In South Carolina, Pro-Confederate Flag Group Airs Ads Praising Huckabee's Flag Stance

[jefferson_dem]

In South Carolina, Pro-Confederate Flag Group Airs Ads Praising Huckabee's Flag Stance -- And Hitting McCain
By Greg Sargent - January 17, 2008, 7:40PM

A pro-Confederate Flag third-party group is running new radio ads in South Carolina praising Mike Huckabee's pro-state's-rights stance on the flag issue -- and slamming John McCain over his repeated criticism of the controversial symbol.

"Mike Huckabee's stand is a breath of fresh air," say the ads, which are paid for by the Americans for the Preservation of American Culture. "Gov. Huckabee understands that all the average guy with a Confederate Flag on his pickup truck is saying is: He's proud to be a Southerner."

McCain has been dogged by the flag issue in South Carolina since his 2000 Presidential run; he's repeatedly denounced it, calling it a "racist symbol." There are two versions of the ad, one attacking McCain, the other attacking Romney, who's also condemned the flag. Listen to them both (the second starts roughly at the one-minute mark): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kggoIyEijME

Huckabee has not distanced himself from the ads. Huckabee's position on the issue is that the Federal government should stay out of states' disputes over the flag.

Ron Wilson, an official with the group airing the ads, declined to say how big the buy was. But he confirmed that it was running on all South Carolina radio stations that carry Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and Bill O'Reilly.

http://tpmelectioncentral.com/2008/01/proconfederate_flag_group_airs_ads_praising_huckabees_flag_stance_and_hitting_mccain.php

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. The problem, I thought, was which flag they were flying

Not a flag of the Confederate government, not the Bonny Blue Flag of SC, but rather the Battle Flag of the Army of Northern Virginia, which was pressed into use after the Civil War by the KKK. If these "pro flag" people are really interested in history, they'd insist on one of the former flags, and not the latter one.

[Bok_Tukalo]

2. The Rebublican Party has been on a path ...

... to confine themselves to the CSA states for over a decade. The West can possibly save them but I doubt it considering the influx of Hispanics to that region.

The battle is in the Midwest and they are losing.

[muntrv]

3. I just don't wanna hear these Southerners complain when a Mexican American

waves the Mexican flag. If the confederate flag means one is proud to be a Southerner, then waving the Mexican flag means one is proud to be of Mexican heritage.

[jody]

4. Good point. n/t