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How Nikki Haley saved the GOP
The Week ^ | june 23, 2015 | Edward Morrissey

Posted on 06/23/2015 11:36:32 AM PDT by entropy12

"We are not going to allow this symbol to divide us any longer," South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) said Monday afternoon, in a televised address to the nation, of the soon-to-be-retired Confederate flag that has flown on the state capitol grounds for decades. And so long as GOP state legislators follow their governor and their party, after 150 years, South Carolina will no longer endorse the Confederate battle flag, but will consign it to a museum to recognize, as Haley emphasized in her address, its place in the state's history.

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TOPICS: South Carolina; Issues
KEYWORDS: dixie; dylannroof; haley; nikki; nikkihaley; scarolina
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To: entropy12

Your comments are bizarre.

I never said one word about British colonies.

I said that the British Navy, acting alone, and under orders from a freely elected British Parliament, completely stopped the Atlantic Ocean slave trade by 1820.

I also pointed out, factually, that West African Black natives eagerly and profitably supplied West African Black slaves to the white European slave traders.

And, since you are not familiar with the history of the United States, I will also point out that Americans were once subjugated by the British.

We fought our way out of that minor problem 235 years ago and quickly built ourselves into a successful independent country.


61 posted on 06/25/2015 8:50:43 AM PDT by zeestephen
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To: zeestephen

My point is simple. United States has never occupied any foreign land as rulers after winning a war. The British on the contrary were the rulers of their colonies.

That is a huge difference. If you do not understand that, there is no use for further discussion.

Since I grew up in a British colony, I was taught British history, not American history. And I had to obey whatever laws the British rulers established.

But everyone knows United States is the only country who fought a civil war and freed subjugated people. One does not need to go to school to know that.


62 posted on 06/25/2015 9:33:15 AM PDT by entropy12 (I always see glass half full. I see something good in all people, even the crappy RINO's!)
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To: entropy12; zeestephen

“My point is simple. United States has never occupied any foreign land as rulers after winning a war.”

Other than, say, Hawaii. Puerto Rico. The Philippines. Guam. The Canal Zone. And all the territory conquered from Mexico.


63 posted on 06/26/2015 12:31:16 AM PDT by Pelham (Deo Vindice)
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To: entropy12; zeestephen

“But everyone knows United States is the only country who fought a civil war and freed subjugated people.”

“Eveybody knows” indicates a pop version of history. The British announced two emancipation proclamations during the American War of Independence. Had they defeated our rebellion the slaves could have been freed 80 years earlier than they were. The slaves the British freed were taken to Canada.

Lincoln’s war goal was to preserve the Union. He publicly said that if he could preserve the Union by keeping slavery he would do it. If he could preserve the Union by emancipating slaves then he would do that. Emancipating slaves began as a wartime measure to injure the Confederacy and only afterwards was said to be a justification for the slaughter. Lincoln emancipated no slaves in the loyal states, a strange measure if his goal was to end slavery. You might want to read Frederick Douglass’ memorial speech on the 10th anniversary of Lincoln’s death.


64 posted on 06/26/2015 12:45:12 AM PDT by Pelham (Deo Vindice)
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To: entropy12

The Confederate Flag is being publicly dissed for any showing whatsoever. NASCAR is telling people/fans to stop flying it on their RVs in the race areas. It’s been made a giant PC faux pas by the left. If you show that flag, you are now considered a bigot in the media. The cross of Christ is in their PC cross-hairs as well, make no mistake.


65 posted on 06/30/2015 7:49:59 PM PDT by downtownconservative (Mohamed was a tranny)
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To: downtownconservative

I have never lived in the confederate south. So can’t really write anything meaningful about the confederate flag. My guess it was done in hopes of avoiding another Baltimore or Ferguson.


66 posted on 06/30/2015 8:17:08 PM PDT by entropy12 (I always see glass half full. I see something good in all people, even the crappy RINO's!)
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To: entropy12
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67 posted on 07/08/2015 7:37:41 PM PDT by Freedom of Speech Wins
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To: entropy12
Haley gained endorsements for the Republican nomination from former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, and the Tea Party movement

Marco Rubio syndrome all over again. He had a lot of Tea Party conservatives fooled for a while too.

68 posted on 07/09/2015 1:22:45 PM PDT by ek_hornbeck
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