Absentee tried a new game called “find an American flag the Democrats put up.” He takes you on a tour of the outside of the Pepsi Center, then into the lobby, and finally to the convention floor…all in search of the America Flag that the Democrats proudly displayed..
Are you still looking? Â Here, let me help you. Â Go over to the trash pile.
Take a look at these pictures via Ken Shepherd:
And don’t forget to look in the recycle bin!
Update 9/7/2008
According to David Harsanyi, they went into the trash ” and would have gone to a landfill, except for a worker at Invesco who rescued them from the dumpsters:
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.
Team Obama put this out as a statement:
Stories circulating about flags from the Democratic National Convention are false. More than 125,000 American-made flags were distributed at the Convention – any flags removed from the Convention after the event were taken without authorization. It’s disappointing that someone would take American flags without authorization and then falsely describe their intended purpose. We have the utmost respect for the American flag and it’s sad to see them being used for a cheap political stunt.
Well take a look at the pictures, I think they speak for themselves
Ed:
Didn’t anyone make arrangements for better disposal of these flags from Invesco? At the very least, they were an investment that could have been re-used at rallies in Colorado as well as the rest of the nation during the general election. Instead, they’ve handed a dramatic moment to John McCain and Sarah Palin, as well as relieved them of the cost of 12,000 such flags ” as well as a full 3′x5′ flag that also wound up in the trash.
Remember when the DNCC was supposed to be the “greenest convention ever”? How they worried about the color of the food and using organic materials in their merchandise? I guess we can see where the “green” concern ends : at red, white, and blue.
Gateway Pundit has more
Jazz Shaw’s following the story at TMV
Others blogging:
- Swamp Hermit’s *QUICK* Bits « The Swamp Hermit’s Report
- The Agitator » Blog Archive » Ladies and Gentelment, I Present to You the Stupidest Issue of This Campaign
- 12,000 Pieces Of Discarded Hope « The Corn Beltway Boys
- Obama campaign throws thousands of American flags in garbage | BlogWonks
- Cassy Fiano » Americans flags belong in the trash
- Democats Literally Throw Out The American Flag But Don’t Question Their Patriotism « Blog Entry « Dr. Melissa Clouthier
- کمانگیر » عکس و ویدئوی روز: ناموس ٠آمریکایی
- Peoples Press Collective » 1,000′s Of US Flags Trashed At Obama’s Invesco Event Will Be Used At GOP Event (Video) :Update: Dems Claim Flags Were Stolen :Update: GOP Proof
- Thrown Away Democrat American Flags Rescued By Camp McCain » Pirate’s Cove ” Barracuda Patrol!
- Respect, Responsibility & 12,000 Flags : Slobokan’s Site O’ Schtuff
- Slublog
- Frankly, My Dear: » Blog Archive » Flag of Our Fathers
- They Could Have Asked A Local Boy Scout Troop What To Do With Them | American Princess
- DNC Throws US Flags In Garbage « Rosemary’s News and Ideas
- Invesco Field flags nothing but props « flaggot
- Stupid, Unpatriotic, Wrong and Stupid
- Of Barry, John, And Sarah* « The Reluctant Optimist
- Plumb Bob Blog » Flag Update
- Silent Running » Blog Archive » Bad Business
- 84 Trash Bags of American Flags: The Obama Campaign’s Newest Chunk of Ineptitude | The Sundries Shack
- Just how many “more than 1000 people” were there? – UPDATED | The Anchoress
- All American Blogger » Democrats Trash 12,000 American Flags, Republicans Recycle Them
- ScoopThis.Org » Republicans rescue American flags that Democrats discarded.
- Pissing on the “American Dream”; Where is “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness”? « Northern Thoughts And Reflections
- Democrats On The Flag: Throw them in the trash | All those wires….
- On the Right
- One Party’s Trash Is Another Party’s Treasure: McCain Camp Rescues Flags Thrown in Trash From DNC : Stop The ACLU
- Swamp Hermit’s *QUICK* Bits « The Swamp Hermit’s Report
- Democrats and Obama Campaign Trash American Flags | 186 k per second
- Flag-Gate « Nice Deb
- GOP rescues DNC’s abandoned flags « Internet Scofflaw
- Conservative Musings
- | Defend-America.com |
- » Democrats Throw 12,000 American Flags Into The Garbage – Blogger News Network
- Right Wing Nation » Advice
- Stuck On Stupid
- America is an Obamanation!
- Ace of Spades HQ
- McCain’s Patriotic Moment, Brought To You By The DNCC « Beltway Snark
- Republicans Rescue Flags from the Trash at Invesco « Gabriel Malor
- Democrats throw away American Flags « Elect Jeff
- The Recycled Flags of the DNCC – Conservative Republican Discussion Forums
- Brain Fertilizer
- Republicans rescue American flags that Democrats discarded.
- Obama Campaign’s Flagging Patriotism Has Them Down In The Dumpster
It figures. Now that the show is over, the props can all be discarded. It’s not like they actually cared about the flag at all, it was just another trapping, along with all the red white and blue bunting to try to make it look to sheeple like the party of corruption, treason, perjury, and degeneracy actually cared.
It is quite appropriate, however, to see the Obama/Biden placards in the trash. That is where they belong, along with the Democrite Party.
I’ve noticed no American flags held and waved by the liberals in the Demoflat Convention. Well their lousy leader doesn’t think the flag represents our nation well, too war like. I doubt his honor, Apollo Obama will have his lapel pin on tonight. Obama must look more like a Worldly Leader, like Hitler. Hitllary and Billy didn’t look happy. I’m sure they are very angry, thinking WHY, OH WHY, BIDEN? I’m happy over ‘Boring Biden.’ Biden wins the prize for hypocrite of the year, he better enjoy his short VP term, it’s over come November.
So goes the Demoflat star struck last hurrah! All in such poor taste. Will Obama ride in on his donkey’S @$$ to the stadium? Will Oprah anoint him with oil, and sit at his feet? Will Stevie Wonder (he’s a wonder alright) worship Obama in song? Will queer Father Flakie have the sac religious prayer. Will Uncle Wright be the MC? Will Barbara Stranglehold sing:
“There He Is. . . Mr. Barack America, There He Is. . . Our Ideal ONE.” Yes she will! Will people faint, and Obama throw them holy water in a bottle?
It’s all upstaged like a Hollywood production. Money, Money, Money, and more money, yet Obama begrudges the money anyone else gets honestly. That is because he has gotten his money dishonestly, through gangsters, bombers, bribes, and dirty deals. That is what greed does plus being narcissist. Just wait until the truth comes out about his Buddie Bill Ayers, and the Wood Foundation. Obama better enjoy tonight because his D-Day is coming! He’ll have plenty of time to think what went wrong??
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I AM PERFECT- WITHOUT SIN. I HAD A DREAM, BUT IT DIDN’T COME TRUE. Boo Hoo
Note to Ahmadimijad of Iran,
All you need to do in this country to make them like you, no matter what your beliefs are is to plant an American flag pin on your lapel. Most won’t look beyond it, lest they be called “un patriotic”.
NY-David
It don’t surprise me at all!
After all Obama (or should I say Osamah!) Wouldn’t wear a
flag pin…Then he took the flag off his plane and put his own
weird sign on it….
Thanks for the linky!
You have some very interesting links here yourself. Wow! How long did it take to gather them all? Well, it’s back to the NFL for me. 
Hey, NY David. For having such a wonderful name, it is a shame that you do not have the brains to match. Do you not remember it was the LEFT that invited Ahmadinejad to speak at their presious college? Good Lord. As I pointed out in a previous post or comment (sorry, don’t remember which), it is the fact that the flags were not disposed of with RESPECT. We used to be taught how to do this in elementary school. I guess YOUR right to BURN the flag supercedes our RIGHT to RESPECT it.
Do us all a favor, and just go away. (From this site, not the country. Just in case this comment was above your pay grade.) :-w
Want to toss some UN flags in the trash? or burn them right in front of the demacraps[-x
Sorry Rosemary, I’m here to stay. The president of Iran was invited to speak by a private university. Personally, I thought it was a cheap shot to invite the guy here and then talk crap on him on the stage, but that’s just me.
As for the flags, I’d rather people be schooled in what they represent rather then the correct treatment of a piece of cloth, preferably both, but more on the former. Would you rather our kids learn all the words to “Star Spangled Banner” or that it was written when our country was close to being snuffed out and by all counts should have lost the war and let the British take over, but didn’t let this happen?
NY-David