Civil War my ass...

[Philosoraptor]

It's always comical when republicans refer to the coming civil war if Obama wins re-election. As far as they're concerned, the American Civil War is still raging on, centuries after the fact. They THREATEN civil war, bravely, from behind an anonymous keyboard, and then they dust off their grey civil war re-enactment uniforms, take out the hems for added body weight, and put on some charlie daniels records.

If I remember my ancient history, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA won the civil war, and defeated the insurgents, yet they just can't let the good ol' slavery days of Dixie go. The idea of a black president in their white house is just too much for their tiny brains, even though his mother was a white lady from Kansas. (half white just ain't good enough).

I got your civil war RIGHT HERE assholes.

[lunatica]

1. They're not threatening Civil War

They're praying for it.

[Odin2005]

2. We didn't Reconstruct their Southern asses enough.

[loli phabay]

3. pray what do you think should have been done

You do realise that you would have a full blown insurgency on your hands if there hadnt of been reconcilement.

On edit are you prepared to put on a uniform and come south to enforce your belief

[Philosoraptor]

7. No I won't put on a uniform and come south, the civil war is over and done

[loli phabay]

8. yup i thought so to but the poster i replied to seems to believe that it needs to be revisited.

[nanabugg]

11. As soon as those government Social Security and Medicare benefits stop, the war will be over!! nt

[Odin2005]

14. There should have been comprehensive land reform.

The plantations should have been broken up and given to poor whites and freed slaves, this would have broken the back of the old feudal societal structure.

Oh, and anyone who fought in the Confederate army should have lost their citizenship.

[loli phabay]

17. take away their citizenship and you may as well just let the states go

The rank and file were fighting for thir home states on the whole. Question is does ones loyalty lie with something as large as the united states before ones loyalty to ones friends and family.

[Tom Ripley]

19. +1,000,000

[cynatnite]

15. Seems to me they won reconstruction. n/t

[Fawke Em]

22. Wow! Another bigot!

Bigot: a person who is obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices; especially : one who regards or treats the members of a group (in this case, Southerners) with hatred and intolerance

[rustydog]

4. They will decalre a civil war then run off to get their deferments

so some other idiot will fight it for them...Right Rush? GW? Mitt?

[loli phabay]

6. i think that lush is the only southerner you listed unless you think all southerners are repubs

Also pretty sure that lots of other southerners are in uniform and have been without deferments.

[rustydog]

9. I shouldn't have to point out that you missed my point...

"These" people who talk tough generally never enlisted, they never fought their own fight, they had the school bully beat people up for them, they ginne dup a war then sent others to fight for what these tough-talking couwards lacked the backbone to do: actually get their hands dirty and FIGHT for what they believe in.

these goobers are good at talking up a fight. talking up a "revolution" talking up a civil war. But if the war ever does break out, these tough-talking gutless pieces of shit who told everyone to "stock up on ammo and get ready for the war!" are already laying on beaches in France..

[freshwest]

24. +1

[HereSince1628]

5. It's just a cover story for the growing evidence of the coming neo-feudal putsch

The Kochs and their friends have never been as public using and bragging about their influence than at the GOP convention, huge amounts of money went into influencing the GOP staging victory demonstrations and in buying influence off the convention floor.

The past two years have clearly shown that the plutocrats have in place an infrastructure capable of taking control of many state governments beyond the great plains and south. With the use of their over-sized financial influence now legalized the rich who would be boyars are hoping to have enough puppets in DC to bring about their putsch at the national level.

IOW the coming 'civil war' doesn't depend on the election outcome.

[freshwest]

25. Nailed it. This is what some people refuse to believe.

[HockeyMom]

10. I hear this from my Republican husband

There will be fighting in the streets if Obama is re-elected. First of all, I really DOUBT that, but who does he think "he" will be fighting against? His daughter who has joined the National Guard? No, she will not join the insurgents, not only because she took a oath to defend the USA, but she is actually VOTING for Obama! So, who else? Me? Your other daughter? Your son-in-law? NONE of us, and many, many other people, want to overthrow the government because Obama is our President.

Their silly second "civil war" won't happen because the PEOPLE of this country won't WANT it.

[loli phabay]

12. problem is it dosent take an army to cause untold casualties

They may be few in number but all it takes is a couple of true believers to deliver a car bomb or hijack a plane. Nutjobs are not in short supply across the spectrum.

[HappyMe]

13. There isn't going to be any damn civil war.

Who the hell would fight in it? I would bet they certainly aren't going to. I sure as hell am not. I would bet that most of the people I know wouldn't either.

They should find something more constructive to do with their time.

Here's a couple of clues for them -- video games, tv shows and movies AREN'T REAL.

[loli phabay]

18. yup theres a bunch of lunatics on both sides who wont let the civil war go

But the majority would just be glad to see them all put in a field to fight it out between themselves.

[hfojvt]

16. Charlie Daniels record?

[SoCalDem]

20. Like our current (and recent) GOP members, the dyed-in-the-wool confederates

may have surrendered (officially)...they never "gave up" the fight. the philosophy that drove their "war" has been carefully instilled into the succeeding generations, nurtured over the decades (centuries), and is just as perverse..and is possibly more dangerous than ever

[Bake]

21. Don't forget Hank Jr.!!

I almost hope it happens just to get a shot at that asshole ... of course he'll be hiding behind his mansion walls.

Bake

[Whovian]

23. It's a wet dream for many of these teabagger gun nuts.

They need a reason to use those armories that they have been buiding since Clinton was in Office.