Why are you a neo Confederate? Aren't you an American patriot? If you really are a neo Confederate wouldn't that make you a traitor to the Union?
I think that they were right to fight for their side at the time. To many people, the South represents being against government tyranny. Right now liberal intellectuals in Washington DC are trying to tell the South that our values are wrong. The South is a reservoir of conservative thought. There is still to this day a huge cultural separation between the South and other parts of the USA.
However, I am an American and I love this country. I don't live in the past even though I honor the people who fought.
I agree with the principles of freedom that this country was founded upon. I just wish that America would be more like it's supposed to be, moral, pro-life, and not controlled by vicious left wingers.
Texas doesn't even have a real say in who gets nominated to run for President in either party. Oh, we have the primary election here too, but by the time it gets here, every candidate has just about dropped out and it's only there as a token. The Republican options last time were John McCain and Huckabee, but Huckabee's campaign was already dead and John McCain was a sure win so Texas didn't really have a choice. Even on the Democratic side, there was a choice of Obama and Hillary, but Hillary's campaign was already dead and Obama was a sure win.