Confederate Flap, Stand Firm Howard Dean - L.A. Times

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Important read - as it is by a civil rights attorney.

http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=17138

Howard Dean wants to represent angry white Confederate flag-wavers. He even quotes Martin Luther King Jr. in doing so. And in a televised debate Tuesday he refused to say he was sorry for starting this tempest.


Well, Dr. Dean, you may have clumsily launched this issue, but keep at it and keep quoting, because you're right.

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So, Dr. Dean, get the interracial sophistication that's needed to carry out Dr. King's vision of the grand alliance, and get it quickly. As much of a minefield as it presents, talking about the Confederate flag, poverty and race is crucial for our country's future as a multiracial democracy.


Go for it. And you don't need to apologize.