[lbo-talk] Re: dean and rebel flags

[mike larkin]

--
> 
> As opposed to getting real about every flag?
C'momon> -- this is selective
> posturing over a symbol that has no real power
> anymore, a symbol of a dead
> regime. The Stars & Stripes has a far bigger body
> count under its colors, so
> would you blast a politician for saying that
pwpwogs> or DeDemshould reach out
> to those with American flags on their cars & in
> their front yards? And if
> so, would you think yourself serious about American
> politics?
> 
> DP
> 
> The thing that is so hypocritical here, as Krugman
says in his Friday column, is that every other
candidate knows what Dean was trying to say and they
all basically agree with it: Southern poor whites, to
the extent they vote at all, are voting against their
own interests because of racist appeals from the GOP.
This whole flap is brutally destructive for the Dems
and shows why there is very little chance they will
win next year.

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