Republican History Revealed

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The Democrat/Conferates of the 1860s have their apologists in the neo-Confederates disguising themselves as Republicans.

Would you prefer Southerners to vote Democrat instead? That would satisfy you, but leave the liberals in charge.

See how you are detremental to the GOP? Stop wasting time on divisive strawman arguments. Neither of you support half of your assertations anyway!

[Grand Old Partisan]

You vastly overestimate the number of southerners today who give a damn about Democrat traitors of the 1860s.

[4CJ]

In fact, 200,000 southern blacks and 100,000 southern whites fought for the United States of America while millions of northern Democrats collaborated with their rebel brethren of the Confederacy.

Wow. Maybe 300,000 Southerners sided with the yankees, while MILLIONS of Northerners sided with the Confederacy. That ought to tell you something.

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Republicans veneratiing Democrat-rebels of the Confederacy causes immense harm to the Grand Old Party.

NAACP bending your ear? Perhaps that's where we part company, I don't let the PC propaganda dictate my views and I'm in good company with conservative Americans.

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You vastly overestimate the number of southerners today who give a damn about Democrat traitors of the 1860s.

Explain why - or is this another baseless assertation.

[4CJ]

Well you have to figure they're returning to their true roots, that of abe and the Whigs. Government takes care of all type attitude

Yep. And with the latest neo-recontructionist policies of military expansion/subjugation, socialism, big-government programs, tax-refunds for non-payers, gun control programs, welfare etc. being pushed by so called "republicans", they are not the Reagan/Goldwater/Gingrich/Helms Republicans of a few years ago.

[Grand Old Partisan]

Yes, it does tell you something. The northerners who sided with the Confederates were all Democrats, and the southerners who sided with the United States Government (the blacks and the white Unionists) voted Republican as soon as they could.

[4CJ]

... yet give credence to absurdities such as black rebel soldiers

Unfortunately for you many are documented. Pension records, service & Official Records, eyewitness accounts abound the testify to the truth. Even in the Slave Narratives there are accounts of ex-slaves professing to their service to the Confederacy. Those facts might not agree with your mythological assertions, but they are documented, and refute your inane position. You denigrate the memories of those men that fought for their country. Your village is calling.

[4CJ]

Perhaps that's where we part company, I don't let the PC propaganda dictate my views and I'm in good company with conservative Americans.

Nor do I worship the Republican Party. The candidates that favour limited government and abide by the terms of the Constitution will get my vote.

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It (FedGov) would have stayed tiny had the Slavers not revolted.

Did you consult your crystal ball before posting that one? LOL!

[bourbon]

How many Southerners are in the United States armed forces today?

I believe the figure is ~40% of the total armed forces. That's significantly in excess of the % of the total population which Southerners represent.

What is truly shocking though is not necessarily Southern over-representation in the military but northern regional under-representation. The % of members of the military hailing from New England is unbelievably small.

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The candidates that favour limited government and abide by the terms of the Constitution will get my vote

Yes indeed - those who blindly follow one-party may do so to their detriment. As John Galt pointed out earlier, parties do shift and change policy, but our commitment to soveriegn rule and governing by the Constitution must not change.

Well said!

[4CJ]

What it should tell you is that the positions advocated by the Radical Republicans were in the minority. Lincoln barely won re-election, and even then, only without the South voting against him, and the military preventing votes for anyone other than Lincoln. "Beast" Butler bragged about supressing the vote.

[billbears]

The candidates that favour limited government and abide by the terms of the Constitution will get my vote.

Don't say that now!! If that's your policy you won't be voting for Republicans all the time now ;)

[NutCrackerBoy]

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[4CJ]

I was speaking with an Air Force pilot (from Illinois) this past weekend. He stated that the 'south' was right, and that the north was a liberal bastion that he was glad to escape from. He went on to say that Southerners were far more patriotic and supportive of the military than what he had experienced while serving in the "liberal" North.

[4CJ]

Don't say that now!! If that's your policy you won't be voting for Republicans all the time now ;)

Sad, isn't it? We had a party pledged to support & defend the Constitution against all attacks, now many in that party are simply prostituting themselves for votes.

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partisian

Didn't even spell it correctly.

[bourbon]

Population Representation in the Military Services.

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Excerpt:
Geographic Representation. During the last 15 years, the percentage of recruits from the Northeast and North Central regions has decreased with a corresponding increase in the percentage of recruits from the South and West regions. The geographic distribution of enlisted active accessions for FY 2000 shows that the South, and in particular the South Atlantic and West South Central Divisions of this region, continued to have the greatest representation. More than two-fifths of NPS accessions hailed from the South. In fact, this was the only region to be slightly overrepresented among enlisted accessions compared to its proportion of 18-24 year-olds. The representation ratio (percentage of accessions divided by percentage of 18-24 year-olds from the region) for NPS active accessions from the South was 1.2, compared to 0.8 for the Northeast and North Central and 1.0 for the West.

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A more detailed report on geographic representation in the U.S. Military.

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