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mrdemocrat78 Donating Member (535 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-18-08 03:55 PM
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Huckabee Embraces Confederate Flag To Woo White Evangelicals
Columbia, S. Car. -- The populist campaign of Mike Huckabee, seeking to mobilize an insurgency of white evangelicals against the Republican establishment, took an abrupt turn today after the former Arkansas governor directly appealed to voters on the issue of race, summoning his fellow candidates to stop calling for the removal of the Confederate flag from government offices.

"You don't like people from outside the state coming in and telling you what to do with your flag. ... If somebody came to Arkansas and told us what to do with our flag, we'd tell them what to do with the pole. That's what we'd do," he declared to applause at a campaign rally in Myrtle Beach Thursday.

At the same time, an Atlanta, Georgia, based organization, Americans for the Preservation of American Culture, began running radio ads attacking John McCain for his opposition to displays of the Confederate flag on public buildings and praising Huckabee.

"McCain has been doing it -- calling the flag a racist symbol -- for years," the announcer declares. "After McCain, Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee stands as a breath of fresh air. Governor 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." The ad concludes: "In South Carolina, we're proud to be Southerners."

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TwilightGardener Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-18-08 03:57 PM
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1. He also went crazy on God personally approving the Constitution, and
on illegal-immigrant deportation. Could he be MORE of an obvious panderbear to South Carolina?
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IndianaJones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-18-08 03:59 PM
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2. he's simply reaching out to find common ground. nt.
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mrdemocrat78 Donating Member (535 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-18-08 04:00 PM
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3. nt? what the hell does that mean?
I see so many darn abbreviations... And I don't know what 1/4 of them mean.
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IndianaJones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-18-08 04:03 PM
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4. it means there is no text in the message area.
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Pathwalker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-18-08 04:36 PM
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7. Here's a link to the DU Glossary, which explains them:
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Orsino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-18-08 04:16 PM
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5. Expect him to rediscover the marvels of states' rights...
...in between calls for constitutional amendments.

Pandering to the flaggers is a new low for him, though, as he positions himself as the Bigot Candidate.
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Hardrada Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-18-08 04:31 PM
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6. What is the real Confederate flag anyway?
:popcorn:
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