorado.
Audience members, who booed when Caplis announced that the flags were left in Denver, waved the flags and chanted “U.S.A” before McCain arrived at the rally with his running mate, Sarah Palin.
Damon Jones, spokesman for the Democratic National Convention Committee, released a statement saying McCain should applaud the fact that thousands of American flags were “proudly waved” at their convention.
“But instead his supporters wrongfully took leftover bundles of our flags from the stadium to play out a cheap political stunt calling into question our patriotism,” he said.
Obama has faced attacks on his patriotism since the beginning of the Democratic primary race and has set up a Web site specifically designed to fight such charges.
The McCain campaign has denied questioning Obama’s patriotism, and even released a statement Friday calling Obama’s most recent comments on the matter “hysterical.”
Wild Thing's comment.......
To Democrats American Flag's are is merely "props". "Props" that had served their purpose and were now to be discarded along with the styrofoam Greek columns. AMERICAN flags discarded like so much used Kleenex.
Libs HATE the flag - that's why they burn it so often. I am only surprised that so many of them were willing to hold them long enough for the cameras to capture that historic moment.
To the Democrats, this election is not about the country, it's about the Democrats. To Obama, it's about Obama. Love of country, in their order of priorities, comes somewhere after ‘free’ government money and the latest edition of the stupid horrible Oprah show..............way after.
Posted by Wild Thing at September 6, 2008 04:45 PM
Comments
The LGF blog ends it's commentary on this story with,
"I have to admit, I don’t think either side is above “cheap political stunts” when the opportunity presents itself, but I do notice that the DNCC’s statement does not deny they were throwing the flags away."
The U.S. Flag Code describes how to properly dispose of any American flag that is worn, damaged or tattered beyond repair. However, the authors of this code probably never conceived of any one or group that would want to dispose of not just one, but thousands of American flags in good condition.
So, Senator "don't question my patriotism" Obama, it was your Democratic Party at your coronation party that showed such disrespect for the flag and country that they treated the flags as trash to be disposed of as garbage. The Republicans could only think of finding good homes for the flags including giving some to supporters of John McCain and Sarah Palin to wave in front of them saying we join you in being proud of our country and our military defenders of freedom and democracy.
I used this once before, but it is appropriate with this story.
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Posted by: Les at September 6, 2008 06:37 PM
That is just so sad that the dummys don't see anything wrong in trashing old glory. She's been through a lot, but they continue to ignore her and do foul things to her and act like our flag don't mean crap.
It does. I was in the color guard and I learned about flag etiquette. Thank God for the Colorado Springs boy scouts who rescued those flags and sent them to the McCain-Palin camp to shine for all to see.
As Johnny Cash said, "I don't believe in violence, I'm a God fearing man, but I'll stand up for my country just as long as I can stand."
Someone needs to defend Old Glory, so it may as well be us republicans.
Posted by: Lynn at September 6, 2008 06:38 PM
The could have at least given them the local American Legion or VFW to place on the graves of deceased veterans.
Posted by: BobF at September 6, 2008 06:44 PM
BobF good point but remember these are democrats not real Americans, these are the democrats that called Bush, Hitler, compared our troops to the Nazi's, and Pol Pot, these are the same democrats that said we lost the war.
They don't respect the flag, they use it as a symbol when it suits their purpose and that is to let America come in second. Their only agenda is to put this country down and make more and more Americans dependant on government handouts.
The democrats are about power and grabbing as much as they can if it costs us some more rights and liberty so be it. Their end justtifies their means. They think we are stupid and don't know the difference anyway or just don't pay attention.
Don't pay attention is true of some but stupid we are not. This election will prove this again to these communist progressives who think they can buy a vote with a government handout.
Posted by: Mark at September 6, 2008 07:10 PM
Les, well it is pretty obvious the smaller flags were thrown away and that is something the democrats cannot deny. And if the democrats cared about the Flag the bigger ones in the photo above they would have taken care to get them out of the convention in a responsible way and not had them left behind. So for me in this case, I blame the democrats 100% for their not taking the flags with them.
I like LGF and he has a point, but imo in this circumstance that is not what happened. This was all the democrats being the rats they are.
Posted by: Wild Thing at September 6, 2008 09:08 PM
Lynn, I agree thank God they were rescued.
Posted by: Wild Thing at September 6, 2008 09:12 PM
BobF that is a great idea.
Posted by: Wild Thing at September 6, 2008 09:13 PM
Mark.......well said and true too. It sure will.
"This election will prove this again to these communist progressives who think they can buy a vote with a government handout."
Posted by: Wild Thing at September 6, 2008 09:16 PM
