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In reply to the discussion: Ted Nugent Wonders If It Would It Have Been Better If 'The South Won The Civil War' [View all]TomCADem
(17,837 posts)69. Romney's Hipster Surrogate Goes Off The Deep End...
...Will the media ask Romeny about the comments of his prominent backer and surrogate?
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Ted Nugent Wonders If It Would It Have Been Better If 'The South Won The Civil War' [View all]
Adenoid_Hynkel
Jul 2012
OP
It's quite possible Nugent's ancestors came to the US after the Civil War, like mine.
Archae
Jul 2012
#2
It couldn't have happened; they all faked dysentery to get out of serving in the Civil War.
corkhead
Jul 2012
#112
I wonder if it wouldn't have been better if he hadn't soiled himself, and served his country
Siwsan
Jul 2012
#6
So that's like… "50% of Romney's celebrity supporters wish the South had won the Civil War"
targetpractice
Jul 2012
#7
The problem with the history as I see it is the heroization of these traitors to America
AlbertCat
Jul 2012
#122
I wonder if it would have been better if Ted Nugent smoked weed on a regular basis?
Crowman1979
Jul 2012
#16
I would assume an independent CSA would have had something to say about the USA...
Humanist_Activist
Jul 2012
#88
So: voting to uphold a congressional law=traitorous; starting a civil war to keep slavery=AOK
muriel_volestrangler
Jul 2012
#24
I beleive if Lincoln had lived we wouldn't have half the problems about race and the red zone in
demosincebirth
Jul 2012
#38
Romney Spokesman Suggests Dissolving the Union, Advocates Return to Slavery
alcibiades_mystery
Jul 2012
#40
I wonder if things would be better if Ted's mom had bought milk at the store, instead of having it
Tom Ripley
Jul 2012
#44
I guess he would have been The Muleskinner Madman" instead of the The Motor City Madman"
Tom Ripley
Jul 2012
#45
I already posted this story to GD and commented the confederate states commonly seem BACKWARD
alp227
Jul 2012
#48
Ocelot Wonders Whether It Would Have Been Better If France Won The Battle Of Agincourt.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Jul 2012
#53
Most historians don't think Agincourt was actually a decisive battle
The Velveteen Ocelot
Jul 2012
#61
Jezzz Us Gawd .... If the south had won then slavery would have been the law of the land in the CSA
Botany
Jul 2012
#58
You're a patriot if you think it would be better of the United States didn't exist.
lumberjack_jeff
Jul 2012
#59
I believe that a more interesting scenario is if the South was allowed to secede.
olegramps
Jul 2012
#75
Another newsworthy(?) quote from Ted Nugent, President of the Moron's Club. n/t
bitchkitty
Jul 2012
#103