Posted on 09/29/2006 10:09:22 AM PDT by van_erwin
The Sons of Confederate Veterans are demanding that Sen. George Allen apologize for apologizing.
Allen has tried to mend fences with minorities over his use of the word "macaca," a racially-charged word, in part by saying he has regretted his infatuation with the Confederate flag.
That touched off an angry response Thursday from two leaders of the 4,000-member Confederate group, who said Allen has turned his back on them.
"We feel he's using our flag to wipe the muck from his shoes that he's now stepped in," said Frank Earnest of Virginia Beach, state division commander of the group.
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I have no "pet candidate" for 2008. I can observe the actions of Allen and recognize bad judgment. I have watched him from afar and have been mildly interested since hearing good things from Freepers. I will not support a candidate who demonstrates a lack of commitment to his/her values whether a conservative or flaming radical liberal. To me it is a lack of moral courage.
"still would be a viable candidate for VP then President later" "This could be a good learning experience for him "
I had forgotten all about that possibility of VP, as far as learning, when Webb announced, I said this would be a tempering experience for Allen, but I didn't foresee him being so tainted with the race thing.
You know how the media works, This smear campaign is just to lay the groundwork, to frame the dialog for any future campaigns by Allen.
Allen can defeat all this now, but when he goes national, these won't be treated by the media as new accusations, but will be treated as history, in other words they are manufacturing baggage that they can drag out in 08.
If he has not learned NEVER to apologize over any of this BS then he is finished. He must always assume that the Treason Media is around him for ONE reason, to destroy him.
"If he has not learned NEVER to apologize over any of this BS then he is finished. He must always assume that the Treason Media is around him for ONE reason, to destroy him."
True, as what I thought was the most likely candidate in 08, either he can handle this or he can't.
He was the guy I preferred but after his comments on Sheehan started to drop in my estimation.
Yes, how wonderfully Donner Party Conservative of you. Manufacture some excuse to chew on your own side instead of actually finding the guts to one time actually attack the Democrats for their transparent gutter slime ball politics.
"Allen campaign manager Dick Wadhams told the Associated Press that Allen stands by his comments."
Well, aren't you special! And look! I see votes just being blown away by the wind. Why? Well, mostly because you're a sissy...
>>apparently, it is a slur that was used by European settlers (AKA pieds-noirs, as the French called them) in the former French colonies of Tunisia and Algeria.
I had only heard pied-noir in reference to the Piegan, Kainai, and Siksika tribes of the northern Great Plains and the eastern foothills of the Rockies who were collectively known as the Blackfeet. The ones who caused so much grief for the American fur trappers in the early 1800s.
I checked it out and sure enough you're right.
Believe it or not, Mudcat Saunders, Campaign co-chair for the Webb campaign, belongs to this organization.
how a MAN can turn his back on his FAMILY is a mystery to me.
free dixie,sw
Spanish for "Macaque" a kind of North African monkey that follows you around, tries to get its hands in your pockets, steals your food, tries to steal shiny objects, and generally makes a nuisance of itself. I thought it was a great description. I heard Conrad Burns describing someone from moveon.org following him around with a camera and I thought to myself "Ah, a macaca." That name is here to stay, and it is NOT racially charged.
What are you, the RNC's Free Republic Whip?
Take your own advice.
and he USED to be one of our members! it's called being a spline-LESS, TURNCOAT!
fwiw, those who offended by the BATTLEFLAG are LEFTISTS, DIMocRATS and/or FOOLS. (anytime you apologize for something like this, you look like either an idiot, a coward or BOTH, imVho.)
free dixie,sw
LOL....apparently, it is a slur that was used by European settlers (AKA pieds-noirs, as the French called them) in the former French colonies of Tunisia and Algeria.
Actually, pied-noir is a slur itself, like "trailer trash" or "white trash".
The last time I looked, Allen was a grown man.
If he can't tell these people to get bent, then he shouldn't be elected dog catcher much less re-elected as a Senator and for possible President.
the FACT is that you, like MANY others, were made a FOOL OF.
you may now respond to everyone by saying, "I'm sorry i was made to look like a DUNCE by some group NOT affiliated with the SCV".
free dixie,sw
for example,our local camp (what we SCV ers call a chapter) has 3 Blacks, 2 Jewish & 2 AmerIndians of 46 members.
free dixie,sw
don't you get tired of being LAUGHED AT as a nitwit & a DUNCE???
free dixie,sw
The current crop of candidates the GOP is pushing for President (Rice, McCain, Allen, etc.) is underwheming and uninspiring at the least. I doubt the voters will want another Washington insider in 2008. There are many good dark-horse candidates out there.
Here are people we should look at:
Already running, probable long-shot
- Mitt Romney, Governor of Massacuttes
Some Good Possiblities
- Tim Pawlenty, Governor of Minnesota
- Mike Huckabee, Governor of Arkansas
- Bill Owens, retiring Governor of Colorado
- Tommy Thompson, former Govenror of Wisconsin & former Secretary of Health
Some future possiblities:
- Ken Blackwell, if elected Governor of Ohio in November
- Lynn Swann, if elected Governor of Pennsylvania in November
- Dick DeVos, if elected Governor of Michigan in November
Don't you get tired of your LOSER candidates being endorsed by racists like the KKK (even though you claim the KKK has "nothing to do with confederate hertiate" despite them being founded by confederate vets?)
Don't you get tired of the "southron conservatives" that you claim to speak for voting for "scalawags"?
Don't you get tired of your SPINELESS efforts to HIDE every time I ask you whether you'd vote for Sonny Perdue or the communist RAT in November? (can't admit you'd support the RAT, cuz then the moderators would ZOT you good, eh?)
Don't you get bored pimping for the good ol' days of segregationist Democrats on a forum run by evil "damnyankees" from California?
Don't you get tired of using the phrases "SOUTH-HATING" "ASS-CLOWN", "DAMNYANKEE" "FREE DIXIE" over and over again when you can't refute my arguments with any intelligence response?
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