ThinkProgress: Meet South Carolina’s New Lieutenant Governor, a confederacy enthusiast

[highplainsdem]

That subject line is from TP's Tweet: http://twitter.com/thinkprogress/status/179608522181447681

The article leaves the words "confederacy enthusiast" out of the headline, but they should be there:

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/03/13/443636/lieutenant-governor-glenn-mcconnell/

Senate President Pro Tem Glenn McConnell (R) is set to be sworn in today as South Carolina’s new lieutenant governor after Ken Ard resigned from the position last week in the wake of a grand jury indictment on ethics violations. But McConnell may not be any less controversial.

The Republican lawmaker is perhaps best known for his unapologetic embrace of the Confederacy, grabbing national headlines in 2010 when he appeared in photos dressed as a confederate general — posing with two people presumably imitating slaves:

-photo at the link-

McConnell is a member Sons of Confederate Veterans, Secession Camp #4, as he proudly lists on his official bio. He also owns a store that sells confederate memorabilia.

Asked in a 1999 interview on ABC’s Nightline what he thinks when he sees the Confederate Flag, he replied, “I see honor, courage, valor. I see the red, white and blue and the blood of sacrifice that ran through that battle and the people that carried that flag. I don’t see black and white. I don’t see racism.” He added that it “hurt[s] our feelings” when people bring up race with the flag.

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[Historic NY]

1. They should move his office to Fort Sumter.....

then.

[Cirque du So-What]

2. Well, whaddya know?!?

He's 'colorblind,' and only a racist would attempt to portray the War of Northern Aggression as having a racial component. Buncha haters, you are!

[blm]

3. He's also known for his deep closet where he goes to enjoy his uniform collection and

other games of dress-up.

What? Surely you didn't think Lindsey Graham and Andre Bauer had the only Republican closets in SC, did you?

[libinnyandia]

4. In 1860 the Republican Party called any attempt to break up the United States was treason.

Now they consider it to be an act of honor. Almost 2% of the population die, including my great great grandfather.