Reply #16: I don't have any idea where your "HERE" is but Dean was IN

[Eloriel]

the South a lot. He was in Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, Virginia, maybe others, Texas, as well as further out West and Southwest.

And for YOUR information, not everyone was "offended" by his remarks about the Confederate flag. People let him get away with it without objection for about a year, including his Deputy Campaign Manager, Andy Pringle, who'd been Carole Mosely-Braun's campaign manager. He got a standing ovation when he used that very line at one of the DNC meetings he attended.

And none other than Jesse Jackson, Jr. supported him thoroughly and defended his comments (tho I don't have that link), but I do have this -- please note the name RICE. Yes, this woman is a civil rights attorney and relative (cousin, I think) of Condaleeza Rice:

Published on Thursday, November 6, 2003 by the Los Angeles Times
Confederate Flap: Stand Firm, Howard Dean
by Constance L. Rice
http://www.commondreams.org/scriptfiles/views03/1106-08.htm