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73. Haley in 2nd term, can't run again

Sat Jun 20, 2015, 05:48 PM

Jun 2015

I'm afraid her next goal is Washington DC. I've warned people of her for years- she is a smart and politically savvy version of Sarah Palin.

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Every S.C. Statehouse Flag Is at Half Staff--Except the Confederate One [View all] Adenoid_Hynkel Jun 2015 OP

shaking my head here uppityperson Jun 2015 #1

I guess you go get the ladder and take the fool thing down altogether then. Ed Suspicious Jun 2015 #2

Where's Photographer billhicks76 Jun 2015 #31

They could SHOOT it down...I'm sure there are enough guns around... Gloria Jun 2015 #45

Oddly....that was my thought. thecrow Jun 2015 #54

Or just take a chain saw to the flag pole csziggy Jun 2015 #50

Or fell the flagpole at the ground. It'd be zero mast. Would that be legal? freshwest Jun 2015 #56

requires Courage in 2015. LeftOfWest Jun 2015 #57

If I recall my boy scout stuff, correctly ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2015 #3

I guess that doesn't apply to those who hate America enough to start their own country. arcane1 Jun 2015 #4

You are correct, sir!! gelsdorf Jun 2015 #5

Only a Church Pennant may fly above the US Flag and then only at sea during services. happyslug Jun 2015 #9

The confederate flag is on a pole at ground level, while the American flag and SC flag are on a Fla Dem Jun 2015 #63

not familiar with the flag setup, but it's possible the us flag at half-mast is still higher. unblock Jun 2015 #12

You're right. n/t sarge43 Jun 2015 #13

Actually, flags of foreign nations can be flown at full staff onenote Jun 2015 #67

That's IT! I'm boycotting SC. neeksgeek Jun 2015 #6

Good for you - me too. I have little reason to travel to the south, in any case. erronis Jun 2015 #24

have only driven thru to get to FL wordpix Jun 2015 #61

Now that's just fucking disgraceful. SHAME on S.C. navarth Jun 2015 #7

That Confederate Battle Flag is hate speech, pure and simple. SunSeeker Jun 2015 #8

Take the flag down and throw it away Rosa Luxemburg Jun 2015 #10

Let it stay. Maybe, just maybe, this will be the week when it finally shames them. n/t Orsino Jun 2015 #11

They have no shame. nt SunSeeker Jun 2015 #14

I think the most we can hope for is that a few more are peeled away from the hardcore neocons. n/t Orsino Jun 2015 #16

They do indeed turn off a few more every time they do things like this. arcane1 Jun 2015 #52

The killer will probably be tried in a courthouse with this flag flying out front Midnight Writer Jun 2015 #55

The only Confederate flag that is meaningful Mr.Bill Jun 2015 #15

Crock of shite ga_girl Jun 2015 #17

So you agree it should just be taken down, which is the topic? Fred Sanders Jun 2015 #29

Welcome to DU, ga_girl. calimary Jun 2015 #30

I can't get the link to work (even fixed) SusanCalvin Jun 2015 #38

And the ledge has to vote any time that rag needs to go half staff? sarge43 Jun 2015 #41

Now there is a very good point. SusanCalvin Jun 2015 #43

My recollection is that when Strom Thurmond died onenote Jun 2015 #66

Wow. SusanCalvin Jun 2015 #68

Take that fucker down, Ms. Haley. GeorgeGist Jun 2015 #18

Someone should burn that damn flag TNNurse Jun 2015 #19

you and me too, honey. My grandpa was in Shelby's Cavalry and got caught roguevalley Jun 2015 #22

It reveres it's memory of being the catalyst for the Civil War as well... Hulk Jun 2015 #20

That is so wrong! In_The_Wind Jun 2015 #21

I spit on their flag. It is a flag of the terrorists who invaded the United States. Harriety Jun 2015 #23

I live in the Deep South,,,and every person I know that is a Republican is a Bigot. Cryptoad Jun 2015 #25

Everyone I know who defends that flag SusanCalvin Jun 2015 #39

A nice big slug of paint in a balloon and a trebuchet erronis Jun 2015 #26

Keep in mind the State paid a flag company with taxpayer money for that rag. Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2015 #27

I do notice, though, that it's not up there atop the dome of the state capitol building. calimary Jun 2015 #28

I still don't believe that the DU readers have quite grasped the blunt ladjf Jun 2015 #32

THat flag is not just the symbol of slavery. JDPriestly Jun 2015 #33

How very fitting. yardwork Jun 2015 #34

Why is everybody in denial that the Confederates fought AGAINST the U.S.? world wide wally Jun 2015 #35

Those White Power Hate flags are obscene Submariner Jun 2015 #36

I've always hated that damn flag. Duppers Jun 2015 #37

There is no difference between the confederate flag and the nazi swastika flag, both are symbols of Augiedog Jun 2015 #40

It's a great country that lets ingnorant fucks have an opinion. Leontius Jun 2015 #46

Thank you.... Augiedog Jun 2015 #58

The people of SC should march on the capitol and take that flag down by force. Marrah_G Jun 2015 #42

It's SICK AND DISGUSTING!!!!! Gloria Jun 2015 #44

Haley in 2nd term, can't run again SCantiGOP Jun 2015 #73

That flag flaunts hate. suffragette Jun 2015 #47

If there's ever a time to not hide behind what's "allowed," Novara Jun 2015 #48

Tear that rag down. marble falls Jun 2015 #49

Maybe... wcmagumba Jun 2015 #51

Oh I like that idea! Person 2713 Jun 2015 #53

I have a radical idea that might eradicate the Confederate flag for good Telcontar Jun 2015 #59

Unworkable, a better idea is to tax such flags: happyslug Jun 2015 #60

How does that square with 1st Amendment tho? Telcontar Jun 2015 #62

It wouldn't. onenote Jun 2015 #65

The power to tax is absolute.... happyslug Jun 2015 #69

Grosjean v. Am. Press and Minneapolist Star Trib. v. Comm. onenote Jun 2015 #71

Have you read that case, it was very dependent on the fact it involved NEWSPAPERS only. happyslug Jun 2015 #75

Heritage not hate... sanatanadharma Jun 2015 #64

If this is for real we are all in for some big ugly trouble olddots Jun 2015 #70

It may be going to half mast soon. alphafemale Jun 2015 #72

It should be torn down. blackspade Jun 2015 #74