It gladdens the heart

to see a wonderful pixture like this:

and here you can read the story about the scalawag.

But it's saddening to the heart o' Dixie that, these days, Southern politicians come in only two flavors, scalawag and carpetbagger.

We're thinking of starting a write-in campaign nominating General Lee to be the next imperator of yankeedom.

posted by tortuga tommy, editor who thinks having a 440 c.i.d. is way more impressive than a Yale sheepskin.