On Presidents’ Day: Lincoln is King (Among freshman Republican congressmen, exluding Reagan)

FrumForum.com ^ | 2-21-2011 | Tim Mak

[K-Stater]

Question - why are myths perpetuated...

You tell us.

[mac_truck]

So, with the Representatives and Senators from the seven Confederate states no longer participating in the US Congress, both the House and Senate approved by the necessary two-thirds margins a proposed constitutional amendment that would have guaranteed the continued existence of slavery (in the states where it then existed) forever. At this point, to put it bluntly, if preserving slavery forever had been the primary goal of the seceded states, all they had to do in order to effect this was renounce the Confederacy, return to the USA, and along with all of the slave states and most of the free states, vote to amend the Constitution.

You trivialize the effort required to ratify US Constitutional amendments, but make a valid (albeit unintentional) point that it was always within the power of the so-called "confederacy" to prevent/end the conflict.

Bravo.

[WinOne4TheGipper]

I was referring to the Confedaracy with that statement. Therefore, my comment was accurate, not disgusting.

[Idabilly]

You tell us.

Why don't you? Hello, my old adversary!

Where shall we start? Lincoln, the supporter of gays in the military?? Or...K-Stater,,the fairy queen of Kansas.

[central_va]

Best Presidents:

1. Washington
2. Davis
3. Jefferson

[Colonel Kangaroo]

I was wondering when you’d check in. I’ll give Jeff credit for being best Confederate president ever and best president of any sort from the cotton states until Jimmy Carter.