[Black Guy who is a Republican]

That's a real sleazy thing for him to do. I thought the deceased were off limits in politics?

[RobbyS]

Byrd is senile. Not a slur, just fact.

[billhilly]

" I thought the deceased were off limits in politics?"

They still vote in democratic precincts.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

I thought the deceased were off limits in politics?

Yeah, but this is Democratic politics we're talking about. "Limits" is a nonsequeteur in that context.

A Republican who said that a Democrat's deceased father woulda been ashamed of him would end his political career.

[kalee]

The deceased aren't off limts to the dems. Funerals are their favorite place for political rallies, remember Wellstone? And those people who have permanent residence in cemetaries are an important block of their voting base. My father who was from WV always said Kennedy carried the state due to whisky bought miners and dead people.