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West Virginia Senate Battle Turns Ugly as Byrd Uses Raese's Father
National Ledger ^
Posted on 10/01/2006 10:29:38 PM PDT by Paul8148
West Virginia GOP senatorial candidate John Raese slapped back at Senator Robert Byrd’s reference to Raese’s deceased father in a West Virginia public television profile which aired Thursday night.
In a transcript of the program obtained by the Raese campaign Thursday afternoon, Byrd says, “(Raese’s) father was my friend. I think his father would have been … somewhat ashamed. His father would be supporting me today I feel if he were alive.”
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: West Virginia
KEYWORDS: byrd; election2006; kkkbyrd; raese
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posted on
10/01/2006 10:29:39 PM PDT
by
Paul8148
To: Paul8148
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posted on
10/01/2006 10:30:38 PM PDT
by
Southack
(Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
To: Paul8148
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posted on
10/01/2006 10:31:48 PM PDT
by
kcvl
To: Paul8148
“When I was a boy, my father was taking me to basketball and baseball games, and to Dairy Queen after the game,” said Raese. "By contrast, according to Senator Byrd’s autobiography, his father was taking him to“ Ku Klux Klan meetings.OUCH!
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posted on
10/01/2006 10:33:06 PM PDT
by
Darkwolf377
(Republican, atheist, pro-life, anti-illegal, book-reading no-goodnik!)
To: Paul8148
When will the good hooded senator finally depart this world?
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posted on
10/01/2006 10:34:42 PM PDT
by
spikeytx86
(Pray for Democrats for they have been brainwashed by there fruity little club.)
To: Paul8148
This old man Byrd has crossed the line in indecency, incredible!
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posted on
10/01/2006 10:40:08 PM PDT
by
rawhide
To: Darkwolf377
I don't know when Senator Byrd would cash in
I think he is on everybody's dead pool on FR
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posted on
10/01/2006 10:42:22 PM PDT
by
SevenofNine
("Step aside Jez"=Det Lennie Briscoe)
To: Darkwolf377
It gets better:
“When I was a boy, my father was taking me to basketball and baseball games, and to Dairy Queen after the game,” said Raese.
"By contrast, according to Senator Byrd’s autobiography, his father was taking him to“ Ku Klux Klan meetings. Years later, when I was 34, I was running for the United States Senate. Senator Byrd was, at that same age, by his own account, recruiting members to the KKK,” he said.
To: Paul8148
Byrd is a fool. He opened up the flood gates with this comment.
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posted on
10/01/2006 10:46:50 PM PDT
by
msnimje
(Seriously, if it REALLY were a religion of PEACE, would they have to label it as such?)
To: msnimje
No kidding. What the hell, he's winning big, why is he saying stuff like this that can only backfire?
To: The Old Hoosier
"What the hell, he's winning big, why is he saying stuff like this that can only backfire?" No man ever loved the sound of his own voice more than Robert Byrd. He should be encouraged to speak on and on.
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posted on
10/01/2006 11:16:46 PM PDT
by
cookcounty
(John Murtha: the only Marine Colonel who can't find Okinawa on a map.)
To: Paul8148
I've had the sheets of Byrd for quite a while. Lets hope some sort of common sense hits West Virginia soon.
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posted on
10/02/2006 3:33:13 AM PDT
by
Nextrush
(Chris Matthews Band: "I get high...... I get high.....I get high.....McCain.")
To: Paul8148
Senator Tyrd will be in the Senate until the day he dies.
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posted on
10/02/2006 3:37:20 AM PDT
by
Fresh Wind
(Democrats are guilty of whatever they scream the loudest about.)
To: Paul8148
Can you imagine what would have happened if a Republican or, heaven forbid, Bush had said that in a campaign ad (or anywhere else for that matter)? The MSM would have cut away from regular programming to cover the story!
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posted on
10/02/2006 3:43:20 AM PDT
by
deaconjim
(His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.)
To: spikeytx86
When will the good hooded senator finally depart this world? When he finally gets Congress to change the name of West (by god) Virginia to the State of Byrd. Everything else in the state already bears his name.....
To: deaconjim
Senator byrd in full dress uniform going to a local meeting.
What in the hell is wrong with WV voters?
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posted on
10/02/2006 5:17:25 AM PDT
by
USS Alaska
(Nuke the terrorist savages - In Honor of Standing Wolf)
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