[Godebert]

"The end of slavery in the US was drawing near. The secessionist states realized it. Their act of secession speeded up the process and they got their arses kicked for good measure. Sweet!"

The South may have lost the war...but we damn sure didn't get our "arses" kicked. Without the conservative South...this country today would be more communist than Red China. Below is an image of the 2000 electoral map. Yankee blue states voting for socialism, Southern Patriot and Heartland states in red. Sweet!

[jlogajan]

The South may have lost the war...but we damn sure didn't get our "arses" kicked.

May have lost? May have???? I think history is pretty clear on the size of the arse kicking the south got. They've been a bit more behaved since -- kinda like a beaten dog.

[mac_truck]

...Without the conservative South...this country today would be more communist than Red China.

Yep, Ole Dixie really did us proud in the Louisiana runoff on Dec 7th. didn't she?