Posted on 10/04/2010 3:18:17 PM PDT by kristinn
National Park Service spokesman Bill Line has lashed out at conservative critics of the trashing of the National Mall by attendees of the leftist One Nation Working Together rally held at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. on Saturday.
The Park Service is part of the Interior Department which is headed up by Obama appointee, former U.S. Senator Ken Salazar (Dem.-CO).
Line spoke to the Daily Caller, in an unprecedented protest of coverage by the Caller and other conservative news sites and blogs that criticized the One Nation Rally for the large amounts of trash left at the Lincoln Memorial, the World War II Memorial and Memorial Bridge near Arlington Cemetery.
Line's statements are contradicted by a Park Ranger filmed at the Lincoln Memorial after the rally ended who said the trash was the worst he had seen. The Ranger noted the conservative Restoring Honor Rally held on August 28 by Glenn Beck was cleaned up by its participants who left the trash bagged and piled for pick up.
Line's comments from the Caller:
“I consider [The Daily Caller’s article] to be highly inaccurate,” said a very forceful NPS spokesman, Bill Line.
“To imply that this past weekend’s event is more dirty, contains more trash or is filthier than any other demonstration is not grounded in reality.”
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“This trash you have on [TheDC’s] front page could be found at any other large rally that has happened previously at the Mall and could happen in the future,” said Line.
Line said the garbage at the “One Nation” rally was no different than any other rally. Trash, it seems, is apolitical.
“It is common, typical, regular ordinary, commonplace. You get the idea?” said Line. “It’s very commonplace with ANY rally, march demonstration, anywhere on the Mall where you have large numbers of people.”
The Caller also spoke with a spokeman for the One Nation Rally, Flo McAfee who said the group wanted to leave the Mall as they found it.
“In putting all this together we very much worked hand in hand with the park service because we wanted to follow the guidelines and respect the grounds also,” said McAfee. “You know, those moments are our moments just like it’s everyone in the nation so we wanted to make sure it was left as we found it.”
Conservatives have been holding rallies on a regular basis on the National Mall since Free Republic's October 31, 1998 rally to impeach Bill Clinton, called the March for Justice. I was a part of the rally and subsequent ones by the Second Amendment Sisters, the D.C. Chapter of FreeRepublic.com, Support Our Troops and Their Mission Weekend, and the Gathering of Eagles. We always left the rally sites cleaner than we found them. The tea party rallies and Glenn Beck's Restoring Honor Rally have also left their rally sites pristine.
The same cannot be said for liberals when they hold their rallies.
I cannot remember the Park Service lashing out at critics of a rally like they have with the One Nation Rally.
Were most of these people communists? Does Obama endorse the communists?
Can’t expect anything from pigs but grunts...and trash.
They are trashy people.
Hey! All that trash means more work, overtime, and money at budget time. Don’t ruin it by complaining. /s
“a spokeman for the One Nation Rally, Flo McAfee who said the group wanted to leave the Mall as they found it.”
They want to improve healthcare, end wars, and create jobs too, but they are liberal screw ups.
I like my rallies just a little on the trashy side! LOL!
Well, I am lashing out right back at them.
WEll the pictures don’t lie.....
There is no doubt what-so-ever which side trashy obammy is on.
Funny — the guy who doesn’t have to pick up trash knows how much trash was left...
mmmmm—wonder who he votes with? LOL
It is surprising that so many in D.C. seem to think it’s still the 1970s, and that they can lie to our faces, apparently oblivious to the existence of instantaneous fact-checking resources: the internet, talk radio, youtube, etc.
Lashing out does not = denial.
SEE FOR YOURSELF............before it disappears.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DN_6lv86wwY
sent it out for all to see
gadzooks..makes me wonder what the
WH looks like..Yikes...bet there is dog poop everywhere.
Kinda like the way they have been working on trashing the USA for the past 40 or 50 years. They just don’t appreciate anything good and decent.
The only memorable aspect of that rally was the TRASH. Nothing else was memorable, including Special Ed’s hate fest on conservatives.
And the Promise Keepers’ rally, in ‘97 or ‘98, was a tidy gathering as well.
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