I'll go you one better on the whole rebel flag-Klan past of Byrd.
That stupid move on his part was over FIFTY years ago!Attack Byrd for being an out of touch liberal sycophant with a big mouth and I completely agree.But let the Klan diatribes die.He has totally repudiated that part of his past and I think its petty of conservatives to keep beating this dead horse.
Besides,the Klan today is a bunch of on-line hucksters trying to sell T-shirts and bumper stickers.They are dead as a terrorist group.
No wonder with the medical care they get.
I like beating this "dead horse" just to piss liberals off. They are hypocrites and I hope they are lurking here. It may have been 50 years ago, but I think Byrd is still a racist.
The only reason that is ever mentioned is the Dems blast the Republicans as racists and give Byrd a pass. Look what happened to Trent Lott and compare that to the treatment Byrd gets. Byrd plays the liberal gig to the hilt, like he did fifty years ago when being conservative and a Klansman was politically popular. You are preaching to the wrong bunch.