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The Bogus Flag Story (CBS Buys into DNC Spin Without Seeing The "Other" Pics)
CBS ^ | Sep 6, 2008 | By Steve Benen

Posted on 09/06/2008 6:38:00 PM PDT by icwhatudo

It seems Fox News and some far-right blogs are excited about the latest in a series of lies from the McCain campaign -- the notion that thousands of American flags from the Democratic convention were going to be thrown away.

Like far too many of the stories pushed by the McCain campaign, and embraced by Fox News and far-right blogs, it's not true.

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"All of the flags at Invesco were picked up and put in bags and into storage, along with the unused flags and campaign signs. The flags were going to be donated, and the signs were going to be sent out to be used elsewhere,"

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"I mean, c'mon, we were never ever going to throw out flags."

(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Politics/Elections; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: 2008; 2008dncconvention; coloradosprings; democrats; mediabias; msm; obama; oldglory
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To: org.whodat

They were out on the loading dock by the trash containers. They were in garbage bags. Hope this is enough for you.


61 posted on 09/06/2008 7:56:09 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: Parley Baer

So you say!!


62 posted on 09/06/2008 7:58:10 PM PDT by org.whodat (Republicans should support the SAM Walton business model, and then drill???)
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To: org.whodat

I forgot to add they were there for a week. I see you are behind on the story.


63 posted on 09/06/2008 7:59:56 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: mathprof
Let us not forget that Obama's friends HATE our Republic.


64 posted on 09/06/2008 8:03:06 PM PDT by Prole (Please pray for the families of Chris and Channon. May God always watch over them.)
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To: clintonh8r

Is that original??? Copyright it immediately.


65 posted on 09/06/2008 8:03:23 PM PDT by DaughterofEve (Proverbs 3:5-6)
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To: Parley Baer
They were, which is they, I think someone is in over their heads here.
66 posted on 09/06/2008 8:08:04 PM PDT by org.whodat (Republicans should support the SAM Walton business model, and then drill???)
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To: CajunConservative
Sorry, I don't think that last link I provided was the correct one.

Try this one. It was photo 467 of 649:
http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Democratic-National-Convention-Senator-Joe-Biden-2008-Democratic-National-Convention-Michelle-Obama-vice-presidential-nominee/ss/events/pl/073008dncdemocratcon/im:/080829/480/8210e222956f4d21b1449107ae90d1a5/

67 posted on 09/06/2008 8:12:47 PM PDT by ETL (Smoking-gun evidence on all the ObamaRat-Commie connections at my FR Profile/Home page)
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To: Aussiebabe
It would be nice to know when the picture of the bags in the CBS were taken. Could this be a picture before the convention started?

I agree. To me the photo of the "neat" flags from the garbage bags was a picture taken before the event, before the flags were handed out. The reason I think this way is because they are bundled too uniformly and neatly, like they just came from a factory run. The other pictures, showing them in bags along with other trash, are the after event pictures.

68 posted on 09/06/2008 8:20:55 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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To: ETL

THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT!
That’s a totally INACCURATE and
INADVERTENTLY POSTED photo.

I’m requesting that my post and
your post questioning it be removed
immediately.

I was on several sites on this subject
and it came up in my search as I was
adding info.

I didn’t review carefully before
I posted. GOOD LESSON FOR ME!

Thanks again.


69 posted on 09/06/2008 8:21:34 PM PDT by STARWISE (They (Dims) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war-RichardMiniter, respected OBL author)
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To: ETL

That photo was sadly from a military cemetary in NY.


70 posted on 09/06/2008 8:43:08 PM PDT by STARWISE (They (Dims) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war-RichardMiniter, respected OBL author)
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To: icwhatudo

IS Benin a CBS employee or a poster on a CBS blog? It sounds more like the rantings of a DUer than even an MSM flake.

Didn’t fox show film of vets and Boy Scouts gathering the flags in CO? Seems to me there were a lot of people working on the project of bundling up the flags, not just some McCain staffers creating a situation.


71 posted on 09/06/2008 8:47:21 PM PDT by EDINVA
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To: STARWISE
That photo was sadly from a military cemetary in NY.

Geez, you'd think they'd know the proper way to dispose of an American flag. Then again, it was New York.

72 posted on 09/06/2008 8:48:01 PM PDT by ETL (Smoking-gun evidence on all the ObamaRat-Commie connections at my FR Profile/Home page)
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To: icwhatudo
What scum CBS is. See mr McCain. these people who you thought were your friend in the media are stabbing you in the back and every which way they can. your Mexican friends are voting against you and the people WHO run the 527’s that you created area raising big money against you. now do you which side your bread is buttered on?
73 posted on 09/06/2008 8:53:30 PM PDT by bilhosty
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To: SERKIT

LOL! That’s a good one.


74 posted on 09/07/2008 2:26:04 AM PDT by Tempest (The devil and the media have sided with Obama)
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To: SlapHappyPappy

That’s not really any better if CBS is being complicit in spreading FUD.


75 posted on 09/07/2008 2:35:42 AM PDT by Tempest (The devil and the media have sided with Obama)
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To: Vince Ferrer

Yep, that was exactly my impression. Thanks


76 posted on 09/07/2008 5:12:20 AM PDT by Aussiebabe
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To: AdmSmith; Berosus; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; george76; ...

Thanks neverdem.


77 posted on 09/07/2008 10:09:12 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______Profile hasn't been updated since Friday, May 30, 2008)
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