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OK, north carolina, you're dismissed! elleng Apr 2017 #1
What the eff is wrong with all these NC Republiscums? machoneman Apr 2017 #25
No different than rethugs everywhere paleotn Apr 2017 #36
Well, the Emancipation Proclamation was government by fiat Warpy Apr 2017 #2
The South might have even got away with Succession... Xolodno Apr 2017 #91
Se-cess-ion. Se-cede. Hekate Apr 2017 #93
The Missouri Compromise was more of a way to contain it Warpy Apr 2017 #94
Finally! Drop all out that phony "party of Lincoln" crap and get real, GOP! deurbano Apr 2017 #3
Lol. My first thought. But if they drop the party of Lincoln crap, Hortensis Apr 2017 #29
The one President that is truly representative of the GOP is Gerald Ford. Virtual Burlesque Apr 2017 #45
Lol. But Ford was practically a liberal compared Hortensis Apr 2017 #56
Dixie politicians never claimed the Party of Lincoln Warpy Apr 2017 #52
The party......... MyOwnPeace Apr 2017 #76
The parties have pretty much reversed order since then. Honeycombe8 Apr 2017 #61
state idiot Angry Dragon Apr 2017 #4
Trump! Please recall that Naval Armada from Korea and ... PsychoBabble Apr 2017 #5
did this guy time warp here from 1862 ? steve2470 Apr 2017 #6
Too bad we can't send him back. Judi Lynn Apr 2017 #11
yes too bad! nt steve2470 Apr 2017 #12
Fucker needs a good "canin" NewRedDawn Apr 2017 #96
Check his closet for a white hood. n/t radicalliberal Apr 2017 #19
OMFG. William769 Apr 2017 #7
I applaud his courage for saying what his party believes but is too cowardly to admit in public. LonePirate Apr 2017 #8
Nope, I doubt it. ATL Ebony Apr 2017 #60
omigawd. barbtries Apr 2017 #9
Expect more comments like this in the future from these Pope/Koch extremists. bathroommonkey76 Apr 2017 #14
i'm lucky to be in Durham barbtries Apr 2017 #20
Durham/Chapel Hill are two places in NC that have kept the NC Dems afloat. bathroommonkey76 Apr 2017 #23
well, this should cheer you up barbtries Apr 2017 #28
Well, I'm glad you volunteered bathroommonkey76 Apr 2017 #33
i'm hoping against hope barbtries Apr 2017 #37
I agree bathroommonkey76 Apr 2017 #42
still thoroughly unrepentent FraDon Apr 2017 #10
Imagine that! A North Caroline Republican state legislator calls Lincoln, the founder ... radicalliberal Apr 2017 #13
Let the South secede! PLEASE !!! vkkv Apr 2017 #15
Pittman just introduced a bill for NC's secession of the United States- For Real- Not a joke. lol bathroommonkey76 Apr 2017 #17
the same guy? barbtries Apr 2017 #21
Here's the story. lol bathroommonkey76 Apr 2017 #26
okay, this i can believe barbtries Apr 2017 #32
Next Pittman proposal: "Let's round them all up and put them back in the plantations" dalton99a Apr 2017 #69
Would any such law be ruled unconstitutional under Texas v. White? clementine613 Apr 2017 #92
Fucking Rebel traitors NewRedDawn Apr 2017 #40
Lee and Davis were indicted for treason Yupster Apr 2017 #66
No trial should have been given NewRedDawn Apr 2017 #82
Kill ppeople and coniscate their wealth Yupster Apr 2017 #83
Not for fucking traitors! NewRedDawn Apr 2017 #84
I actually think free and fair titles to their properties should have been transferred to the newly- KingCharlemagne Apr 2017 #85
I could go with that too King. NewRedDawn Apr 2017 #95
You might feel differently if some day Yupster Apr 2017 #97
Confederate Apologist? NewRedDawn Apr 2017 #98
Just an old history teacher and textbook author Yupster Apr 2017 #99
great when his bill fails bluestarone Apr 2017 #41
THEN build a wall -- around IT! FiveGoodMen Apr 2017 #43
The Party Of Lincoln vkkv Apr 2017 #16
Historian bucolic_frolic Apr 2017 #18
DiLorenzo is an economist with no advance degree in history grantcart Apr 2017 #34
The link is a review of this book bucolic_frolic Apr 2017 #39
Bewildering grantcart Apr 2017 #51
Thanks for the correction bucolic_frolic Apr 2017 #54
No problem I understand grantcart Apr 2017 #55
Lincoln must have fooled no less than Karl Marx, whose Workingman's KingCharlemagne Apr 2017 #86
Listen, dude, I'm all about studying Civil War history. It's fascinating stuff. Tommy_Carcetti Apr 2017 #22
Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2017 #63
Traitors gotta trait. nt TeamPooka Apr 2017 #24
Lol. Win. ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #73
But he's a republican, and they all like to boast they're "the party of Lincoln". George II Apr 2017 #27
Pittman needs a semester of remedial history. guillaumeb Apr 2017 #30
Correct! BigOleDummy Apr 2017 #58
South fired first shots at Fort Sumpter, but Yupster Apr 2017 #67
Well, some of us iconoclasts think a little figure name of John Brown KingCharlemagne Apr 2017 #87
Was Brown an official representative of a state, guillaumeb Apr 2017 #89
LOL Touche! Brown may not have been an "official KingCharlemagne Apr 2017 #90
I guess he didn't hear donald announce that Lincoln was Republican. Ilsa Apr 2017 #31
Putting down a rebellion is unconstitutional? Really? krispos42 Apr 2017 #35
LOLOL. Pretty good! - nt KingCharlemagne Apr 2017 #88
standard conservative revisionist history.... Thomas Hurt Apr 2017 #38
Absalom , Absalom -150 yrs later nocalflea Apr 2017 #44
Woefully ignorant of history, sarisataka Apr 2017 #46
That was the problem Yupster Apr 2017 #68
It's so embarrassing to be from NC. n/t neeksgeek Apr 2017 #47
That's the rule. Turbineguy Apr 2017 #48
Can we vote NC off the island?. world wide wally Apr 2017 #49
According to Ballotpedia, this fool is a Presbyterian Pastor elected in 2012 irisblue Apr 2017 #50
He's insane. littlemissmartypants Apr 2017 #53
We need more active Dems and progressives in red counties. (nt) bekkilyn Apr 2017 #57
No. The SOUTH started the war, both in trying to secede and in firing the first shots. nt Honeycombe8 Apr 2017 #59
Official republican position - Lincoln was our nation's greatest leader keithbvadu2 Apr 2017 #62
Republicans like Hitler keithbvadu2 Apr 2017 #64
Yeah, they like Hitler, until it's time to attack the Dems. Then Hitler was horrible, and the Dems Mc Mike Apr 2017 #74
Herr Drumpf's a great aficionado of Herr dummkopf.... Historic NY Apr 2017 #77
Someone named him Hair Twitler keithbvadu2 Apr 2017 #78
This message was self-deleted by its author uppityperson Apr 2017 #65
hitler again? Twice in a 24 hour news cycle repukes are making hitler comparisons? truthisfreedom Apr 2017 #70
Which are firmly lodged up their own keisters. Extra echo-y. Nt Mc Mike Apr 2017 #72
Yes, Virginia, there are so-called adults who are still fighting the Civil War. n/t MrModerate Apr 2017 #71
They never will stop crying about the Civil War mreilly Apr 2017 #75
Just stepped on a major Third Rail of US politics. Nitram Apr 2017 #79
Shocking, even considering the source. MBS Apr 2017 #80
Right. Lincoln, like Hitler, didn't use Sarin gas. JustABozoOnThisBus Apr 2017 #81
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