VA "Sovereignty March" Claims Eric Cantor in Movement Steeped in Civil War Rhetoric -- And Worse

AlterNet / By Adele M. Stan

Virginia "Sovereignty March" Claims Rep. Eric Cantor in Movement Steeped in Civil War Rhetoric -- And Worse
House Minority Whip Eric Cantor is reportedly scheduled to receive the Virginia Sovereignty March, organized by a group with racist "friends", on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol.

April 15, 2010 |


There's something rotten in Virginia -- but it doesn't end there. Today it will arrive on the steps of the U.S. Capitol.

Since the election of a right-wing governor, Bob McDonnell, last year, a noisy contingent has been on a full-bore run to glorify the most inglorious aspects of its past as the seat of the Confederacy. Today, any lingering doubt that Virginia's top lawmakers sanction the discriminatory (and often racist) anti-government movement known by such names as the nullification movement and the Constitution Alliance may be laid to rest if, as organizers of the Virginia Sovereignty March promise, House Minority Whip Eric Cantor, R-Va., participates in an event on the U.S. Capitol grounds, at which he is expected to accept a letter from state lawmakers that declares the state's sovereignty. March organizers state on their Web site that Cantor will "officially receive the delegation at the U.S. Capitol," and that Rep. Rob Wittman, R-Va., will take part in an event they will stage there, which, according to organizers, will feature Richard Viguerie, a founder of the religious right.

My call and e-mail to Cantor's office yesterday to confirm his participation are both unreturned at this writing, and my request to march organizers for the text of the letter was politely ignored. The Sovereignty March, according to the Web site of its sponsoring organization, the Virginia chapter of the Constitutional Sovereignty Alliance (formerly known as the Virginia Nullification Coalition), will be led by state legislators Scott Lingamfelter and Rich Anderson of the Virginia House of Delegates. As I sought information on the marchers and their allies, I clicked on a link to Freedom for US Now, listed on the Constitutional Sovereignty Alliance Web site as "Links/Partners & Friends (temp)". Clicking through the items labeled "New!", I came to one called "The Raping of America." There I found the cartoon shown at the top of this story. ........(more)

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