Mike Huckabee: Flying Conferedate Flag Should Be South Carolina’s Choice
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Republican Mike Huckabee said the government should stay out of disputes over the Confederate flag in South Carolina.
“You don’t like people from outside the state coming in and telling you what to do with your flag,” Huckabee, a former Arkansas governor, told supporters Thursday in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
“In fact, if somebody came to Arkansas and told us what to do with our flag, we’d tell ‘em what to do with the pole, that’s what we’d do,” Huckabee said.
Arkansas’ flag includes four stars surround the word “Arkansas” — one above it and three below it. The one above stands for the Confederacy, according to the state code.
He did not say whether he considers it offensive to fly the flag, a symbol of racism to some and Southern pride to others, saying only that the matter should be up to the states. That was the position of his rival John McCain when he ran for president in 2000; after losing, McCain said he had not been honest about his feelings and that the flag should go.
Ironically, Huckabee is barnstorming South Carolina with former Gov. David Beasley, who angered conservative Republicans by calling for the flag’s removal from the statehouse dome. Today, the flag is displayed elsewhere on the state Capitol grounds.
Earlier Thursday, Huckabee assailed political insiders who blew opportunities to fix Washington, a subtle dig at rivals John McCain and Fred Thompson.
Huckabee did not name names as he campaigned Thursday at a steel plant in Huger, S.C., but it was clear he meant McCain and Thompson, a current and former senator who are competing against him in South Carolina’s primary Saturday.
“Everyday, some Washington insider is coming down to South Carolina telling you not to vote for me,” Huckabee told about 125 people at the Nucor Steel Berkeley plant. “My attitude is, if they were going to fix it, they should have already done it. Since they haven’t, the last thing we need is them going to the White House.”
This morning I was walking my dog and discovered a loud helicopter hovering over my home flying low enough for me to see his unpatriotic rebel artwork displayed all over his chopper.
My thoughts are all aviation flying in our US skies should only represent proud to be an american-our patriotic flag. Any rebel in the sky should be shot down!
Who proclaimed that the Concederate Cause was ever conceived to be evil and full of hatred and bigotry. Even the old testament speaks of the isrealites, the chosen people of God, who, with Gods blessing, killed everyone including men, women and children who stood against them on their way to the promised land. Most of the great men of the bible owned slaves of some sort. Do we consider David, Moses, Abraham bigots and full of hatred. I am not condoning slavery and believe it was a blight to the country and needed to be stopped along with the slave trade. But the history that led up to the seccession was over states rights and taxes imposed against agriculture that was the way of life in the southern states. Before people start crying over a historical heritage they better wake up, quit using God as an excuse, and vote for Mike Huckabee who he is and what he believes and who he believes in. Our forefathers sure did and look were it them. Not so much today. If you vote democrat today, your wanting the government to tell you how to eat, sleep, and live. We are not so far away from another idealogy that we fought a COLD WAR over for decades. Anyway, think about this. Voting is the only right we have left in this country and if you listen to the polls and network news then you have lost that right because its no longer a choice.
P.S. I am very proud of gg grandfather and what he fought for. 43rd Alabama Infantry, Co I….1862-64
I was not accusing Huckabee of being a liar. I was accusing some previous Presidents, namely Clinton, of being guilty of that. I was claiming Huckabee as the man of integrity. I have met him myself on numerous occasions while he was governor in Arkansas and have been impressed each time I walked away from an encounter. And there is no ‘dancing around’ scripture. Stop the judge lest ye be judged, this has to do with the honesty and integrity of the next leader of the free world. The other poster was speaking things that bordered on murmuring and that was the reason for my reference to scripture and the rebuke. I was shooting for accountability not judgment.
Mona, you said you were thinking about voting for Gov Huckabee until he supported the S.C. flag? Where did he say he supported the Confederate flag? He said the decision should be left up to the states to decide. He didn’t say he supported it. He’s a Christian and believes in the Bill of Rights. Those rights give us and the states the ability to make our own decisions. I’m tired of being told who to vote for because of the color of my skin. I’m going to whisper this so no one hears. It was the Republicans who voted to end slavery (Democrats voted against it). Republicans vote to keep taxes low. Republicans are against the killing of children (abortion). Republicans have appointed the Black Federal Judges, Generals, Sec State, Sec Defense, Sec Education, etc. Under the Dems, who ? Republicans want to get folks off of welfare where as Democrats want to increase the payments. Welfare is our peoples’ crack cocaine, girl. I now vote like my forefathers did, Republican.
Huck A Bee is just a true-blue Southern-born Confederate at heart. The
South Carolina flag, and others like it, represents whats left of the “Rebel Cause”. They fought to keep Blacks enslaved and The United States of America from being “One Nation Under God”. Of course, Shuck-a-bee has to satisfy the junkyard dog mentality of those “good-ol boy” southern bigots who still run rampant in South Carolina and other “Suthen” states. Yes, with Huck and those like him, bigotry and prejudice are alive and well. It’s a good thing honest people have read through his sly attempt to conceal his sham. Stay on the farm Huck, you’ll need to do something for a living soon. Oh wait!!! You no doubt can make some easy money in one of your Suthen “Christian” churches. Yea, you are one piece of work, for a
“Christian”. The scam is up.
The state flag should be left up to the states to decide, period. As a black man, I’m offended by the fact that Jessie Jackson is also seen flying first class, rides in limos, and wears $5,000 suits when all of his income comes from donations from extremely poor folks. Why is the Confederate flag a symbol of hatred? This is the United States not the Federal Government of America. Do you have so little education that you don’t understand history? The Civil War was fought over states rights. R U referring back when the northern commander (Gen Grant) did own slaves and southern commander (Gen Robert E. Lee) did not own slaves. Note, Liberals look to the Federal Government to solve all their problems where Conservatives empower the people. The government is very good at spending tax dollars. Someone mentioned hatred and slavery as the reason to take the Confederate flag down. News flash, it was the British and American flags that brought over the slaves from the African slave traders. Sorry. Also, doesn’t the KKK march with an American flag also? Maybe the American flag should be banned as well since someone used it as a form of hatred. Southerners didn’t send 300,000 of its young boys to die for some rich guy’s slaves on his giant plantation. Not to mention 250,000 men from the north. Ignorance and a lack of education is no reason to take down a flag. If you want to live in a country where the government dictates your life then move to a communist country. Fortunately, we still have some rights left and so do the states. Communism is just a tad left of liberalism.
we are not the confederate states of the America!! we are the United States of America.. so the only flag that ought 2 be flying is the American Flag!!!! we are one country…
What does it matter about what flag is flown? The Mexican people fly their flags here. And I’ve been to many sporting events that fly Canadian flags. I could very well understand if it was a predjudice thing like a Nazi flag, but as it is my understanding, it is a heritage thing.
I also served on an aircraft carrier that had a snake rapped around a pole with the logo “Don’t tread on me,” but you don’t hear people crying over that flag, So let me tell you that if you vote for anyone else besides Mike Huckabee, You’re voting for a “Liberal flag.” McCain, Romney, Julianni, etc. are all Liberals hiding under the Republican ticket. DON’T BE FOOLED!!
Once again a politician has refused to take a stand against hatred. The confederate flag, along with its cousin the swastika, are two of the most odious and loathsome symbols of hate imaginable.
Huck is a glue sniffin’ nincompoop if he thinks America will disregard his cowardice in this regard.
Apparently it is ok to be prejudiced against Southerners who revere their war dead and who admire the aims of the Confederacy. We have come to accept this, just as we have come to accept the people who assume we are stupid because of what we believe in. We can’t change these people with words; our actions show our intelligence and lack of prejudice. Because most prejudiced people don’t bother to read history, we are happy to say that we proudly fly the Confederacy, the stars and bars, as a symbol of peace. The symbol of secession long before there was a Confederacy. In this manner we show our pride in our heritage without causing the knee-jerk prejudice brought on by the Battle Flag. Some people will not be satisfied until all traces of the Confederacy are completely gone. The United States has persecuted not just the blacks but every other race that has come to its borders, it isn’t done because of american heritage there is more blood on the US flag then could ever be on the Stars and Bars, we are not anti-american, we love our country, but we are tired of our ancestors and our Southern heritage being a sacrificial lamb for all the countries problems. To be technical in the Confederate Constitution steps were being taken to end slavery in the South. Learn some history before you stomp on the graves of honorable men, and maybe people that are prejudices won’t look so ignorant in the face of facts.
We recognize, though, that to some people, the flag of the South is regarded as a symbol of racial strife. While it is true that some have misused this banner for ignoble purposes, the same can be said of the U.S. Flag and the Christian Cross, yet no one will seriously argue that they are hate symbols simply because racial extremists use them from time to time. For example, Dahlia Lithwick of Slate, in a typical treatment that also attacks Dixie Outfitters, refers to the Confederate flag as “the proud symbol of the Ku Klux Klan.” In fact, the KKK- a nationalist, nativist outfit if there ever was one-used the US flag exclsively in its days of power. The 1965 book by David M. Chalmers, Hooded Americanism: The first Centry of the Ku Klux Klan, 1865 - 1965. (Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., 1965) was the definitive treatment at the time. It features many pictures of the Klan in operation. Not one shows a Confederate flag. Many feature the US flag. If fairness will allow us to acknowledge that those symbols have meanings their use by racial bigots, then the same courtesy must be extended to the premier symbol of the Southland, the Confederate flag.
Sadly, this almost never happens because the flag of the Dixie stands as a powerful symbol of opposition to the tyranny of the majority and centralized government. This “politically incorrect” symbol is something that modern day liberals cannot tolerate-thus the campaign of denigration. It has been the experience of the Confederate Soldiers of Ohio that those who strive to re-cast the Confederate flag as solely a “racial symbol” are inevitably motivated either by historical ignorrance or by pure, unadulterated malice towards the South, its symbol, its heritage and its people. We being the Confederate Soldiers of Ohio steadfastly reject the crass bigotry that drives this ceaseless campaign of cultural genocide against the revered Anglo- Celtic symbols of Dixie. We rightly resent and resist the politically correct fascism that demands that we acquiesce in the destruction of our culture. therefore, we will continue to display the Confederate flags and we will redouble our effords to educate the public as to the true history of the South and the authentic symbolism of our venerable flag.