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DEMS PLAN PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE AT CONFEDERATE LANDMARK; THEATER NAMED AFTER PRO-SLAVERY SECESSIONIST
Drudge Report ^ | 04/25/2003

Posted on 04/25/2003 1:50:27 PM PDT by Saeder

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To: deport
I bet the dems will claim that General Longstreet was a closet lib who lost the Battle of Gettysburg on purpose to undermine the Confederacy...and is thus a true civil rights hero, and worthy of their nonsense.
21 posted on 04/25/2003 2:19:48 PM PDT by EllaMinnow (Desperately in search of a new tagline...)
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To: Saeder
This is going to be fun to watch.
22 posted on 04/25/2003 2:20:17 PM PDT by cpprfld
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To: deport
I can see it now... "Yea he was a Confederate pro slavery guy but did he ever wish Strom Thurmon happy birthday or compare homosexuals to bigamists?"
23 posted on 04/25/2003 2:26:33 PM PDT by woofie
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To: redlipstick
General Longstreet was a closet lib who lost the Battle of Gettysburg on purpose to undermine the Confederacy ...

I think Longstreet did become a Republican after the War; maybe that is what the RATs will publicize.

24 posted on 04/25/2003 2:28:22 PM PDT by Martin Tell
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To: Saeder
well, the dems are racist bigots anyway.... seems like a natural fit
25 posted on 04/25/2003 2:29:18 PM PDT by InvisibleChurch
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To: Martin Tell
You're right - I had forgotten about his post-war politics...they'll blame us, for sure.
26 posted on 04/25/2003 2:30:47 PM PDT by EllaMinnow (Desperately in search of a new tagline...)
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To: Saeder
Settle down....why does this surprise anyone?
27 posted on 04/25/2003 2:30:49 PM PDT by rs79bm
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To: Saeder
Democrats are HYPOCRITES!
28 posted on 04/25/2003 2:33:08 PM PDT by TommyDale
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To: gimmealewinsky
Oops. Thats embarassing.
29 posted on 04/25/2003 2:39:58 PM PDT by fml (freedom begins with W!)
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To: Saeder
The best thing we could do is not say a thing, they want us to bitch about this in order to lure away Southern voters from the Republican party. The last thing we want to do is trash the Democratic party at the expense of the South. I dont think this happend by accident, I think they are actually hopeing we raise hell about this.
30 posted on 04/25/2003 2:42:31 PM PDT by Husker24
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To: deport
Making an issue of this is PC run wild. James Longstreet was a lifelong friend of his West Point classmate Ulysses Grant. After the Civl War, he alienated diehard defenders of the Lost Cause by becoming a Republican. His postwar defense of his own conduct at Gettysburg was regarded as disloyalty to Robert E. Lee by the diehard Confederates.
31 posted on 04/25/2003 2:44:20 PM PDT by aristeides
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To: Saeder
The Bill Clinton Outdoor Royal Outhouse and Bar in downtown Little Rock. Good place to hold it.
32 posted on 04/25/2003 2:50:04 PM PDT by RetiredArmy (We'll put a boot in your ass, it's the American Way! Toby Keith)
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To: aristeides
Well thunder and tarnation!

Durn Polecats!

Bring me some lemonade Sally.

33 posted on 04/25/2003 2:51:30 PM PDT by battlegearboat (Not a paddlewheeler)
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To: Saeder
It is not Longstreet Theater but instead Longstreet Theatre (they use the Southron spelling). And the article fails to note that it is on the University of South Carolina campus.

Historic Longstreet Theatre

This familiar campus landmark,built along the lines of a Roman temple, was designed originally as a chapel and auditorium before the Civil War. During the building's colorful history it has sevred as a Civil War military hospital, state legislature meeting site, arsenal and armory, science facility, and gymnasium. In 1976 the building was remodeled to an arena theatre (theatre in the round).

34 posted on 04/25/2003 2:53:50 PM PDT by Between the Lines
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To: Koan
thanks
36 posted on 04/25/2003 2:55:52 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: Between the Lines
I didn't know "theater" had a different Southern spelling (I thought "theatre" was British). Are there any other words where the Southern spelling is different?
37 posted on 04/25/2003 2:57:48 PM PDT by aristeides
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To: deport
James Longstreet Conferderate General

You've got the wrong Lonstreet per Drudge:

The Longstreet Theater’s namesake, Augustus B. Longstreet, held strong views on the right to own slaves, research shows.

"Abolitionism seemed to him hypocrisy and blasphemy and as a minister of Christ he could not hold fellowship with those who rejected the Master’s word." (“Main Currents In American Thought,” Volume II, 1800-1860, 1927).

It appears that James Longstreet was the nephew of Augustus:


38 posted on 04/25/2003 2:59:53 PM PDT by ravinson
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To: ravinson
Whoooooooopppppppppps ......... my bad. Not researching thorough enough....

39 posted on 04/25/2003 3:14:33 PM PDT by deport
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40 posted on 04/25/2003 3:15:16 PM PDT by mhking
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