By Warner Todd Huston ——Bio and Archives--September 18, 2012
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Wisconsin officially a battleground: President Barack Obama going to Milwaukee next weekend > donate.barackobama.com/page/contribut…I guess helping team Obama raise money for his re-election campaign is now considered to be "journalism."
Ryan just called Florida "the breadbasket of the South" ... phrase has Civil War origins. Florida a major supplier food to the ConfederacyOf course, during the war the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia was far more often called the breadbasket of the Confederacy than Florida was, but the Sunshine State was sometimes referred to that way, too, and has been by historians but infrequently. Beside those historical vagaries, though, is the obvious allusion that Hamby is trying to make with Ryan's words. Hamby is trying to make Paul Ryan out to be some sort of neo-Confederate by claiming he's using coded language to harken back to the Confederacy. This is a pretty strong charge and one would hope that Hamby would actually have some proof for his case. But, one will search in vain for his proof that this is what Ryan meant. No, it’s easier to just float the false narrative and then move on to other biased Tweets than to take the time to prove his outrageous assertions.
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Warner Todd Huston’s thoughtful commentary, sometimes irreverent often historically based, is featured on many websites such as Breitbart.com, among many, many others. He has also written for several history magazines, has appeared on numerous TV and radio shows.
He is also the owner and operator of Publius’ Forum.