Ricardo Klement: The GOP was on the wrong side of history in 1860?

Conservatives have been on the wrong side of history in the US every time.

I've always liked Shep Smith.

I see a political career in that man's future, if only because the current crop of the GOP is about as endearing as the KKK.

Ricardo Klement: The GOP was on the wrong side of history in 1860?

Technically speaking, the predecessors to the modern GOP were on the right side of history, or at least, orthogonal.

Shep is like the Rosa Parks of FoxNews.

http://diylol.com/meme-generator/creepy-willy-wonka/memes/homophobes-d ont-vote-for-democrats-my-what-a-keen-politic-insight-you-have

WAR ON MARRIAGE!!!!!!111ONE1111

meanwhile, ther's absolutely no war on women. at all. none. no evidence whatsoever. Just one or two isolated incidents by... um... oversealous rogue staffers. yeah, that's it.


WAR ON MARRIAGE!!!!!!111ONE1111

Fox Nation: when the ideas are too stupid for even Fox News

I liked it when Shep Smith said "blow job" instead of "curb job" when talking about JLo. I LOL'd at that horny bastard.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rnX9vJrn9o

funny quote:

"It is good to see that after intense political pressure that President Obama has finally come around to the Dick Cheney position on marriage equality."

kbronsito: skinnycatullus: Ricardo Klement: The GOP was on the wrong side of history in 1860?

Well, the headline says "knows" not "has ever known."

This.

Also in the new and improved history... the Civil War wasn't about slavery (it was about state rights). So even when they are in the off-chance that they are right side of history, they rewrite it to compensate.

Yeah. Between Lincoln becoming the most monstrous tyrant ever to menace these fair shores and the lolworthy assertion that the Free Market™ would've eliminated slavery in another 20 years or so anyway, the GOP has managed to retcon themselves out of the one thing they ever got right.

Ricardo Klement: The GOP was on the wrong side of history in 1860?

The "GOP" (modern usage) didn't oppose slavery, they opposed the spread of slavery to new territories because it would give the southern slave block in congress even more power (the 3/5 clause gave them additional seats for people not really represented).

Sin_City_Superhero: OBAMA DECLARES WAR ON MARRIAGE!

I though using the "Declare War On" hyperbole in politics was something only gay Islam-o-fascist communist socialist Nazi Jesus hating Keynesian Kenyans did.

It was only like three days ago.

/yeah, it's a pretty big tent.

Ricardo Klement: Nadie_AZ: kbronsito: the Civil War wasn't about slavery (it was about state rights).

I'd invite them to read the CSA constitution vs the US constitution as well as a few documents written by the New and Improved Founding Fathers on the matter. But I doubt they'd read them.

Not to get argumentative, but notice that the Union's reason for going to war was NOT about slavery, even if the South's was.

Considering the Confederates fired on a federal installation, their reasons are all that matter.

Shep broke the echo chamber! Wonder how freeperland is handling this?

kingoomieiii: They are going to fire his ass so hard. He literally said that the GOP was "without question" on the wrong side of history on gay marriage, live on the air, in a matter-of-fact tone.

Well, it is matter of fact. and without question.

Forgot_my_password_again: Ricardo Klement: The GOP was on the wrong side of history in 1860?

The "GOP" (modern usage) didn't oppose slavery, they opposed the spread of slavery to new territories because it would give the southern slave block in congress even more power (the 3/5 clause gave them additional seats for people not really represented).

Don't forget the northern religious fundies who were vehemently opposed to not only slavery but the consumption of alcohol. It was kind of like a coalition of people who believed slavery was why God was punishing America a la gays caused 9/11 and the dudes you're talking about.

Fista-Phobia: Shep broke the echo chamber! Wonder how freeperland is handling this?

It's mostly asserting that Shep must be, as one would assume, a homosexual, has AIDS, etc.
One fella expressed ambivalence to the whole topic, but one voice in a place full of gnashing teeth.

/feels dirty going to that place

Lucky LaRue: Shepard Smith's contract is about to end, and he's letting CNN and MSNBC know that he's not nearly as crazy as his Fox colleagues.

Poor Shepard Smith. Everyone knows he has existed as the exclusive veneer of integrity at Fox News. He was their pet journalist. Being named "Shep" didn't help.

He's going to carry that stink with him wherever he tries to go.

/You can't shake the Devil's hand and say you're only kidding.

Forgot_my_password_again: Ricardo Klement: The GOP was on the wrong side of history in 1860?

The "GOP" (modern usage) didn't oppose slavery, they opposed the spread of slavery to new territories because it would give the southern slave block in congress even more power (the 3/5 clause gave them additional seats for people not really represented).

OMG I love you. A fellow history buff with good knowledge and not armchair Civil War refereeing.

Nobody in the history of broadcasting has ever gayed off my gaydar more than Shep Smith. Has he ever been remarried since 1993? I'm wondering if his latest comments were driven by empathy more than anything else. Because what I'm saying is that he just might be gayer than 4 gay guys sucking off 8 gay guys.

Shep Smith the only firing neuron at FOX.

Also yes I have declared WAR WAR WAR on marriage. First attack Jordan almonds.

Allowing homosexuals to serve openly and proudly in the U.S. Military is the single worst thing that has ever happened in American history. That infamous act of the U.S. Congress and the U.S. President, has cut America off from any further access to the resources of Divine Providence. You want to be like other nations? Now you will get the chance.



Republicans seem really upset for some reason.

kbronsito: the Civil War wasn't about slavery (it was about state rights). to have slaves.

Forgot_my_password_again: Ricardo Klement: The GOP was on the wrong side of history in 1860?

The "GOP" (modern usage) didn't oppose slavery, they opposed the spread of slavery to new territories because it would give the southern slave block in congress even more power (the 3/5 clause gave them additional seats for people not really represented).

Yet the Southern States seemed to think there was a plan to out-and-out get rid of slavery. In "Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union," they state that the newly elected president (they didn't use Lincoln's name) was going to outlaw slavery. That was a very important reason for breaking away from the United States. The breaking away from the United States? A very important reason for the Civil War.

From the document:
"A geographical line has been drawn across the Union, and all the States north of that line have united in the election of a man to the high office of President of the United States, whose opinions and purposes are hostile to slavery. He is to be entrusted with the administration of the common Government, because he has declared that that "Government cannot endure permanently half slave, half free," and that the public mind must rest in the belief that slavery is in the course of ultimate extinction. "

Yeah, the South left because they were afraid Lincoln would put an end to slavery. They were correct. Not right, but correct.

Fista-Phobia: Shep broke the echo chamber! Wonder how freeperland is handling this?

As you would expect. Enjoy.