No, no. Evidence is proof, not guilt by association.
Otherwise, I could use the picture of Donald Rumsfeld shaking hands with Sadaam Hussein back in 1983, and say it supports an argument that our very own Secretary of Defense supports our stated enemy.
Sam's response: - "No, no. Evidence is proof, not guilt by association-
"Otherwise, I could use the picture of Donald Rumsfeld shaking hands with Sadaam Hussein back in 1983, and say it supports an argument that our very own Secretary of Defense supports our stated enemy..."
Sam, I could show you a picture of President Chirac standing with Saddam Hussein, as well as a couple other world leaders.
Saddam was an unknown in 1983, and in fact, in 1979, Jimmy Carter's administration sent the Manhatten Nuclear Reasearch papers to Hussein. We could go back further, and look at photos of FDR, and Uncle Joe Stalin standing side by side in Berlin.
But Bob Byrd was a Grand Kleagal in the KKK, which means he was a recruiter. More than just a passive member. He belonged to the KKK from 1942-1944.
In addition:
In 1945 Bob Byrd wrote to another senator:
"I will never go to war with a Negro by my side.
Rather I should die 1000 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." - Bob Byrd
Just two short years ago, on the FOX news channel, Byrd told Tony Snow that there were "WHITE ni##ers" as well.
He used the term twice on the show, so it was NO accident. Old habits die hard for old KKK members. But Democrats in Congress have no problem heaping praise on this loathsome creature.
Now, THERE...is guilt by association.