AP: Dean Regrets Pain of Confederate Flag Remark

Mods. . .please lock the other thread which has gotten too large and has a ton of "message deleted" messages. Also this has a link.

Dean Regrets Pain of Confederate Flag Remark
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A3651-2003Nov5?language=printer
By Ron Fournier
The Associated Press
Wednesday, November 5, 2003; 1:16 PM

NASHUA, N.H. -- Howard Dean said Wednesday he regretted the pain he caused by saying that the Democratic Party must court Southerners who display the symbol of the Confederacy in their pickup trucks.

Speaking in New York about campaign finance, the former Vermont governor sought to quell the dispute that erupted over his recent comment and his unwillingness to apologize for it during Tuesday night's debate.

"I regret the pain that I have caused, but I will tell you there is no easy way to do this and there will be pain as we discuss it and we must face this together hand in hand as Dr. (Martin Luther) King and Abraham Lincoln asked us to do," Dean said.
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. . .I never criticized the comment, I criticized the handling of the comment. Its so easy to say I am sorry.

5. You may not start a new discussion thread in order to continue a current or recent flame war from another thread. The moderators have the authority to lock threads in order to contain flaming on a particular topic to only one thread at a time.

. . .the other thread turned into a flame fest, I am trying to provide a link and reasonable discussion. The other thread was not.