[cripplecreek]

These days they're probably afraid they'll be called racist for aknowledging burial of confederate soldiers.

[Gabz]

I can not post exactly what my husband said after reading an article in the paper about this on Sunday. Suffice to say lily-livered-cowards was the most polite description he gave.

And he's originally from New England.

[azhenfud]

Southern Governor with a Union Blue Backdrop

[Smartass]

The Hunley is history that cannot be buried because
of political correctness. Nor should the Stars and Bars!
Anybody that lokks at it differently...is himself
a racist.

[ancient_geezer]

Fourteen governers from the south were invited to attend. A grand total of zero showed up. While some cited scheduling conflicts, the general consensus is that they were leery of being associated with an event that saluted members of the Confederacy.

As a veteran who has served on submarines in time of war, this is is a sad commentary on our modern PC politics.

The couragous seamen sacrificed on the Hunley stand high and proud in the history of this nation. May they never be forgotten.

[x]

Hunley Burial; Why Did No Southern Governers Attend?

Uh ... maybe because they were too busy doing the job they were elected to do?.

This site does not engage in rebel flag waving nor does it have any intention of refighting the Civil War. That being said, we have the utmost respect for the men, women (yes, there were) and children who stood up for their right to freely exit a union they freely entered.

This is as hypocritical as those who claim to be unbiased about whether "gay rights" or "abortion rights" should be "protected" and indicate by their own language which side they stand on. It's precisely because such events are taken as a vindication of the secessionist cause, rather than as a commemoration of bravery or sacrifice, that elected officials rightly stay away.

[RebelBanker]

Hey, S. B.!

Here's another one for the Dixie ping list.

[LexBaird]

Hunley Burial; Why Did No Southern Governers Attend?

Maybe because their jobs require them to deal with the problems of 2004, not 1862.

[NewRomeTacitus]

Their story, portrayed in "The Hunley" TNT film, haunts me still.

NASA doesn't have the market cornered on neat patches.

A great tribute to service people who perished pushing the bounderies of new technology.

[Darksheare]

I'm from Ohio, but my feeling is that those soldiers deserved the attendance of those governors.
The non-attendance is an insult to the honor of the soldiers, and by extension all who wear the uniform after them.

(The governors COULD be quietly invited to tour a US Navy sub.. and be quietly fired out the torpedo tubes. Seawolf has like, what, eight torp tubes? How many governors again?)

[reelfoot]

They didn't attend because they're invertebrates.

[billbears]

You know that's a good question. At least the governors of NC and GA could have attended. Of course Easley wouldn't have been found within 200 miles of Charleston and considering Sonny sold out I wouldn't expect him to be there either.

[DoctorMichael]

Interesting. No balls.

Bttt

[stainlessbanner]

bump

[Moose4]

I'm bitterly disappointed in Governor Sanford (of SC) for not attending. I realize that the NAACP down here, who thinks they actually run South Carolina, would scream bloody murder if he went, but sometimes, you just have to ignore the whiners and do the right thing. And attending the funeral would've been the right thing to do, especially considering that the Hunley sailed from, sank in the waters off of, and will be enshrined in, HIS state.

I'm not so upset at none of the others attending, but considering how huge the Hunley has been for South Carolina in general and Charleston in particular, he should've been there. He wouldn't have had to put on butternut and shoulder a musket to march in the procession, but he definitely should've shown up in his official capacity as Chief Executive of this state.

}:-)4