To: Bluntpoint
Read Mr. Flat Earth's comments. Apparently he feels that by he asking the question it magically becomes the statement of his projection. I can't imagine anyone wanting a Dem Senate over this. LOL
308 posted on
12/19/2002 6:37:20 PM PST by
#3Fan
To: #3Fan
Actually McConnell is being intellectual dishonest comparing Lott and Byrds comments. Byrd was basically saying there are good whites and blacks and bad ones. Unlike Lott Byrd was not reminicing about good ole days.
Story from Drudge below:
Byrd, who early in his career was a member of the Ku Klux Klan, used the term on FOX NEWS SUNDAY when asked about the state of race relations in America by host Tony Snow.
"They are much, much better than they've ever been in my lifetime," Byrd said. "I think we talk about race too much. I think those problems are largely behind us... I just think we talk so much about it that we help to create somewhat of an illusion. I think we try to have good will. My old mom told me, 'Robert, you can't go to heaven if you hate anybody.' We practice that." Then Byrd warned: "There are white niggers. I've seen a lot of white niggers in my time; I'm going to use that word.
"We just need to work together to make our country a better country, and I'd just as soon quit talking about it so much."
19 posted on 12/18/2002 9:48 AM EST by Bluntpoint
Mr Bluntpoint was arguing on one thread that Byrd's comments were not the equal of Lott's and did not require him to step down.
On another thread Mr Bluntpoint implies that outside this forum he had lobbied for the removal of Strom Thurmond.
I'm simply asking why. He didn't answer last night and he took a pass tonight.
Wonder why?
To: #3Fan
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