Wednesday, April 06, 2005

Alabama Governor slips up on slavery

MSNBC:"Confederate heritage groups got excited when Gov. Bob Rileys dropped a paragraph, saying slavery was the cause of the Civil War. It contained a paragraph that says. Our recognition of Confederate history also recognizes that slavery was one of the causes of the war, an issue in the war, was ended by the war, and slavery is hereby condemned. Confederate heritage organizations said they had complained to the governor that the paragraph was historically incorrect. It leaves the impression that slavery was the total cause of the war and thats untrue. It was more about tariffs and taxes, said chief of Alabama Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans. How does someone not see that kind of mistake made in a statement, their speaking? Looks like he shot his next Election down-the toilet."

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