Jon Carson does a wonderful job of responding to the recent flurry of White House Petitions requesting that individual states be given the right to secede from the Union. Thank you for using the White House’s online petitions platform to participate in your government. That sentence alone defuses any credibility that these silly petitions might [...]
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- Elbert Guillory Gets Right With Lincoln and the Republican Party (27)
- Lyle Smith { Where does he suggest he misunderstands something that he has actually lived through? } – Jun 19, 7:43 PM
- Kevin Levin { I tend to agree with you. I don't care much at all as to whether Guillory is a Democrat or a Republican. He should join... } – Jun 19, 5:26 PM
- Al Mackey { "Somehow he forgot that it was a Democrat from Texas who pushed for the final passage of the Civil Rights Bill in 1964." And it... } – Jun 19, 5:22 PM
- Andy Hall { My point was that I can see how people could easily misunderstand something in the distant past -- just not something they actually lived through. } – Jun 19, 1:05 PM
- Kevin Levin { You can't make this stuff up. Apparently, I completely missed the boat on the significance of Guillory's shift to the Republican Party. http://www.oldvirginiablog.blogspot.com/2013/06/leaving-government-plantation.html I honestly... } – Jun 19, 12:43 PM
- Woodrowfan { so apparently the party's positions on race circa 1860-1890 are more relevant to this gentleman than their positions on race from 1968-today? Next up, someone... } – Jun 19, 11:01 AM
- M.D. Blough { Andy-I was 13 when Goodman, Chaney, and Chaney were murdered. I remember bombings, not only of Black churches but of private homes including MLK and... } – Jun 19, 10:37 AM
- M.D. Blough { LBJ was no saint, but he put his formidable skills behind the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act... } – Jun 19, 10:28 AM
- Kevin Levin { Kevin wants the "old guy" to remember that at Civil War Memory we learn from a wide range of people about how historical memory evolves.... } – Jun 19, 9:10 AM
- Brad { Pat, Maybe we need to distinguish between Northern African Americans and the ones in the South. Obviously, the African Americans who voted (those who could... } – Jun 19, 8:59 AM
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