showing their stuff. no more of this pretending to be grand old party types, they re talking like real confed results. rick perry talking about secession. mcdonnell singing the praises of the confederacy itself, and the other day a republican congressman said we ought to dump general grant on the bill and replace him with someone close torr to heart, ronald rea. an invasion of the state s sovereignty. do we really think this crowd wants abraham lincoln as its hero? this whole party thing has gone topsy turvy. who started his presidential campaign in springfield, illinois, paying tribute to its favorite son, abraham lincoln. who represents the spirit of lincoln in today s politics? you call it. the democratic party of barack obama or the one that s talking up secession? putting down general grant, singing about state s rights and pining for them good old days? that s hardball for now. thanks for being with us. countdown with keith olbermann starts right now. which of the