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Lincoln should have let the South go

AP

Forty-eight percent of the voting public of Alabama were willing to vote for a credibly charged child molester because he is a Republican. I suspect the same is true here in South Carolina. It is becoming more and more evident that Donald Trump, has no scruples whatsoever. Is Lindsey Graham throwing his lot in with Trump and his vile sycophants?

Abraham Lincoln made a major mistake in waging a war to maintain the union. The vermin who wanted to leave the union should have been encouraged to go. Their demented descendants whine about the “good old days,” and elect lunatics. They are happy to curse big government, but those in old South are happy to accept tax dollars from the federal government far in excess taxes they have paid. Hypocrites.

Richard Levick

Columbia

This story was originally published December 20, 2017 at 2:54 PM with the headline "Lincoln should have let the South go."

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