Presidents, Presidential candidates and Mitt Romney opinions of the Confederate flag

First there is this report that President Obama said that the Confederate flag belonged in a museum.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-33205363


Mitt Romney has come out against the Confederate flag. This has put the Republican presidential candidates on the spot because they are now being asked questions.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2015/06/20/how-mitt-romneys-opposition-to-confederate-flag-just-put-the-current-gop-presidential-candidates-on-the-spot/

Before I go further I would like to point out that I have been mailing the presidential candidates questionnaires as they announce and their campaign mailing address becomes available in the Federal Election Commission reports.

The questionnaire is in this blog posting.
http://newtknight.blogspot.com/2015/05/questionnaire-for-2016-presidential.html#.VYYMHPlVikp

Back to the Washington Post article, the Republican Presidential candidates are mostly saying that it is up to the people of South Carolina to decide. This is a clever avoidance of the issue. Yes, it will be up to the people of South Carolina to decide, but a presidential candidate or anyone else can say whether it would be a good idea or not.

This is another article on how the Republican presidential candidates are trying to side step the issue.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-confederate-flag-debate-20150620-story.html

The real issue is that the Republican candidates have a significant portion of their base which is attached to the Confederacy.

Some other candidates and links.

Here is Jindal avoiding taking a stand.
http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/06/bobby_jindal_confederate_flag.html

John Kasich doesn't want to engage the issue here.

http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/elections/2015/06/20/john-kasich-quiet-confederate-flag/29042451/

Questionnaire for the 2016 Presidential Candidates

This is a draft of the questionnaire that I have planned to send out.  The cover letter will explain that possible answers are not confined to the four answers given, but that they can write their own reply as they see fit. I plan on having supporters write candidates asking them to respond if they haven't responded. 

1. As president would you consider appointing a person to the position of United States Attorney General who is a member of a neo-Confederate organizations such as the Sons of Confederate Veterans, League of the South, United Daughters of the Confederacy, and the Council of Conservative Citizens?

Yes, No, Undecided, Other. (Circle One.)

2. As president would you consider appointing a person to be a commissioner for the United States Commission on Civil Rights who is a member of a neo-Confederate organizations such as the Sons of Confederate Veterans, League of the South, United Daughters of the Confederacy, and the Council of Conservative Citizens?

Yes, No, Undecided, Other. (Circle One.)

3. As president would you consider nominating a person for a Federal judgeship who is a member of a neo-Confederate organizations such as the Sons of Confederate Veterans, League of the South, United Daughters of the Confederacy, and the Council of Conservative Citizens?

Yes, No, Undecided, Other. (Circle One.)

4. As president would you consider for the head of a law enforcement agency of the Federal government a person who is a member of a neo-Confederate organizations such as the Sons of Confederate Veterans, League of the South, United Daughters of the Confederacy, and the Council of Conservative Citizens?

Yes, No, Undecided, Other. (Circle One.)

5. As president would you consider choosing for your cabinet a person who is a member of a neo-Confederate organizations such as the Sons of Confederate Veterans, League of the South, United Daughters of the Confederacy, and the Council of Conservative Citizens?

Yes, No, Undecided, Other. (Circle One.)

6. As president would you consider nominating a member of a neo-Confederate organization such as the Sons of Confederate Veterans, League of the South, United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Council of Conservative Citizens for an ambassadorship?

Yes, No, Undecided, Other. (Circle One.)

7. As president would you consider appointing a member of a neo-Confederate organization such as the Sons of Confederate Veterans, League of the South, United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Council of Conservative Citizens to the National Endowment for the Arts.

Yes, No, Undecided, Other. (Circle One.)

8. Do you oppose the involvement of neo-Confederate organizations such as the Sons of Confederate Veterans, League of the South, United Daughters of the Confederacy, and the Council of Conservative Citizen in the Reserve Officer Training Corps or the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps?

Yes, No, Undecided, Other. (Circle One.)

9. Do you oppose the U.S. military’s practice of working with neo-Confederate organizations such as the Sons of Confederate Veterans and the United Daughters of the Confederacy?

Yes, No, Undecided, Other. (Circle One.)

10. Do you think a state has a right to secede?

Yes, No, Undecided, Other. (Circle One.)

11. Do you think that nullification is legitimate?

Yes, No, Undecided, Other. (Circle One.)

12. Do you support the 13th Amendment to the Constitution?

Yes, No, Undecided, Other. (Circle One.)

13. Do you support the 14th Amendment to the Constitution?

Yes, No, Undecided, Other. (Circle One.)

14. Do you support the 15th Amendment to the Constitution?

Yes, No, Undecided, Other. (Circle One.)

15. Are you a member, regular, associate, honorary, or otherwise of a neo-Confederate organization such as the Sons of Confederate Veterans, League of the South, United Daughters of the Confederacy, and the Council of Conservative Citizens?

Yes, No, Undecided, Other. (Circle One.)

16. During your administration as president would you send a wreath to the Arlington Confederate monument?

Yes, No, Undecided, Other. (Circle One.)

17. Would you fly or display a Confederate flag at the White House or any other presidential residence?

Yes, No, Undecided, Other. (Circle One.)

18. Would your presidential administration allow a Confederate monument to be erected on Federal property?

Yes, No, Undecided, Other. (Circle One.)

19. As president would you declare a day, week or month a special time to commemorate the Confederacy or a Confederate leader?

Yes, No, Undecided, Other. (Circle One.)

20. As president would you support the naming of a Federal bridge, building, park, ship, vehicle, military base or some other Federal public structure or place for purpose of honoring a member of the Confederacy?

Yes, No, Undecided, Other. (Circle One.)

21. While president would you participate in a celebration, observance, or ceremony to honor, memorialize, or celebrate the Confederacy or a member of the Confederacy or send a representative to do so?

Yes, No, Undecided, Other. (Circle One.)

22. Would your presidential administration support having Civil War battlefield parks explain the role of slavery in the Civil War?

Yes, No, Undecided, Other. (Circle One.)

23. Would you place in the White House or some other place of presidential residency pictures or memorials of Confederate leaders?

Yes, No, Undecided, Other. (Circle One.)

24. Would you invite to the White House any neo-Confederate groups such as the Sons of Confederate Veterans, United Daughters of the Confederacy, League of the South or the Council of Conservative Citizens?

Yes, No, Undecided, Other. (Circle One.)

25. Would you invite to an event any neo--Confederate groups such as the Sons of Confederate Veterans, United Daughters of the Confederacy, League of the South or the Council of Conservative Citizens?

Yes, No, Undecided, Other. (Circle One.)

The 2012 Presidential Questionnaire on issues related to neo-Confederacy

The following was the 2012 questionnaire. I am going to review it and send out a 2016 Presidential Candidate questionnaire. The 2016 presidential campaigns are beginning to get underway. 

2012 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE NEO-CONFEDERACY QUESTIONNAIRE

INTRODUCTION:

The questions are divided into two sections. The first section pertains how neo-Confederacy impacts policy; the second are cultural questions in which the issue is who we are.

POLICY:

1. As President for the following positions would you nominate or appoint a person who is a member of the neo-Confederate organizations such as the Sons of Confederate Veterans, League of the South, United Daughters of the Confederacy, and the Council of Conservative Citizens?

A.    Justice Department Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division.

Yes, No, Undecided, Other.

B.     Commissioner for the United States Civil Rights Commission.

Yes, No, Undecided, Other.

C.     Justice Department Attorney General

Yes, No, Undecided, Other.

D.    Justice Department Deputy Attorney General, Associate Attorney General, or Solicitor General.

Yes, No, Undecided, Other.

E.     Federal judgeship.

Yes, No, Undecided, Other.

F.      Cabinet

Yes, No, Undecided, Other.

G.    Member of the National Council on the Humanities.

Yes, No, Undecided, Other.

H.    National Endowment for the Humanities.

Yes, No, Undecided, Other.

2. As President would you oppose the involvement of neo-Confederate organizations such as the Sons of Confederate Veterans, League of the South, United Daughters of the Confederacy, and the Council of Conservative Citizen in the Reserve Officer Training Corps or the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps?

Yes, No, Undecided, Other.

3. As President would you oppose the U.S. military working with neo-Confederate organizations such as the Sons of Confederate Veterans, League of the South, United Daughters of the Confederacy, and the Council of Conservative Citizen in the awarding of medals and the granting other awards to U.S. military personnel?

Yes, No, Undecided, Other.

4. Do you think a state has a right to secede?

Yes, No, Undecided, Other

5. Do you think that a nullification is a legitimate action?

Yes, No, Undecided, Other

6. Do you support the 14th Amendment to the Constitution?

Yes, No, Undecided, Other

CULTURAL

1. Are you a member, regular, associate, honorary, or otherwise of a neo-Confederate organization such as the Sons of Confederate Veterans, League of the South, United Daughters of the Confederacy, and the Council of Conservative Citizens?

Yes, No, Undecided, Other.

2. As President would you send a wreath to the Arlington Confederate monument?

Yes, No, Undecided, Other.

3. As President would you fly or display the Confederate flag at the White House or any other place of presidential residence?

Yes, No, Undecided, Other.

4. As President would you allow a Confederate monument to be erected on Federal property?

Yes, No, Undecided, Other.

5. As President would you declare a day, week, month of Confederate memorialization?

Yes, No, Undecided, Other.

6. As President would you support the naming of a Federal bridge, building, park, ship, vehicle, or some other Federal public structure or place for purpose of honoring a member of the Confederacy as a hero?

Yes, No, Undecided, Other.

7. As President would you participate in a celebration, observance, or ceremony to honor, memorialize, or celebrate the Confederacy or a member of the Confederacy or send a representative to do so?

Yes, No, Undecided, Other.

8. As President would you support having Civil War battlefield parks explain the role of slavery in the Civil War?

Yes, No, Undecided, Other.

9. As President would you place in the White House or some other place of presidential residency pictures or memorials of Confederate leaders?

Yes, No, Undecided, Other.

Hillary Clinton and the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC)

Bill Clinton sent three letters of congratulations to the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC), the first of them in slightly less than a year after Carol Moseley-Braun's victory over the UDC in the U.S. Senate. The link to the story is online.

http://www.blackcommentator.com/274/274_clinton_udc.html

Bill Clinton never retracted his letters or apologized for them. The question comes up whether Hillary Clinton would ever send a letter of congratulations to a neo-Confederate group or would send a wreath to the Confederate Monument in the Arlington Cemetery.

I will have to write both of them.