And those solid Conservatives (both Christian and Jews) who populate the South are the descendents of those "evil scum slave-holding rebels" that FReeper crim alluded to.
So, crim, if those "rebels" were so dastardly, just how did their offspring become the pro-God, pro-life, pro-gun, anti-sodomy people that form the backbone of America? And if the north was so righteous, why has that region become this nation's bastion of liberalism?
You mean those Southern conservative [Liberal, Progressive, Communist] stalwarts such as The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and:
Huey P. Long, former Louisiana governor and former U.S. Senator[14][15]
Ross Barnett, former governor of Mississippi [16]
Earl Long, former three-term Louisiana governor[17]
Lloyd Bentsen, former Representative and former U.S. Senator from Texas, former Secretary of the Treasury, and Democratic candidate for Vice President in 1988[18]
Jefferson Davis, former Representative and former U.S. Senator from Mississippi, President of Confederacy[19]
James O. Eastland, former U.S. Senator from Mississippi[20]
John R. Edwards, former U.S. Senator from North Carolina, 2004 Democratic Vice Presidential nominee, Democratic presidential candidate in 2004 and 2008.[21][22]
D. Robert Graham, former U.S. Senator from Florida and former Governor of Florida[23][24]
Richard Russell, former Georgia governor and former U.S. Senator from Georgia[25][26]
Lawton Chiles, former U.S. Senator from Florida and former Governor of Florida[27][28]
Estes Kefauver, former Representative, former U.S. Senator from Tennessee and 1956 Democratic Vice Presidential nominee[29]
Lyndon B. Johnson, former U.S. Representative and former Senator from Texas, Vice President of the United States (1961–1963), and President of the United States (1963–1969)[30]
Jimmy Carter, former Governor of Georgia and President of the United States (1977–1981)[31]
Bill Clinton, former Governor of Arkansas and President of the United States (1993–2001)[32][33]
Al Gore, former Representative and former U.S. Senator from Tennessee, Vice President of the United States (1993–2001) and 2000 Democratic nominee for President[34][35]
Paul Patton, former Governor of Kentucky[36]
J. William Fulbright, former Representative from Arkansas, former U.S. Senator from Arkansas and longest-served chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee[37][38]
Sam Rayburn, former Congressman from Texas and longest-served Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives-longest served in the House’s history[39][40]
Sam Nunn, former U.S. Senator from Georgia[41]
Max Cleland, former U.S. Senator from Georgia[42]
James Hovis Hodges, former Governor of South Carolina[43]
Fritz Hollings, former U.S. Senator from South Carolina, former Governor of South Carolina, 1984 U.S. Presidential candidate[44][45]
Steny Hoyer, House Minority Whip, former House Majority Leader, Member of the U.S House of Representatives from Maryland’s 5th District[46]
Olin D. Johnston, former U.S. Senator from South Carolina and former Governor of South Carolina[47][48]
James F. Byrnes, former U.S. Secretary of State, former Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, former Representative, former U.S. Senator, former Governor of South Carolina[49][50]
John Stennis, former U.S. Senator from Mississippi[51]
John McClellan, former Representative and former U.S. Senator from Arkansas[52]
Spessard Holland, former U.S. Senator from Florida and former Governor of Florida[53][54]
Reubin Askew, former Governor of Florida and 1984 U.S. Presidential candidate[55]
Phil Bredesen, former Governor of Tennessee[56]
Kathleen Blanco, former Governor of Louisiana[57]
Roy Barnes, former Governor of Georgia[58]
John Barrow, current U.S. Representative from Georgia[59]
Blanche Lincoln, former Representative and former U.S. Senator from Arkansas[60]
Mark Pryor, current U.S. Senator from Arkansas[61]
David Pryor, former Representative, former U.S. Senator from Arkansas and former Governor of Arkansas[62][63]
Dale Bumpers, former U.S. Senator from Arkansas and former Governor of Arkansas[64][65]
Alben Barkley, former Representative, former U.S. Senator from Kentucky and former U.S. Vice President[66]
Travis Childers, former U.S. representative from Mississippi[67]
J. Bennett Johnston, former U.S. Senator from Louisiana[68]
Mary Landrieu, former U.S. Senator from Louisiana[69]
John Breaux, former Representative and former U.S. Senator from Louisiana[70]
Edwin Edwards, former Representative and former Governor of Louisiana[71][72]
Zell B. Miller, former U.S. Senator from Georgia and former Georgia governor[73][74]
Terry Sanford, former U.S. Senator and former Governor from North Carolina[75][76]
Kay Hagan, current U.S. Senator from North Carolina[77]
Richard Shelby, former Representative, current U.S. Senator from Alabama (Democrat until 1994, now Republican)[78]
J. Strom Thurmond, former U.S. Senator from South Carolina and former Governor of South Carolina (Democrat until 1964, then Republican until death), States’ Right candidate (Dixiecrat) for President in 1948[79][80][81]
Mark R. Warner, Current U.S. Senator from Virginia, former Virginia governor[82][83]
Douglas Wilder, former Virginia Governor, first African-American ever elected Governor in the U.S., tried to go for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1991, but eventually withdrew in 1992[84]
Ralph Yarborough, former U.S. Senator from Texas[85]
Sonny Perdue, former Governor of Georgia (was once a Democrat, now Republican)[86][87]
Robert Byrd, former Representative, former U.S. Senator from West Virginia, presidential candidate, 1976[88][89]
Bill Nelson, former Representative, current U.S. Senator from Florida[90]
Howell Heflin, former senator from Alabama[91]
Mike Beebe, current Governor of Arkansas[92]
George C. Wallace, former governor of Alabama, American Independent Party candidate for President in 1968, ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1972 and 1976[93]
Lester Maddox, former governor of Georgia[94]
Joseph Manchin III, former governor of West Virginia, current U.S. Senator from West Virginia, and former Southern Governors’ Association chairman[95][96][97]
Wendell Ford, former Governor and former Senator from Kentucky[98][99]
Martin O’Malley, former Governor of Maryland [100]
A.B. “Happy” Chandler, former Governor and former Senator from Kentucky[101][102]
Steve Beshear, current Governor of Kentucky[103]
Martha Layne Collins, former Governor of Kentucky and chair of the 1984 Democratic National Convention[104]
Ben Chandler, former Attorney General of Kentucky and current Congressman from Kentucky[105]
Lawrence Patton McDonald, Former Representative from Georgia[106]
Tim Kaine, former Governor of Virginia, former Chairman of the DNC, current U.S. Senator from Virginia[107][108][109]
(Wikipedia)
Good questions.