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To: T. Buzzard Trueblood
What a crock. OK, Byrd left the Klan in 1946. In 1964 he fillibustered the Civil Rights Act for fourteen straight hours. I wonder if Colmes asked him about that...

14 hours without a break. Man, that's some serious hatred. BTW, what did Byrd do in WWII? I know he wrote an infamous letter complaining that he'd never serve in a desegregated military but did he serve at all?

102 posted on 03/11/2005 6:22:02 PM PST by thathamiltonwoman
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To: thathamiltonwoman
what did Byrd do in WWII? I know he wrote an infamous letter complaining that he'd never serve in a desegregated military but did he serve at all?

No mention of military service on his Senate website.

105 posted on 03/11/2005 6:46:43 PM PST by T. Buzzard Trueblood ("He's uptight and occasionally contrived." Mike Wallace on Dan Rather)
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To: thathamiltonwoman
A 27 year old Robert Byrd wrote, in 1944,

"I am loyal to my country and know but reverence for her flag. But I shall never submit to fight beneath that banner with a Negro by my side. Rather I should die a thousand times, and see Old Glory trampled in the dirt, never to rise again, than to see this beloved land of ours become degraded by race mongrels."

Sounds like a lame excuse to me. And God bless everyone who serves and has served in our military, whatever their color.

107 posted on 03/11/2005 6:54:33 PM PST by T. Buzzard Trueblood ("He's uptight and occasionally contrived." Mike Wallace on Dan Rather)
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