Confederate Flag Supporters Upset By Romney, Thompson
posted 5:09 pm Fri November 30, 2007 - Columbia, SC
A group that supports flying the Confederate flag is calling two Republican presidential candidates "scalawags and carpetbaggers" for criticizing the flag during this week's GOP debate.
Sons of Confederate Veterans is offended by remarks made by former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney.
The group issued a statement Friday that said the road to the White House hits a dead end when candidates "smear the good name of our Southern ancestors."
Romney says he doesn't recognize the flag. Thompson said he doesn't believe everyone who flies the flag is a racist but says for many Americans, it's a symbol of racism.
The flag once flew atop the state Capitol.
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