Reply #3: Wrong prop was used, but It's hardly a dumb strategy. . . [View All]

[DinahMoeHum]

Jesse Jackson Jr. explains in The Nation:
"Dean's New Southern Strategy"
http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20031201&s=jackson
(snip)

"Historically, the Confederate flag is a symbol of the Democratic Party. Today, however, Republicans can fly and wave it, but Democrats can't talk about it--and current Democrats don't know how to handle it..."

"As a result, the symbol Howard Dean used got in the way of his substance, but his substance was on point--and the point was that Southern whites and blacks together must focus on their common economic needs: jobs, good schools, affordable healthcare..."
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