We Don't Say "Thank Dog For Mississippi" for Nothing

Because without those worthless crackers, Kentucky would be the ass-end of the country. And the last state to ratify the 13th amendment, rather than merely the second-to-last.

Greg Kocher at the Herald:

Here's an OMG fact for you: The Kentucky legislature didn't go on record against slavery until 1976 — 111 years after the 13th Amendment prohibiting involuntary servitude became the law of the land.

Lincoln, with 12 nominations at Sunday's Academy Awards ceremony, tells of the president's struggle to have Congress pass the amendment.

What isn't told is that Kentucky, Lincoln's birthplace, refused to ratify the amendment.