[central_va]

FACT: The South believed in the rights of states to retain sovereignty which is ultimately conservative

FACT: They wanted to preserve the status quo - conservative

FACT: The South was mostly mostly agrarian which is usually considered Conservative over urban/factory based society.

FACT: they ( the South ) were little 'r' republicans that believe in states rights. Highly Conservative.

FACT:Republican Party of the 19th century was the upstart LIBERAL party and aligned to some degree with abolitionists the militant wing of which would be considered terrorists by today's standards.

[OHelix]

"FACT: The South believed in the rights of states to retain sovereignty which is ultimately conservative"

"FACT: They wanted to preserve the status quo - conservative"

"FACT: The South was mostly mostly agrarian which is usually considered Conservative over urban/factory based society."

"FACT: they ( the South ) were little 'r' republicans that believe in states rights. Highly Conservative."

"FACT:Republican Party of the 19th century was the upstart LIBERAL party and aligned to some degree with abolitionists the militant wing of which would be considered terrorists by today's standards."

I hate to do this, really, I do, because I prefer to keep online discussions polite and courteous... but you have backed me into a corner.

There is ONE, and ONLY ONE intellectual counter-move to such a relentless barrage of cogent indisputable truths:

BEARS. BEETS. BATTLESTAR GALACTICA.