North Carolina Republican Cass Ballenger, R-NC, says bad things about former Georgia Representative Cynthia McKinney.

Ballenger, a North Carolina Republican, said former Rep. Cynthia McKinney, D-GA, so provoked him that "I must I admit I had segregationist feelings. If I had to listen to her, I probably would have developed a little bit of a segregationist feeling."

"I mean, she was such a bitch," he said.

Ballenger later discussed his comments in an interview with a Charlotte, NC, radio station.

"I talk too much..."

Yeah, but so do Cynthia and her father.

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Lean Left has some good stuff on the Confederacy and the Civil War.

Look, I am a Polish American - my mom actually came from Poland. I am proud of the my heritage. There is a lot to be proud of. Lech Walesa, Chopin, Copernicus, etc. There is also much to be ashamed of - particularly Poland's treatment of Jews. I do not feel the need to defend the bad in order to learn from it, and be proud of the good. I do not understand why so many Southerners feel compelled to continue to defend the Confederacy instead of learning from it, and being proud of the good.

As I have said before, there are many southern things to be proud about. The Confederacy and the Civil War are not among them. Why some people want to continue to brag about losing a war they fought in order to keep slaves boggles my mind. And yes the Civil War was about the right to keep slaves. Go read the history books, and not the revisionist ones.

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