Posted on 07/09/2015 1:37:03 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
A stemwinder from last night’s debate in the South Carolina house, in case you missed it elsewhere. Jenny Horne’s position prevailed, of course; Nikki Haley’s set to sign the bill removing the flag in a formal ceremony sometime this hour.
But the flag drama’s not done yet, my friends. Thanks to the congressional GOP, it’s just getting warmed up:
Republican leaders on Thursday abruptly yanked an environmental spending bill from the House floor before a final vote amid a storm of protest over an amendment that would have allowed Confederate flags at federal cemeteries…
Only the day before, Republicans had assented to Democratic amendments to an appropriations bill that would remove the flag from federal sites and gift shops.
But at the request of several Southern lawmakers, Republicans reversed themselves, and offered an amendment to allow the flag placement. A vote on that amendment had been expected Thursday afternoon. The National Park Service, which has permitted the placement of Confederate flags on graves, had already begun to direct staff to remove them…
“Don’t Republicans understand that the Confederate flag is an insult to 40 million African-Americans and many other fair-minded Americans?” [Democrat G.K. Butterfield] said, directing his remarks to Representative Ken Calvert, Republican of California, the sponsor of the amendment.
GOP Rep. Mick Mulvaney, who supports removing the flag from the South Carolina statehouse, opposed a ban on the flag at federal sites on grounds that it would prevent private citizens from placing the flag on grave sites. Meanwhile, knowing a nice wedge issue when she sees it, Nancy Pelosi’s floating a flag bill of her own to induce a little extra squirming by Republican leaders:
The House voted Thursday to refer legislation banning the Confederate flag image from the Capitol to a committee, effectively punting the issue.
The dramatic vote was forced by Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who was eager to put a spotlight on the issue after House GOP leaders pulled a separate bill from the floor after an intra-party fight over the flag.
Pelosi’s resolution would have forced Mississippi’s state flag, which includes the Confederate flag, to be removed from the House side of the Capitol.
Removing the flag of one of the 50 states from the U.S. Capitol because the design doesn’t meet contemporary left-wing standards of acceptability is ridiculous and deeply cynical, but also characteristically shrewd. South Carolina voting to remove the rebel flag is a problem for Democrats because it’s a Republican operation lock, stock, and barrel: Haley’s a Republican, the two houses of the state legislature are controlled by Republicans, the most memorable floor speech of the debate was made by a Republican (Horne) — it’s in direct conflict with the traditional Democratic narrative that the GOP is a thinly veiled reincarnation of the Klan. They needed to get back on offense racially, and the opposition of Mulvaney et al. to the flag amendment in Congress made that easy for them. It was a no-brainer that Pelosi would try to double down with a dumb but effective bill demanding the banishment of Mississippi’s flag. It won’t achieve anything but the GOP opposition on it gives Democrats a reason to tell their base, “See? They haven’t changed at all.”
Anyway, here’s to healing.
Certified redneck here :-)
well the Confederates were Democrats so ofcourse they’ll elect a democrat.
With only 3 people voting to keep the flag flying, that could mean an awful lot of turnover next election, or else your read of the situation is wrong. Time will tell.
Don't educated and fair minded Americans want to remember their history?
This is what both flags represent. And we better damn well NOT forget it.
RE: With only 3 people voting to keep the flag flying, that could mean an awful lot of turnover next election,
This of course, assumes that most voters give a damn on this issue.
I suspect they don’t.
Good on you for flying those flags!
Which 2 of the 4 do you have?
I am unimpressed with SC Republican “leaders” and have been for a long time.
Some of the Confederates, like John Tyler, were ex-Whigs.
What a boatload of horse$hit!
This “writer” wants a nation to be Under GOV not Under God.
Weapons and attitudes are the least of his worries as he gets his talking points straight from the pit of hell.
Well, the flag is down.
Some of the crowd was singing “Na,na,na,na..Hey,hey hey, ...goodbye!”
Seriously.
It should have been a solemn, silent ceremony out of the respect for those South Carolinians that died under that flag.
The SC State Police did a very dignified job.
People of SC....please purge your state of these RINO slimes!!!!!!!!!!!
Sick! what's happened to our country?!
For sure. She’ll help the northern liberals turn you into Detroit as she does not respect the culture and way of life of the people she represents. The last thing we need is the South being culturally cleansed by liberals on the coasts who basically hate them.
Same here, and proud of it,
Darn right is was sick.
I could not believe my ears.
That would not have been tolerated in an earlier time.
Thankfully it was all over in about fifteen minutes.
Somehow, my TV survived.
and not even so long ago to boot.....those days are gone gone gone and it looks like we're not going back to them in our lifetimes, if ever.....
Caving to political correctness (Cultural Marxism) is always a losing proposition.
You can never satisfy leftists that way. They always demand more. Caving is interpreted as a sign of weakness, and an assumes that they control the debate.
They never explain why. Just blanket statement like we have to agree with it. What does the flag have to do with insulting? If they were educated, they would understand the meaning...states rights. They all forget the issue and major reason for the Civil War. Or is the real reason Federal freebies to the peasants?
Good to hear, and this is coming from a lifelong northern "yankee" (for the time being). They are sick of hearing about heritage, but many more of us are sick of self anointed authorities taking it upon themselves to define the meaning of symbols for everyone.
I don't know much about the area around the state house in SC, but it would be great to see someone or some group buy a parcel of land nearby and to raise the flag in honor of the history, culture and yes 'Heritage' of the South as big visible F-U to all of those who advocated for and participated in this meaningless farce of removing the flag. I would happily contribute to such an effort.
Ethnic clensing? What did Clinton do to the Serbs for that???
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