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Va. gov. concedes omission in history month decree
AP ^
| 04/07/2010
| Bob Lewis
Posted on 04/07/2010 4:29:03 PM PDT by dware
RICHMOND, Va. Gov. Bob McDonnell has conceded a "major omission" for not noting slavery in declaring April Confederate History Month in Virginia.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: confederate; dixie; history; mcdonnell; month; virginia
You have got to be kidding me. I mean, honestly, this is why the Conservative movement goes nowhere. No balls.
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posted on
04/07/2010 4:29:04 PM PDT
by
dware
To: dware
What a mess. Why didn’t he just include slavery in the first place. Oh well, better to get this crap at the start of a term.
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posted on
04/07/2010 4:31:20 PM PDT
by
montag813
To: dware
I always wonder why these activists/complainers don’t talk about present-day slavery. I guess it just doesn’t suit their purposes. Rush is right, they will tell you what scares them, they will tell you what motivates them. It is truly a shame. I always want to ask: Are you really against slavery? Really? Then why are you talking so much bullshit about something that is over and nothing about what is happening today? Free the slaves my ass! It is a political tool to them and nothing more.
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posted on
04/07/2010 4:34:08 PM PDT
by
nolongerademocrat
("Before you ask G-d for something, first thank G-d for what you already have." B'rachot 30b)
To: dware
McDonnell had potential as a 2012 presidential candidate.
That’s pretty much over now. He’ll be accused of being a pro-confederacy racist now.
For the life of me I don’t know why these politicians get themselves entangled in these kinds of messes. There is never any upside, just a downside.
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posted on
04/07/2010 4:35:14 PM PDT
by
counterpunch
(The Emperor has no Cloture)
To: dware
This illustrates why it is always wise to have a “kitchen cabinet” of sober people to run ideas by.
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posted on
04/07/2010 4:35:55 PM PDT
by
iowamark
To: iowamark
Yes, it is inexcusable how dumb these GOP officials are - do they ever think and double-check with experts, particularly when dealing with explosive issues?
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posted on
04/07/2010 4:52:33 PM PDT
by
mwl8787
To: counterpunch
McDonnell had potential as a 2012 presidential candidate.
Thats pretty much over now. Hell be accused of being a pro-confederacy racist now.
For the life of me I dont know why these politicians get themselves entangled in these kinds of messes. There is never any upside, just a downside.
Maybe he thought it was the Right Thing To Do.
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posted on
04/07/2010 5:02:54 PM PDT
by
RogerQ
To: dware
I will never apologize.
I wasn't there.
I wasn't even alive.
I never owned a slave.
I never bought a slave.
I never sold a slave.
I never owned a plantation.
The only cotton I ever touched is on Q-tips in my medicine cabinet.
I challenge any former slave still living to come forward and claim that I was there and participated.
I can't control events and attitudes of over 100 years ago.
Every culture has had its slaves, every culture has had its kings, it's time to get over it.
If your great-grandparents were slaves, that does NOT make you a victim.
If my great-grandparents owned slaves, that does not make me a slave-owner, or a racist.
We've heard the Roots thing long enough; there are enough laws in place that slavery could not make a comeback even if anybody wanted it to...which nobody does.
The fact that it took you 200 years to finally stand up and demand your freedom is no concern of mine, I wasn't there. Therefore, I refuse to apologize for something I did not do and had no part in...
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posted on
04/07/2010 5:07:53 PM PDT
by
FrankR
(Those of us who love AMERICA far outnumber those who love obama - your choice.)
To: FrankR
Don’t forget is was white male Christians who abolished slavery in the free world. Slavery still exists in much of Africa.
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posted on
04/07/2010 6:05:40 PM PDT
by
boop
(Democracy is the theory that the people get the government they deserve, good and hard.)
To: dware
Okay, I note that the ghetto thug obuma is trying to enslave us.
Are we done?
To: FrankR; EDINVA; iceskater; xyz123; Corin Stormhands; jla; Flora McDonald; GeorgeW23225; ...
I will never apologize... You miss the point. McDonnell did not apologize for slavery. (The General Assembly did that a couple of years ago).
He apologized for not acknowledging slavery in the proclamation to begin with.
Virginia is about to reap a whole bunch of money from history buffs coming here for the 150th Anniversary of the War. McDonnell was right to call attention to it.
Was it a little clumsy in the drafting? Maybe. But he did the right thing by amending the proclamation.
To: FrankR
The fact that it took you 200 years to finally stand up and demand your freedom is no concern of mine, I wasn't there. That never happened. Their freedom was a gift from white men who bought it with their blood.
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posted on
04/08/2010 6:55:54 AM PDT
by
nina0113
To: nina0113
"That never happened. Their freedom was a gift from white men who bought it with their blood. "
I'm talking about the 50's, 60's with all of the riots and demonstations for their "civil rights"...I probably should have said "civil rights" rather than "freedoms", but I was trying to generalize.
The point being, we hopped on rickety boats to come here to escape tyranny and oppression in England, fighting disease, wild animals, the elements and the indians for our freedom; we fought and died for our place in America.
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posted on
04/08/2010 7:49:53 AM PDT
by
FrankR
(Those of us who love AMERICA far outnumber those who love obama - your choice.)
To: boop
Slavery is only wrong when it involves Christians enslaving non-Christians or whites enslaving non-whites. Any other combination and who cares?
Turkish pirates used to enslave people on any ships they could capture in the Mediterranean, or raid villages near the coasts and carry off the peasants as slaves--you never hear about that, or about the millions trafficked by Arab slavetraders.
To: Corin Stormhands
The WaPO is watching McDonnell's every move like a hawk. Any slight error will be blown out of proportion. I think the Civil War History proclamation is McDonnell's way ot making up to conservatives for going squisy on gay rights.
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posted on
04/08/2010 4:56:08 PM PDT
by
yongin
To: dware
“slavery as THE cause of the Civil War”.
I jumped too early and sent him a supportive response to his first release and thanked him for not prostituting himself to the “SLAVERY” pimps.
I knew better but what the hell?
Why doesn't he have a Slavery proclamation and see who comes to VA for the event?
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posted on
04/11/2010 9:15:22 PM PDT
by
Phosgood
("Send in the clowns" .. but wait ..............they're here! >..<)
To: Corin Stormhands
“a little clumsy in the drafting?”
Like a “little pregnant”.
I gotta do a little bumper decal scraping tomorrow, people are pointing and giggling.
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posted on
04/11/2010 9:24:38 PM PDT
by
Phosgood
("Send in the clowns" .. but wait ..............they're here! >..<)
To: Phosgood
seriously, if you’re that shallow, then scrape your little arse off.
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