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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: cookcounty
*Big Grin*...From one proud American to another proud American, tell your wife I am also pumped and I haven't even shaken John McCain's hand, I haven't attended a rally where he and Sarah are speaking and I certainly didn't get to give a home to three of these special flags, so I can't even imagine how very pumped she must be!

These rally numbers are huge, aren't they? ...and really kool that the crowd is a diverse crowd...we surely won't hear the media tell us that!

Good on Silverio! Were there hillary supporters there with signs, or how is it you recognized them?

The Hispanics already vote Republican....This statement really surprises me, and is very interesting. I thought the media made out like we can't get a Hispanic or AA vote even if we promise them the moon & stars.

Anyway, your first paragraph put a big ole smile on my face! ;^)

241 posted on 09/06/2008 8:24:18 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: nomad
I can attest to that nomad. Go to any liberal city and you see trash all over the roads, the highways, the sidewalks, even thrown out the car window on to strangers lawns. Then go to a rural area, and notice the difference.
242 posted on 09/06/2008 8:24:44 PM PDT by gidget7 (Duncan Hunter-Valley Forge Republican!)
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To: ConservativeGreek
Good, glad to hear that :)
243 posted on 09/06/2008 8:26:03 PM PDT by gidget7 (Duncan Hunter-Valley Forge Republican!)
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To: R0CK3T

Bravo. I am so ecstatic about the political savvy of the McCain campaign. Who would have thought it a year ago?

This was a masterful tactical move.


244 posted on 09/06/2008 8:29:33 PM PDT by jddqr (White queen checkmates black king: http://palincheckmate.com)
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To: top 2 toe red
Their flags were just a prop like the columns...ours actually mean something to us.
245 posted on 09/06/2008 8:43:26 PM PDT by Earthdweller
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To: pharmamom
Lol...yep, "Guatemala it", that IS the way to go! It just has to be done right, not half-a$$ed like the half- dim Dims do things!

You & Sister hooked me in when I got over there...I totally relate to hubby needing a Google map to find the ice cream scoop.

Ever member of my family has this uncanny ability to gaze straight at objects, whether it be a flashlight, an ice cream scoop or a pair of nail clippers...ANYTHING, and announce with true conviction, "It's not here."

Y'all really did have me chucking out loud.

246 posted on 09/06/2008 8:45:36 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: RasterMaster
I knew all of that, cuz I've read the thread.

My point, people who've had stuff stolen file a report with the police. There should be a paper trail, proof to back up the allegations of theft. Even if those flags only cost a quarter each, the value of the lot was probably more than a thousand dollars. The theft of them would probably be a *felony*. That is quite a charge there getting tossed out by the DNC representative. Can you say defamation? Easy enough to defend against a charge of defamation. All you gotta do is come up with the notes of the police officer that took your report of the theft.

247 posted on 09/06/2008 8:55:10 PM PDT by GoLightly
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To: Earthdweller
You're right, just props to them, nothing more than a scrap of white cloth with some red and blue dye on it.

To us it is the very real symbol of our great country, when we see it wave we really do believe that it flies over the land of the free and the home of the brave...that it really IS a star spangled banner, it's full glory reflected...

248 posted on 09/06/2008 8:58:29 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: GoLightly

Of course there would never be a report to the police...they threw them away. It’s typical of the LIEberals to throw out unsubstantiated LIES as an official campaign release and then just blame it on a “renegade” staffer and throw them under the bus just like everyone else in the DNC who’s been caught lying for Osama Obama.


249 posted on 09/06/2008 9:00:42 PM PDT by RasterMaster (CHANGE is not a destination - HOPE is not a strategy!)
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To: RasterMaster

Does anyone know the circumstances of the flags in the picture in post 50?

If that was after the rescue effort of the Boy Scouts, it would totally blow the dems claim out of the water.


250 posted on 09/06/2008 9:11:26 PM PDT by altura
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To: gidget7

I saw them somewhere else - I think it was HotAir, but don’t hold me to it - but believe they’ve been posted already on this thread or another about the flag controversy.


251 posted on 09/06/2008 9:16:51 PM PDT by hsalaw
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To: altura

http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/09/06/mccain-camp-to-chastise-dems-for-discarding-american-flags/


252 posted on 09/06/2008 9:17:54 PM PDT by RasterMaster (CHANGE is not a destination - HOPE is not a strategy!)
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To: altura

“a group of Boy Scouts have brought 84 garbage bags full of the trashed flags”

According to the articles I read, a vendor found them near the dumpster. Scouts recovered and delivered them to the rally in Colorado Springs.

The photo in post #50 was of a few of the “84 bags” (black trash bags) after they were recovered. I saw video on TV of these being opened on the stage before the rally today.

It looks like the clear bags were what was used in trash cans at the DNC convention and the black bags were used to gather up leftover ‘props’ before they were disposed of.

There’s some photos of the convention at RedState...no flags though:

http://www.redstate.com/tags/Democratic%20National%20Convention/


253 posted on 09/06/2008 9:45:08 PM PDT by RasterMaster (CHANGE is not a destination - HOPE is not a strategy!)
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To: RasterMaster

WEll, thanks, that pretty much says it all.


254 posted on 09/06/2008 9:49:06 PM PDT by altura
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To: RasterMaster; All
There are some pictures of the flags in the trash at Redstate.com


255 posted on 09/06/2008 10:02:47 PM PDT by Clairity (To learn about upcoming events go to http://www.johnmccain.com and enter your zip code)
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To: TrueFact

one of my highly educated, urban, liberal co-workers stated that she just can’t vote for McCain

good luck with Obama’s higher taxes!


256 posted on 09/06/2008 10:21:53 PM PDT by ari-freedom (We never hide from history. We make history!)
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To: kcvl
I guess that means that the DNC is accusing the Boy Scouts of stealing.
257 posted on 09/06/2008 10:28:10 PM PDT by mojito
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To: altura

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/photos/2008/aug/29/58542/

http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/08/26/a-report-from-denver/

http://www.wral.com/news/local/politics/video/3445636/

http://vocalminority.typepad.com/blog/2008/08/hypocrisy-at-the-dnc-convention-expensive-meals-earth-unfriendly-trash-and-suvs-galore.html

Immigrant Janitors Clean Up The DNC

http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=d96065034006083c4ddfecd6f20b647c


258 posted on 09/06/2008 10:33:16 PM PDT by RasterMaster (CHANGE is not a destination - HOPE is not a strategy!)
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To: top 2 toe red

How can Hussein and the dhimmicrats avoid being convicted by the likes of this man? :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TG4fe9GlWS8


259 posted on 09/06/2008 10:40:21 PM PDT by VigilantAmerican (We will not waver, we will not tire; we will not falter, we will not fail)
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To: Clairity

Convention night ends, rush to grab signs begins

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/aug/27/pepsi-center-scavanger-hunt/

DUmocrats have scavenger hunts for Biden signs, but the flag goes in the trash bin.


260 posted on 09/06/2008 10:46:33 PM PDT by RasterMaster (CHANGE is not a destination - HOPE is not a strategy!)
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