Posted on 01/20/2005 9:06:44 AM PST by kattracks
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi found herself on the defensive Thursday morning over the decision by Senate Democrats to put former Ku Klux Klansman, Sen. Robert Byrd, in charge of efforts to derail the confirmation of Secretary of State-nominee Condoleezza Rice.
"I don't think that whatever Sen. Byrd is doing has anything to do with his sad past," Pelosi told WWRL radio hosts Steve Malzberg and Karen Hunter. Instead, said the San Francisco Democrat, the one-time Grand Kleagel was acting out of concern that the advise and consent role of the Senate in presidential appointments was being overlooked.
In a move that was seen by many as an insult to the first black woman ever appointed Secretary of State, Sen. Byrd announced his decision to hold up her confirmation late Wednesday, saying it needed more debate before the full Senate.
Rep. Pelosi insisted that Byrd's extraordinary move had nothing to do with his long history of public racism, but was instead a reflection of his opposition to the Iraq war.
"They're confirming a Secretary of State in a time of war. [Byrd's] views on the war and his opposition to it are well known," she said.
Still, Byrd's "sad history," as Pelosi described it, makes him a particularly bad choice to lead the assault on Rice.
As recently as 2001, the West Virginia Democrat was forced to apologize after blurting out during a nationally televised interview, "There are white n****rs, I've seen a lot of white n****rs in my time. I'm going to use that word."
In 1972, Byrd pushed to have the Senate's main office building named after Dixiecrat Sen. Richard Russell - a leading opponent of anti-lynching legislation who Byrd called "my mentor."
Byrd filibustered the landmark 1964 Civil Rights Act for 14 straight hours.
Three years after he said he'd left his white-sheeted brethren behind, he wrote to Georgia's Grand Imperial Wizard urging: "The Klan is needed today as never before."
Sen. Byrd was also a fierce opponent of desegregating the military, complaining in one letter ."I should rather die a thousand times and see old glory trampled in the dirt never to rise again than see this beloved land of ours become degraded by race mongrels, a throwback to the blackest specimen of the wilds."
Looks like the RATS didn't learn ANYTHING in this last election. Well, the good news is that more of them will get voted out of office in 06.
Yeah.........the dems self destructing again...............looking forward to flushing some more out in '06
but the question remains - why did they choose a former Klansman? Is she trying to send a message?
Then Lizard defends the Wizard..
"Well as long as he is pro-abortion and anti-war he can get away with anything. Byrd could probably show up in full KKK costume to Condi's hearing, and little would be said."
The MSM would call it, "Byrd's proud portrayal of our historic past!"
Next on ABC, Auschwitz, the fault of Bush.
The Klan, the Dems and the JJ are all the new slave masters. Racist one and all.
I can’t believe that black democrats continue to support this party in mass.
Do they even follow the news? Do they know what they are voting for?
I would like to hear the opinions of a black freeper concerning the black democrat’s loyalty to the democrats.
Holtz
JeffersonRepublic.com
A dirty byrd at that!!
:-P
Condi should feel lucky he is just using Senate rules to be an ass rather than trying to lynch her from the White House flag pole.
It appears that they,the Dems,have done it again. They are getting better & better each time they shoot themselves in the foot. They do need a reality check, soon.
His racist views are not so well known to the public, but they stretch back further than his opinions on the war in Iraq. Condi's confirmation will be that much sweeter, since the likes of Byrd were unable to stop her.
And the DNC amen party of the liberal media will discreetly ignore a high tech lynching by the radical left wing.
I wonder the same thing, but then again there are a few names you can substitute for Byrd:
Ted Kennedy
Hillary Clinton
Dianne Feinstein
Barbara Boxer
John Kerry
Jeff Bingaman
I could go on, but I think you get the idea.
I enjoy laughing at the inane chatter and condescension of Nancy Pelosi :)
Did anyone else notice that most of her pronouncements sound like small dogs yapping? (Sadly without the benefit of seeing the cute small dogs).
Pelosi, Byrd, Kerry and Boxer are all racists.
Makes you wonder why the majority of blacks keep voting for the dems.
Byrd:"Why, this heah girl wants to be Seccatary of State. I don't know that them thah people cahn tap"
Reporter:"Can tap?"
Byrd:"Tap, tap, ya knows, with a tapwritah. Ya all wrong, boy. You built to low to tha ground. I ah keep thowin 'em and you keep missin 'em. Ya gotta keep ya eye on tha ball. Eye. Ball. Git it boy? The boys about as sharp as a bowling, I say, a bowling ball"
Very good question.
Pelosi Galore is an elite limo liberal racist fascist.
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