McCain camp to use trashed flags as prop today...new GOP talking point

[Seen the light]

http://blogs.denverpost.com/opinion/2008/09/06/republican-recycling/

This morning, Republicans tell me that a worker at Invesco Field in Denver saved thousands of unused flags from the Democratic National Convention that were headed for the garbage. Guerrilla campaigning. They will use these flags at their own event today in Colorado Springs with John McCain and Sarah Palin.

Before McCain speaks today, veterans will haul these garbage bags filled with flags out onto the stage — with dramatic effect, no doubt — and tell the story.

“What you see in the picture I sent you is less than half of total flags,” a Republican official emailed. “We estimate the total number to be around 12,000 small flags and one full size 3×5 flag.”

I’m not sure what the DNC was supposed to do with unused hand-flags, frankly. But the Republicans are obviously questioning someone’s patriotism here.

McCain: "Sure I'm asking you to elect me in a time when unemployment just shot up to its highest points in five years and I've admitted to not really understanding the economy and my vice-presidential pick is too afraid to go on Larry King, but LOOK! A couple of sanitation guys improperly disposed of some inanimate objects! OBAMA HATES AMERICA!!!"

[dkf]

1. How do they know it was headed for the garbage? Maybe he stole them.

[Avalux]

Doesn't matter. They will say Democrats are unpatriotic and threw them away.

Hateful bastards. This is genuine 100% Rove; anything to distract from the real issues.

[high density]

2. Yes trashed flags really affect my life

Glad McGramps has his eye on the important issues.

[Wapsie B]

3. Yes, shred the Constitution but worship the flag.

The flag means nothing without the Constitution.

[BadgerKid]

13. There's the talking point.

"Frankly we are not surprised about this as nothing more than a political stunt, in view of the fact that in these last two Republican terms, the Republicans have assaulted our nation and its Constitutional principles. "

[glowing]

4. Umm, who cleans the stadium and the events halls? Surely not Obama.

So, how would anyone in the Obama camp know what they did in the process of cleaning up from an event.. I mean the pugs had enough balloons drop.. it probably would have filled up many SUV's.

[Epiphany4z]

5. oh for gods sake what next

Somebody who does Obamas wash washed lights and dark together..and get this...in hot water!!!

[1corona4u]

11. AHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHA...that's about where we're headed...

:-)

[Skidmore]

6. Smells like a Rove trick to me.

[demobabe]

7. How do we know McCain's camp didn't go out and buy flags and put them into trash bags?

They lie about everything, and that is well documented.

Even if it IS true, it is still a diversion from what really matters: POLICY. McCain has been said to have the same policies as GWB.

McCain says he represents change. I believe him.

His policies will be GWB's, only a hundred times WORSE for all of us.

[Cassandra]

8. Horrors! Unpatriotic janitors!

Are those guys hired from the same firm that Wal-Mart uses, with illegal (Eastern European)immigrants?

[subterranean]

9. This will be another non-issue to distract people for a week or two.

I hope the media will do a little investigation on this instead of just taking the word of the republicans. I would prefer that they ignore it, but I know that's not very likely.

[Gabi Hayes]

10. as someone else here suggested: media should BLACK out all campaign coverage of pugs until

Palin agrees to talk to the press

[justiceischeap]

12. Everyone seems to be assuming that the flags actually came from the DNC

Keep in mind every other sentence out of this man's mouth has been lies. Who's to say they aren't lying about this?