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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Romney Agitates Confederate Descendants

Elm Springs, Columbia TN Nov. 29

Sons of Confederate Veterans leader Christopher M. Sullivan issued the
following statement in response to the CNN Republican debate Wednesday 28
November.

"Mitt Romney proposes himself to be president of the United States but last
night he clearly demonstrated not only his ignorance of American history but
also his contempt for Southerners who love and respect their Confederate
ancestors.

"Gov. Romney went way over the line when he attacked Southerners for
respecting the historical significance of the Confederate flag. Perhaps the
citizens of his state of Massachusetts still hate Southerners, but Gov.
Romney should not expect us to accept his outrageous attack on Southern
heritage."

Responding to a question about the Confederate flag, Romney said,

"That flag frankly, is divisive and shouldn't be shown. Right now with the
kinds of issues we've got in this country, I'm not going to get involved
with a flag like that."

"That's not a flag that I would recognize so that I would hold it up in my
room."

"The people of our country have decided not to fly that flag. I think that's
the right thing."

Sullivan went on to say, "We were not aware that the people of the country
have had their First Amendment rights abridged as Mr. Romney seems to
desire. Whether Gov. Romney likes it or not, Confederate flags are freely
flown throughout the U.S. and in other countries as well."

"The Sons of Confederate Veterans, Inc. does not participate in partisan
politics. We do speak out when anyone disparages the honorable service of
Confederate soldiers and the symbols which identified them." Sullivan
concluded.

END

Contact information:

J. A. Davis, SCV Public and Media Relations Committee 770 297-4788
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unreconstructed1 wrote:

Well done Mr. Sullivan, bravo. Romney is an uneducated, bigotted, yankee moron who as no chance at the nomination and even less now.
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