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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhite House Flag Just Lowered to Half Staff---CNN
CNN just reported that the White House Flag has been lowered back to half staff in honor of John McCain.
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White House Flag Just Lowered to Half Staff---CNN (Original Post)
louis c
Aug 2018
OP
Citizen Vain can't stand the heat. I wish he'd get out of the kitchen. . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Aug 2018
#15
Its too late now. He showed his ass, again and the whole world saw it, again.
Afromania
Aug 2018
#17
Skidmore
(37,364 posts)1. In honor of
avoiding bad press.
True Dough
(17,338 posts)10. Too little,
too late!
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)2. Donnie caved!
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,047 posts)15. Citizen Vain can't stand the heat. I wish he'd get out of the kitchen. . . . nt
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,900 posts)3. Spanky caved.
Somebody must have sat him down and explained how badly his petulance was playing on tv.
C_U_L8R
(45,025 posts)4. Shame works on narcissists
scheming daemons
(25,487 posts)13. What worked was the anger of the VFW and American Legion
honest.abe
(8,685 posts)6. He will blame it on the coffee boy.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,047 posts)14. Coffee boy was up at midnight to take it down. . . . nt
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,811 posts)7. He resisted doing the right thing.
Still does not give him a pass.
Want to bet thst pirce of shit tweets that it was his idea to lower the Flag over the White House
2naSalit
(86,843 posts)8. Shows he is a weak POS. and gets owned
by the fact that WE have pressured him. Let this be the least amount of pressure on him until we are rid of him and his ilk!!!
rurallib
(62,465 posts)9. Obama did it!
Leghorn21
(13,527 posts)11. HA HA, TOO LATE, ASSHOLES!!
every fuckin one of you
scheming daemons
(25,487 posts)12. An own-goal by the White House.
A whole news cycle highlighting his pettiness and vindictiveness, and pissing off veterans.
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)16. SHAMED him into it, did we?
Yay - POS caves and does the right thing.
Afromania
(2,771 posts)17. Its too late now. He showed his ass, again and the whole world saw it, again.