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TrollBuster9090

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21. *Ahem* Maybe some reporters should be asking the GOP candidates for their stance on these issues?

Mon Mar 12, 2012, 03:31 PM

Mar 2012

I'm sure Mitt, Rick, Newt and Uncle Ron would LOVE to share their views on interracial marriage and the nature of the Civil War.

I thought Democrats were supposed to be having fun with their new toy this year. WEDGE ISSUES. Well, Democratic wedge issues don't have to be confined to women's rights, which modern Republicans clearly oppose.

There's also:
-Interracial marriage
-The cuases of the civil war
-Civil rights and the civil rights and voting acts of LBJ
-The right/appropriateness of Dixie state to fly the Confederate Flag above their capitol buildings

The Confederate flag issue is a big one, given that almost all of the Dixie governors, and many of the Dixie senators have come down in favor of this good ole' "States Rights" issue.

And it's not much of a pivot to go from States Rights and Jim Crowe laws to VOTER ID LAWS, which are basically the same thing.

DNC people, what the hell are you waiting for?

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Almost half of Mississippi Republican voters polled said interracial marriage should be illegal [View all] NNN0LHI Mar 2012 OP

yikes /nt think Mar 2012 #1

Dude. Poll_Blind Mar 2012 #2

Just as bad, nary a Rethug leader will criticize the rampant racism in their party LonePirate Mar 2012 #4

It's also old news. The only thing that's beyond fucked is.. TrollBuster9090 Mar 2012 #22

You don't know why? It'll tell you but it'll make you sick when you think about it. Poll_Blind Mar 2012 #28

oh man bigtree Mar 2012 #3

I missed that....where was it? dixiegrrrrl Mar 2012 #39

Public Policy Polling - Read it and weep Stuckinthebush Mar 2012 #48

In my best Don Corleone voice. What are you weeping about? Stand up and fight. bluestate10 Mar 2012 #57

Oh, sir... Stuckinthebush Mar 2012 #60

Rubbish Rod Mollise Mar 2012 #78

I've been fighting for years Stuckinthebush Mar 2012 #83

aint just mississippi qazplm Mar 2012 #5

I have such a hard time wrapping my brain around such ignorance Marrah_G Mar 2012 #11

you would definitely shanti Mar 2012 #44

If they want out of the Union... Kalidurga Mar 2012 #6

I would love the south to seceed gopiscrap Mar 2012 #14

Kansas is in the south now? RZM Mar 2012 #18

In terms of evolution vs. creationism, racism, sexism, yes. ChairmanAgnostic Mar 2012 #79

What about WV, VA, and NC? cordelia Mar 2012 #23

First, learn to spell 'secede'. And KY wasn't part of the CSA. trof Mar 2012 #50

Thanks for condemning all of us Southern Democrats. Fawke Em Mar 2012 #68

Or, if you are there (in the South), leave and come north. I did just that. CTyankee Mar 2012 #73

See No. 1 of my post. Fawke Em Mar 2012 #95

Why on earth would I do that? My moving north doesn't make anyone an idiot for wanting to CTyankee Mar 2012 #96

If it weren't for my family I'd move. ingac70 Mar 2012 #97

bigotry is still entrenched in parts of the south fascisthunter Mar 2012 #7

I used to believe this, but no more. I have seen, if anything, racism re-emphasized! CTyankee Mar 2012 #45

Yep, racism has not been reduced in the south... awoke_in_2003 Mar 2012 #54

the GOP should be shamed by this Marrah_G Mar 2012 #8

I agree. nt cyberswede Mar 2012 #16

slavery didn't cause the civil war, it was about state's rights - i hear that all the time arely staircase Mar 2012 #9

just tell them they are right, it was about state's rights qazplm Mar 2012 #13

They should read those states' Declarations of Secession Mariana Mar 2012 #81

Honestly? That says more about Mississippi than it says about the Republican party. Spider Jerusalem Mar 2012 #10

You are so right. NOLALady Mar 2012 #20

Very good summary and you for got the Scots. jwirr Mar 2012 #34

germans got over it. iemitsu Mar 2012 #52

germany got the sh*t kicked out of it. CTyankee Mar 2012 #74

Germany didn't become East France or West Russia, either. Spider Jerusalem Mar 2012 #93

Scalia likes telling people to get over things NoGOPZone Mar 2012 #86

It's not shocking to me. frogmarch Mar 2012 #12

Same here. Rozlee Mar 2012 #36

They live in fucking MISSISSIPPI - half of them are ALREADY products of mixed relationships... saras Mar 2012 #15

Incest don't count Generic Other Mar 2012 #67

SMH Mr Dixon Mar 2012 #17

As Nina would say NOLALady Mar 2012 #19

*Ahem* Maybe some reporters should be asking the GOP candidates for their stance on these issues? TrollBuster9090 Mar 2012 #21

If they did, their silence would be deafening NICO9000 Mar 2012 #58

Wow! This is what republicans mean when they say they want their country back! workinclasszero Mar 2012 #24

I can't say I'm surprised by this. drm604 Mar 2012 #25

omg, I laughed slightly.....sigh, this is sad...I thought it wasn't real uponit7771 Mar 2012 #26

I sometimes wonder what might have happened if there had never been a civil war, and Cal33 Mar 2012 #27

Or they might have gotten rid of it formally, but entrench an apartheid state JHB Mar 2012 #30

True, and in which case, I suppose many more blacks would have left such a country. Cal33 Mar 2012 #32

That still happened. Fawke Em Mar 2012 #69

Yes, but the implication of the post I was responding to... JHB Mar 2012 #75

Greed. NOLALady Mar 2012 #38

I think they would have cared about world opinion Art_from_Ark Mar 2012 #55

I tend to think they got off too damn easy. More hangings for treason and dispossesions TheKentuckian Mar 2012 #51

Agreed. hifiguy Mar 2012 #84

Nasty Rita Rabbit Mar 2012 #91

Enjoy your stay at DU hifiguy Mar 2012 #92

And it was. hifiguy Mar 2012 #94

It might have taken a long, long time Mariana Mar 2012 #82

And this is surprising, how, exactly? (But then again, something else should be said as well) AverageJoe90 Mar 2012 #29

If you don't mind, Ms Harper Lee gets the present tense. Bluenorthwest Mar 2012 #41

My apologies. nt =) AverageJoe90 Mar 2012 #87

Wonder if there was any attempt in the survey to distinguish between black/white marriages and jwirr Mar 2012 #31

Tripple whamy Iliyah Mar 2012 #33

This message was self-deleted by its author ailsagirl Mar 2012 #35

Those same people also want to refight the Civil War. DCBob Mar 2012 #37

Imagine that, lifelong idiot pukes with a screwed-up belief system just1voice Mar 2012 #40

How these Tea Party types can read the Constitution WHEN CRABS ROAR Mar 2012 #42

They have an interesting perspective on Jesus too NICO9000 Mar 2012 #59

I swear to God, I find this hard to believe. nolabear Mar 2012 #43

morons. Sarah Palin is IN an interracial marriage. provis99 Mar 2012 #46

and THIS is why our government has Reps and Senators. elehhhhna Mar 2012 #47

Someone should ProSense Mar 2012 #49

And this was from before the culture war... Gore1FL Mar 2012 #53

The good news is that 60% of southerners don't long for the Confederacy. bluestate10 Mar 2012 #56

Is this... what... year is this? Initech Mar 2012 #61

I'm speechless. Odin2005 Mar 2012 #62

Mississippi Gop bigots: GROW UP! Dont call me Shirley Mar 2012 #63

In a way, other states should be thanking Mississippi. gulliver Mar 2012 #64

surely you've heard the expression "Thank God for Mississippi" provis99 Mar 2012 #98

Ok, then Canuckistanian Mar 2012 #65

They like marring into family julian09 Mar 2012 #66

I won't be vacationing there. limpyhobbler Mar 2012 #70

the GOP voters of NJ are pretty bad too tabbycat31 Mar 2012 #90

no excuse for their ignorance spanone Mar 2012 #71

"Almost half of Mississippi Republican voters polled" are racist motherfuckers. lonestarnot Mar 2012 #72

They need to go back under those rocks they crawled out from Raine Mar 2012 #76

Almost half Blue_Roses Mar 2012 #77

How can someone go to Walmart week after week, and still believe white people are "superior"? Bosso 63 Mar 2012 #80

Well, that's Mississippi Republicans for ya! agentS Mar 2012 #85

My training in psychology and statistics makes me question how many understood the question slackmaster Mar 2012 #88

Racism serves a purpose. potone Mar 2012 #89