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Mississippi Republicans give Abraham Lincoln narrow lead (though no majority) against Jeff Davis. But hey, there’s progress: a narrow majority now think blacks should be allowed to marry whites.
Archive for the ‘Tell About The South’ Category
September 22nd, 2011
A cruel epigram on the execution of Troy Davis.
April 13th, 2011
Category: History, Tell About The South
One particular comment on my post about the Civil War particularly stood out in my mind. The commenter said he was a “proud son of the South” and suggested that he felt obliged to question the causes of the North’s entry into the war, commenting that perhaps it was the North’s desire to defend capitalist interests [...]
April 13th, 2011
Category: History, Tell About The South
Just for the record, as the day ends on the West Coast: The Civil War was a rebellion against a democratically-elected government by white southerners when they lost an election in a system rigged to protect them. They committed treason in order to preserve their ability to enslave African-Americans. Fortunately enough, the good guys won and the bad [...]
August 9th, 2010
Jimmy Carter: the founder of Reaganism.
February 2nd, 2010
Category: Tell About The South, Watching Conservatives
100 years ago, Henry Adams told us all we need to know about the contemporary Republican Party.
September 11th, 2009
Category: Tell About The South, Watching Conservatives
South Carolina wanted to secede in 1860. Maybe we should have let it go.
October 24th, 2006
Category: Campaigns, Tell About The South
1. If Bob Corker can’t even get his own ad removed, what kind of leader would he be in the United States Senate? (Yes, I know: theoretically it’s an independent expenditure. Let Corker try to explain that.) 2. Get someone to ask Ford about pundits who wonder about the ability of a southern state to [...]
