Reply #148: this fundamental problem

[Dan]

is that she is hated?

and of course Bubba is going to continue being a disruptive force and obstruction to positive change - it has worked. But that is no reason, no reason at all to accept it. Sort of like dealing with a bully, you gotta fight back.

I of course disagree with your view on the Civil War - and letting the south become their own separate nation state, with the idea that two or three generations later, they would request re admittance to the Union. You note of course this view point of acceptance of the status quo during that periods totally ignores the state of a people in a terrible situation. For those that believe that slavery was not a bad state - then please refer me to any literature where Whites fought to be slaves. No, the Civil war was fought for several reasons (Slavery, States' rights, Industrial versus agricultural, world views, a clarification on federal rights, southern pride and sadly some would say northern arrogance), and we continue to fight (on a different level) with the south for some of those reasons; The war didn't end with the surrender by Lee - it was just redefined.

In some ways, (in my opinion) it doesn't matter if HRC is nominated; any person that doesn't fit a (again in general terms) narrow definition of someone acceptable - is going to mobilize that base. Come on, I was raised in the south, if the young senator from Illinois is nominated - I can assure you, the dead with vote against him in the south. And, you will hear commentary on race that you would have thought disappeared over fifty years ago.

HRC is not the problem....Bubba is the problem. Bubba needs to grow and accept the 21st century, and if we choose to accept Bubba's world view - then we enabling a fool.

Finally, Bubba is going to "fuck with the rest of us" as long as Bubba is not in charge. My two cents worth... ;)