Students carry Confederate flag to Dean appearance

Herald Tribune ^ | 11-14-2003 | ROSS SNEYD

[1Old Pro]

Now why didn't I think of that.

[Chad Fairbanks]

So, I take it you don't find this whole incident funny? You don't think these students did a good thing in embarrassing Dean?

Do you ever participate in FReeps? I'm guessing no, based on the attitude I'm seeing...

[Darksheare]

What is funny is this: The guys with teh flag may not have been conseravtives and may actually be Dean supporters.
Just a bit off balance in their support.
*chuckle*
If they're not conservatives, they will be soon.
Lib-think does not approve of being shown the light of truth, nor does it approve of any form of perceived mockery.

[Xthe17th]

earlier post: FREEPERS in NH? - Dean Pays Filing Fee Amid White Sheets and Confederate Flags.

[Non-Sequitur]

So, I take it you don't find this whole incident funny?

Funny? I find the whole thing ridiculous.

[Chad Fairbanks]

Why is that? I mean, sometimes, when dealing with politicians, we "little people" have to get a little creative to make our points... that's what these kids were doing, and it seemed to have made the democrats REALLY uncomfortable, so what's the problem?

[Honorary Serb]

For many people, the Confederate battle flag stands for regional pride and even for resistance to neo-imperialist corporatism and cultural homogenization. For these people, it is nearly the opposite of an "American swastika".

I grew up in a state with both a Rebel and a Yankee heritage, so I know. And even President Harry S Truman, who integrated the armed forces, had a picture of Robert E Lee in his office in the White House!

[Honorary Serb]

Don't Southerners attend Ivy League Colleges?

Yes they do. A few years ago (somewhere back in the clinton era), there was an "incident" where a Harvard undergraduate hung a Confederate battle flag out a window in her room, and refused to take it down (at least for awhile) when attacked by the poobahs of the politically correct. She said that she displayed the flag to express her Southern pride. I don't remember what the final outcome was.

It would have been refreshing to see a liberal Democratic candidate for President champion those who love the Confederate flag, and NOT apologize for it! Unfortunately, that is not possible in the politically correct climate that we live under today.

[finnman69]

Loads faster than Dartmouth's flag

[Happy2BMe]

"Dean is remarkably preoccupied with himself."

Now, why would you ever say a thing like that?

Dean's Flag Comment Stirs Southern Ire

Republicans wins Kentucky and Mississippi governor race

NOTE TO ALL DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES: KEEP BASHING THE SOUTH!

(This is for you Dean: How many of them drive pickup trucks?)

Send it to the DNC for mass distribution.

More like foot in mouth (Bigfoot, that is!)

I asked to see what a METROSexual looked like and BAM!

Howard Dean

Howard Dean says he's running for President, and on paper he's quite a candidate. He's the longest-serving Democratic governor. He signed the first law in the country to allow gay unions. And, he's got the endorsement of America's favorite president-that-isn't: Martin Sheen.

Google Search for Metrosexual

HELP!

metrosexual (aka Male Democrat) (MET.roh.sek.shoo.ul) n. A dandyish narcissist in love with not only himself, but also his urban lifestyle; a straight man who is in touch with his feminine side. —metrosexuality n. Example Citation: The only problem facing the metrosexual in an otherwise carefree existence is the inescapable effects of ageing. If 30 is 45 in gay years, then 26 is retirement age for the metrosexual — and no amount of biotechnological, rehydrating, whale sperm dermo-care can alter that. —Jonathan Trew, "I love me so much," The Scotsman, July 24, 2002

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[Happy2BMe]

"Otherwise they are no different than Dean in using the confederate flag for their own political purposes."

What's that you say - you've never heard of the good 'ole Xing Huang family from Little Rock, Arkansas?

:~)

[TigersEye]

Dean, the metrosexual redneck.

[grania]

In his speech, Dean proposed repealing President Bush's tax cuts so college students could get $10,000 yearly in federal aid.

That might be one of his dumbest, most pandering moves. All that $10,000 would do is to allow colleges to raise costs by $10,000 and everyone still ends up paying the same. It would also be a nice subsidy for those "students" who could then go to a state college for free, party on until they flunked out, and make serious students miserable.

But, alas, he's pandering to Dartmouth students in this speech. The $10,000 sounds like a nice start for the cost of their educations there.

[MeekOneGOP]

hehe !

And I liked TigersEye's comment: Redneck metrosexual. ha! ha!

[TigersEye]

You might be a metrosexual redneck if:

... you hunt deer with rubber bullets.

[MeekOneGOP]

hehe ! ...

[Gianni]

when dealing with politicians, we "little people" have to get a little creative to make our points

I don't think it's funny, creative, or cute. Enough Americans died following that flag that its misuse is as inappropriate when performed by snot-nosed ivy-league punks as it is by bozos in white sheets who think it means something it doesn't. Note that these college kids were using it to 'embarass' Dean, obviously adhering to the KKK's attempted hijacking of the flag as a symbol of racism.