Reply #102: Didn't Curt Flood give up his baseball career because he didn't want to [View All]

[StevieM]

move to Philadelphia, a city he considered racist?

BTW, I consider Curt Flood to be a great man, he really stood up for what was right and refused to be treated like cattle to bought and sold. It is sad that there weren't more modern baseball players at his funeral, they don't realize all he did for them

Anyway, as for the south, we will never win it by cowtowing and pandering. Kerry tried to do the moderate thing and look what happened. His health care plan was labeled socialized medicine, even though it was basically just a tax cut. And he was considered a big taxer even after he gave that rediculous "YES...right in the camera!" line.

We need someone who will reach out to the south, but will stay tough. That is what they will respect IMO. Mario Cuomo could have done it at one point. I don't want to wave goodbye to the South, but I also don't want to continue this failed policy of pandering.

Steve