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McCain-Palin Rally Rescues Hundreds of DNC Flags from Trash
FOX NEWS | 09/ 06/2008 11:14AM PDT | Breaking news- Brian Wilson

Posted on 09/06/2008 11:31:47 AM PDT by top 2 toe red

Hundreds of flags that were discarded by the DNC and headed to the trash were rescued and are being given out today at the McCain-Palin Rally in CO.

It is unclear as to how the flags were discovered, some were reportedly discovered by a vendor by a dumpster. The flags were stuffed into dozens of black garbage bags and others were crammed into a supply closet awaiting disposal...Developing details...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: 2008; 2008dncconvention; americanflag; coloradosprings; demflags; democratparty; democrats; dnc; dncflags; elections; flag; flags; liberalhypocrisy; mccainpalin; nobama08; obama; oldglory; palinping; rally
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To: paudio

Huh?


141 posted on 09/06/2008 2:08:37 PM PDT by top 2 toe red (Thankfully... there are some Conservatives that are not consumed by hate. Some=99.87%)
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To: NEPA

Were the flags that they got found next to a dumpster or some sign that they were indeed being disgarded? If they really were just being stored, we are in a heap of trouble.


142 posted on 09/06/2008 2:10:03 PM PDT by beckysueb (Drill here! Drill now!)
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To: nina0113

“Maybe YOU do. We never have and never will throw a flag in the trash.”

If you’re going to jump into a discussion with angry and hateful accusations, please actually read the discussion first. I specifically said that this does not apply to me or others in this forum. I don’t know of anybody who respects the flag more than I do, and I would never, ever dispose of one improperly- and very much resent the implication that I might. My point is that the vast majority of swing voters do regularly. I think it’s wonderful that there are organizations that properly dispose of flags around particularly patriotic holidays- but what percentage of the hundreds of thousands of flags made for those holidays and events every year, especially hand-held ones, are actually collected by such organizations? I’d be shocked if it was even 1%. Most people (again, not myself or others in this forum) do throw them out eventually, so it seems silly and counter-productive to paint Dems as being radically leftist for doing so.


143 posted on 09/06/2008 2:11:05 PM PDT by BigJimC
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To: top 2 toe red
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144 posted on 09/06/2008 2:11:28 PM PDT by engrpat
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To: Jay777
How do we know that these flags were destined for the trash? The flags in the picture looked like they were being held to use.

re post #50

145 posted on 09/06/2008 2:13:50 PM PDT by Irish Eyes
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To: beckysueb
Were the flags that they got found next to a dumpster or some sign that they were indeed being disgarded? If they really were just being stored, we are in a heap of trouble.

They were being "stored" along with the DiGiorno's pizza boxes and other trash that was in the bags with them.

146 posted on 09/06/2008 2:14:12 PM PDT by N. Theknow (Vegetarian - Old Indian word for bad hunter)
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To: Gator113

The McCain camp should have used this at their convention!


147 posted on 09/06/2008 2:16:21 PM PDT by beckysueb (Drill here! Drill now!)
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To: Irish Eyes

How Democrats "store" American flags.

148 posted on 09/06/2008 2:16:54 PM PDT by N. Theknow (Vegetarian - Old Indian word for bad hunter)
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To: top 2 toe red
Huh?

Republican Recycling

149 posted on 09/06/2008 2:18:15 PM PDT by paudio (Can you tell me a single thing Obama has done in the senate?)
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To: GoldwaterChick
Thank you! ;^)

It's terrible how the Boy Scouts have come under siege the past few years.

Everyone in this country should be doing everything they can to support them in all & any way that they can.

They have continuously, since their beginnings, been instrumental in shaping many of our greatest citizens, from the everyday young man that grows into a great husband, father and pillar of his community...to some of our greatest leaders.

150 posted on 09/06/2008 2:19:07 PM PDT by top 2 toe red (Thankfully... there are some Conservatives that are not consumed by hate. Some=99.87%)
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To: hsalaw

Bookmarking the thread and your post, hsalaw! Thanks for the info. on how the RNC got them. :-)


151 posted on 09/06/2008 2:20:35 PM PDT by LibertyRocks ( http://LibertyRocks.wordpress.com ~ Pro-Palin & NObama Gear : http://cafepress.com/NO_ObamaBiden08)
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To: RasterMaster; Diogenesis

Dio.....another pic for your collection in #88. (I saw you on the other thread)


152 posted on 09/06/2008 2:22:58 PM PDT by Brad’s Gramma (Typical Whitey Gramma just like Obamies!)
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To: Jay777

This photo looks the flags were being “stored”. Perhaps not in the most honorable fashion, but rolled up, just flags, etc.

The numerous other photos show flags mixed in with other garbage.

As with most things there is probably some truth in both of the statements. (The flags were being stored - the flags were garbage).


153 posted on 09/06/2008 2:23:07 PM PDT by 21twelve (Don't wish for peace. Pray for Victory.)
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To: N. Theknow

Very different pictures than the picture in post # 50


154 posted on 09/06/2008 2:26:29 PM PDT by Irish Eyes
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To: BigJimC
If you’re going to jump into a discussion with angry and hateful accusations, please actually read the discussion first. I specifically said that this does not apply to me or others in this forum.

I DID read the discussion. Let me quote your own post back to you:

Granted, those of us here- people invested enough in the Conservative cause to post these messages- may behave differently,...

Excuse me, but you did NOT specifically say anything of the kind. You said 'may behave differently' - not 'would never mistreat a flag'. Instead, you reiterated your belief that other Americans, less politically active than we, are predominantly disrespectful of the flag - Most people (again, not myself or others in this forum) do throw them out eventually,... .

Perhaps YOU should read the discussion first, at least the part of it you wrote yourself.

155 posted on 09/06/2008 2:28:33 PM PDT by nina0113 (If fences don't work, why does the White House have one?)
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To: N. Theknow

I meant the ones in post #50. Those were the ones that the Boy Scouts rescued.


156 posted on 09/06/2008 2:32:05 PM PDT by beckysueb (Drill here! Drill now!)
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To: 21twelve
DUmocrats would have the flags "stored" just like they did in Boston 2004....


157 posted on 09/06/2008 2:33:32 PM PDT by RasterMaster (CHANGE is not a destination - HOPE is not a strategy!)
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To: BigJimC
My point is that the vast majority of swing voters do regularly

I think it depends on the size of the flag. If its the size of a playing card I agree with you. Much ado about nothing. But those flags looked much larger. But I agree with you to a certain extent that some of this is demagoguery but so be it. The ends justifies the means and any means necessary is OK by me to defeat liberals.

158 posted on 09/06/2008 2:39:08 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: hsalaw

“God bless the Boy Scouts.” Thank you! It absolutely makes my blood boil. My son and countless other brave men and women have fought for and given their lives for that flag! To toss those flags out like trash is one of the most shameful acts I’ve ever heard! I pray to God that this country opens it’s eyes to the destructiveness, disrespect and outright lies of Obama and the Demoncrats!! (If I type any more, I’ll probably get banned!)


159 posted on 09/06/2008 2:39:58 PM PDT by fishergirl (My warrior, my soldier, my hero - my son. God bless our troops!)
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To: beckysueb
It may be both. There were definitely some thrown in with garbage. But it wasn't the RNC or McCain people that found them, it was a vendor. And I think the DNC people are lying their butts off saying they were for a future event.
160 posted on 09/06/2008 2:42:17 PM PDT by NEPA (Save a cow, tip a beer)
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