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McDonnell's Virginia Proclamation a Skirmish in Ongoing Un-Civil War
By Mary C. Curtis - Politics DailyCall it the battle of Richmond. Gov. Bob McDonnell of Virginia issues a proclamation for Confederate History Month in the commonwealth, leaving out any mention of the buying and selling of human beings and the brutal decades of Jim Crow that followed. After taking heat for the omission, he adds a paragraph, and no one is happy -- not the Sons of Confederate Veterans, whose whispers in his ear prompted the original version, nor the descendants of those once defined as three-fifths of a person, who have been fighting to reclaim their entire selves ever since. It carried me back, all right, to ...
Coulter to Huck's Rescue on Confederate Flag
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyAs I reported here last week, Mike Huckabee courted pro-Confederate voters in South Carolina last week by defending the flying of the Confederate flag. On the heels of that stump speech, conservative author Ann Coulter came to Huckabee's defense, in an appearance on Fox News' Hannity and Colmes. In the clip, she incorrectly states that "...the majority of military bases in this country are named after Confederate officers. Eisenhower, Nimitz..." Coulter is known for making inflammatory statements, often while publicizing one of her many books. In the past, she has used an anti-gay slur against ...
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