Rick Perry belongs to Neo-Confederate group

[RandySF]

A 1998 voting guide published by a leading neo-Confederate group and obtained by Salon not only endorses Perry for lieutenant governor but also describes him as "a member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans." Perry's office did not respond to a request for comment about the governor's possible membership in the Sons of Confederate Veterans.

This is the document, published by the League of the South on its website DixieNet.org; it was unearthed by Edward Sebesta, a Texas-based independent researcher and co-editor of "Neo-Confederacy: A Critical Introduction."

The organization that publishes DixieNet describes its mission in openly secessionist terms: "The League of the South is a Southern Nationalist organization whose ultimate goal is a free and independent Southern republic." Its core beliefs include the abolition of the income tax and central banking, a Southern republic that "revives the use of State Militias in place of maintaining large, standing armies," and a society that "perpetuates the chivalric ideal of manhood." The group rejects "the American Empire that now occupies the South."....

Visitors to the Sons of Confederate Veterans website are confronted by a video of a man in a gray uniform who proclaims, "One hundred and fifty years ago the men of the South left our homes and families to protect them from an illegal invasion and to fight for the rights our states held under the Constitution." He continues: "Too many in your time want to tell lies about us and the reasons we went to war. We fought for you. It is now your turn to stand up to the South."

Slavery is not mentioned.

The group also says the "citizen-soldiers who fought for the Confederacy personified the best qualities of America."

http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/index.html?story=/politics/war_room/2011/07/13/rick_perry_sons_of_confederate_veterans

[patrice]

1. K&R

[brewens]

2. High rates of desertion on the Confederate Army.

"The group also says the "citizen-soldiers who fought for the Confederacy personified the best qualities of America.""

Yeah, right. In all fairness, I suppose I'd desert too if I didn't have food or shoes or ammo.

I just watched a show that claimed Pickett's charge might have succeeded if all his men had actually charged.

[provis99]

3. not to mention

whole areas of the South were unsafe for Confederates. The mountains of Virginia were so notoriously pro-union and anti-slavery they created their own state called West Virginia. Large areas of North Carolina, Tennessee, and Mississippi were also hostile to the Confederacy. Any Southern state with a county named "Union" county indicates the depth of pro-Union support.

[Whoa_Nelly]

4. pretty obvious conclusion

I feel for my friends (who are also not repugs) that live in Texas. Also, Glenn back is moving to Dallas BAM! Double whammy. He's going to start his own TV channel GBTV and begin at two hours a day. Wonder how long it will take him to escalate AND praise Perry to High Jesus Dungeon...

[checks-n-balances]

5. Don't forget, the article is about Gov. Rick Perry

belonging to this Neo-Confederate organization. Actually, this isn't surprising since he's a Secessionist.

[larwdem]

6. wtf

sons of Confederate veterans is a reenactment group just like sons of union veterans. oh and thy both are descendants of the veterans

[RandySF]

7. Does the Union group say this?

"One hundred and fifty years ago the men of the South left our homes and families to protect them from an illegal invasion and to fight for the rights our states held under the Constitution."