GOP State Senator is mad about the War of Northern Aggression

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Sunday May 05, 2013 · 4:34 PM PDT

2013/05/05 · 16:34

Conservatives have a new cause, apparently. First incoming NRA president Jim Porter, and now one of the Republican Party's elected officials.

Tennessee State Senator Frank Niceley has a past of staunch Tea Party beliefs. He supported Orly Taitz's Birther lawsuit, and this year has sponsored bills to require armed guards or armed teachers in every public school and to partially end democratic election of US Senators.

Recently, in reply to a tweet by a conservative upset about Jay Carney saying "Benghazi happened a long time ago", Senator Niceley wrote the following:

@wbtonyturner @docthompsonshow So did the War of Northern aggression and we're not forgetting that either. #ForgetHell #bagdadbob
— Sen. Frank Niceley (@SenFrankNiceley) May 1, 2013

Is it just me, or is this embrace of historical revisionism disturbing? The Civil War was the deadliest war in American history, fought to maintain the Union and abolish slavery. To call it an act of aggression by the North completely disregards the reality of the world, and carries unsettling racial undertones. What about the supposed 'War of Northern Aggression', exactly, will Senator Frank Niceley, Jim Porter, and others, not forget?

Romney's birther remark wasn't a joke

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Friday August 24, 2012 · 12:11 PM PDT

2012/08/24 · 12:11

I'm sure all of you have seen Romney's birther comment by now, but I'm going to reproduce it here for easy access:

Now, I love being home in this place where Ann and I were raised, where both of us were born. Ann was born in Henry Ford Hospital, I was born in Harper Hospital. No one has ever asked to see my birth certificate. They know that this is the place that we were born and raised.

Here's the thing, though. I see almost everyone referring to it as 'a joke'. It's not a joke. He doesn't say it in a joking tone. Some in the audience may have found it funny, but he was making an aggressive, affirmative statement: I was born here. I'm a real American. Obama isn't. Read More

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Sunday February 13, 2011 · 2:27 PM PST

2011/02/13 · 14:27

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Republicans proudly declare themselves 'Party of No'

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Tuesday January 26, 2010 · 2:29 PM PST

2010/01/26 · 14:29

Today, the Senate voted on establishing a bi-partisan commission on reducing the deficit. The vote failed, 53-46. 37 Democrats voted for it, and 16 Republicans. Wait. 16 Republicans? I thought they were the party of fiscal responsibility? I thought they've been screaming about deficits, debt and spending? (oh my)

With this vote, Republicans have made it clear. That is not the case. They do not care about our country's fiscal problems. Nor do they care about our safety, our world image, our health care, our economic well being, or anything at all. They've not even pretending to care anymore. The only thing they care about, is making President Obama look bad at all costs, in any way imaginable.

23 Senators shamelessly cast away all principles and beliefs today, purely to get in a political hit at President Obama. I will list all of them below the jump.

(note: let's not debate the actual merits of the bill, that's not the point of this diary, the point is the utterly disgusting politics being played by the Republican Party)

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Monday January 25, 2010 · 6:24 PM PST

2010/01/25 · 18:24

As I'm sure you've heard, Obama will announce a spending freeze for discretionary spending. This is understandably disappointing to many progressives. Billions of dollars for education, infrastructure, and health care will not be provided. Bridges will fall into disrepair. Schools will be underfunded and understaffed. Fewer underprivileged people will get the assistance for housing that they need.

However, despite these unfortunate realities, this is a good decision.

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It's a very good idea

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I think it could work out pretty well

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I'm not sure, we'll have to wait and see

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I'm wary of it

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I'm extremely disappointed; he's selling out

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We should just freeze pies instead

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