And after they lost the Civil War, Southern scholars claimed that States Rights & Tariffs were the reasons for Secession. When the documents of the day prove that Preserving Slavery was the #1 Reason…

Historically, the Southern States saw the USA as the defender of Slavery in our hemisphere. So powerful Southerners (like Secretary of War Jefferson Davis) favored a modern & well equipped army & navy. Later, they realized this had been poor reasoning….

As scary as Cheney was, Stephen Bannon is scarier….

W is supposedly a Recovering Alcoholic. So he shouldn't drink At All.

Hillary gave speeches using complete sentences. I'll bet they were even composed with paragraphs. And she referred to her website for the really complex stuff.

The general idea is NOT to have any religion tied up in a country's government. The US, while mostly Christian, has tried from the beginning to separate Church & State.

Says the White Identity fan with a hidden posting history….

This Boomer had enough with Maher years ago. His guests included Gene Simmons & some bland chubby young Conservative in a suit. The subject of the Vietnam war came up—Maher was lamenting the fact he'd been too young to go. Simmons bemoaned the fact that he was in college at the time—so he couldn't go, either!

We're making fun of you, Snowflake.

Ooh, "White Genocide."

There's plenty of serious commentary out there. I like the AVclub but it is not my only source of information.

We'll keep saying that Trump fucked up every time he fucks up. As President, he's supposed to have better control of his mouth than a daytime TV star.

Yup. Most of those posts require no congressional approval. But the candidates need to be found & vetted. I'm sure the guy who just turned down a job isn't the only one not eager for a "shit sandwich."

I'm a Texan. If My Jr Senator got on the Presidential ballot, I'd be glad to vote for Kanye….

Yes it is when appointments were so rare that they only went to young men with connections—like dads in politics. He was "away" from Houston at times that made it hard for him to fulfill his obligation to the Guard. He avoided quite a bit of danger. And quite a bit of inconvenience.

Indeed. Some of the historical inaccuracies really get to me—the true story is often more interesting. But when Turn is good it's very good. And I really like their George Washington.

Or you can just say Republican.

Anyone who joins a thread to complain just adds clicks.

Sure, make things easier for the rich & harder for the poor. Then flatter a peasant so he thinks a millionaire "cares."

Or even Wm F Buckley—Gore's opponent in some famous TV debates. Back when there were Intelligent Conservatives….