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(Posted comment to article: What happened to the idea of a “green convention” for the democrats? I guess they can recycle soda cans, but not the U.S. flag.)
Republican Recycling (Boy Scouts to distribute trashed flags from DNC convention at 11:00AM PST)
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. (Hey Stoo-pid, how about disposing them as required by law or donating them to the BSA or VFW or military cemetery??? Naah, just throw 'em in the trash...)
