Political Hippo Circle Jerk - America, farg YEAH!

[Munson]

VIGY, I hereby declare you an honorary Canuck.  Here's a similar map that I think you might appreciate...

Those would be the slave & free states before the Civil War.

Yeah but Maryland and Delaware were more "North" then they were "South".


Either way, if it got split up that way I'd sadly be moving from Delaware.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

They would miss you.

[Diomedes]

Yeah but Maryland and Delaware were more "North" then they were "South".

Ah, NO.  Fail.  Go back to tenth grade history and try again.

[Rome]

I took driver's ed in 10th grade.  Good times.

[ATV]

Yeah, it wasn't at all below the belt to show McCain with the horned rim glasses 20 years ago, either.

Were these glassses forced upon his face by the Democrats?

Maybe the Republicans should fight back with a computer-generated image of what Biden would look like without the plugs?

Yes, the Republicans should fight back with a factually inaccurate image. What the hell, it would be more of the same.

[shorebird]

Yeah but Maryland and Delaware were more "North" then they were "South".

Ah, NO.  Fail.  Go back to tenth grade history and try again.

Dio's right.

Despite widespread support for the Confederate States of America among many wealthy landowners, who had a vested interest in slavery, Maryland did not secede from the Union during the American Civil War. This may be due in part to the temporary suspension of the Legislature by Governor Thomas Holliday Hicks and arrest of many of its fire eaters by President Abraham Lincoln prior to its reconvening.

Link

Lincoln, who history has been very kind too, was a ruthless man when fighting against confederacy. He put artillery on Federal Hill pointed at the City of Baltimore more or less threatening them into voting for a pro-union Governor and legislature.

[ice grillin you]

as he should have

[Diomedes]

When Union troops first appeared in Baltimore they were greeted by a violent mob of secessionists.  link

Lincoln would have fought for Maryland harder than any other state simply because he could not afford to have D.C. surrounded by Confederate territory.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

D.C. is the castle, and Maryland's the moat?

[Rome]

More like D.C. is the hole filled with shtein and Maryland is the outhouse surrounding the hole.

[SD_Eagle5]

McCain ads distorting the truth

[SD_Eagle5]

Funny video: When it comes to Obama, the FOX is wrong

[Rome]

Fox News is a biased outfit engaging in distortion and outright lies?

[Munson]

Yeah but Maryland and Delaware were more "North" then they were "South".

Ah, NO.  Fail.  Go back to tenth grade history and try again.

My point was that neither seceded from the Union despite having slavery widespread throughout both states.

As pointed out, Maryland was almost forced into that....but both states had soldiers on both sides, I consider them "North" since they never seceded. Whatever, they were "border states", lets just not split the country up that way please. I'd like to live in the blue areas.


Also, if I went back to 10th grade history, America wouldn't exist yet...neither would many civilizations.

[ice grillin you]

Funny video: When it comes to Obama, the FOX is wrong

good stuff

but it makes it that much more sad that fox gets more viewers than msnbc and cnn combined...what is wrong with us?