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Gephardt wants Missouri Confederate flag pulled down
STLtoday.com ^ | 1-14-03 | Scott Charton

Posted on 01/14/2003 11:13:33 AM PST by FairWitness

Edited on 05/11/2004 5:34:05 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

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To: FairWitness
Democrats bash white guys, then blame it on "hate" when they don't get their votes.
21 posted on 01/14/2003 12:37:41 PM PST by Guillermo (Sic em')
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To: JohnGalt
I have a picture from the Council Of Conservative Citizens Periodical with Gephardt as the honored speaker. I wish I could get it on here somehow.
22 posted on 01/14/2003 12:48:10 PM PST by vetvetdoug
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To: vetvetdoug; Registered
#22 -- Poster needed, Registered.
23 posted on 01/14/2003 1:37:36 PM PST by toenail
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To: KC_Conspirator
" - - until Dick Gephardt, who might as well be from Ohio in this part of the state, brought it up for political purposes today."

Your "might as well be from Ohio" comment made me remember a speculation on local news of how it would be to have "the vacation White House" in Missouri if Gephardt were elected President. Since Gephardt spends next to no time in Missouri now, I doubt he would spend time here if he became President (which I devoutly hope never happens).

24 posted on 01/14/2003 1:49:16 PM PST by FairWitness
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To: FairWitness
If I were elected president I would vacation at the Lake of the Ozarks and shock everyone with my behavior down at Party Cove.
25 posted on 01/14/2003 1:56:28 PM PST by KC_Conspirator
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To: mhking
gephardt waited so long to "dis" my ancestor and DIS-honor the sacred flag of our MO hero-martyrs because he hadn't read the POLLS!

THAT'S WHY!

as over 60% of MO soldiers were fighting for DIXIE, that's a bit strange, don't you think?

OH, i forgot, he's a DIMocRAT;that explains it! the self-same party that EXCUSES "mr KKK byrd" for being a "kleagle" AND is UN-ashamed of wee willie klintoon's 8 year MIS-rule!

FRee dixie,sw

26 posted on 01/14/2003 2:12:16 PM PST by stand watie (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God. : Thomas Jefferson 1774)
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To: FairWitness
>>Smith, the Gephardt spokesman, said the congressman had never spoken against the flag's display at Higginsville because he wasn't aware of it.<<


Gephardt isn't aware that there is a Missouri outside the St. Louis area. He's never held statewide office and probably never could win a statewide election.
27 posted on 01/14/2003 3:40:35 PM PST by Missouri
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To: Missouri
Hello Missouri, My highschool, the Richland Rebels, won the Missouri 1-A state basketball title in 1996. When I graduated in 1995 there were at least six confederate flags in the gym, baseball field, etc.

After winning the state title, the team was awarded a plaque of recognition from the Sons of Confederate Veterans for honoring the heritage of the Confederate,or something to that effect. I have emailed Ron Casteel asking for specifics but I'm still waiting to hear from him.

I wanted to email Gephardt and ask him if he thinks the Missouri State Senate Resolution commending the team should be repealed

http://www.senate.state.mo.us/96info/jrnl/DAY48.htm

But his website says I'll only get a reply if I live in his District. Would you be interested in asking him about this? Thanks.

28 posted on 01/15/2003 3:09:44 AM PST by Can i say that here?
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To: FairWitness
``My own personal feeling is that the Confederate flag no longer has a place flying anytime, anywhere in our great nation,'' Gephardt said in a statement.

This would appear to condemn displays of the flag on private property as well; also, at Confederate monuments and cemeteries. How many Confederate Civil War monuments in National Military Parks bear a coat of arms of the Confederacy, or some other Confederate symbol?

It remains to be discussed, whether he refers to the Battleflag, or to all the other, various flags that were associated with the CSA, from the First National ("Stars and Bars") to the Cherokee Braves flag, the Missouri Battleflag, various Corps flags and devices (Hardee's, Polk's, Taylor's, etc.), and the Bonnie Blue.

And why stop at flags? Why not insist that the writings of Jefferson Davis, and books about Davis and John Calhoun, the speeches of Calhoun against Webster, and the Civil War monuments themselves be burned or demolished? Isn't it time the Stone Mountain monument got the dynamite treatment, like those nasty Buddhist statues the Taliban cleaned up in Afghanistan?

And why stop at Confederalia? Why stop at banning Stephen Foster songs, burning flags, and demolishing antebellum relics like Oak Alley and Jefferson Davis's home? How about Monticello? -- Thomas Jefferson was certainly a slave owner. Torch Monticello!

But beyond the monuments and flags, beyond all the symbols, is the Problem itself, the Final Solution of which these halfway measures only point toward. Will the Democrats have the courage to grasp the nettle and propose What Must Be Done to rid North America of white racism and moral nastiness forever? Will they have the courage and vision to produce their own Wansee Protocol? We'll see.

Me, I'll be waiting. I want to sell tickets and popcorn, for when they finally Go All the Way.

29 posted on 01/15/2003 3:45:43 AM PST by lentulusgracchus
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To: Can i say that here?
>>But his website says I'll only get a reply if I live in his District.<<


I'd like to but I don't live in his district either.
I think we should have a statewide vote on this.
30 posted on 01/15/2003 4:04:59 AM PST by Missouri
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To: Can i say that here?
>>I wanted to email Gephardt and ask him if he thinks the Missouri State Senate Resolution commending the team should be repealed<<


I wouldn't concern myself with Gephardt. You'd be better off writing to Governor Holden about such matters. His job is the one in the balance.
31 posted on 01/15/2003 3:19:57 PM PST by Missouri
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To: FairWitness
GephaRAT better watch his back side, should this branch of the Redneck Special Forces catch up with him. Pictured are the five Clinton brothers.

Pictured are Billie Bud Clinton, Fatman Clinton, Duh Clinton and Freddie the Finger Clinton. Missing but not missed is William Jefferson Clinton, convicted fellon, lier and X42. He won't be missed but just does not go away. That's not a good thing.

Thought struck me during Preview: These fellows sure don't look like F. Remington's Coming Through The Rye.


32 posted on 01/15/2003 3:37:55 PM PST by jws3sticks ((Hillary can take a long walk on a short pier, too!))
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To: FairWitness
LOL! The show-me state.
33 posted on 01/15/2003 3:39:30 PM PST by Saundra Duffy
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To: Saundra Duffy
>>LOL! The show-me state.<<


Just remember, Gephardt has never held a statewide office and the only time he won a statewide election was the 1988 Democratic primary. So the only LOL should be toward the 3rd Congressional District.
34 posted on 01/15/2003 4:38:49 PM PST by Missouri
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