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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 03:23 PM Original message |
VA Governor downplays slavery as not "significant" |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
1. This guy has completely jumped the shark; I have no words for |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
2. raise my hand? I feel like a kid in class who so desperately knows the answer |
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Kber (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 03:30 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Not at all. The Civil war war fought primarily to preserve a state's right |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 03:32 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. NOW I get it! thanks for the clarification!!! |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 03:33 PM Response to Reply #2 |
15. Absolutely the MOST SIGNFICANT issue... |
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Kber (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
3. Thank you Gov. McDonnell |
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HipChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 03:30 PM Original message |
glad he is starting to show his ass so soon... |
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monmouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 03:39 PM Response to Reply #3 |
19. I'm from Freehold and Manasquan and relaives and friends are |
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Kber (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 05:30 PM Response to Reply #19 |
36. One termer - i certainly hope so! |
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wtbymark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
4. "But I focused on the ones I thought were most significant for Virginia." |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 03:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Leaving the union? Treason? Hmmmm.... |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
5. I disagree with what he did |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 03:31 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. They would not have gone to war over anything else...none of the other |
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bobburgster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 03:34 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. To leave slavery out is like forgetting the shrimp... |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 03:44 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Believe it or not, I've actually done that |
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bobburgster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 02:54 AM Response to Reply #22 |
38. Haha, thanks, gave me a good chuckle! |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 03:46 PM Response to Reply #5 |
23. No not the ONLY thing. Just the most huge, collosal, giant thing. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 03:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
27. Every single thing about secession, including the state's rights arguments, relates back to slavery |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 04:24 PM Response to Reply #5 |
34. it was pretty much about slavery n/t |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 05:36 PM Response to Reply #5 |
37. You are right. It was about slavery, and resentment of Yankees |
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Dogtown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
6. K&R n/t |
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leftofcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
7. WTF? |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
9. Inevitable, him and his attorney general, KuKKinelli. |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
11. They're not even trying to pretend anymore |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
14. Jesus... It Just Keeps Getting Better, Eh ??? |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
17. Thanks "indie" voters of VA and NJ - ya happy now?! nt |
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LeftinOH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
18. What Bob McDonnell means is it's "not significant" for folks like himself.... |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
20. Please, Douglas Wilder call this pinhead out! |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 04:22 PM Response to Reply #20 |
32. Speaking of Gov. Wilder, Tweety has him on right now! |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 04:23 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Wilder and Moran are destroying that jackass |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
21. After the 1801 ban on international slave trading... |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
24. Bob McDonnell, Bringing the 18th Century Back to Old Dominion. |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 03:48 PM Original message |
They're certainly attempting that with their road conditions. |
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Fla Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
25. The far right has become enbolden. |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
26. WHAT IS YOUR MAJOR MALFUNCTION, NUMBNUTS? |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
28. Here's the thing, for some 160-odd years we have heard that the South will rise again... |
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Zech Marquis The 2nd (242 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
29. I am so embarrassed right now |
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14thColony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
30. Well of course slavery wasn't significant in VA |
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Zech Marquis The 2nd (242 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
31. If I were to do something so brazen like him |
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lordcommander (178 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-07-10 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
35. For McDonnell and Christie voters in VA and NJ..... |
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cap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 06:43 AM Response to Original message |
39. I think the NAACP should use Confederate History Month |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-08-10 08:32 AM Response to Original message |
40. Split up Virginia - no more crypto fascism |
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