Wash. Times Omits Mention Of Forrest As KKK Leader

Hissyspit

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Wed May-09-07 09:09 AM
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Wash. Times Omits Mention Of Forrest As KKK Leader

Edited on Wed May-09-07 09:15 AM by Hissyspit

Forrest was responsible for having led his Confederate soldiers in a massacre of unarmed black Union troops at the infamous Battle of Fort Pillow.

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/09/wash-times-calls-kkk-leader-a-respected-cavalry-leader

Wash. Times omits mention of Forrest as KKK leader.

In a speech on the House floor on Monday, Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX) (mis)quoted “successful Confederate general” Nathan Bedford Forrest, but left out the fact that Forrest was also one of the original Grand Wizards of the Ku Klux Klan. (See video HERE.) Today, the Washington Times has a similar omission:

“Does anybody realize there’s a war going on out there in the desert sands of Iraq and the rough mountains of Afghanistan? Apparently not, or Congress would be taking care of our troops,” reacts Rep. Ted Poe, Texas Republican.

The congressman quotes Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, a respected cavalry leader who said about winning: “Get there firstest with the mostest.”

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atreides1

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Wed May-09-07 09:19 AM
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1. Here is what Forrest actually said

Not for nothing did Forrest say the essence of strategy was "to git thar fust with the most men."

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RoyGBiv

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Wed May-09-07 09:33 AM
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6. No one really knows ...

It was spoken in his particularly rough style. Most academic studies I've seen that don't repeat the misquote say he said "fastest."

It all means basically the same thing, though.

Whether proper to invoke his name or not, for their time, Forrest's tactics with the use of cavalary in the Civil War were rather revolutionary.

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shain from kane

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Wed May-09-07 09:21 AM
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2. He also said, "Bring me my sheet."

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LibDemAlways

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Wed May-09-07 09:21 AM
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3. Nathan Bedford Forrest is a personal hero of

George "Macaca" Allen. His only son is named Forrest.

Daughters Brooke and Tyler are named for prominent Confederates also, but "Forrest" takes the cake.

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gollygee

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Wed May-09-07 09:24 AM
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4. "Respected calvary leader"?

Respected by whom? The Washington Times?

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zbdent

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Wed May-09-07 09:28 AM
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5. Don't they keep bringing up the misspent youth of Byrd?

Every time that the KKK comes up?

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Hubert Flottz

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Wed May-09-07 09:37 AM
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7. Did they say that Nathan Bedford Forrest was a wealthy man...

before the civil war started? Did the GOPers say how Nathan Bedford Forrest made his fortune?

Nathan Bedford Forrest
(1821-1877)

With no formal military training, Nathan Bedford Forrest became one of the leading cavalry figures of the Civil War. The native Tennesseean had amassed a fortune, which he estimated at $1,500,000, as a slave trader and plantation owner before enlisting in the Confederate army as a private in Josiah H. White's cavalry company on June 14, 1861. Tapped by the governor, he then raised a mounted battalion at his own expense. ...MORE...

http://www.civilwarhome.com/natbio.htm

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SteveM

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Wed May-09-07 10:17 AM
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8. A highschool in Jacksonville, FL, is named for him. (nt)

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