Byrd endorses a shining young statesmen [Byrd endorses Obama, Byrd former KKK]

Pittsburgh Tribune Review ^ | salena zito

[Salena Zito]

Byrd endorses a shining young statesmen Tribune-Review By Salena Zito Well, his state may have gone Clinton, but he didn't.

In a statement released by the Obama campaign, Sen, Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va., announced his endorsement of Senator Barack Obama saying:

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Nice dangling modifier in the headline.

[70th Division]

Did he say that with a straight sheet . . ah . . FACE!

[cameraeye]

Then we’ll give him the Byrd too!

[rightwingintelligentsia]

It probably would have been better to use the phrase as a parenthetical modifier after “Byrd.”

[Cathy]

Irrelevant except for the fact that Byrd wants his obituary to read “the last 30 years of Robert Byrd’s life were dedicated to racial harmony, as an example he endorsed Barrack Obama as President.”

Byrd is a turd.

[Jeff Head]

So, they have a black racist in Wright, and a white one in Byrd. Obama does not care which useful idiots support him as long as he can get elected.

AUDACITY OF TRUTH-BARACK NEVILLE HUSSEIN CHAMBERLAIN OBAMA

Barack Hussein Obama is the very apex of the anti-American, internal enemy in this country. IMHO, his election as President would be the greatest coup an enemy has ever scored against our nation, and could well turn into the greatest disaster this nation has ever faced.

AUDACITY OF TRUTH-BARACK OBAMA

AUDACITY OF TRUTH-OBAMA'S CIRCLE OF FRIENDS

AUDACITY OF TRUTH-BLACK LIBERATION THEOLOGY

[bcsco]

Nice dangling modifier in the headline.

Yeah. It leaves the door open to speculation, doesn't it. Of course, the MSM is unqualified to use logic in assessing their writing.

[GOPologist]

******Nice dangling modifier in the headline.*******

I wonder if the KKK would be offended if Obama left that organization. Just thinking. lol

[vietvet67]

This bird endorses Obama too.

[Maceman]

Gee, and here I always thought Byrd was the one with KKK membership on his resume.

[old-and-old]

to be fair: if we went back 80 years we’d be surprised what many of our our grandfathers believed ;)

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

In the 2004 election, their headline would have been “John McCain supports John Kerry, wounded Viet Nam war hero”

[marron]

The Audacity of Supine Appeasement, maybe?

The Audacity of Giving Away the Store?

The Audacity of Selling Out?

The Audacity of Abject Surrender?

The Audacity of Folding our Tents?

hey, this is fun, I’m just getting started...!

[RedRover]

Or maybe punchier: “Old Klansman Likes BO”.

[Thane_Banquo]

dangling modifier

Let's keep this PG-rated please.

[Hacklehead]

The original headline was a little different. “Byrd endorses a shining young statesmen”. Nope, no bias there.

[Hacklehead]

“Byrd endorses a shining young statesmen”.

StatesMEN? Is obama more than one person? You have to wonder about the quality of a paper that can’t keep track of singular and plural words in a headline.

[ElkGroveDan]

Byrd endorses a shining young statesmen [Byrd endorses Obama, Byrd former KKK]

Of course if a Republican called Obama a "shining young statesman" there would immediately be cries of racism since we all know it was code alluding to "shoe shining."

[Amendment10]

This post (<-click), from a thread concerning prayers in school, tells how a "former" Klansman justice kicked God out of the public schools.

[samadams2000]

A Grand Wizard comes full circle. A tear jerker of a story really......./s

[Salena Zito]

I thought the lines “noble-hearted patriot and humble Christain” were interesting.

[BatGuano]

Be careful when using the “S” word in a headline. Even “Statesman” is questionable when referring to Obama!

[Fox_Mulder77]

Honestly, how does one go from being a KKK member to supporting a guy that believes that Jesus is black, and God's purpose is to destroy the white race?!?

[rock_lobsta]

So much for “The Will of the People” in West Virginia.

[Theodore R.]

People in WV would probably take back their May 13 votes if they had known that! “In Byrd, They Trust”

[TheEaglehasLanded]

The Byrd Brains and the Wrightwingers

[the invisib1e hand]

yeah, and statesmen is pluaral, two. Although, since obama is “anyone you need him to be,” it may be appropriate.

[the invisib1e hand]

i mean, “too.”

[BnBlFlag]

Obviously, with their endorsements of Obama, neither of the two Senators from W.V. have much respect for the views of their Constituents.

[Old Teufel Hunden]

I don’t think that you read the article. If you had, you would realize that Salena was quoting Byrd by stating the “shining young statesmen” part. It’s a common practice among reporters to put parts of quotes in headlines. About the only criticism I can see in the title is that shining young statesmen should have been put in quotes.