I don't think this is the proper forum for this subject please only genealogy. Thanks for understanding. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Olivia" <saffold@pineland.net> To: <GABURKE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2000 7:20 PM Subject: Gore: Take down the Confederate Flag! > (This information is provided by HPA for educational purposes.) > > January 15, 2000 > > Gore: Take Down Confederate Flag > > By HOLLY RAMER > .c The Associated Press > > NASHUA, N.H. (AP) - Democrat Al Gore said Saturday the Confederate flag > should come down from public buildings because it divides Americans. The vice > president also accused the GOP presidential front-runner, George W. Bush, of > dodging the issue to satisfy supporters who have ``pretty obsolete and even > hateful attitudes.'' > > Gore, in a CNN interview with Jesse Jackson, said the flag represents ``for > many Americans a hurtful message that recalls the pain of slavery'' and it > should not be flown from the South Carolina Statehouse or other public > buildings. > > ``The citizens of goodwill everywhere must take a position on it and see that > in fact the American flag heals us and the Confederate flag divides us,'' he > said. > > In an earlier breakfast speech, Gore criticized the Republican presidential > field generally on the flag issue. > > ``It's troublesome to me that so many of the Republican candidates have > spoken out against affirmative action and have been silent about the flying > of the Confederate flag over the South Carolina Statehouse, which is > obviously hurtful to so many Americans.'' > > Republican candidates competing in the Feb. 19 South Carolina primary are > asked about the issue nearly every time they visit the state. Texas Gov. Bush > says the question is for people in South Carolina to decide, a point > reinforced by his campaign after Gore's criticisms. > > ``The governor has a position, and his position is that the people of South > Carolina can figure the issue out,'' Bush spokeswoman Mindy Tucker said. > > Tucker also renewed criticisms that Gore campaign manager Donna Brazile has > stoked racial divisiveness and said if Gore wants to upbraid people on race, > he should start with her. > > Arizona Sen. John McCain, who normally speaks off-the-cuff, took the unusual > step last week of reading from a prepared statement to say many in South > Carolina view the flag as a ``symbol of heritage.'' That phrase is used by > some Republicans who want the flag to continue flying over the Statehouse. > > Gore said on ``Both Sides with Jesse Jackson,'' taped Saturday for broadcast > Sunday, that some Republicans have expressed hurtful language in the flag > debate, apparently referring to a South Carolina state senator who called the > NAACP the ``National Association for Retarded People.'' > > ``I think there is too much tolerance of intolerance,'' Gore said. ``And I > think that that flag should be removed from the state capitol.'' > > He added: ``I think that he, Governor Bush, has avoided taking a position, or > has ducked the issue because he is playing to some of his supporters that, I > think, have some pretty obsolete and even hateful attitudes.'' Some flag > supporters, as minorities see it, ``want to express views of racial > superiority and support for discrimination,'' Gore said. > > Tucker said Bush has in fact repudiated the comments of the state senator. > ``It was an offensive thing to say,'' she said. ``It shouldn't have been > said.'' > > ``If the vice president is going to begin chastising people for their > comments, he needs to start with his own campaign manager, who made racist > comments recently,'' she said. > > She was referring to comments by Brazile, who said Republicans ``would rather > take pictures with black children than feed them'' and accused them of using > Gen. Colin Powell and Rep. J.C. Watts of Oklahoma, two of the most prominent > blacks in the GOP, to improve their image with minorities. > > In his interview with Jackson, Gore said that as president he would sign an > executive order outlawing racial profiling in police work. > > AP-NY-01-15-00 1519EST > > Copyright 2000 The Associated Press > > > > > ==== GABURKE Mailing List ==== > http://pollette.com/washington/washington.htm > Ashley pollette Cordinator pollette@digitalexp.com > > >