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BYRD SHAMES THE SENATE
New York Post ^ | 1/22/05

Posted on 01/22/2005 12:56:17 AM PST by kattracks

They say a leopard can't change its spots. Can a one-time Klansman change his, umm, sheets?

The way Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W. Va.) acted this week, it's fair to ask.

Byrd was one of three Democratic senators who used a parliamentary maneuver to delay a full vote on the nomination of Condoleezza Rice to be the next secretary of state.

Rice had been approved by the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee by an overwhelming 16-2 margin. The only "nay" votes were from sore-loser John Kerry and loony lefty Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.).

[snip]

But Byrd stepped in to block the vote, claiming that Democrats needed more time to "study" Rice's testimony.

Then Kerry and Ted Kennedy jumped in, apparently to give Byrd cover.

[snip]

Should it be a surprise that Robert Byrd is the ringleader? Perhaps not.

Byrd is the only former Ku Klux Klan member in the United States Senate. Yes, he resigned from that organization long before he became a senator — and has often denounced it.

Still, certain behavior pops up that makes one wonder exactly how far the man has moved from his roots.

Byrd is the only senator to vote against both black Supreme Court justice nominees — Thurgood Marshall and Clarence Thomas.

[snip]

Now, Byrd might not be a racist today.

But adding this unseemly tactic with Condoleezza Rice to his unique track record — well, exactly what would the mainstream press do if a black female Democrat were blocked from taking a high Cabinet post by, say, Trent Lott?

They'd blow the roof off the Capitol, is all.

Robert Byrd's presence in the United State Senate is a continuing embarrassment to Democrats in general, and to that body in particular.

The mainstream media merely continues to be an embarrassment to itself.


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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Government; News/Current Events; US: West Virginia
KEYWORDS: byrd; exhaltedcyclops; gobuythepost; grandkleagle; greatimperialwizard; kkk; obstructionistdems; sheethead
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To: John Lenin

Living here in WV as a Republican, I can assure you that Byrd's continued lifeteime reelection has everything to do with being a Democrat in a heavily Democrat state, along with the fact that obtianing seniority in the Senate makes that Senator (and hence the state he "represents") that mich more influential.


21 posted on 01/22/2005 2:39:25 AM PST by wildandcrazyrussian
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To: kattracks

Hear, hear. Well said.


22 posted on 01/22/2005 2:51:26 AM PST by JoeGar
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To: kattracks

He's still a racist, bigoted POS, today.


23 posted on 01/22/2005 2:53:19 AM PST by 7.62 x 51mm (• veni • vidi • vino • visa • "I came, I saw, I drank wine, I shopped")
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To: John Lenin
You guys are dancing all over the place on this topic.

Get the NAACP to spell out their acronym; call Jesse, and call Al. Then meet with the ACLU, and demand face time with 27 federal agencies asking for assistance, just because... (shaking head - rolling eyes).

24 posted on 01/22/2005 3:24:54 AM PST by Cobra64 (Babes should wear Bullet Bras - www.BulletBras.net)
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To: kattracks

"One's family is the most important thing in life. I look at it this way: One of these days I'll be over in a hospital somewhere with four walls around me. And the only people who'll be with me will be my family."

Sen Robert Byrd

Or not.

25 posted on 01/22/2005 3:27:46 AM PST by SkyPilot
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To: kattracks

Email the Klansman and tell him what you think:

http://byrd.senate.gov/byrd_email.html


26 posted on 01/22/2005 3:30:22 AM PST by jimbo123
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To: kattracks

More on the Klansman demoncrat Senator from West Virginia:

http://www.capmag.com/articlePrint.asp?ID=383


27 posted on 01/22/2005 3:32:05 AM PST by jimbo123
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To: 7.62 x 51mm
He's still a racist, bigoted POS, today.

Perhaps the dems embrace this as celebrating diversity?

28 posted on 01/22/2005 3:38:30 AM PST by Manic_Episode (I don't lose my composure in a high speed chase)
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To: Mo1

It would be nice if the Pubs would remember this and many other perfidious actions and statements of the RATS, put two and two together and figure out that they need to run over the RATS like a steamroller on bills, initiatives and appointments.

Not holding my breath though.


29 posted on 01/22/2005 3:41:11 AM PST by prairiebreeze (George W Bush: Spending well-earned political capital.)
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To: jimbo123

Self defence is everyones right. To protect ones way of life and family as well as society takes a good man.


30 posted on 01/22/2005 3:44:49 AM PST by Ibredd
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To: kattracks

Was Byrd-brain wearing his sheet when he made this decision?


31 posted on 01/22/2005 3:49:53 AM PST by muir_redwoods
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To: wildandcrazyrussian
I moved to WV in 2000, and am glad to be living here. the down side is that I have two Dem sendators, and only a handful of Pubbies in Fed office. Dems had control for the last 100 years, but not because it is racist, but because they are still part of the "Old South"...

Bigotry exists toward outsiders, period. There was never that much racial tension, as there has been societal tensions, in general. The miners against the owners, the rednecks against the "city slickers", etc.

I was born in Wilmington, NC, site of "the reverend" Ben Chavis, and the infamous Wilmington 10, a group which was found responsible for burning a church and a furniture business. We had KKK, ROWP (Rights of white People), and a host of others come into town for the trials. It was real theater.

But, NC and WV are behind thaty. Unfortunately, sonme of those in power still wish to appeal to that segment. When they are added to the list of"life-long Dimocrats, (and their daddy was, too), they are a powerful force. IMO, only timne and some deaths will make the difference.

On another note, I am no longer a registered Republican, since they seem to be merging in their role of maintaining a LARGE Gum't!!!

I still vote for Republicans, and I voted for our Prez, but I held my nose! I hope we see some real change. But, the cry to abolish all of those redundant "Departments", and eleiminate wasteful duplicate programs, seems to be muted these days... I wonder why? I guess power does breed corruption, and pandering...

32 posted on 01/22/2005 3:54:06 AM PST by pageonetoo (I could name them, but you'll spot their posts soon enough.)
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To: muir_redwoods

I wonder why the liberal media won't ask KKK Byrd about how many cross burnings he attended and how many lynchings he participated in...


33 posted on 01/22/2005 3:57:07 AM PST by jimbo123
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To: swilhelm73

I don't think he used the word because he is racist. It think he used the word because he is an idiot. He is blocking this vote because he is a racist.


34 posted on 01/22/2005 4:05:09 AM PST by TN4Liberty (American... conservative... southern.... It doesn't get any better than this.)
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To: jimbo123

You know, that is a very good point. What if CBS decided to spend five years researching Byrd's KKK activities like they spent five years and a ton of resources on W's National Guard service record? Isn't that at least as important? Wouldn't finding the truth of the allegations be far more shocking and damning?


35 posted on 01/22/2005 4:07:55 AM PST by TN4Liberty (American... conservative... southern.... It doesn't get any better than this.)
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To: prairiebreeze

You can do anything you want, if you've got the votes.


36 posted on 01/22/2005 4:08:53 AM PST by johnb838 (Oldthinkers unbellyfeel Amsoc)
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To: taxesareforever; kattracks

<< Now, Byrd might not be a racist today.

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. Ha ha ha ha ha ha. >>

Took the mirth from me mouth.

[And/or he's a "Democrat," isn't he?]


37 posted on 01/22/2005 4:39:41 AM PST by Brian Allen (I fly and can therefore be envious of no man -- Per Adua Ad Astra!)
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To: SkyPilot

Pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty...


38 posted on 01/22/2005 4:41:58 AM PST by mewzilla (Has CBS retracted the story yet?)
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To: kattracks

NOTE TO SELF: "Never trust little old men that have all their sweat glands in their lips, like to wear white sheets at night and want you to name everything they can piss on after them".


39 posted on 01/22/2005 4:42:10 AM PST by isthisnickcool (What do they do in the mosque on days when the guys in the front row have gas?)
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To: kattracks
Robert Byrd's presence in the United State Senate is a continuing embarrassment to Democrats in general, and to that body in particular. The mainstream media merely continues to be an embarrassment to itself.

How far can these media people take the gullible among us before they wake up? It's glaringly obvious what Byrd is up to, once you at least know about it. The MSM silence is deafening.

40 posted on 01/22/2005 4:43:25 AM PST by ovrtaxt (Go Howard Go!)
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