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 conclusion of the Democratic National Convention. A vendor supposedly discovered trash bags full of flags in and nearby dumpsters, and turned them over to the McCain campaign.
and I have the beginning of it:
Just in case anyone denies they were thrown away:
And as expected, they are trying to contest it.……- 2 statements:
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.”
So, am I to believe the DNC, or my lying eyes?
8 Comments
September 6, 2008 at 4:44 pm
FIGURES! What kind of supporters does he have that they would desicrate the flag?
Part of the Obama movement, huh?
September 6, 2008 at 5:15 pm
That’s nice…
I hope this story gains some traction. It will be more than fair payback for all the made-up scandals about Sarah Palin.
September 6, 2008 at 8:20 pm
Obama supporters chant Obama.
McCain supporters chant USA.
Obama supporters trash the flag…literally.
McCain supporters rescue the flag.
Interesting…
September 6, 2008 at 10:57 pm
Well I guess comparing the two campaigns,It looks like to me McCains the winner.Who throws away 12′000 flags? O yea Obama does
September 7, 2008 at 10:00 am
Excuse me…Did you also happen to find those WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION in the trash, too? Also, it appears that the one bag with the flags and campaign posters is by a stadium chair. Distractions, Distractions, Distractions. NewsFlash….Palin is a decoy, if McCain happens to get elected to the White House you better believe that we most likely will be at war with Russia, after all geographically speaking Alaska is right up there and we do know that they [Russia] have an active nuclear program along with North Korea. Also, very recently within the past 6 months Palin’s, (Todd that is) membership with the Alaska Independence Party (AIP) delegated a vote of secession from the United States of America. What does this mean? Well, Alaska wants to be its own nation and as one radical remark on the main site is quoted as saying “I’m an Alaskan, not an American. I’ve got no use for America or her damned institutions.” Also, one of the AIPs stance is their support of “Jobs for Alaskans…First!” So, where does Country FIRST come into play, here?
Warning…you better know who you’re voting for and where they stand on the issues!!! What does 12,000 flags have to do with anything? If you’re thinking patriotism, you better do some fact-finding for yourself and look into the Palin Family’s association with their ties to the Alaska Independence Party!!!!
BTW, did you find those WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION in those bags, too? Now, that would have been something worth discovering and reporting, don’t you think?
September 8, 2008 at 10:52 am
Hey CJPruitt, and… and… don’t forget about Elvis being paid to fly his spaceship directly from his underground fortress on the Martian moon Io (See, he’s not really dead after all!) and bombing Moscow — all for Halliburton.
September 8, 2008 at 12:01 pm
CJ
I didn’t find the weapons of mass distractions – as I wasn’t looking for them. I was too busy protesting the war
Your dear candidate OTOH, has thrown the “anti-war” pretense long time ago – try to keep up
http://edgeoforever.wordpress.com/2008/07/07/the-flip-flop-list/
September 10, 2008 at 11:06 am
What does the acronym OTOH mean? Please educate me in what you’re saying because I like to be knowledgeable and well informed on topics as “knowledge is the most valuable skill” we can have. Thanks….Oh, I’d like to add this statement. We [The American People] have been short-changed for far too long. Come Tuesday, November 4, 2008 we’re cashing in to get the CORRECT CHANGE to send to Washington, DC!!! Woo Hoo