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Charleston massacre: Republicans at odds over Confederate flag
The London Telegraph ^ | June 21, 2015

Posted on 06/21/2015 5:35:51 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Mitt Romney and Jeb Bush say South Carolina should remove the Confederate flag from the statehouse but Ted Cruz disagrees.

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has called for the immediate removal of the Confederate battle flag from outside the South Carolina Statehouse, forcing the 2016 Republican presidential contenders to declare their positions on the issue.

Some still steered clear from the sensitive debate, even after the shooting deaths of nine people in a historic African-American church in Charleston further exposed the raw emotions about the flying the flag of the secessionist, pro-slavery Southern states in the 1861-65 American Civil War.

Many see the Confederate flag as "a symbol of racial hatred," the 2012 Republican presidential nominee tweeted on Saturday. "Remove it now to honor #Charleston victims."(continued)

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bush; dixie; dylannroof; romney; southcarolina; tedcruz
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To: Tennessee Nana

Most Mexicans have a problem with it.


21 posted on 06/21/2015 6:35:28 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Can I ask a stupid question? How do unrelated subjects get tossed into social/political debates??? And why???””

Because we live in a land of moral bankruptcy, with the entertainment industry pushing stupid and class warfare as far as they can to the masses, that are for the most part illiterate and uneducated, and will believe whatever they see on TV.


22 posted on 06/21/2015 7:14:49 PM PDT by eyeamok
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Democrat Fritz Hollings brought the Confederate flag back to South Carolina as a way to give the finger to Martin Luther King Jr.

Ernest Frederick "Fritz" Hollings served as a Democratic United States Senator from South Carolina from 1966 to 2005, as well as the 106th Governor of South Carolina and the 77th Lieutenant Governor.

23 posted on 06/21/2015 7:21:48 PM PDT by GOPJ
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To: Catsrus

***These people strain at a gnat and swallow a camel. ***

Sometimes I believe the MSM will bring up something totally irrelevant just to see how much they can manipulate the mob.


24 posted on 06/21/2015 7:28:52 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: Mamzelle

Davy Crockett was from Tennessee...?


25 posted on 06/21/2015 7:40:01 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I always was uneasy with Gov. Romney as a candidate. But really, what business is it of his?


26 posted on 06/21/2015 7:42:26 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (The media must be defeated any way it can be done.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The only people who have business about the South Carolina flag are South Carolinians and the State of South Carolina. The rest sould mind their own business.


27 posted on 06/21/2015 7:51:11 PM PDT by Lion Den Dan
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To: Tennessee Nana

He sure was.


28 posted on 06/21/2015 8:22:49 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Funny, I see the word “Democrat” as a symbol of racial hatred, given the history. All references should be removed/taken down wherever they may reside.


29 posted on 06/21/2015 8:51:25 PM PDT by IAMNO1 (Enough with the divisions. Lets get somebody in there who'll fix this mess.)
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To: All

I have always despised Romney. I regret voting for him. I must have lost my mind.

Romney and the rest of the idiots need to understand what a state’s right is. Is there anyone left who will stand up for the states?


30 posted on 06/21/2015 9:31:22 PM PDT by VerySadAmerican (I'm very sad for my country. Personally, I've never been happier.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Kind of a dichotomy of crazy going on this thread.. (I think it's a southern thing?) So, the confederate flag was a democrat flag, but everyone here apparently hates Romney for wanting to get rid of it.. seems odd. The whole "it's history" argument is equally idiotic.

You won't see someone from the north carrying around a flag with a burnt witch on it claiming "I'm not for burning witches this is just historical". Truly moronic. I wonder how many southerners dislike the term "African-American" because we should all just be Americans. Drop the stupid rebel flag and join the union already.

31 posted on 06/21/2015 10:18:56 PM PDT by douginthearmy
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
this is a diversionary tactic. All Republican candidates should say "Ok, do what you like with the flag. To me it's a historical artifact. Let the people and the courts decide. I have no opinion"

Otherwise the entire 2016 election will be about the flag and the "racial overtones" rather than about socialist issues

32 posted on 06/22/2015 12:12:36 AM PDT by Cronos (ObamaÂ’s dislike of Assad is not based on AssadÂ’s brutality but that he isn't a jihadi Moslem)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
So Romney is working to bring about the third Republican defeat that he had a direct hand in?

He has plenty of help right here on FR......

Go Cruz! My next check is on the way.

33 posted on 06/22/2015 3:36:27 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: trebb

See my tagline.


34 posted on 06/22/2015 4:46:20 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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To: Catsrus
And, how do you know this is a liberal church?

It is called 'Mother Emanuel" Emanuel means God with us, so it is called Mother God with us.

No solid church would ever consider God to be a woman. That'[s how I know it is a liberal, probably UCC church.

35 posted on 06/22/2015 5:04:22 AM PDT by The_Republic_Of_Maine (In an Oligarchy, the serfs don't count.)
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To: Tennessee Nana

From Kentucky? Point being, southern fronteir man, not Kennebunkport elitist—


36 posted on 06/22/2015 6:25:41 AM PDT by Mamzelle
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