Byrd commented on the 1945 controversy about racially integrating the military. Byrd, when he was 28 years old, wrote to segregationist Senator Theodore Bilbo, of Mississippi, vowing never to serve in such a military:
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.
He had earlier written Bilbo “I shall never fight in the armed forces with a Negro by my side”.
I like Sen. Byrd because he cares about animals.
He is a strategic idiot. Why not simply hand over the worlds oil supply , thereby control of the Western economies of the USA, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan and the Phillipines to the Shiite World Caliphate Movement?
And now the World Calpipahte wants to ruin these economies by price gouging of fuel.
We grin and pay, but not for much longer.
Old Bird Dog needs to roll over and kick off.
You know, you've got to give Bush credit - any other man who have been mercilessly pummeled by people for 8 years would have cried or angrily fought back. But Bush just keeps taking these hits as if they're nothing, and just shrugs his shoulders. The man's either got titanium intestines or he's really a genuine Christian who could care less what people think of him. I remember him holding Byrd's hand that one time.
Can’t blame him for getting choked up about his buddy Ted’s likely impending death.
Think of all the Senators this codger has already outlived.
Beautiful. A Klansman invoking the name of God on behalf of a murderer....all on the Senate floor. rofl
This former KKK bum is a prime reason for term and age limits for US politicians. The jerk comes across as a blithering idiot.
He’s one sick cookie.
Was there any honest feeling in that solo bravissimo piece of performance art? How would the Dear Man from West Virginia even be able to tell, to know his own feelings?
What a waste of oxygen. I wonder if he wept for Mary Joe Kopechne.