Posted on 01/22/2005 12:56:17 AM PST by kattracks
They say a leopard can't change its spots. Can a one-time Klansman change his, umm, sheets?The way Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W. Va.) acted this week, it's fair to ask.
Byrd was one of three Democratic senators who used a parliamentary maneuver to delay a full vote on the nomination of Condoleezza Rice to be the next secretary of state.
Rice had been approved by the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee by an overwhelming 16-2 margin. The only "nay" votes were from sore-loser John Kerry and loony lefty Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.).
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But Byrd stepped in to block the vote, claiming that Democrats needed more time to "study" Rice's testimony.
Then Kerry and Ted Kennedy jumped in, apparently to give Byrd cover.
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Should it be a surprise that Robert Byrd is the ringleader? Perhaps not.
Byrd is the only former Ku Klux Klan member in the United States Senate. Yes, he resigned from that organization long before he became a senator — and has often denounced it.
Still, certain behavior pops up that makes one wonder exactly how far the man has moved from his roots.
Byrd is the only senator to vote against both black Supreme Court justice nominees — Thurgood Marshall and Clarence Thomas.
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Now, Byrd might not be a racist today.
But adding this unseemly tactic with Condoleezza Rice to his unique track record — well, exactly what would the mainstream press do if a black female Democrat were blocked from taking a high Cabinet post by, say, Trent Lott?
They'd blow the roof off the Capitol, is all.
Robert Byrd's presence in the United State Senate is a continuing embarrassment to Democrats in general, and to that body in particular.
The mainstream media merely continues to be an embarrassment to itself.
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Precisely.
Bingo.
I'm willing to bet that not one in ten black americans know that the senior, powerful democrat in the US Senate is the former grand kleagle of the KKK, and that he has opposed every civil rights initiative that ever came down the pike.
Exactly.......the MSM isn't merely biased in their reporting, they also regularly omit news beneficial to our side.
It's time to open a REAL media front in the minority community.
Agreed............now where do we start?
I used to travel back and forth though WV from Ohio to NC, 77 was brand new back than, the interstates are excellent in WV.
Anyone remember how he acted during the confirmation of Colin Powell in 2001?
An African-American Rush Limbaugh would be a good start.
My tagline is targeted toward the dingbat Liberal lurkers from DUmmyland.
Maybe........I used to think that the people that SHOULD listen to Rush,
probably don't. Over time, however, Rush has certainly been effective in
getting the conservative message out to the masses.
Byrd has denounced the KKK in the same way the islamofascist imams "denounce" terrorism.
nastly old cracker
uh oh...did I just say something racist? Well you see...there are white crackers, and there are black crackers...we'll say those are the wheat crackers...I just wish everybody would quit talking about race issues.
/a little bit of sarcasm
You forgot to mention in your list of Senator Byrd's
accomplishments that he was instrumental in giving away the
Panama Canal. I learned my lesson and have never voted for
him since then. WV will soon be a part of the solid South,
politically. Byrd has had no clout in the last 3 elections.
He tried to keep Shelly Moore Capito out of Washington
and look where she is. Same with George W.
Democrats are clueless.......This action is not going to change anything, all it does is alienate the black vote upon which they are totally dependent. They can not win dog catcher without it. Strategic mistake.
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