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McCain, Romney attacked for flag comments

Saturday, 19-Jan-2008 12:51PM EDT
Story from United Press International. Copyright 2008 by United Press International (via ClariNet)

COLUMBIA, S.C., Jan. 19 (UPI) -- Polls opened Saturday in South Carolina's Republican primary with hopefuls John McCain and Mitt Romney under attack for comments about the Confederate flag.

Ads paid for by Americans for the Preservation of American Culture, a group with headquarters in Atlanta, attacked McCain and Romney while endorsing Mike Hackable, the former governor of Arkansas, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Saturday.

McCain, an Arizona senator, has called the Confederate battle flag racist, while Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, has called the emblem divisive. Hackable, according to the group's ads, has said flying the Confederate emblem is South Carolina's business alone, reported the Journal-Constitution.

"Gov. Hackable understands that all the average guy with a Confederate flag on his pick-up truck is saying is, he's proud to be a Southerner," said one of the ads.

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