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To: Suma who wrote (82683)	9/7/2008 12:07:21 PM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541692

Cheap publicity stunt. Of course in a venue the size of MileHigh, you are going to find things left behind. Children drop things, people leave things on their seats, things fall out, people get bumped and drop stuff exiting. But thousands intentionally TRASHED? I really doubt the truth of that statement. Regardless, trying to make that into some kind of patriotic statement is silly. But then a lot of this is silly.

To: Suma who wrote (82683)	9/7/2008 12:30:11 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541692

Surprise...it didn't happen :>) False Flag: McCain goes Nixon, combining lies with illegal activity by Geekesque Sat Sep 06, 2008 at 03:30:34 PM PDT John McCain may have been a man of honor at one time in his life. He was a man of courage. Now, he's a liar. And a thief. Literally. Today, on a day he reached out with one hand to reach out in the spirit of national unity, with the other he slaps the very notion of decency in the face. The lies, the smears, and the crimes below the fold. Geekesque's diary :: :: The Denver Post exposes the shameful stunt: 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. Oh noez! The Democrats hateses the flag!! Not quite. "American flags were proudly waved by the 75,000 people who joined Barack Obama at the Democratic Convention. John McCain should applaud that, but instead his supporters wrongfully took leftover bundles of our flags from the stadium to play a cheap political stunt calling into question our patriotism. On the same day he agrees to join Barack Obama at Ground Zero on September 11, John McCain attacks the patriotism of Obama supporters who so proudly waved the American flag at our historic event in Denver just days ago." That's right. McCain Republican operatives STOLE flags. That's right. Not 'rescued.' STOLE. 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 But, that didn't stop the McCain Republicans from attempting to lie about the patriotism of Obama supporters. They did so gleefully. Because they have no shame, no decency, no honor. John McCain was a hero at one point. Now, he's just another lying Republican criminal in the line of Nixon, Bush, and Cheney. dailykos.com