Three Stooges: Who's Worst--Kissinger, Lott, or Law?

Does Hitchens even know who the candidates were in the 1948 election? His comments could be taken to mean he thinks Strom was the Republican candidate. There were actually four men who received more than a million popular votes in 1948--the Democrat, Harry Truman, the Republican, Thomas Dewey, the Dixiecrat, Strom Thurmond, and the Progressive, Henry Wallace.

Of the 192 thousand people who voted in Mississippi, 168 thousand voted for Thurmond, 19 thousand for Truman, and 5 thousand for Dewey. Probably most of Dewey's supporters were black (very few blacks could vote in Mississippi, but some could). I don't know if Wallace was even on the ballot, but even if he was his support was miniscule. 84% of voting-age Mississippians didn't vote for anyone.

I've never heard of any credible evidence to suggest that the Confederate authorities had any involvement in the successful plot to kill Lincoln, or in any earlier unsuccessful plot. I'm not sure what Hitchens is referring to--perhaps the rumors that someone would try to kill Lincoln in Baltimore in 1861 (when the Confederacy was just being formed and did not control any territory within 300 miles of Washington, D.C.).

You imply that the RACE question is no longer a problem in the Good Ole USofA. Not so! Whites not wanting to mix socially (or in any way) with Blacks and Blacks not wanting to mix (or in any way) with Whites is still the norm in this country. The Black Socialist Democrats passed laws in the 1960" called the "Great Society" that solved all race problems, they said. Then why this problem today? Laws will not change what is in the heart. Also, the motivation for the GSociety was greed not morallity. There has to be another way. As most Blacks choose to live in the South and the most contented live in the Rural South, maybe what Lott spoke about should be studied.

... the Confederacy was a pack of traitors ...

Sorry, but though I am a born and bred a Yankee, and have zero tolerance for racism, the Confederates were right. It only takes a single reading of the 10th Amendment, and then a close perusal of the rest of the Constitution while trying to figure out from which provisions therein the Federal government gets its license for each of the sponsored programs we have to realize that. Despite your hype, states' rights are the key to our regaining our nation, and above all else, was the overarching reason for the Confederacy.

>> I don't know if Wallace was even on the ballot, but even if he was his support was miniscule <<

According to the election data, Wallace/Taylor, the "Progressive" (a.k.a. openly socialist) candidates received 225 votes in Mississippi.

True, that's a miniscule amount, but some kooks apparently wanted them in every state. Thurmond received 2% of the vote nationwide, and 12% in the south (so most southerners did NOT support the segregationist ticket).

Contrary to what people seem to believe, the race in most southern states was clearly between Truman and Dewey (for instance, in Virgina, 47% voted for Truman, 41% for Dewey, and 10% for Thurmond) Nationwide, Thurmond's candidacy was pretty much viewed the way Harry Browne's was in 2000 (and Wallace was the Ralph Nader of 1948...lots of hype, few votes) Harry Truman Alben Barkley Democrat 19,384 10.09% 0 Thomas Dewey Earl Warren Republican 5,043 2.62% 0 Henry Wallace Glen Taylor Progressive 225 0.12% 0

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