We, here at IoF, were delighted to receive the following press release from the Virginia Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans.
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September 26, 2006
Sons of Confederate Veterans, Richmond, Virginia 2322l
PRESS RELEASE
The Virginia Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans will hold a press briefing in front of the South entrance of the General Assembly Building adjacent to the State Capitol in Richmond, Virginia, beginning at 10:30am on Thursday, September 28, 2006.
State Commander Frank Earnest of Virginia Beach will answer questions from the press relating to the recent statements of Senatorial candidate George Allen regarding the Confederate Battle Flag. The Sons of Confederate Veterans strongly disagrees with Senator Allen’s remarks relating to the Battle Flag and opposes bigotry in any form, including the “macaca moment” which came from the Senators own mouth. The SCV is concerned that Senator Allen has deviously tried to divert attention from his own remarks and past activities to malign a flag which millions of Virginians have a great deal of pride in.
The SCV has recently conducted programs honoring Jewish Confederates at Hollywood Cemetery and last Saturday conducted the Dick Poplar Program honoring black Confederate and Petersburg native Dick Poplar.
Commander Earnest strongly feels that “there is no place for bigotry in Virginia or her electoral process”.
Anyone needing information on this press conference should contact Brag Bowling at 804.389.3620.
There is a good deal of speculation that Gov. Allen will be a GOP candidate for President in 2008. If you happen to be a regular reader of this site you know that I am a died-in-the-wool, rock-ribbed, conservative Republican. Having said that, I hasten to add that I have no intention of supporting a GOP candidate for anything... just because he has and "R" by his name.
It is well to remember: any conservative candidate seeking the office of the President will have to have the support of the Southern States to gain that office. At least two of the contenders, on the Republican side, have lost the South, already... McCain, and now Allen. There are NO viable Democrat contenders for President in the South.
The South could swing to an independent candidate if the right man, or woman, stepped up with the correct conservative "bona fides". One of those qualifications is not to speak ill of the Confederacy, nor the Confederate Battle Flag.
The good Senator from Virginia, home of the Capital City of the Confederacy, seems to have forgotten that.
He will be reminded on Thursday morning.
Longstreet
2 comments:
"I have no intention of supporting a GOP candidate for anything... just because he has and "R" by his name."
How about a candidate who has an "R" IN his name but wasn't a mayor? There's the next president!
SENATOR ALLEN'S COMMENTS RAISE A "FLAG"
Unprovoked and unsolicited, our Virginia Senator Allen's recent comments to educators, and all across America, hit me and many other Virginians of varied races, very hard, and he hit us right in our hearts.. Not only by what Senator Allen said and how, but what he did not say.
I feel he took Virginia's historic flags of my dead veteran ancestors, whose service protected "family and home" in Virginia when called on by the State, and the Senator wiped his dirty boots with them. Other Virginians have expressed similar feelings in the news. As a veteran of the Viet Nam era, I wish to state that my ancestors have served and fought in each war this country has fought and earlier. They served when called upon, they served Virginia with honor, a few endured as prisoners of war, and a couple died for Virginia. For a United State Senator to give any impression that my ancestors were EVIL fighting under the Confederate flag is outrageous and ugly. Degradation of these Virginia heroes after over 140 years is sinful in my view, and I'd say that it is also ugly to persecute these dead Virginians in the view of any educated society. What kind of people persecute the dead?
Senator Allen seems to have left out the honorable service for Virginia by these heroic men under that flag in his statements before educators. He also seems to have left out the Southern family heritage associated with our historic flags which are respected across racial lines. You can find that to be a fact.
Thankfully, Virginia has many free thinkers that have been able hear and see Senator Allen in action clearly recently. Along with our rich recorded history, Virginians know right from wrong at times like this. I ask all Virginians to please send Senator Allen a clear message in November since it seems he has dug a hole that he "stands by," and is in, at his own creation..
G. Ashleigh Moody, III
Petersburg, Virginia
www.petersburgexpress.com
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