Another Democrat Embraces MoveOn

National Review ^ | 3/30/2005 | Byron York

[Winged Hussar]

The alliance with Obama, combined with the turnout of top Democrats at the filibuster rally, is yet another indicator of MoveOn's growing presence on Capitol Hill. It also shows a strong alliance with Byrd, the 87-year-old senator who has taken the lead in the Democratic effort to justify the judicial filibusters.

Byrd "is fighting an attempt by Republicans to change the 200-year old rules of the Senate that would allow Republicans to ram federal judges through the Senate with no regard for what others might say," Obama wrote in the MoveOn letter. "Above all, Robert Byrd understands just how sacred the Constitution of our country truly is and fights every day to protect it."

"Now he needs our help," Obama continued. "In 2006, Senator Byrd will be the target of Republicans because he stands up for what he believes."

At the MoveOn rally two weeks ago, California Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer made an emotional appeal on behalf of Byrd — whom she called "the love of my life" — and pledged to help his campaign in any way possible.

[Winged Hussar]

http://sayanythingblog.com/entry/obamas_support_for_byrd/ adds Barack Obama's letter to MoveOn.org's members. (I inserted a picture of Robert Byrd fighting to defend the Constitution as he perceived it back in the 1940s.) As for Barbara Boxer, does she have some kind of weird fetish for sheets and burning crosses?

http://www.stentorian.com/MoveOn/sideshow1.html for documentation of racist, anti-Semitic, and anti-Catholic hate speech from MoveOn.org. MoveOn's support for a Kluxer is therefore hardly surprising, given what it says about Jews, Catholics, Evangelical Christians, and so on. (And did anyone catch the Daily Kos-er who said Joe Lieberman should be "gassed like a dog?")

Dear MoveOn member,

I'm writing today about a senator who needs your urgent support. Senator Robert Byrd was one of the first senators I met with when I came to the Senate 3 months ago. Senator Byrd understands the history, the importance and the role Senate plays in our government--at 87 years old, he's the most senior senator.

He has spoken out passionately against a Bush foreign policy that has alienated our allies throughout the world. Today, he is fighting an attempt by Republicans to change the 200-year old rules of the Senate that would allow Republicans to ram federal judges through the Senate with no regard for what others might say. Above all, Robert Byrd understands just how sacred the Constitution of our country truly is and fights every day to protect it.

Now he needs our help. In 2006, Senator Byrd will be the target of Republicans because he stands up for what he believes.

I want to be sure Robert Byrd is here fighting for us in the Senate. Will you join me in supporting his campaign for re-election, before a critical deadline this Thursday?

You can give online at: [link deleted for obvious reasons; wouldn't want to run afoul of the FEC's rules on "donating" pixels to candidates]

I hope you will give generously to help send Robert Byrd back to the Senate for another term to fight for the Constitution and the freedom of speech we all enjoy.

...

Remember, in order to win back the Senate majority, we need Robert Byrd.

The work you do is extremely important--you and millions of others, working through MoveOn, have helped change the way politics works in this country. Thank you for your help.

Sincerely,

Barack Obama

PAID FOR BY MOVEON PAC Not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee.

"[The Ku Klux Klan] is an effective force in the struggle against communism and in the promotion of traditional American values." --Robert C. Byrd, speaking as a "Kleagle" for the Klan, 1942

"I shall never fight in the armed forces 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, a throwback to the blackest specimen from the wilds" -- Robert C. Byrd, in a letter to Sen. Theodore Bilbo (D-MS), 1945 (Wasn't Bilbo some kind of segregationist?)

"The Klan is needed today as never before and I am anxious to see its rebirth here in West Virginia and in every state in the Union." -- State Rep. Robert C. Byrd, letter to the West Virginia KKK Grand Wizard, 1948

[Winged Hussar]

New campaign slogan: BaracKKK Obama for Robert Byrd

[A message]

Yea tomorrows NY Times front page headline.

"Left wing Socialist organization along with B. Hussein Obama embraces Democrat Klansman."

Dreams, dream, dream, dream, dream, dreams

[Triggerhippie]

(Wasn't Bilbo some kind of segregationist?)

Hell, I thought he was a Hobbit.

I think that Byrd is *still* a POS...

[nyyankeefan]

are there any lib/dems that do NOT pray at the alter of soros and moveon.org????

[Sergio]

How the line would read if the political parties were reversed.

Original

Byrd "is fighting an attempt by Republicans to change the 200-year old rules of the Senate that would allow Republicans to ram federal judges through the Senate with no regard for what others might say," Obama wrote in the MoveOn letter.

MSM probable spinning rewrite.

...is fighting an attempt by Democrats to change the 200-year old rules of the Senate that would allow Democrats to appoint critically needed federal judges through the Senate in spite of obstructionist and possibly unconstitutional Republican tactics,".