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Obama Administration Lashes Out at Critics of 'One Nation' Rally Trashing of Nat'l Mall
Monday, October 4, 2010 | Kristinn

Posted on 10/04/2010 3:18:17 PM PDT by kristinn

National Park Service spokesman Bill Line has lashed out at conservative critics of the trashing of the National Mall by attendees of the leftist One Nation Working Together rally held at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. on Saturday.

The Park Service is part of the Interior Department which is headed up by Obama appointee, former U.S. Senator Ken Salazar (Dem.-CO).

Line spoke to the Daily Caller, in an unprecedented protest of coverage by the Caller and other conservative news sites and blogs that criticized the One Nation Rally for the large amounts of trash left at the Lincoln Memorial, the World War II Memorial and Memorial Bridge near Arlington Cemetery.

Line's statements are contradicted by a Park Ranger filmed at the Lincoln Memorial after the rally ended who said the trash was the worst he had seen. The Ranger noted the conservative Restoring Honor Rally held on August 28 by Glenn Beck was cleaned up by its participants who left the trash bagged and piled for pick up.

Line's comments from the Caller:

“I consider [The Daily Caller’s article] to be highly inaccurate,” said a very forceful NPS spokesman, Bill Line.

“To imply that this past weekend’s event is more dirty, contains more trash or is filthier than any other demonstration is not grounded in reality.”

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“This trash you have on [TheDC’s] front page could be found at any other large rally that has happened previously at the Mall and could happen in the future,” said Line.

Line said the garbage at the “One Nation” rally was no different than any other rally. Trash, it seems, is apolitical.

“It is common, typical, regular ordinary, commonplace. You get the idea?” said Line. “It’s very commonplace with ANY rally, march demonstration, anywhere on the Mall where you have large numbers of people.”

The Caller also spoke with a spokeman for the One Nation Rally, Flo McAfee who said the group wanted to leave the Mall as they found it.

“In putting all this together we very much worked hand in hand with the park service because we wanted to follow the guidelines and respect the grounds also,” said McAfee. “You know, those moments are our moments just like it’s everyone in the nation so we wanted to make sure it was left as we found it.”

Conservatives have been holding rallies on a regular basis on the National Mall since Free Republic's October 31, 1998 rally to impeach Bill Clinton, called the March for Justice. I was a part of the rally and subsequent ones by the Second Amendment Sisters, the D.C. Chapter of FreeRepublic.com, Support Our Troops and Their Mission Weekend, and the Gathering of Eagles. We always left the rally sites cleaner than we found them. The tea party rallies and Glenn Beck's Restoring Honor Rally have also left their rally sites pristine.

The same cannot be said for liberals when they hold their rallies.

I cannot remember the Park Service lashing out at critics of a rally like they have with the One Nation Rally.


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To: FreedBird
Does Obama endorse the communists?

You can tell about a person by the way they act and when they open their mouth.

41 posted on 10/04/2010 3:36:32 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (demonicRATS= Obama's Mosque, taxes, painful death. Is this what you want?)
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To: Doogle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCcwXlvb74Y&feature=related

MORE


42 posted on 10/04/2010 3:36:37 PM PDT by Doogle (IT'S THAT TIME AGAIN....PLEASE donate, because it's the RIGHT thing to do)
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To: kristinn

This same Bill Line claimed after “Glenn Beck’s August rally, the Park Service found damage on the National Mall that it estimated to be in the range of $5,000 to $10,000” (last paragraph of link). Wonder what his estimate of the 10/2 damage is...

Seems like he has an ax to grind with conservatives.

http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/media/park-service-no-guarantee-stewart-and-colberts-d-c-rally-wi/19642771/


43 posted on 10/04/2010 3:36:49 PM PDT by Qbert
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To: FreedBird

But, there again 0 will tries to convince you that you love being screwed
but in his case... not in a good way.

The commies HAVE to get you to agree with them even tho
they already have you bent over.


44 posted on 10/04/2010 3:39:25 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (demonicRATS= Obama's Mosque, taxes, painful death. Is this what you want?)
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To: Dallas59

“There is no doubt what-so-ever which side trashy obammy is on.”

Well said.


45 posted on 10/04/2010 3:39:47 PM PDT by Canedawg (... not digging this tyranny thing.)
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To: kristinn

Ever heard the saying, “pictures don’t lie”?


46 posted on 10/04/2010 3:39:47 PM PDT by Biggirl (GO UCONN FOOTBALL!!!!!!!!!!! :)=^..^=)
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To: Doogle

Thanks!


47 posted on 10/04/2010 3:40:07 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: Qbert

Bill Line knows where his bread is buttered. He is yet another politically sensitive loser employed by taxpayers. He should be fired immediately and deported. What a goof. There were two piles of trash at the Saturday rally: the attendees & their refuse. We have been to three Tea Party events in WDC downtown. There was NO trash outside the waste containers.


48 posted on 10/04/2010 3:41:31 PM PDT by hal ogen (1st amendment or reeducation camp?)
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To: kristinn

These people are trash ! Here is my own experience with liberals and their cr@p.

Place I worked at in the early 1990’s, we had this 350 lbs woman. She was very liberal, anti-American. You look at her desk and there is piles of papers on it and some onthe floor. You couldn’t see the desk surface. My desk was pretty clean. Back on the woman, go into her car and go to the place she lived at. Pig’s sty. Another place I worked at, there was a man who was also liberal, he was also very messy ! At least he wasn’t obese !

These people don’t have respect for themselves, what they have is trash and they want to trash this country and those who like to keep their $h!t together !

Most liberals, if they cannot handle their own affairs, they have no business handling the country’s affairs !


49 posted on 10/04/2010 3:41:39 PM PDT by CORedneck
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To: Qbert

Thanks. There’s no other mention of it, so my guess would be that it is for sod repair. The Park Service has gotten quite fussy in recent years about maintaining the grass. They require expensive rubber mats to protect the grass from heavy equipment and vehicles.


50 posted on 10/04/2010 3:44:12 PM PDT by kristinn (Lowering the IQ on FR since Jul 31, 1998)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

CHECK THIS ONE OUT..............

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AZ8nHHR-P0&feature=related

THIS ONE WILL SURELY DISAPPEAR SOON..........


51 posted on 10/04/2010 3:45:00 PM PDT by Doogle (IT'S THAT TIME AGAIN....PLEASE donate, because it's the RIGHT thing to do)
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To: kristinn

Eagles live in a nest. Pigs live in a sty.


52 posted on 10/04/2010 3:47:30 PM PDT by Ben Mugged (War does not determine who is right -- only who is left.)
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To: Dallas59

“There is no doubt what-so-ever which side trashy obammy is on.”

Well said.


53 posted on 10/04/2010 3:48:27 PM PDT by Canedawg (... not digging this tyranny thing.)
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To: CORedneck

It’s funny, I posted something similar on another thread about the trash and the obese people. On the live thread on Sat, a lot of us were commenting how the speakers became fatter and fatter, lots and lots of short, obese women. Shows how little they care for their own bodies, much less anything else.


54 posted on 10/04/2010 3:49:12 PM PDT by Borax Queen
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To: AdmSmith; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; bigheadfred; blueyon; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; ...

Thanks kristinn. Apparently Zero and his fellow street trash don’t have enough to do.


55 posted on 10/04/2010 3:54:42 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Democratic Underground... matters are worse, as their latest fund drive has come up short...)
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To: Doogle

Thanks for that link! That one needs to be seen by everyone!


56 posted on 10/04/2010 3:55:43 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: The Duke

LOL!!!


57 posted on 10/04/2010 3:55:58 PM PDT by PatriotGirl827 (Lord Jesus, direct my mind, possess my heart, transform my life)
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To: kristinn

National Park Service spokesperson, Bill Line

58 posted on 10/04/2010 3:56:10 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: kcvl

Bureaucratic worm.


59 posted on 10/04/2010 3:58:06 PM PDT by Rebelbase (Political correctness in America today is a Rip Van Winkle acid trip.)
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To: Rebelbase

Contact: Bill Line
Phone: (202) 619-7222


60 posted on 10/04/2010 4:01:12 PM PDT by kcvl
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