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struggle4progress

(118,282 posts) Sat Oct 17, 2015, 10:42 AM Oct 2015

Confederate Emblem a Sticky Election Topic in Mississippi

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS, ASSOCIATED PRESS
McCOMB, Miss. — Oct 17, 2015, 9:02 AM ET

... Republican Gov. Phil Bryant says if the flag design is reconsidered, it should be done by a statewide vote and not by legislators.

His Democratic challenger, truck driver Robert Gray, says the Confederate symbol is like a warning label to stay away from the state ...

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/confederate-emblem-sticky-election-topic-mississippi-34541804

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Confederate Emblem a Sticky Election Topic in Mississippi (Original Post) struggle4progress Oct 2015 OP

"... says the Confederate symbol is like a warning label to stay away from the state ... " etherealtruth Oct 2015 #1

etherealtruth

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1. "... says the Confederate symbol is like a warning label to stay away from the state ... "