Hillary's Amendment

Well,
It seemed McCain was doing very very well with southern voters. They
(myself included) respected and admired his courage through Vietnam. He had
it made for sure...then he went and told the people of South Carolina they
should take down the Battle Flag. His numbers went into the trashcan
overnight and he never did recover and lost the south and the nomination.
Seems people in the south thought he had as much right to tell South
Carolina what flag to fly on the Statehouse grounds as people in South
Carolina telling Arizona to fly pink underwear on their flagpole. Just did
not go over well.

Patrick

"Morgans" wrote in message
...

"W P Dixon" wrote

He would
have been the nominee and probably the President if he would have kept
his
trap shut in South Carolina.

Refresh my memory?

W P Dixon wrote:

should take down the Battle Flag

I don't recall this. What is "the Battle Flag"?

- Andrew

"Andrew Gideon" wrote in message
online.com...
W P Dixon wrote:

should take down the Battle Flag

I don't recall this. What is "the Battle Flag"?

- Andrew

The "Stars and Bars" ... Confederate Flag

Actually,
The "Stars and Bars" was a different flag, but don't fret..alot of people
get them confused. The Stars and Bars was the nickname of the first flag of
the Confederate States (March 1861- May 1863), but it was a reason the
Confederate Army adopted the Battle Flag. During a heated battle the Stars
and Bars could look like the Stars and Stripes, and the soldiers wanted a
flag they could see and recognize in battle. The Battle Flag never flew for
the Government of the Confederate States, it only flew on the field of
battle for the men fighting . And just for the history lessons sake the
Battle Flag was really a square shaped flag, the copies you see today of it
would actually be a Naval Jack.

Patrick
student SPL
aircraft structural mech

"Jay Beckman" wrote in message
news:zvJOe.124599$E95.85385@fed1read01...
"Andrew Gideon" wrote in message
online.com...
W P Dixon wrote:

should take down the Battle Flag

I don't recall this. What is "the Battle Flag"?

- Andrew

The "Stars and Bars" ... Confederate Flag

"W P Dixon" wrote in message
...
Actually,
The "Stars and Bars" was a different flag, but don't fret..alot of
people get them confused. The Stars and Bars was the nickname of the first
flag of the Confederate States (March 1861- May 1863), but it was a reason
the Confederate Army adopted the Battle Flag. During a heated battle the
Stars and Bars could look like the Stars and Stripes, and the soldiers
wanted a flag they could see and recognize in battle. The Battle Flag
never flew for the Government of the Confederate States, it only flew on
the field of battle for the men fighting . And just for the history
lessons sake the Battle Flag was really a square shaped flag, the
copies you see today of it would actually be a Naval Jack.

Patrick
student SPL
aircraft structural mech

Thanks for the clarification...

Jay B