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IDemo

(16,926 posts)
Sun Jun 28, 2015, 10:38 AM Jun 2015

League of South leader: John Wilkes Booth ‘took too long’ to assassinate ‘treasonous’ Lincoln

The leader of a Confederacy-worshiping organization is defending his group’s celebration of the the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, while complaining that assassin John Wilkes Booth “took too long” to accomplish his mission.

Appearing on Alan Colmes’ Fox News radio show, South Carolina League of the South Chairman Pat Hines told the radio host that he sees nothing wrong with celebrating the murder of America’s 16th president, calling Lincoln “the most murderous, treasonous president that ever existed.”

Asked by Colmes if he found Booth’s actions “honorable,” Hines said he was only disturbed that it took Booth so long.

“John Wilkes Booth was a Confederate agent who, sadly, he didn’t fulfill his mission for almost 2 1/2 years,” Hines said. “But he was assigned to kill Lincoln. And it’s too bad that he took as long as he did to do it.”

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/06/league-of-south-leader-john-wilkes-booth-took-too-long-to-assassinate-treasonous-lincoln/

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The biggest mistake Lincoln sharp_stick Jun 2015 #1

sharp_stick

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1. The biggest mistake Lincoln
Sun Jun 28, 2015, 10:47 AM
Jun 2015

and the Union in general made was not hanging enough rebels following the war.

Allowing the South and the treasonous scum that led them to just go home after instigating the worst war in the history of the country is the main reason we still have assholes like Hines.

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