Posted on 02/21/2007 11:08:04 AM PST by presidio9
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday that South Carolina should remove the Confederate flag from its Statehouse grounds, in part because the nation should unite under one banner while at war. "I think about how many South Carolinians have served in our military and who are serving today under our flag and I believe that we should have one flag that we all pay honor to, as I know that most people in South Carolina do every single day," Clinton told The Associated Press in an interview.
"I personally would like to see it removed from the Statehouse grounds," the New York senator said during her first trip to the early voting state since announcing her White House bid.
Other Democratic hopefuls, including Sens. Joe Biden and Chris Dodd, have said the flag should come down. The banner, which once flew over the Statehouse dome and now flies nearby, is the subject of an ongoing NAACP boycott.
Clinton is one of several Democrats to draw huge crowds during campaign stops in the state, but she said during the interview that her party will have a tough time winning in GOP-heavy South Carolina
"I think it's going to be hard for any Democrat to carry the state," she said. "The Republican Party is very strong here."
Earlier in the day, Clinton spoke to more than 1,500 people gathered at Allen University, a historically black college in Columbia.
The senator picked up key endorsements last week from two black state senators who helped deliver black voters to former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards in 2004. One of those politicians, state Sen. Darrell Jackson, whose media company also picked up a $10,000 consulting contract from Clinton's campaign, introduced her to the Allen University crowd.
During the AP interview, Clinton said her campaign struck no deal with Jackson. "Senator Jackson has worked in Clinton campaigns going back to 1992," she said.
Did you forget anyone can search all post and see just how false and ignorant your comment is? Or were you betting no one would take the time to do just that?
I know I wouldn't mind removing all of them in this case.
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She can leave her top on, thank you very much. Boob job scars are a monstrous turn off.
Betcha she can't tell a real CSA flag from a stars-and-bars battle flag!
Not just stupid, he's wrong.
You are a scream. I just checked out your posting history, and on the first page alone, there are no fewer than 11 posts in which you have posted the duplicates threads for that topic. And that only goes back to YESTERDAY.
Here's the link for all to see: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/user-posts?id=181075
I was wrong about one thing, though, it's not just presidio you stalk.
The NCAA, NAACP, and democrats running for president are the only people that care about the Confederate Flag at the Confederate Soldier Monument on the Statehouse grounds.
lol
Glad to see Hillary is working hard for New Yorkers.
Mighty selective in your observations, but everyone already knew that.
It is not my business what kind of flag SC, or any other state flies. It is not their business what my state flies. It certainly isn't Hillary's business but she will make it her business in an attempt to pander to those who want to meddle in a state's business.
Didn't our founding fathers say something about leaving up to the states that which is not covered in the Constitution?
But I thought she was against the war? So her argument is mute.
So her argument is mute.
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Not really, I hear her loud and clear. Her point, however, may be moot.
(sorry, couldn't help myself)
Mighty selective in your observations, but everyone already knew that.
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Interesting that you choose not to quarrel with the facts in evidence. Very telling, indeed.
Sorry I am just a dumb ass southern my bad.
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