F#CK Rich Lowry!
Those Confederates he speaks of were just AMERICANS with a different opinion.
The Confederate politicians and a few rich plantation owners MAY have been fighting to preserve slavery, but the average Confederate Soldier and their officers were fighting for their rights, STATES RIGHTS!
It's a different mindset when you're DC centric. Words like honor, courage, and integrity are just words in DC.
I never cared a whit about Jefferson Davis, but that's not the point. This headlong rush to whitewash our history is no different than what the Taliban were doing just a few years ago.
were fighting for their rights, STATES RIGHTS!
What States Rights did the Buchanan Administration violate so badly that secession from the United States was the only answer?