Why? Because it brings out a small group of Republicans and conservatives that defend what most Americans see as undefensible. God, replace the Confederate flag withe the Nazi flag, would it still be acceptable for Germans and people of German heritage to fly it?! This really is no different.
This is one of those bloody shirts to wave that always stirs up people and cost votes, and costs more votes than it gains anyone. 50 Years ago it cost Democrats, now Republicans. The party least deserving of a racist and insensitive label get one because of this flip.
Credible, electable candidates will have to disavow the Confederate flag, else sit back and watch Clinton or any Democrat walk into the White House by a landslide.
Definitely true. We can have what opinions we want all day, but if we don’t do something that addresses the opinions of the national electorate, we simply lose the election. Any sensible candidate should voice disagreement and move forward from there.
I am proud of my rebel ancestors including those who rode with William Quantrill. I proudly display Georgia’s Rebel Flag that was given to me when the idiot Georgia governor Had it taken Down about 15 years ago. It use to fly out front of the company I worked for. Good lord I wish the right side had won that war. I can see the day when even owning a Rebel Flag will be considered a hate crime.