Posted on 01/15/2007 9:38:08 AM PST by SmithL
Columbia, S.C. -- Sen. Joseph Biden, a Democratic presidential hopeful joining fellow Sen. Christopher Dodd at Martin Luther King Jr. holiday events, said Monday he thinks the Confederate flag should be kept off South Carolina's Statehouse grounds.
"If I were a state legislator, I'd vote for it to move off the grounds — out of the state," the Delaware senator said before the civil rights group held a march and rally at the Statehouse here to support its boycott of the state.
In Chicago, Sen. Barack Obama, also prominently mentioned in speculation about the White House sweepstakes in 2008, was a hit at a Rainbow/PUSH Coalition breakfast honoring King, even if he didn't deliver what much of the crowd clearly wanted: a declaration that he will run for president.
Obama received a standing ovation at the annual King scholarship breakfast when the Rev. Jesse Jackson introduced him with an approving reference to the Illinois Democrat's presidential aspirations.
"It's a long, nonstop line between the march in Selma in 1965 and the inauguration in Washington in 2009," said Jackson, the coalition's founder and a one-time presidential candidate himself.
Later, in an address at a King remembrance service at St. Mark's Church in suburban Harvey, Obama said: "I'm not making news today. I'm not here to make news. There will be a time for that."
More than six years after the Confederate flag was taken down from the South Carolina Capitol dome, its location in front of the Statehouse remains an issue at the heart of events celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy.
Jim Hanks stood across from the Statehouse with about 35 Confederate flag supporters.
"We love this flag. We love our heritage," said Hanks, of Lexington.
Some carried signs saying: "South Carolina does not want Chris Dodd,"...
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But you're not, so shut up.
Senator Biden also pledged that if he runs for President, he will refuse to accept any electoral votes from South Carolina...
(sarc)
...he was awfully quiet when the Mexican flag was waving proudly during the immigration marches...
This is why liberals from the NE don't stand a chance. No clue as to what the rest of America deals with.
Let's ignore history and pretend it never existed.
The South stood for state's rights. It is a shame that it took on the moniker of slavery. I wish the South had become a separate country to prove the point that states have more rights than the federal government. To me, the confederate flag stands for that: a great moment lost in time.
"Surrender, Yanquis!" is OK
"Surrender, Yankees!" is not
DixiePing
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Yeah, well, you're not.
beat me to it.
"Well I hope Plugs Biden will remember"
"A southern man don't need him around anyhow."
- Ronnie Van Zandt redux.
When did it become Biden's business what SC does with its flags?
And I would like Joe Biden kept out since he is a reminder of plagerism and bad hair.
Hello did you enjoy Lee/Jackson day?
Don't these people have anything better to do than
It's telling when a the nation is faced with so many truly important issues the party has nothing better to do than beat this dead old horse.
Sounds just like the republicans with the flag burning issue.
Joe Biden didn't think of it until he plagerised Chris Dodd's speech about the flag.
We sure don't. He can stay up north. We do not need or want his opinion about anything southern.
I hope you are well!
Regards, Ivan
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