[Malcolm]

As a Southerner, let me say that I think AL was one of the best presidents of the 19th century, if not THE best. I'm proud to be a Southerner, but I'm not into calling good evil, or evil good. Lincoln was not perfect, but were the charlatan leaders of the Civil War-era South any better? They convinced most Southern whites to fight a war that could not possibly be won against the much more populous and vastly more industrial north, mostly if not entirely for the benefit of the plantation-ownership class, plus deceived them into thinking that somehow this was a "State's rights" issue, not one over slavery. The correct answer is no.....

[Twodees]

You're no "Southerner", Malcolm. Living in Atlanta and voting democrat doesn't make you a Southerner.