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turbinetree

(24,720 posts)
Thu Feb 27, 2020, 05:25 PM Feb 2020

GOP Senate candidate blames Civil War on 'gridlock' and 'pointing the finger'

By Emily Singer -February 27, 2020 2:40 PM

New Hampshire Senate candidate Donald Bolduc said the war was a result of 'Not working together, not being a partnered team.'

A GOP Senate candidate in New Hampshire said the cause of the Civil War was "gridlock" and a lack of compromise between political parties.

Don Bolduc, a retired Army brigadier general, made the comment at a meet-and-greet in the state on Jan. 28, according to audio obtained by the American Independent.

"The Civil War was started because the parties, because they couldn't come together," Bolduc said. "There were reasons for fighting it. But they couldn't get together to figure it out so we just had a war. Gridlock, blaming, pointing the finger. Not working together, not being a partnered team."

Of course, slavery is the reason the Civil War was fought. The war began when southern states started to secede from the Union because they wanted to continue to enslave black people.

https://americanindependent.com/gop-senate-candidate-civil-war-gridlock-donald-bolduc-new-hampshire-republicans-2020-election/

What does it mean there dude for partnered team........................

here let me refresh your memory..................

https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/slavery-and-other-domestic-challenges-western-expansion

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GOP Senate candidate blames Civil War on 'gridlock' and 'pointing the finger' (Original Post) turbinetree Feb 2020 OP
"Everything's their fault because they wouldn't let us have our way" FiveGoodMen Feb 2020 #1
Eyewitness: "He wanted to rape and muder her, and she didn't want him to." Mister Ed Feb 2020 #2
Hmm , so maybe if the north had proposed to free 3/5 of the slaves? brooklynite Feb 2020 #3
As I recall my history Frances Feb 2020 #4
Yeah, it was gridlock TheFarseer Feb 2020 #5
Let's all come together and compromise on owning human beings... yeah- ok moron. XRubicon Feb 2020 #6

Mister Ed

(5,944 posts)
2. Eyewitness: "He wanted to rape and muder her, and she didn't want him to."
Thu Feb 27, 2020, 05:31 PM
Feb 2020

"They just couldn't come to agreement, and so a terrible struggle ensued."

Frances

(8,547 posts)
4. As I recall my history
Thu Feb 27, 2020, 05:49 PM
Feb 2020

Southern states began seceding as soon as Lincoln was elected
Anybody have more details ?

TheFarseer

(9,326 posts)
5. Yeah, it was gridlock
Thu Feb 27, 2020, 06:19 PM
Feb 2020

Hard to reconcile the position of we want to have slaves vs. we think it should be illegal to have slaves. What’s the compromise? Black people are slaves on Monday, Wednesday, Friday?

XRubicon

(2,212 posts)
6. Let's all come together and compromise on owning human beings... yeah- ok moron.
Thu Feb 27, 2020, 06:26 PM
Feb 2020

What a fucking moron. I weep for our country.

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