Democats Literally Throw Out The American Flag But Don’t Question Their Patriotism
September 7, 2008 / 2:01 pm • By Dr. Melissa ClouthierWhile watching McCain and Palin’s campaign stop in Colorado, it was reported that the McCain campaign rescued American flags tossed by the DNC after their convention in Colorado. Can you believe I forgot to tell you guys?
Anyway, Cassy Fiano is on the story:
That’s if you ask the DNC, anyway. They couldn’t seem to find a better use for 12,000 American flags used at the convention besides throwing them in a bunch of Hefty bags and leaving them next to a dumpster. Waiting for “storage”, they say… which makes sense and all, because I always leave important things next to the dumpster if I don’t want them thrown away.
12,000 flags in the trash. Here’s more:
But the Denver Post blogger, David Harsanyi, has been paying attention to this story. Here’s an interesting update which pretty much blows Obama’s defense wide open:
I just spoke with the person at Invesco who found the flags and he thinks both sides are exaggerating a bit. The person claims the majority of the bags with flags in them were near the trash, on a dock, and would have been thrown away. The person thinks it was probably an “oversight” by the Democrats rather than any nefarious plot against the flag. But the person doesn’t believe anyone was coming to get them: “The flags were there for a week and a day and no one came looking for them.”
Gateway Pundit says, “One party’s trash, another party’s treasure.” Indeed. Redstate has pictures.
Captain Ed explains how to properly dispose of flags and ends with this common sense:
No one suggested here that it was a “nefarious plot”, and like Harsanyi, I hardly think that Obama would have directed his staff to throw 12,000 American flags in a dumpster. In fact, until Team Obama issued this ludicrous statement, the story didn’t have anything to do with them. However, the obvious carelessness with which the DNCC treated the flags is a rather revealing moment for them, and the lie for people in Obama’s organization.
Who says Republicans don’t recycle?
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