Saturday, September 6, 2008

Did the McCain Camp Rescue Discarded Flags from the DNC

Did the McCain camp rescue discarded American flags from the DNC? According to McCain supporters, yes. The story goes that garbage bags full of flags were found in or near garbage bins. The Obama camp says that this is a cheap political ploy by the McCain camp, and the flags were going to be reused (or at least not discarded). In total, 84 such bags were found. It is inappropriate to discard American flags in the trash if they are damaged beyond repair. From the article, the few flags that can be seen do not look damaged beyond repair, but it does not mention the condition of flags in the story. Also not mentioned is if there was any other garbage or trash in the bags with the American flags. If yes, that would make a much stronger case that the flags were being inappropriately discarded. If not, it very plausible that the Democrats were just using the bags as storage. After all, how many people have not at one point in their life used garbage bags to transport things other that discarded waist. That said, few would put those bags near or especially not in garbage bags. The obvious fear being that you or someone else would toss the bags thinking them trash. I think is goes without saying that Obama himself did not order the flags be thrown away, but just in case, it is now said. Had Obama specifically ordered the flags not discarded it is unlikely they would have been. Then again, it is unlikely he thought giving the order was necessary. Should he have; that is your call.

Read the story for your self on http://foxnews.com at http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/09/06/mccain-camp-to-chastise-dems-for-discarding-american-flags/ and come to your own conclusions.

2 comments:

  1. Some pictures of the rescued flags show they are neatly rolled/folded inside the trash bags. The blog on which I saw that picture was convinced it means the McCain campaign bought those flags and planted them. But the reaction from the Obama campaign is that those flags were stolen.

    As far as I can tell, this means those garbage bags were holding flags that had been bought and reserved for that event, or future events, but which had not yet been used.

    Were they indeed destined for the trash bin, these "aborted flags" which had been bought but never removed from the bags in which they were delivered?

    That is a matter of he-said/he-said. If the Obama campaign asks for their return, the McCain campaign should oblige.

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  2. The Obama campaign claiming the flags were stolen convinces me that they were not planted. Besides, with all the security surrounding the event it is hard to imagine people smuggling 84 garbage bags into the area without raising some serious suspicion.

    Were they going to be thrown out? Your guess is as good as mine. You had an interesting thought about Obama asking for them back. It is likely that most if not all of the flags have already been given out. What should McCain do if Obama demanded the flags be replaced? That is a great question, and would make for some entertaining political drama.

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