Posted on 09/29/2002 7:44:09 PM PDT by stainlessbanner
Edited on 07/12/2004 3:57:32 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
WASHINGTON, Va.
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You know Mr. Cantor, maybe it's on the minds of the voters more than you think. This coming from a state(and correct me if I'm wrong) refuses to honor Confederate Memorial Day, tries to distance itself from anything Southern, and apparently of late tries to consider itself more northern than Southern. Maybe there is a large majority of voters who have remained silent over the past few years as they have watched their heritage stripped from them in the name of PC
If Jones wants to fly his flag and speak of his ancestry, heck I say more power to him. Although he's in a party that doesn't hold the ideals of the old Democratic party(which became the Republican party), I've got to say he's got more gumption than most Southerners seem to have
I like this one, Billbears. Wilder thought it was ok to be associated withe CBF and DoH show in 1985, but now he can't be in the same party as Jones. Unbelievable.
But what I found most interesting about this story is how obscure it is. Isn't it clear to everyone that if a Republican candidate used the Confederate flag in such a way, then even if he had a "Dukes of Hazard" background or some other such excuse, he would be denounced in the New York Times and on network TV news.
And if his Democratic opponent were a black man, then Jesse Jackson would be given a national stage for ranting that all Republicans in the state and in the national leadership must denounce the Confederate-flyer, or else by their inaction prove their racism and insensitivity.
The relative dearth and temperance of such coverage is a prime example of bias by omission, the most common form of liberal bias in the U.S. press.
Damn! He looks like CLINTON! LOL
I live in the 7th Dist. of VA & I don't share your enthusiasm for a man using the Stars & Bars to garner votes.
Jones also flies the I LOVE TO RAISE TAXES flag.
I reckon he does have "gumption" if you define that as the ability to speak out of both sides of your mouth.
He's as phony as a Clinton apology.
You need to get to know ol' Cooter a little better then.
Yep...we's a gonna chase that boy back to Georgian yankee country!! We don't much cotton to RATS 'round these parts...LOL!!
FReegards...MUD
BTW...any word on where that Sabato Debate on the 30th is s'posed to be held?
LOL...bet'cha dollars to donuts Cooter's people put L. Douglas up to this!! This is a bogus argument that Virginians fought long ago...ask Wilder where he was during the Robert E. Lee Mural-burning debate down at the Richmond Floodwall!!
Cooter's as fradulent, wannabe-redneck CarpetBagger and every bit as phony as a three-dollar bill, and worth about as much!!
"Hurrah for Cooter!"
HAH!!! Cooter can kiss my grits...MUD
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