About the Confederate flag ... WHO CARES!?
No Republican candidate can be taken seriously in their campaign for the presidency until they've been accused of being a racist. Looks like George Allen has "made it".
Ain't that the truth about the Confederate flag. I knew so many "Northern Yankees" who wore the Southern Cross during the 70s. It was indeed a sign of rebellion and had nothing whatsoever to do with race.
I like this guy already.
Allen didn't have an answer because he said he couldn't remember the pin. Maybe he was just showing off? Being a cut-up? A renegade? <<<
Hmmm.
What could have been going on/popular to possibly explain this?
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YAWN
Thats my reaction everytime I hear the word racist.
Given the rutnlessness of the Democrat spinners, I honestly think this is a kiss of death for Allen's presidential candidacy.
Outside of the conservative elements of white southerners, most Americans do view the battle flag as racist--that's a fact of perception, even if totally unfair. The DemocRats will beat that drum until all America is deafened by it.
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George Allen is one of those "guest worker" salesmen.
I'd rather support Tancredo or Gilchrist.
They're on the right side of this issue.
Driveby media at it again. Now having a Confederate flag sticker is equivalent to being 'insensitive' to race issues.
Notice the newspeak for calling someone a racist without actualling saying:
"Why would a young man with such a sensitive understanding of Southern racial conflict and no Southern heritage (Allen grew up mostly in California) wear a Confederate flag in his formal yearbook photo?"The implication of the above loaded questions is, 'Allen is insensitive to race issues.'
ROTFL!
Whenever a Republican candidate is accused of being a racist, you know he is awesome. The racism lie has been perpetrated against every principled conservative, especially presidential contenders.
And you know what? It's BORING. It's been overdone and people don't care about it anymore, as we saw with the failed attempt to paint Bush as a supporter of lynching.
The Southern Battle Flag has meaning for many people as a symbol of history and heritage, not mere racism. Anyone who knows any Civil War history knows that slavery and racism were neither the only nor the primary cause of the Civil War. It was about issues of States' rights v. Union/Federal power.
Allen is not going to be seriously hurt by this; he is too skilled a politician. Real Americans will see that he simply appreciates the rich role the South has played in American history. No more, no less. And the liberal elitists can shove it.
The word "racist" is used so often and so incorrectly that it's lost its pejorative power.
If someone called me a racist, for any reason, I'd just shrug it off. It doesn't mean anything anymore.