Pirate's Cove

Right Of Mississippi catches the DCCC playing the race card, and the folks who keep telling us the Left is smarter then everyone else get it wrong

Southaven Mayor Greg Davis said Thursday he would be willing to display the Jefferson Davis statue, which is in Downtown Memphis, near City Hall at the end of Northwest Drive.

Horn Lake Mayor Nat Baker also said he would take the statues of Davis and of Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest “in a heartbeat, even if we’d have to find some privately owned land to put them on.”

As ROM points out, it was Forrest who was one of the founders of the KKK, not Davis. Forrest was the first Imperial Wizard, though he always denied it. And let’s not forget, folks, that the KKK was pushing Democrat Party ideals. I usually do not quote Wikipedia, but “In effect, the Klan defended the interest of the planter class and Democratic Party by working to curb the education, economic advancement, voting rights, and right to keep and bear arms of blacks. The Ku Klux Klan soon spread into nearly every southern state, launching a “reign of terror” against Republican leaders both black and white.”

Imagine if the GOP had done this. Imagine the uproar from the Credentialed Media and the Democrats.

Cassy Fiano at Wizbang sums up the Democrat position: There’s a margin of error for this congressional seat to eliminate. Besides, liberals can stoop as low as they want.

Conservative Bell: And I’d just bet the DCCC doesn’t put out such fliers criticizing Congressman Gene Taylor (D-MS), whose congressional district contains Beauvoir, Jefferson Davis’ retirement home and presidential library. Maybe that’s because Rep. Taylor actually received federal funding for this museum. Oh, I do believe I smell some hypocrisy stinking up this election.

Michelle Malkin: The DCCC, naturally, stands by its slime.

To sum it all up, Mississippi First Congressional District Blog: But in reality, the statue was of Jefferson Davis who was not the founder and never in the KKK. In fact, another place that has a statue of Jefferson Davis is the United States Capitol Building. Jefferson Davis is one of the two statues representing Mississippi, along with James Z. George. Furthermore, Senator Thad Cochran uses the desk of Jefferson Davis in the Capitol, one of two “heritage desks” (the other goes to Massachusetts Senior Senator and belonged to Daniel Webster).