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Surprise!... Obama's Invesco Tickets Picture Upside Down US Flags
Gateway Pundit ^ | August 19, 2008

Posted on 08/19/2008 6:29:51 AM PDT by Fox_Mulder77

Rightwing fodder-- Barack Obama Invesco Field convention tickets picture upside down US flags- an international symbol of distress.

The DNC tickets printed for Barack Obama's acceptance speech at Invesco Field show an upside down US flag on both sides. This is the international symbol of extreme distress. FOX 9 reported:

Some viewers contacted 9NEWS Saturday, questioning the design of the credentials to see Sen. Barack Obama accept the Democratic Party's presidential nomination at INVESCO Field at Mile High.

The viewers say with the stars and blue field in the lower left corner, it looks like an upside down American flag. Published flag etiquette states the stars should always be displayed in the upper left corner. An upside down flag represents an international symbol of extreme distress.

Matt Chandler with the Obama campaign says the flag is not upside down. He says it is a stylized flag designed to blend the stars on Senator Obama's shirt with the flag blowing in the wind.

Natalie Wyeth with the Democratic National Convention Committee sent 9NEWS the following statement Saturday night: "The DNCC community credentials incorporate patriotic design elements. They do not depict an actual American flag. The DNCC has full and complete respect for the flag and all rules of display."

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TOPICS: Front Page News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008; 2008dncconvention; antiamericans; appeaseniks; flag; lendmeyourears; mccain; obama; obambi; upsidedownflag
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1 posted on 08/19/2008 6:29:52 AM PDT by Fox_Mulder77
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2 posted on 08/19/2008 6:31:07 AM PDT by Fox_Mulder77
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You can’t make this stuff up!!...lol


3 posted on 08/19/2008 6:32:44 AM PDT by stockstrader (CHANGE--a euphemism for further dividing our country along racial, social and economic lines)
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Obama apparently doesn't know how to show respect to the flag. Or he doesn't care.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

4 posted on 08/19/2008 6:33:35 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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Matt Chandler with the Obama campaign says the flag is not upside down. He says it is a stylized flag designed to blend the stars on Senator Obama's shirt with the flag blowing in the wind.

Now THAT is what I call a very NUANCED explanation!...lol

5 posted on 08/19/2008 6:34:13 AM PDT by stockstrader (CHANGE--a euphemism for further dividing our country along racial, social and economic lines)
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This is simply a distraction.

I’ll stay focused on my real problems with the lightweight, liberal, blame-America-first Barack Hussein Obama.


6 posted on 08/19/2008 6:34:27 AM PDT by impeachedrapist
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This is hilarious. I wonder if the late night shows will do a riff on it.


7 posted on 08/19/2008 6:34:44 AM PDT by RummyChick
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8 posted on 08/19/2008 6:35:09 AM PDT by xcamel (Conservatives start smart, and get rich, liberals start rich, and get stupid.)
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Natalie Wyeth with the Democratic National Convention Committee sent 9NEWS the following statement Saturday night: "The DNCC community credentials incorporate patriotic design elements. They do not depict an actual American flag. The DNCC has full and complete respect for the flag and all rules of display."

If what she said is true, then they are completely incompetent in what they do. They respect the rules of display but don't even think ahead about checking them out. OTOH, I doubt truth has any residence within her, or her organization.

9 posted on 08/19/2008 6:35:37 AM PDT by bcsco (Obama: SPINciple in chief!)
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It sure looks like an upside down flag on the back of the ticket.


10 posted on 08/19/2008 6:35:56 AM PDT by proud2beconservativeinNJ ("In God We Trust")
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I wonder if the late night shows will do a riff on it.

No. The MSM has 'collectively' decided that any possible perceived slight or criticism of the Obama campaign is totally OFF-LIMITS!

11 posted on 08/19/2008 6:36:12 AM PDT by stockstrader (CHANGE--a euphemism for further dividing our country along racial, social and economic lines)
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“Matt Chandler with the Obama campaign says the flag is not upside down. He says it is a stylized flag designed to blend the stars on Senator Obama’s shirt with the flag blowing in the wind. “

Then what’s the excuse for the back side?


12 posted on 08/19/2008 6:37:20 AM PDT by nuconvert (Obama - Preferred by 4 out of 5 Dictators & Terrorists)
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I bet it has 57 stars too...


13 posted on 08/19/2008 6:37:21 AM PDT by johnny7 ("Duck I says... ")
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If what she said is true, then they are completely incompetent in what they do.

NO, NO, NO.

That is just an EVEN MORE NUANCED explanation!!!

14 posted on 08/19/2008 6:37:30 AM PDT by stockstrader (CHANGE--a euphemism for further dividing our country along racial, social and economic lines)
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These people complain about their patriotism being questioned and then they go out of their way to show why it is being questioned!

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

15 posted on 08/19/2008 6:37:40 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: Fox_Mulder77

Nothing new in leftist symbolism.

The so-called peace symbol is really the Cross of Christ, upside down and broken!


16 posted on 08/19/2008 6:37:46 AM PDT by JimRed ("Hey, hey, Teddy K., how many girls did you drown today?" TERM LIMITS, NOW AND FOREVER!)
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The presumed condition of extreme distress signalled by an upside-down flag is completely in line with Obama’s theme of the urgent need for “change”, and for Bush’s “failed policies”. This was not accidental. Many on the left display upside-down flags or avatars as they await their chance to “take our country back” from the patriots.


17 posted on 08/19/2008 6:37:57 AM PDT by Sender (Never lose your ignorance; you can never regain it!)
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To: nuconvert
Then what’s the excuse for the back side?

Easy. That is a NUANCED PICTURE.

18 posted on 08/19/2008 6:38:21 AM PDT by stockstrader (CHANGE--a euphemism for further dividing our country along racial, social and economic lines)
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"You don't understand. We know the flag better than you do. Now sit down and shut up!"

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

19 posted on 08/19/2008 6:38:46 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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The flag is right side up. It’s Obama who’s upside down.


20 posted on 08/19/2008 6:38:48 AM PDT by yobid ("...the crux of the biscuit is the apostrophe")
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