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 ...
Most Mexicans have a problem with it.
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.
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.
***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.
Davy Crockett was from Tennessee...?
I always was uneasy with Gov. Romney as a candidate. But really, what business is it of his?
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.
He sure was.
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.
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?
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.
Otherwise the entire 2016 election will be about the flag and the "racial overtones" rather than about socialist issues
He has plenty of help right here on FR......
Go Cruz! My next check is on the way.
See my tagline.
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.
From Kentucky? Point being, southern fronteir man, not Kennebunkport elitist—
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