Dean: 'I apologize' for flag remark

[onehandle]

NEW YORK (CNN) -- Democratic presidential hopeful Howard Dean, under fire for saying he wanted to be a candidate for "guys with Confederate flags on their pickup trucks," issued an apology for his remark Thursday.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/11/06/elec04.prez.dean.flag/index.html

Fine. It's front page news. Next subject, please.

[xultar]

1. BIG MISTAKE

Yes, I'm a Clarkie but I will say that I am a Democrat and will support Dean if he gets the nod.

This apology is a BIG MISTAKE! Not just for his camp, but for the Democratic ticket as a whole in 2004

[GainesT1958]

3. I still don't see what he really had to appologize for...

In his actual remark...he's just acknowledging reality, and saying he wants to reach out to people who SHOULD be voting Democratic, for their own good, but are deluded into thinking Democrats "don't represent them". And I DON'T think somebody like Al Sharpton should be allowed to hold the rest of the field hostage to what HE wants...after all, he's not exactly pure himself in the "needing to appologize" department! :eyes:

I actually agree with Richard Cohen of the Washington Post on something. Cohen noted in his post-forum column that Dr. Dean, when confronted by Sharpton demanding an appology of him, should have wheeled toward Sharpton and said, in typically quick Dean fashion, "You first". I actually wish he would STILL do this, as it would accomplish the twin purposes of shutting Sharpton up on this trivia, and moving the candidates on to things they SHOULD be debating--like rescuing the economy, Iraq and stopping PNAC, the solvency of Medicare, the environment; you know, little issues like those...:eyes:

I just hope, and pray, that the South Carolina primary doesn't degenerate into one big debate over the Confederate battle flag on the state capitol grounds in Columbia--if it does, we're wasting our time--and giving Dub more time to spread his lies unchallenged by our candidates. And that would, indeed, be a travesty!:mad:

B-)

[tom_paine]

2. Damnit! ENOUGH APOLOGIES!

Either this was a "tempest in a teapot" orchestrated by Uncle Karl or we Democrats continue to shoot ourselves in the foot.

DamnDamnDamnDamnDamnDamnDamnDamnDamnDamnDamnDamn!

[stopthegop]

5. realistically...

how we Rove have orchestrated this? Made Dean say? Made Sharpton and Edwards comment? face...good or bad, this is a situation Dean created on his own...

[DeathvadeR]

4. The condfederate flag has a bad rap.

Just another example how fuqing history gets twisted into bullshit.
No one ever talks about the other issues the Confederate flag stood for. Stigmatized into a symbole of hate/racism.

[VolcanoJen]

6. Dupe... locking

Please continue discussion in the original, earliest LBN thread on this topic, which can be found here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=202412

Thanks!
VolcanoJen
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