There needs to be criminal penalties for assaulting the sovereignty of the USA.

There is only one thing I think of other than friends when it comes to South Carolina and that is the iconic Palmetto Palm Tree. 

This is outrageous behavior by a Governor obviously pandering to racists for votes.

There needs to be criminal charges for desecrating the image of the USA by displaying and holding fond, especially by an elected official, the confederate flag. The confederate flag is an indication people still hold the ideas of the past dear seeking to adhere to them. It is an assault again the country. 

October 17, 2014 Nikki Haley (click here) has come under fire for declaring the confederate flag above the South Carolina statehouse a non-issue because no CEO has mentioned it. Haley, the incumbent Republican governor of South Carolina, said the line in a debate with gubernatorial candidate Democrat Vincent Sheheen.

The South Carolina flag controversy has existed for sometime. The confederate flag was originally placed on the main dome of the statehouse until a heated debate after the 2000 presidential race created a compromise. A monument was created for the soldiers who died for the South in the civil war and the flag was moved to the top of that monument, where it still flies today.

The confederate flag remains an issue for Nikki Haley’s opponent Sheheen, who has called for the flag to be taken down all together.

Saying in the Tuesday debate, “I think the people of South Carolina are tired of having an image across America that’s not truly who we are. We should rally together under a flag that unites us all, the American flag, that looks toward the future, and not the past.”...