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Flags at White House back at full staff after McCain’s death
Associated Press ^ | Aug. 27, 2018 9:03 AM EDT

Posted on 08/27/2018 6:44:33 AM PDT by Olog-hai

The flags at the White House, which were lowered over the weekend to mark the death of Sen. John McCain, are back at full-staff.

The flags at the U.S. Capitol, meanwhile, remained at half-staff on Monday to honor the Arizona Republican, who died Saturday of brain cancer. […]

U.S. Flag Code states that flags be lowered “on the day of death and the following day for a Member of Congress.”

After Democratic Sen. Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts died in 2009, President Barack Obama ordered flags at the White House be flown at half-staff for five days. …

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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: edwardkennedy; halfstaff; johnmccain; kennedy; liarofthesenate; mccain; obama; oldglory; palin; presidentpalin; sarah; sarahpalin; strawberries; tds; tedkennedy; vppalin; whitehouse
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To: digger48

You noticed that too? I distinctly remember asking aloud “why are our flags a half-staff THIS time?”


21 posted on 08/27/2018 6:53:13 AM PDT by TheZMan (I am a secessionist.)
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To: Olog-hai

Should have been flown upside down.


22 posted on 08/27/2018 6:54:05 AM PDT by Don Corleone (Nothing makes the delusional more furious than truth.)
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To: dowcaet

23 posted on 08/27/2018 6:55:14 AM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: Pravious

cnn got a whole lot of mileage out of McCcain, seems he was on evry other day disagreeing with the party he was supposed to be a member of. I was always of the opinion he was a dem planted in the Republican party cause disruption and provide intel.


24 posted on 08/27/2018 6:55:19 AM PDT by V_TWIN (oks like)
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To: dowcaet
Well, at least Mike Cernovich is consistent with his bilious hatred for McCain. (He tweeted about McCain being a “racist” a decade ago.)
25 posted on 08/27/2018 6:55:46 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai

There should be a hologram at 5000:1 size projected of McCain’s face over the White House at night for a month. Right? I mean, he tried to run for President while stepping aside for someone with mocha skin and all.


26 posted on 08/27/2018 6:57:12 AM PDT by Yaelle
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To: Olog-hai

Obama ordered our flags lowered way too much which is why I called him our Half-Mast President.


27 posted on 08/27/2018 6:57:25 AM PDT by OrangeHoof (CNN - the most busted name in news.)
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To: Don Corleone

That’s what I was thinking


28 posted on 08/27/2018 6:57:47 AM PDT by proud American in Canada
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To: Olog-hai

When Clinton dies, will flags be flown at bent staff?


29 posted on 08/27/2018 6:58:58 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Have an A-1 day.)
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To: RightGeek

Yes. The only thing missing from his funeral will be Jane Fonda firing his ashes from an anti-aircraft gun at the planes in the flyover.


30 posted on 08/27/2018 6:59:20 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no gstandards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: rktman
Anyone know where in the “flag protocol” it states duration for half mast?

According to protocol, on the death of a member of Congress flags are flown at half-staff on that day and the day after so the White House is following the standards. Anything more or less should require a Presidential Proclamation to that effect.

Link

31 posted on 08/27/2018 7:00:27 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: freedomjusticeruleoflaw

McCain did whatever he could to advance the Bush Plan for North Mexico.
Traitors do not deserve all this pomp and ceremony.


32 posted on 08/27/2018 7:01:31 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Olog-hai

To quote the Wookkiee, “All this for a f’ing flag ?”


33 posted on 08/27/2018 7:02:04 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj ("It's Slappin' Time !")
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To: rktman

Fox news ain’t what it used to be.

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Fox News has been deteriorating for several years running. Its not much more than tabloid journalism now. And sympatico with liberal views.

Fox Business is still pretty good.


34 posted on 08/27/2018 7:02:54 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: Olog-hai

They are looking for something to criticize Trump on. They know that he didn’t get along with McCain, and are using every opportunity to stir up the controversy.

This will be all over TV until the burial, then 24, 48 hrs afterwards, then 1 month, then 1 year, then 6 years, until Trump is out of office.


35 posted on 08/27/2018 7:02:59 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Cynicism is the only refuge in a world that is determined to eliminate itself.)
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To: rktman
"Fox news ain’t what it used to be. Rarely watch it anymore. And I do mean rarely."

Ditto that.

And, as is the case with the rest of the media, I disregard most of what I do see and hear on FNC.

FBN is nominally better.

36 posted on 08/27/2018 7:03:17 AM PDT by daler
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To: zlala

obama did whatever the heck he wanted.
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Ineligible usurpers have no need to follow the Constitution that says he can’t be President.


37 posted on 08/27/2018 7:04:04 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Olog-hai

Seems like the White House did the exact correct thing per federal law.

38 posted on 08/27/2018 7:04:43 AM PDT by markomalley (Nothing emboldens the wicked so greatly as the lack of courage on the part of the good -- Leo XIII)
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To: Olog-hai

Gee, wonder if Trump knows something about McCain that the enemedia doesn’t know and/or has spiked...


39 posted on 08/27/2018 7:05:08 AM PDT by mewzilla (Has the FBI been spying on members of Congress?)
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To: Olog-hai

The MSM is glorifying McCain only as a platform to slander Trump by pointing out every five minutes that the now deified statesman McCain, who has now attained Apotheosis, was highly critical of Trump.


40 posted on 08/27/2018 7:05:13 AM PDT by odawg
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