Boy Scouts save American flags… from Obama’s trash
September 6th, 2008 by Matthew_site admin
It seems that the fine folks who brought us the Democratic National Convention and all its marble columned goodness think that the American flag is not worth saving.
It is reported that the aftermath of the DNC convention – you know the one with no roll call vote that would have let people express their desire to nominate Senator Clinton- resulted in thousands and thousands of American flags being relegated to the trash.
Democrats seem to think it is fine to toss away an enduring symbol of the freedoms and opportunities our great nation provides. They discard the flag after being led in the pledge of allegiance by the wife of a Marine. Apparently Democrats say one thing and do another – as evidenced by the comments to high society friends about Pennsylvanians clinging to their religion and guns- is alive and well.
They pledge allegiance until the cameras are turned off.
If I were given a flag when I attended the Republican convention I would take it home and proudly display it recalling each time I saw it that our democracy is alive and well and knowing that we are the most free nation on the globe.
I would not toss it out like yesterday’s news.
Would you want your president to toss the flag and the Republic for which it stands in the bin?
John McCain is distributing the flags delivered by the Boy Scouts to patriotic Americans.
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Lenny wrote on 09/7/08 at 10:47 10 :
This story is a lie and you should be ashamed of spreading it. Sen McCain’s campaign should also be ashamed to use such a fine organization as the BSA in order to besmirch a rival candidate.
Matthew_site admin wrote on 09/7/08 at 11:42 11 :
No, it is true in fact the DNC admits it. I certainly agree the Boy Scouts of America is a fine organization- and I am certain if the RNC had stuffed flags in trash bags the Boy Scouts would have worked to save those flags from the landfill as well as the BSA’s values transcend politics.
That said, the DNC says their ‘leftover flags’ were going to be returned to the manufacturer. According to th Denver Post the flags sat on a loading dock for a week and a day in trash bags. The RNC claims that someone was coming to get them, but after 8 days they remained there, the RNC has no name of the person or organization that was to get them.
They were in trash bags, sure it looks like the flags were unused, sure it looks like they were bundled up, but sending them back to the vendor? I find that hard to believe. Do you know of stores that take merchandise back after it has been opened and stuffed in a trash bag?
Not only were those flags stuck in trash bags but the patriotic folks at the Democratic convention mixed the flag in with their empty food containers. I take care of the flag, and treat it with the respect it deserves. When I have to retire a flag I turn it over to the care of the VFW who retires it with respect and honor.
I don’t toss it with my nachos box.
I stand by my story, every bit of it is true. Someone certainly should be ashamed, but it is not I.