American Civil War

We were sitting in a Waffle House in Staunton, Virginia discussing the state of the nation over breakfast. I had just read an Ed Kilgore column in Salon  about the nationwide Republican war on voting rights, and the conservative debate over whether voting is even a right or not.

As I am standing in line to pay my tab, a African-American man in his forties slides into an occupied booth next to the register and sits opposite an older white man.

One out of every three Republicans still wish the South had won the War:

Tar Heel Republicans are evenly divided on the question, with 35 percent glad the North won, 33 percent wishing the South had won, and 32 percent not sure.

Forget the multiple choice questions; I'd like to see that 33 percent write an essay on what our country would be like if the South had won. That would be some quality entertainment.