http://news.yahoo.com/learned-hate-robert-e-lee-021844697--politics.html
The fire-eaters were a minority then, as the Tea Partiers (their spiritual descendants) are today, but like today’s Tea Party they promoted extremist agendas and pounded down on wedge issues that sundered the nation and very nearly destroyed it.
For those that aren't aware the fire-eaters were in favor of re-opening the slave trade to Africa. So in short, if you are in any way aligned with the Tea Party principles you are racist.
The fire-eaters were a minority then, as the Tea Partiers (their spiritual descendants) are today, but like today’s Tea Party they promoted extremist agendas and pounded down on wedge issues that sundered the nation and very nearly destroyed it.
For those that aren't aware the fire-eaters were in favor of re-opening the slave trade to Africa. So in short, if you are in any way aligned with the Tea Party principles you are racist.
