[Tex Pete]

Glad they rejected it. What garbage!

[mgc1122]

I’m surprised the sponsors of this non unifying bit of racial hubris didn’t also ask for 40 acres and a new Lexus to ease the suffering ...

[Vigilanteman]

a nation founded by slave owners being ruled by a descendent of slave traders doesn't have much of a ring to it, does it?

[popdonnelly]

May I state the obvious. Not all the “founders” were slaveholders. Not everybody who fought the British were slaveholders. If Arkansas can’t get history straight, they shouldn’t be making pronouncements about the past.

[mnehring]

Correct me if I’m wrong, but only two or three of the fifty or so founding fathers (Declaration signers) where actually slave owners. The Constitution itself even laid the groundwork for ending slavery, only delaying the decision until 1808 in order to have several States on board to ratify the Constitution.

[Julia H.]

Great for them.

Now let’s count the seconds until Obama revokes Arkansas’ statehood.