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In reply to the discussion: South Carolina Bill Would Criminalize Obamacare [View all]liberalhistorian
(20,818 posts)18. What else did you expect him to do?
Federal property, and federal soldiers, were under siege and being attacked. The South brought it on itself, South Carolina brought it on itself. It doesn't surprise me at all that the state continues to think it's still 1863 and is STILL a shit stirrer nearly two centuries later.
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Agreed. I was hoping Obama would do this where the right-wingers were pushing voter suppression.
beerandjesus
Dec 2012
#37
they are right that the law is "invalid in this State, is not recognized by this State, is
onenote
Dec 2012
#5
I thought that President Abraham Lincoln set South Carolina straight about seceding from the union.
JDPriestly
Dec 2012
#11
"I will go to South Carolina and hang the first secessionist I see from the first tree I can reach"
Faygo Kid
Dec 2012
#16
Yes and Jackson was going to depend on North Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee troops to do so
happyslug
Dec 2012
#27
I guess they're really excited by the sesquicentennial of the Civil War, but I didn't expect
struggle4progress
Dec 2012
#30
I think it's just wonderful that S. Carolina has 5 people so much smarter than the SCOTUS!
sinkingfeeling
Dec 2012
#39