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Bubba Watson Will Paint Over Confederate Flag on ‘Dukes of Hazzard’ General Lee
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — Bubba Watson considers his orange 1969 Dodge Charger a trophy, a symbol of his success on the PGA Tour. Before he won his first Tour event, much less the first of his two Masters green jackets, Watson exacted a promise from his wife, Angie, that he could buy the car featured in the 1970s television show “The Dukes of Hazzard.”
Two years after his first tour victory, Watson acquired his dream set of wheels, known as the General Lee, for $110,000 at the 2012 Barrett-Jackson automobile auction in Scottsdale, Ariz. At the time that Watson bid on it, his wife expressed concern over the Confederate flag painted on the car’s roof. Watson said he told her, “It’s not about the Confederate flag, it’s about the show and what it stands for.” Three years later, Watson could no longer ignore what the flag stands for in the minds and hearts of some people. In response to the wave of opposition to the Confederate flag that has swept across the country since the racially charged June 17 attack that left nine people dead at a church in Charleston, S.C., Watson said he had decided this week to paint over the flag on the General Lee’s roof. He said Friday that he would have the American flag painted in its place. “Obviously I love the show,” said Watson, who owns the “Dukes of Hazzard” DVD collection. “But the flag is offensive to some people. There’s been enough buzz. I thought it was the right gesture for me to do.” Watson’s decision came after the cable network TV Land removed “The Dukes of Hazzard” from its rotation and after Warner Bros. decided to stop licensing merchandise from the show. “I’m still a fan of the show,” Watson said after his second round at the Greenbrier Classic. “There was no racism in the show that I can remember.” He added, “Obviously, the flag is the controversy, not the TV show.” Watson said he had driven the car home from the auction after he bought it. But since moving from Scottsdale to Orlando, Fla., Watson said, he has kept the car in the garage to avoid controversy. CONTINUE READING THE MAIN STORY 1 COMMENT “Once people start putting hatred on it, I don’t want to be involved in that,” Watson said. “So it hasn’t gone out of my garage.” By painting the American flag on the car’s roof, Watson said he hoped to replace a symbol that was divisive with one that stood for unity. “I don’t stand for hatred,” he said. “I think we’re all created equal.” http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/04/sp...-car.html?_r=1 |
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07-05-2015, 12:05 PM | #61 |
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Exactly what Bob Dole came in here to post. Bob Dole supposes you can throw away your investment if you want to, but it seems pretty stupid.
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07-05-2015, 01:05 PM | #62 |
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This whole thing is PC bullshit and completely trivialized the actual issue. Removing the traitor flag from state buildings. Way to go pussies!
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07-05-2015, 02:19 PM | #63 |
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of course he can but why ruin it? It's his right but I just don't see the point. Sell it if you don't like the flag.
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07-05-2015, 03:44 PM | #64 |
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Anyone that buys a general lee car and drives it around is a ****ing douche to start with
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07-05-2015, 03:51 PM | #65 |
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- Can't disagree with that....
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07-05-2015, 06:01 PM | #66 |
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You beat me to the asshole comment. Also on bowing to the PC to try and seem more likeable by putting his name out there when he wasn't sensitive about the roof of the car until now.
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07-06-2015, 11:16 AM | #67 |
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Dumb that its even getting press. Didn't they blow up the Barry Bonds home run ball? Or they talked about it anyway. Just another rich dude pissing away a ton of money. Sell the bastard and move on if you must.
Unless he's getting this from the top down to make a scene. It would be just one more cog to create division in the country and without division you can't have martial law. And without martial law you can't be a perma-president. Its all stupid. Sell the car you douche. Let someone who really likes it own it and enjoy it. The Lee 1 is no different than Archie Bunker's chair. Its TV history and Americana. |
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07-06-2015, 12:16 PM | #68 |
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Bob Dole just went to get some lunch and there is a newer model orange Charger, complete with flag and "01", sitting on a used car lot.
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07-06-2015, 12:21 PM | #69 |
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This shit was all predicted years ago....
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07-06-2015, 12:33 PM | #70 |
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What's Bubba gonna replace the horn sound with?
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07-06-2015, 12:37 PM | #71 |
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You must go over there and tell them to repaint it or you could picket the dealership
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07-06-2015, 12:38 PM | #72 |
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Bubba should grow some balls.
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07-06-2015, 03:10 PM | #73 |
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Well if he is going to paint over the Confederate Flag then he won't have to paint the car at all seeing as to the fact that the "General Lee" has the battle flag as a part of its paint scheme, NOT the Confederate Flag which has a ring of stars in the upper left hand corner that is all that separates it from the flag of the USA.
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07-06-2015, 03:19 PM | #75 |
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Bubba should just change the roof, change the horn and change the name of the car. He can then call the car "The General PC" or something to that affect. Winning.
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