No. I didn't try to ague myself out of it, when I realised it wasn't a rag, unlike yourself.
Now you're just making things up.
Once better copies of the Hosty note were posted, there was no point when I "tried to argue myself out of it". Why would you lie about this?
But, you did prove my point. You thought the Presidential flag was a rag used, with the bucket, to clean up blood and gore. It was pure silliness which you've yet to acknowledge you were wrong about, unless you've just done that. Did you?