Democrat’s “American History” Gap
First we had Barack Obama's complaint about not being able to visit all 60 states, and now we have another, shall we say, "interesting" take on American history:
The special congressional election in Mississippi today is an important one. The GOP can’t afford another defeat and morale-deflator. Republicans have poured on the money to retain the longtime, reliably conservative district.
So, what are Dems up to? You won’t be surprised. Several Mississippi readers and bloggers e-mail that the Dems have pulled out the race card to smear GOP candidate Greg Davis as a KKK supporter.
Wow! What a coup for the Democrats to get to run against a Klan supporter! It's perfect, except for one thing:
DCCC says "Greg Davis wanted to honor the founder of the KKK with a statue in Southaven" and also said the statue was of "the first Grand Wizard." But in reality, the statue was of Jefferson Davis who was not the founder and never in the KKK. In fact, another place that has a statue of Jefferson Davis is the United States Capitol Building. Jefferson Davis is one of the two statues representing Mississippi, along with James Z. George.
That's right. The Democrats were laboring under the impression that Jefferson Davis founded the KKK, as opposed to Nathan Bedford Forrest. Oops. However, it is easy to forgive the DCCC about the confusion. After all both Forrest and Davis were Democrats.
Could have happened to any ignorant person.
History, Politics | Rich Horton May 13, 2008
By syn, May 13, 2008 @ 12:42 pm
Yet, if the ABC/WaPo poll is correct, the majority of Americans actually trust Obama on Iraq, Ethics, Economy, Immigration, Health Care and Gas prices; McCain leads in fighting terrorism.
Yeah, it’s going to be a real landslide alright.
(as a 9/11 convert to the Conservative side all I can say at this moment is Thank God for Rush Limbaugh)
By Larry T, May 14, 2008 @ 11:35 am
maybe the democrats could have asked their main expert on the KKK Senator Bird who was a member and a recruiter
By martian, May 14, 2008 @ 12:39 pm
Democrats absolutely love to re-write history. They do it all the time. This is just another example.