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Let's celebrate the con fed rats. that's like someone sitting here saying, let's celebrate nazi soldiers for simply doing their job. ridiculous. >> brad, your group, sons of confederate veterans lobbied the governor to make this proclamation. was it a mistake? >> not at all. i applaud the governor for his courage and his insight. i completely disagree with mr. martin. there were a whole lot of issues other than slavery involved in that war. actually, he's given a good reason why there should be confederate history month because he knows only one reason. that's slavery. there were a whole lot m...

We're back talking about virginia governor bob mcdonnell's proclamation and history month, initially not talking about slavery at all. the controversy is not dying down. we're here with brad bolin and roland martin and the sons of confederate veterans lobbied the governor to make the proclamation in the first place. there are those who say this is inherently offensive to the residents of the state of virginia being asked in the original proclamation to understand the sacrifices made by confederate leaders and confederate soldiers and citizens, and says nothing about sacrifices forced upon ensl...

The problem is, you had two previous democratic governors who would not issue this proclamation and a couple republican governors who did so. even governor jim gilmore saw the need to call slavery what it was. this governor made an egregious mistake. it is insulting for you to say it was an omission. >> you wouldn't have supported the confederate history month proclamation even if he put the reference in. this is political. >> i don't support celebrating of terrorists. >> this is political, mr. martin. >> i don't support somebody celebrating nazi soldiers by simply saying they were only doing ...

>> fran, i appreciate you working your sources over this last hour. it could have been a lot worse, thankfully it was not. thank you for being with us. peter bergen and others at cnn working to bring us the correct information. we will continue our programming, a lot of controversy out of the state of virginia, a proclamation naming april as confederate history month. no mention of slavery in the proclamation by the governor. the governor's backtracking on that. we'll have the debate ahead. iran gets another 1.5 billion dollars to use against us. the connection between oil and the enem...

it has secrets, it's trying to tell them to you. pay attention to your body. >> larry: thank you, dr. oz, thank you. great to see you. >> my honor, love you. attack care. we'll be talking golf as tiger woods returns to the masters tomorrow. right now, anderson cooper and ac "360." >> tonight, keeping them honest, the governor of virginia declaring april confederate history month but not the proclamation of slavery. now, he's singing another tune. was he pandering to his base and an issue that ripped this country apart? coming up, sarah palin and michele bachmann? are they the new...