Rick Perry Just Lost The Southern Vote: Comes Out And Opposes The Confederate Flag

[Lakhota]

Was Lincoln black?

Let me check..........no, he wasn't

Republicans have never voted for a black candidate at a Governor, Senator or Presidential level. They won't this time either. Cain will not win a single state in the GOP primaries.

Save your smilies.....you will need them

Are you sure....?

This is the one I remember growing up. I am sure there are more.

Republilcans have two indian Governors right now, Palin was married to a different kind of indian, Republicans voted in a Japanese senator in 1980. I don't bother with this much, so I am sure there are a lot more.

The Republican candidate for Governor (Ohio) was Ken Blackwell.

I think it's a shame he didn't win. I think he would have made a damn good governor. Better than Kasich.

I would like to see Blackwell run for Governor(again) or Senator (and replace Brown)

Was he the same Ken Blackwell that rigged the Ohio election for Bush in 2004?

TomPaine.com - Kerry Won. . .

 

[rightwinger]

LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT!

The ONLY way to prove we aren't racists is to BE racists and vote for someone BASED SOLELY ON THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN???????????

Then you tell me to save my smilies?????????

Maybe you could start by actually voting for one........ever

In the past 100 years, Republicans have yet to show they would vote for a black candidate in a major election. Cain will be no different.......he will not take a single state

If he does, I will say that for the first time in my adult life I am proud of the Republican Party

Our candidate for Governor (Ohio) in 2006 was Ken Blackwell.

(psst! Strickland the Democrat candidate was white)

And it wasn't a Republican that said about Obama, "A few years ago this guy would be getting us coffee." That would be Bill Clinton.

Once again........Republicans showed they would not come out and vote for a black candidate. Cain will not draw any votes once the primaries start.

Prove me wrong and actually vote for Cain

 

[teapartysamurai]

Are you sure....?

This is the one I remember growing up. I am sure there are more.

Republilcans have two indian Governors right now, Palin was married to a different kind of indian, Republicans voted in a Japanese senator in 1980. I don't bother with this much, so I am sure there are a lot more.

The Republican candidate for Governor (Ohio) was Ken Blackwell.

I think it's a shame he didn't win. I think he would have made a damn good governor. Better than Kasich.

I would like to see Blackwell run for Governor(again) or Senator (and replace Brown)

Was he the same Ken Blackwell that rigged the Ohio election for Bush in 2004?

TomPaine.com - Kerry Won. . .

No, he was the Ken Blackwell that refused to let Democrats steal anymore elections like they used to get away with thanks to groups like Acorn.

Kerry did NOT win Ohio. Okay. Deal with it!

 

[teapartysamurai]

Maybe you could start by actually voting for one........ever

In the past 100 years, Republicans have yet to show they would vote for a black candidate in a major election. Cain will be no different.......he will not take a single state

If he does, I will say that for the first time in my adult life I am proud of the Republican Party

Our candidate for Governor (Ohio) in 2006 was Ken Blackwell.

(psst! Strickland the Democrat candidate was white)

And it wasn't a Republican that said about Obama, "A few years ago this guy would be getting us coffee." That would be Bill Clinton.

Once again........Republicans showed they would not come out and vote for a black candidate. Cain will not draw any votes once the primaries start.

Prove me wrong and actually vote for Cain

I voted for Blackwell, in 2008. Boo, he's black!

The problem is my stupid state has their primary late.

I hate that. They used to be part of Super Tuesday.

I don't know we can't be part of that again.

My the time I voted in 2008, McCain was already our candidate. It sucked!

If Cain is our candidate. No problemo. I will most certainly vote for him.

 

[bodecea]

What a huge political mistake. There are so many compassionate voters who love and adore the Confederate Flag. The Confederate flag is a symbol of the Confederacy. That is what it represents-not slavery, not racism as pandering Perry alleges. To millions of southerners, it is family heritage to them because their not to long ago ancestors fought and died for that flag and now Confederate flag loyalist are fuming mad. Perry committed political suicide today when he came out in opposition of a Confederate Flag license plate for Texans. Believe me, this will truely have consequences for Rick Perry on a massive scale. There is nothing wrong with the Confederate Flag at all and it is not racist. It is a symbol of our southern heritage, pride and traditions.


Rick Perry comes out against Confederate flag license plate | The Ticket - Yahoo! News

He doesn't like this?

 

[paulitician]

Not so sure about that. How many Democrats support the Confederate Flag? I don't think the South will rush out and vote for a Democrat over Perry's stand on this issue. The Democrats are no friends to the South. If Perry gets the nomination,he'll do very well in the South.

 

[bodecea]

Fuck the Confederate flag.

Rick Perry is a symbol of race treason and political opportunism, a bottom dweller who licks the boots of Mexican invaders for a vote. I'm currently reading volume two of Shelby Foote's narrative of the Civil War. He describes an anti-negro rampage in New York City in 1863. The citizens were outraged that they were being conscripted to risk death fighting the South in order to free blacks. It was also rather hypocritical of Honest Abe to be emancipating southern negroes while northern negroes were still held as slaves.


Quote:
Initially intended to express anger at the draft, the protests turned ugly and degraded into "a virtual racial pogrom, with uncounted numbers of blacks murdered on the streets". The conditions in the city were such that Major General John E. Wool stated on July 16, "Martial law ought to be proclaimed, but I have not a sufficient force to enforce it."[6] The military suppressed the mob using artillery and fixed bayonets, but not before numerous buildings were ransacked or destroyed, including many homes and an orphanage for black children.
New York City draft riots - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I thought only colored people rioted?

 

[paulitician]

I understand what Perry is saying and i actually respect him.

 

[JWBooth]

He doesn't like this?

http://www.usmessageboard.com/4329513-post39.html

 

[bodecea]

One would think that the "sign of our heritage" morons would know that the actual CSA flag was this:

Except that it is not.
It was for a while, but for the greater part of it's existence the Confederate government adopted this flag:

In it's last months the government added a red stripe at the fly:

The Sons of Confederate Veterans do not use the flags of the government but the military's battle flag.

I have different info but if you say so.

Why did they add a red stripe?

Because the white made their loser flag look like a flag of surrender....might have been a good idea if they had.

 

[Lakhota]

It's really sad how poor southern whites were duped by plantation owners to fight their war.

 

[USArmyRetired]

It's really sad how poor southern whites were duped by plantation owners to fight their war.

No, Southerners fought for what they believed in and I would praise Southerners if I were you for they have sacrificed themselves in large numbers for your freedoms. You see, Southerners make up just 25% of the population yet accounted for 31% of the troops in WW1, 35% in WW2 and Korea, and a whopping 39% in Vietnam. You owe Southerners your gratitude.

 

[geauxtohell]

If that's what it takes to win the Southern vote, I applaud Rick Perry for having some balls.

Somehow, I think the election isn't going to hang on that, though.

 

[paulitician]

What's the alternative for the South? Are they really gonna vote for Socialist/Progressive Democrats who hate them? If Perry is the GOP Nominee,they'll have to support him.

 

[Synthaholic]

What a huge political mistake. There are so many compassionate voters who love and adore the Confederate Flag. The Confederate flag is a symbol of the Confederacy. That is what it represents-not slavery, not racism as pandering Perry alleges. To millions of southerners, it is family heritage to them because their not to long ago ancestors fought and died for that flag and now Confederate flag loyalist are fuming mad. Perry committed political suicide today when he came out in opposition of a Confederate Flag license plate for Texans. Believe me, this will truely have consequences for Rick Perry on a massive scale. There is nothing wrong with the Confederate Flag at all and it is not racist. It is a symbol of our southern heritage, pride and traditions.


Rick Perry comes out against Confederate flag license plate | The Ticket - Yahoo! News

Sarah is not gonna fuck you. Get over it.

 

[JimBowie1958]

I think it's roughly PAST TIME for "the" South to get over the Confederate Flag.

It's not a matter of actual importance.

Yeah yeah. It has some historical significance to some of the Southern States.

So what?

That was then. Like 1860 or so.

This is now. 150 solid years since that time.

Time marches on.

And nowadays we all have REAL problems to worry about.

Yeah, and libtards say the same thing about the Constitution when they think no one will repeat it.

Not saying that YOU are a libtard, but using their form of 'logic' doesnt help your cause much.

My ancestors were from Indiana and fought against the South. One of my great-great-...uncles fought at Antietem, Fredericksburg, Chancelorsville and other battles in the Indiana 7th infantry regiment. And I do not abide secessionism these days as it is treason, IMO.

But prior to the Civil War, people swore loyalty to their state,not the Federal government, and so the Southerners were being loyal to what they had sworn loyalty to and did not commit treason. They fought for what they thought was their right to leave the political arrangement of the time, much like thier ancestors left the British empire. It was not about slavery.

This issue is important for us today because it is simply one more item on the historical revisionist agenda the left is marching for. To give in to them simply makes it easier for them to then go on to slandering the Founding Fathers, our record of conduct in war and the derision of other national heroes that have fought to defend the freedom you and I have today.

Isnt it better to argue about dead Confederate soldieres than dead American heroes?

I grew up in the South and I can promise you that I and a lot of other Southerners will never forget what those yong boys sacrificed trying to defend their homes back a century and a half ago. Nor will I ever forgive those that spit on the honor of those men for cheap political gain.

Shame on Perry and he has definately lost my vote.

 

[Synthaholic]

Are you sure....?

This is the one I remember growing up. I am sure there are more.

Republilcans have two indian Governors right now, Palin was married to a different kind of indian, Republicans voted in a Japanese senator in 1980. I don't bother with this much, so I am sure there are a lot more.

The Republican candidate for Governor (Ohio) was Ken Blackwell.

I think it's a shame he didn't win. I think he would have made a damn good governor. Better than Kasich.

I would like to see Blackwell run for Governor(again) or Senator (and replace Brown)

Was he the same Ken Blackwell that rigged the Ohio election for Bush in 2004?

TomPaine.com - Kerry Won. . .

Yes. Lately he's been trying to get Mississippi to define a fertilized egg as a 'person'.

Eggs and corporations - Republicans are mentally deficient.

 

[teapartysamurai]

It's really sad how poor southern whites were duped by plantation owners to fight their war.

No, Southerners fought for what they believed in and I would praise Southerners if I were you for they have sacrificed themselves in large numbers for your freedoms. You see, Southerners make up just 25% of the population yet accounted for 31% of the troops in WW1, 35% in WW2 and Korea, and a whopping 39% in Vietnam. You owe Southerners your gratitude.

What those Southernors believed in fighting for the Confederacy was wrong.

 

[teapartysamurai]

if that's what it takes to win the southern vote, i applaud rick perry for having some balls.

Somehow, i think the election isn't going to hang on that, though.

exactly!

 

[Synthaholic]

I think it's roughly PAST TIME for "the" South to get over the Confederate Flag.

It's not a matter of actual importance.

Yeah yeah. It has some historical significance to some of the Southern States.

So what?

That was then. Like 1860 or so.

This is now. 150 solid years since that time.

Time marches on.

And nowadays we all have REAL problems to worry about.

I don't support Perry. But I don't oppose him, either. Win or lose, it should be on the merits. Not on some irrelevant NON "issue" like the Confederate Flag.

Spoken like a true New Yorker.