[Arpege92]

"It's always been an albatross around my neck, joing the KKK."

Oh you poor baby....tell me, do you ever think about the blacks you terrorized while you were a member of the KKK? What a jerk!

[mountaineer]

I only can guess that racial prejudice was more prevalent in Sheets Byrd's neck of the woods than in much of W.Va. An anecdote: some local Northern Panhandle folks recently were chatting before a county commission meeting about childhood memories. One recounted how his best friend was the black kid next door and how, after that fellow had grown up and left the area, he returned to say he never experienced prejudice or bigotry until he left W.Va.

I would like to think Sheets is an aberration. Unfortunately, he's an aberration who costs the taxpayers of America a lot of money, and the folks of W.Va. a lot of embarrassment.

[mountaineer]

"It's always been an albatross around my neck, joinng the KKK."

Bobby Byrd will take the passive voice "mistakes were made" approach, as if his illegal, inhumane actions involved no actual voluntary act on his part.