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Robert Byrd Sponsors Martin Luther King Tribute
NewsMax ^
| 7/28/05
| Limbacher
Posted on 07/28/2005 9:13:51 AM PDT by Tumbleweed_Connection
Ku Klux Klansman-turned-Senator Robert Byrd has won passage of a bill that would fund a memorial to civil rights icon, Dr. Martin Luther King.
Byrd, who filibustered the 1964 Civil Rights Act for 14-straight hours, won "a significant political victory," according to the Associated Press, by securing $10 million in funding for the King monument.
Polls show the eight-term Democrat facing a stiff re-election challenge this year if popular West Virginia Rep. Shelly Moore Capito gets into the race - with state Republicans promising to make Byrd's Klan past an issue.
Byrd "has spent years trying to rehabilitate his reputation," the AP noted - suggesting the King project was part of that effort.
The Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation, which has already raised $40 million for the memorial, would have to raise another $10 million in private funds before it could receive the Byrd grant.
The King memorial will be built on a four-acre site next to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial on Washington, D.C.'s National Mall.
Dr. King's family has yet to comment on Byrd's attempt to use the civil rights leader's memory to repair his Klan-scarred image.
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: news; ohtheirony; opm; otherpeoplesmoney; sheetsbyrd
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Insert Hitler/Bar Mitzvah joke here.
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posted on
07/28/2005 9:15:11 AM PDT
by
Darkwolf377
(Dean won't call UBL guilty without a trial, but thinks DeLay and Rove should be in jail)
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Byrd uses your money to repair his reputation.
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posted on
07/28/2005 9:16:23 AM PDT
by
ncountylee
(Dead terrorists smell like victory)
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
I think we're long overdue for an Abraham Lincoln tribute. He did more for Civil Rights than Martin Luther King did.
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posted on
07/28/2005 9:16:34 AM PDT
by
mike182d
("Let fly the white flag of war." - Zapp Brannigan)
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Using other peoples money for forgiveness is not a path to salvation.
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posted on
07/28/2005 9:16:59 AM PDT
by
bmwcyle
(We broke Pink's code and found a terrorist message.)
To: mike182d
I meant, in addition to the standing memorial. :-)
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posted on
07/28/2005 9:17:13 AM PDT
by
mike182d
("Let fly the white flag of war." - Zapp Brannigan)
To: Tumbleweed_Connection; Owl_Eagle; Sam's Army; holdonnow
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posted on
07/28/2005 9:18:41 AM PDT
by
Jersey Republican Biker Chick
(People too weak to follow their own dreams, will always find a way to discourage yours.)
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
The only catch is, they'll have to build the King memorial at a travel plaza along the West Virginia Turnpike south of Charleston (the northbound side, of course), and call it the "Robert Byrd Memorial Martin Luther King Memorial."
}:-)4
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posted on
07/28/2005 9:18:42 AM PDT
by
Moose4
(Newsflash: It's the South. In the summer. IT GETS HOT. DEAL WITH IT.)
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
When are they going to release the FBI files on MLK?
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posted on
07/28/2005 9:18:58 AM PDT
by
Cowboy Bob
(Liberalism cannot survive in a free and open society.)
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
50-Million-dollars? and then they get a "Bryd Grant?" Hmmmm. That sure seems like a lot of dough. But if Sen. Byrd wants it so, well then, it must be a great idea.
Next!
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posted on
07/28/2005 9:19:29 AM PDT
by
RexBeach
(Pardon me, but is that a malaise sandwich in your pocket or are you just glad to be in a funk?)
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
It's easy to be generous with other peoples' money. Send me some & I'll show you! :-)
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posted on
07/28/2005 9:21:12 AM PDT
by
Millee
(Earth First! We'll log the other planets later!)
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Byrd, who filibustered the 1964 Civil Rights Act for 14-straight hours
But, hey - we mustn't dwell on the past, should we?
To: Tumbleweed_Connection; Cowboy Bob
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posted on
07/28/2005 9:22:02 AM PDT
by
Mike Bates
(Irish Alzheimer's victim: I only remember the grudges.)
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
by securing $10 million in funding for the King monument. But the deficit! Just damn...
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posted on
07/28/2005 9:22:05 AM PDT
by
Echo Talon
(http://echotalon.blogspot.com)
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
I'd bet the farm that Byrd is a closet racist.
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Dr. King's family has yet to comment on Byrd's attempt to use the civil rights leader's memory to repair his Klan-scarred image. As long as Corretta receives a little cash, she won't mind.
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posted on
07/28/2005 9:25:47 AM PDT
by
TBarnett34
(What part of "up or down" do you RINOs not understand?)
To: Moose4
How about "Robert Byrd Memorial To Martin Luther King"
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posted on
07/28/2005 9:28:41 AM PDT
by
weegee
(The Rovebaiting by DUAC must stop. It is nothing but a partisan witchhunt.)
To: Old Grumpy
He ain't in the closet. He still uses the N-word. His excuse is that there are "white n***ers" as well as "black n***ers".
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posted on
07/28/2005 9:29:49 AM PDT
by
weegee
(The Rovebaiting by DUAC must stop. It is nothing but a partisan witchhunt.)
To: <1/1,000,000th%
THAT will kill the project in a heartbeat.
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posted on
07/28/2005 9:30:15 AM PDT
by
weegee
(The Rovebaiting by DUAC must stop. It is nothing but a partisan witchhunt.)
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