Senator Robert "Ku Klux Klan" Byrd

On The Home Front ^ | 6 May 2003 | William D Hocutt

[Betteboop]

Sen KKK Byrd is upset at our Beloved President spending any money because it's money he can't take back to West (by gosh)Virginia and boondoogle for his own good!!!

[SMEDLEYBUTLER]

[Freemeorkillme]

"pretty, pretty"

Had to be the first to get that in.

[NYC GOP Chick]

Sen KKK Byrd is upset at our Beloved President spending any money because it's money he can't take back to West (by gosh)Virginia and boondoogle for his own good!!!

Uh oh! I guess that means one less outhouse that he can rename after himself!

[bert]

Senator Byrd is offensive to most Americans.

His attempt to politicize the deaths of brave warriors is unforgivable. His time is up.

[NYC GOP Chick]

Where does that "pretty, pretty" thing come from? Thanks.

[Russell Scott]

Senator (for life) Byrd has more buildings/monuments/bridges/etc. named after him in West Virgina than Saddam had in Iraq.

[Congressman Billybob]

Now, let's see what we have. Senator Byrd, who is older than dirt and is supposed to be a thorough historian (and who played a Confederate General in Gods and Generals), has his knickers in a twist over President Bush's speech aboard the USS Abe Lincoln.

Has the esteemed Senator unaware of President Abe Lincoln? He was in all the papers. Lincoln delivered a short speech known as The Gettysburg Address at the official opening of a military cemetary in that Pennsylvania town. Wow! That sounds like "exploiting a military situation for political gain." Somebody should wake the good Senator up, and ask whether his objections to President Bush also apply to President Lincoln.

Congressman Billybob

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[Terpfen]

I really wish people would stop using the "he was in the KKK!" knee-jerk response to Byrd. Eventually, it gets old and no one listens to it anymore; I know I'm getting tired of hearing it. Can't people start rebutting this guy factually instead of historically?

[ricpic]

Harumph, harumph, egad suh, ah b'lieve ah will suh, dag blamit it, 'tis an outrage suh an' will not stan', ah say agin suh, moicy moicy, most unsav'ry suh, most unsav'ry!

[Radix]

I really wish people would stop using the "he was in the KKK!"

Can we mention his use of the term "white niggers" on National live television last year?

[Retired Chemist]

Neil Cavuto (Fox News Channel) said that Robert Byrd is the last person on earth who should be lecturing someone about grandstanding!

[JOE6PAK]

It was the "USS LINCOLN" that got to him. Now if it was the "USS ROBERT E.LEE"....well SHUT MAH MOUTH!

[chainsaw]

Bush was congratulating the sailors aboard the Lincoln, and also thanking them for a
job well done. In addition he was thanking them for enduring the 4 month extension
to their normal cruise of six month, I don't recall Byrd, or any other democrat, saying anything about any
of Clinton's photo ops.

[Freemeorkillme]

"pretty, pretty" and "wrong" are frequently heard sound bites originating from the byrd-meister himself on the Sean Hannity Radio show when that particular subject is discussed.

I'm not sure, but I'd imagine that the sound bites are available on the internet:)

[NYC GOP Chick]

I'm sorry, but I think that his past (?) membership in that organization speaks VOLUMES about his character. He was not a kid when he willingly joined -- and became a recruiter -- for what was, essentially, a terrorist organization.

And the fact that he *insists* on being treated as some sort of moral authority worthy of respect and deference is appalling, as well as undeserved.

[NYC GOP Chick]

Thanks anyway. :)

[Bahbah]

What is not "factual" about history, the un-deconstructed kind anyway?

[freeperfromnj]

Can't people start rebutting this guy factually instead of historically?

This sitting senator is a former member of one of the most vile, hateful, racist organizations ever to have existed in this country.....and that is a historical fact.