Sen. Byrd to play Confederate general in movie

Charleston Daily Mail ^ | December 19, 2002 | Chris Stirewalt

[MigrantOkie]

Wow...Do you hear that?...nothing...nada...the sound of silence.

[yooper]

I realize that Byrd has excellent credentials for portraying a Confederate general, but how in the hell can an 84 year old man portray a 48 year old man?

[Vigilanteman]

Pretty, pretty, pretty . . .

Seriously, 48 year olds then were the equivalent of 84 year olds now. Look it up. The average life span was something like 45.

[Paul Atreides]

"My role is small, admittedly, and probably won't earn me an Academy Award," Byrd, D-W.Va., said.

It won't earn you any condemnation either, you doddering old f*rt.

[Kay Ludlow]

And I'm sure the silence will continue to be deafening. Imagine Lott, Frisk, Hastert or any Republican playing a Confederate Officer in a movie AND saying it was fun!

Byrd should be called upon to explain the joy he felt at being part of the "rascist slave-owning South".

[Paul Atreides]

The Dims have their house slaves trained well.

[Reactionary]

Yes, the sound of silence. Will the republicans say a word? No way. Democratic racism always gets a pass, but some stupid comment from Lott is to be paid in blood.

Republicans were played like fiddles concerning Lott. And they're about to receive a wonderful thank you from the liberals in the form of more racist smear tactics.

[Doctor Raoul]

How will we know it's really Bobbie Byrd under that sheet in the movie?

[suijuris]

Won't have to worry about make up and wardrobe since he will be wearing a hood and white sheet most of the time.

Sui

[SandfleaCSC]

"Senator Byrd, I said cut! Would you please stop beating that black actor now. And put that noose back in the prop trailer, it's not in this scene."

[azhenfud]

"The average life span was something like 45."

Just putting out a question here, but isn't the "45" factoring in the deaths from war also, making the ALS much lower than normal expectancy?

My paternal GGG Grandfathers both served CSA and both lived to 74 and 81, so on average, they defied the ALS of 45 by almost double.

Just a question....

[xzins]

Ridiculous.

Most generals in that war were relatively young men.

So many were West Point grads, and the Point was still a relatively young institution at that time.

[TLBSHOW]

Senator Byrd, I said cut! Would you please stop beating that black actor now. And put that noose back in the prop trailer, it's not in this scene."

lol

[Savage Beast]

I hear he's also starring in the remake of Birth of a Nation.

[folklore]

I have a question? I have, like everone 2 senators, and they get relected every 6 years. Do your senators vote in their own election? Mine don't. Mine are Robert C. Byrd And John D. Rockefeller. They both in Virginia.

[drjoe]

Well, compared to the general population combat deaths don't really make much of an impact. What drags down the 'average' life span back in those days was the horrendous mortality in childhood from infectious diseases and the one in twelve mortality of having babies. If you lived up to the age of forty or so and for a kid got past the scything of infectious disease, the mortality of child bearing and the moderate size mortality of accidental death [it is astonishing how many people died falling off of horses] you stood an excellent chance of making it into your sixties and up. It is my impression that heart disease and cancer were not as important a cause of death than as they are now.

[folklore]

I left out (vote) in Virginia.

[speedy]

Actually, Byrd originally had a small speaking part where he complained about "white n*****s" but Ted Turner quietly cut it from the film.

[gorebegone]

Just where are the white Nwords from anyway?