Sep 06 2008
Advice
Uhm, Democrats, this doesn’t leave a very good taste in the mouth. From the Denver Post:
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.
No doubt.
Like I said, creating new GOP voters every day.
Here’s the picture.
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.
A dramatic moment, indeed, and merely bringing them onto the stage will say it all.
This is surprisingly stupid thing the Democrats did. I could use other adjectives too, but you can probably supply those yourself.
2 responses so far
I actually find it rather unsurprising. The Cosmopolitanists (good word) see the flag as a prop, while most Americans see it as a symbol of the nation they love. The Cosmopolitanists wave the flag as cover, the Jacksonians wave it in pride. I won’t go so far as to say the Cosmopolitanists aren’t patriotic, but they certainly have a different understanding of patriotism than most of us.
Seems like a pattern here…
Earlier story (and more pics) here:
http://www.redstate.com/diaries/redstate/2008/aug/28/mystery-solved/