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Clinton Defends Byrd's KKK Ties: "He Was Trying To Get Elected"
RealClearPolitics ^ | July 2, 2010 | RealClearPolitics

Posted on 07/02/2010 10:49:09 AM PDT by i88schwartz

He once had a fleeting association with the Ku Klux Klan, what does that mean? I'll tell you what it means. He was a country boy from the hills and hollows from West Virginia. He was trying to get elected," former President Bill Clinton said of Sen. Robert Byrd.

"And maybe he did something he shouldn't have done come and he spent the rest of his life making it up. And that's what a good person does. There are no perfect people. There are certainly no perfect politicians," he added.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: billclinton; kkk; kleaglebyrd; liberalracism; robertbyrd; robertsheetsbyrd
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To: i88schwartz
He was trying to get elected

Not something to be proud of.

41 posted on 07/02/2010 11:12:19 AM PDT by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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To: i88schwartz

Doesn’t surprise me...democrats will throw their grandmother’s under the bus to get elected...right barry?


42 posted on 07/02/2010 11:14:45 AM PDT by FrankR ( If we don't stand up to tyranny, the tyrants win, and we're enslaved.)
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To: rfp1234

KLU instead of KU (which is correct) is more of a colloquialism. Sort of how you grew up pronouncing it. I always say “KLU” ... just a learned habit. (Indiana raised). Would be interesting to know if other areas of the country do the same?


43 posted on 07/02/2010 11:16:03 AM PDT by ThePatriotsFlag (http://www.thepatriotsflag.com - The Patriot's Flag)
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To: i88schwartz

For dems, ideological purity trumps personal morals every time.


44 posted on 07/02/2010 11:17:44 AM PDT by matt1234 (The only crisis 0bama can manage is one he intentionally created.)
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To: i88schwartz
"He was trying to get elected"

Does anyone here know the proper terminology for this type of governing?

Where you lead by polls and whatever is popular at the time? Your morals are based on however the popular wind blows.

I used to think it was popularism but that isn't right. I know has to be a terminology for it but I can not figure it out.

thanks

45 posted on 07/02/2010 11:21:12 AM PDT by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric cartman voice* 'I love you guys')
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To: i88schwartz

“...he spent the rest of his life making it up.”

Making it up!? Sounds like a Democrat’s resume to me.


46 posted on 07/02/2010 11:23:51 AM PDT by Mobties
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To: FrankR

Bill and Hillary must truly be stupid ...
They would do anything to get elected ... even staying in the demoRat party ... duh, the party that threw them under the bus ... for the first articulate dark skinned smiley faced 1/2 africian 1/2 American to come along.
That’s right mr. and ms. clinton ya was thrown under the
-— someway for folks to show their appreciation for all your hard work -— show some pride and leave the marxist leftest demorats -— start your own party cause the one you used to belong to is going down with the economy and the rest of the moochers.


47 posted on 07/02/2010 11:25:51 AM PDT by nightmarewhileawake
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To: IYAS9YAS

I’ll tell you what it means. He’s a democrat. End of story.


48 posted on 07/02/2010 11:26:04 AM PDT by DManA
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To: i88schwartz

I always knew Clinton was a liar. How much more obvious can Byrd’s segregationist views be? How is it the Democrats try to tie David Duke around Republican necks, while praising this former Klan official? The racist and segregationist views of the Democrats are there in the history of the U.S., for anyone who wants to see them.


49 posted on 07/02/2010 11:26:04 AM PDT by popdonnelly (Democrats = authoritarian socialistsI)
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To: i88schwartz
"Clinton Defends Byrd's KKK Ties: "He Was Trying To Get Elected"




50 posted on 07/02/2010 11:31:58 AM PDT by Kirkwood
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To: i88schwartz
Clinton Defends Byrd's KKK Ties: "He Was Trying To Get Elected"

So many responses, so little bandwidth!! Where to begin with this LATEST piece of Clinton lunacy???

51 posted on 07/02/2010 11:32:39 AM PDT by DustyMoment
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How about Robert Byrd's dog?

He loved that old dog... old 'Billy' Byrd.

52 posted on 07/02/2010 11:33:36 AM PDT by evets (beer)
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To: i88schwartz

“”And maybe he did something he shouldn’t have done come and he spent the rest of his life making it up. And that’s what a good person does. There are no perfect people. There are certainly no perfect politicians,” he added.”

Tell it to Strom Thurmond!


53 posted on 07/02/2010 11:34:52 AM PDT by Bigh4u2 (Denial is the first requirement to be a liberal)
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To: i88schwartz
It's why everybody wants to be a democrat. There are no academic requirements. You can make stuff up like television in 30’s, men walking on Mars, islands tip over, Arizona isn't on the border, etc. There are no moral requirements either. You can drown your mistress in the car, cheat on your wife in the oval office, and be a card carrying member of an organization that lynches people because of their skin color. It's the stupid, lazy, lowlife party, so it's naturally very popular. Life is hard when you're not in the club. You have to know what you're talking about and keep your zipper up, or people call you on it.
54 posted on 07/02/2010 11:38:00 AM PDT by throwback ( The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid)
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To: richmwill
I understand that nobody’s perfect, but Klan membership is unforgivable.

I'd actually forgive Klan mambership for someone that old. It's quite possible for a weak kid back then to get swept-up. Die-hard Klan recruiter who established his own chapter is an entirely different matter.

55 posted on 07/02/2010 11:41:21 AM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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To: i88schwartz

The real covert poison in this statement is the implicit condemnation of the people of West Virginia - that without Klan affiliation Byrd would not heve been able to win an election.

This is the newly express Democrat viewpoint. Like Murtha’s dismissal of his constituency as ‘rednecks’, and Nasty Pelosi’s dismissal of the MAJORITY of Americans as ‘nazis’.

This is a drift to tyranny. The drift is slow, but it is open and it is unchecked.

Unpopular tyrants do NOT usually have ‘happy endings’.


56 posted on 07/02/2010 11:41:29 AM PDT by Psalm 144 (Green shoots? Those aren't green shoots! Those are mold spots!)
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To: DManA
Out side the US what would this type of governing be called?
Demagoguery is when you demonize a group for political gains which is what the KKK and democrat party did during their hay days.

Now they use pity instead of demonetization of a group (except for the attacks on republicans who don't pity).
What do you call this type of governing? Where you govern by what is popular at the time?

57 posted on 07/02/2010 11:41:29 AM PDT by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric cartman voice* 'I love you guys')
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To: Ann Archy
Clinton is saying that WVa is filled with KKKer’s??

My family is from WV, and they weren't involved with the KKK back then. That was insulting.

58 posted on 07/02/2010 11:45:28 AM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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To: throwback

It’s the stupid, lazy, lowlife party, so it’s naturally very popular

***************

Agree with each and every one of your points in the whole post.

The strength of the Democratic party is that is appeals to people’s vices.


59 posted on 07/02/2010 11:47:49 AM PDT by Psalm 144 (Green shoots? Those aren't green shoots! Those are mold spots!)
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To: Psalm 144
"The strength of the Democratic party is that is appeals to people’s vices."

That is a very interesting and very well put statement.

Instead of appealing to someone’s virtue the left appeals to their vices.

That is like Darth Vader stuff right there.

60 posted on 07/02/2010 11:56:04 AM PDT by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric cartman voice* 'I love you guys')
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