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Turning the Tables!!! KKK Byrd KKK Truman/Clinton Used the N Word? His Brother Did

Posted on 12/09/2002 2:25:00 AM PST by Arthur Wildfire! March

This is just a quick post, a throw-together of earlier research into Rat racism and hypocracy. All Trent Lott said was that Thurmond would have been a good president back in '48. KKK Truman was president at the time. I see opportunity here. The Rats' hypocracy is so obvious this time. They made their own rat trap! Let's get 'em!

First off, Roger Clinton. He is caught on film openly using the n-word. This is frequently run by Sean Hannity. He will most likely run that tape again today. It also runs sometimes on Fox News.

Next, Bubba himself, along with his wife:

"Meanwhile, nary a national Republican said "boo" when Bill Clinton was accused of using the "N" word by two reputable witnesses on national TV. And when four witnesses charged that Mrs. Clinton had once called a campaign aide a "f---ing Jew bastard," her Senate opponent, Rick Lazio, refused to touch the issue."

[part of a Carl Limbacher article in newsmax.com posted further down here]

http://www.capitalistmagazine.com/2001/march/mm_byrd_kkk.htm

Ex-Klansman Robert Byrd, the senior senator from West Virginia, casually used the phrase "white nigger" twice on national TV this weekend. Enraged civil rights groups organized a protest campaign against Sen. Byrd and demanded that he undergo sensitivity training ... not. The ex-Klansman, you see, is a Democrat. Democrats can join hate groups and utter the ugliest racial slurs and get away with it because they are Democrats.

Democratic Sen. Robert Byrd, Ex-Klansman By Michelle Malkin (March 8, 2001) [CAPITALISMMAGAZINE.COM] Ex-Klansman Robert Byrd, the senior senator from West Virginia, casually used the phrase "white nigger" twice on national TV this weekend. Enraged civil rights groups organized a protest campaign against Sen. Byrd and demanded that he undergo sensitivity training ... not.

The ex-Klansman, you see, is a Democrat. Democrats can join hate groups and utter the ugliest racial slurs and get away with it because they are Democrats. They belong to the party of racial tolerance and understanding. They're paragons of virtue, and the rest of us are bigoted rubes. The ex-Klansman showed his true colors when asked by Fox News Sunday morning talk show host Tony Snow about the state of race relations in America. Sen. 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."

The ex-Klansman, famed for Beltway blowhardism, should have quit talking a lot sooner. Why any prominent politician in his right mind would publicly and deliberately use the poisonous epithet "nigger" -- which most daily newspapers refuse to spell out, no matter the context -- is beyond comprehension. It's an open question as to whether the rant-prone, 83-year-old Byrd is even in his right mind, but senility doesn't excuse bigotry.

The ex-Klansman's admirers praise his historical knowledge, mastery of procedural rules, and outspokenness. They refer to the Senate's senior Democrat as the "conscience of the Senate." They downplay his white-sheet-wearing days as a "brief mistake" -- as if joining the Klan were like knocking over a glass of water. Oopsy.

This ex-Klansman wasn't just a passive member of the nation's most notorious hate group. According to news accounts and biographical information, Sen. Byrd was a "Kleagle" -- an official recruiter who signed up members for $10 a head. He said he joined because it "offered excitement" and because the Klan was an "effective force" in "promoting traditional American values." Nothing like the thrill of gathering 'round a midnight bonfire, roasting s'mores, tying nooses, and promoting white supremacy with a bunch of your hooded friends.

The ex-Klansman allegedly ended his ties with the group in 1943. He may have stopped paying dues, but he continued to pay homage to the KKK. Republicans in West Virginia discovered a letter Sen. Byrd had written to the Imperial Wizard of the KKK three years after he says he abandoned the group. He wrote: "The Klan is needed today as never before and I am anxious to see its rebirth here in West Virginia" and "in every state in the Union."

The ex-Klansman later filibustered the landmark 1964 Civil Rights Act -- supported by a majority of those "mean-spirited" Republicans -- for more than 14 hours. He also opposed the nominations of the Supreme Court's two black justices, liberal Thurgood Marshall and conservative Clarence Thomas. In fact, the ex-Klansman had the gall to accuse Justice Thomas of "injecting racism" into the Senate hearings. Meanwhile, author Graham Smith recently discovered another letter Sen. Byrd wrote after he quit the KKK, this time attacking desegregation of the armed forces.

The ex-Klansman vowed never to fight "with a Negro by my side. 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."

If this ex-Klansman were a conservative Republican, he would never hear the end of his sordid past. "Ex-Klansman who opposed civil rights and black justices" would appear in every reference to Sen. Byrd. And even the "ex-" would be in doubt. Maxine Waters and Ralph Neas and Julianne Malveaux and Al Sharpton and all the other left-wing bloodhounds who sniff racism in every crevice of American life would be barking up a storm over Sen. Byrd's latest fulminations. Instead, the attack dogs are busy decrying latent racial bigotry where it doesn't exist, while the real thing roams wild and free in their own political backyard.

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http://www.newsmax.com/showinside.shtml?a=2001/8/31/83427

With Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff

For the story behind the story... Friday, Aug. 31, 2001 9:31 a.m. EDT Media Libs, Oblivious to Rather and Byrd, Bash 'Racist' Jesse Helms

There they go again.

Six weeks after media liberals broke their necks looking the other way when CBS big Dan Rather uttered a racial epithet during a nationally broadcast radio interview, they've rediscovered their racial sensitivity.

No, they're still not upset with the "CBS Evening News" anchorman, who derided his bosses as "Buckwheats" for caving in to pressure to cover the Gary Condit story. Or Sen. Robert Byrd, who in March uttered the phrase "white n----rs" on national TV.

The target of their racial attacks is GOP conservative icon Sen. Jesse Helms, whose announcement that he's retiring drew this lovely parting shot from the so-called "dean" of the Washington press corps, David Broder:

"Jesse Helms, White Racist" was the headline atop Broder's Washington Post column Wednesday.

The "dean," upset that enough reporters hadn't used the opportunity of Helms' retirement to smear him as a racist, eagerly picked up the slack.

"What really sets Helms apart," Broder noted, "is that he is the last prominent unabashed white racist politician in this country - a title that one hopes will now be permanently retired."

Of course, Broder didn't have to do all the heavy lifting on the Helms smear himself. PBS's Mark Shields was actually first out of the box, bashing Helms as racist just days after his announcement.

"Jesse Helms was an unreconstructed segregationist and came from segregationist politics, and he never really changed," Shields told Jim Lehrer's "News Hour."

Needless to say, neither Broder nor Shields had a word to say about Rather's "Buckwheat" slur, which even most in the conservative media ignored. But what about Byrd's "white n----r" remark?

A Lexis-Nexis search turns up not a peep from either of the liberal commentators on the West Virginia Democrat's outrageous epithet.

Helms bashers stayed mum on Byrd despite the leading liberal's amply documented background in the Ku Klux Klan. And Byrd wasn't just a foot soldier - he was a Kleagle, an official KKK recruiter.

The prominent Democrat officially severed his ties to the Klan in 1943. But three years later he wrote a letter to the hate group's Imperial Wizard.

"The Klan is needed today as never before," explained Byrd. "I am anxious to see its rebirth here in West Virginia and in every state in the Union."

In another musing from Byrd's so-called post-Klan period, he complained about blacks in the military, vowing never to fight "with a Negro by my side."

"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."

Surely that kind of over-the-top race baiting would have drawn the ire of racially sensitive liberals everywhere, right? Well, not exactly. Only columnist Michelle Malkin thought the Byrd quotes were worth recycling in the wake of his nationally televised racial slur. Broder, Shields and the rest of the media libs stayed dead silent.

Their excuse, of course, was that Byrd offered his slurs many, many years ago.

But that's the point. Byrd's "White n----r" remark, coming just five months ago, shows that the West Virginia Democrat remains the unreconstructed bigot he was in the 1940s - the same accusation Shields and Broder leveled against Helms without a single similar incident on his record.

There's a lesson here for Republicans, though they obstinately refuse to learn it: Liberals will bash Republicans as racists no matter what the evidence shows.

New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, for instance - by bringing the city's annual homicide rate down from 2,100 to 600 during his tenure - has arguably done more for minorities than any politician of his time.

The victims of New York's formerly staggering murder rate were largely black and brown, meaning that thousands of blacks and Hispanics are alive today because of his get-tough-on-crime policies.

But instead of being hailed as a hero, Giuliani is routinely trashed as a racist by libs like Hillary Clinton, who try to win black votes by ginning up issues like racial profiling and police brutality. Meanwhile, her husband makes up stories about whites burning down black churches in his native Arkansas. The GOP's docile acceptance of the liberal double standard on race has real political consequences.

George Bush won a record 27 percent of the black vote in the 1998 Texas governor's race. But after national Democrats smeared him as a racist during the presidential campaign, using surrogates like the NAACP to link him to the dragging death of James Byrd, he won just 5 percent of the black vote in his home state.

!!!!!!!! Heads up !!!!!!!

Meanwhile, nary a national Republican said "boo" when Bill Clinton was accused of using the "N" word by two reputable witnesses on national TV. And when four witnesses charged that Mrs. Clinton had once called a campaign aide a "f---ing Jew bastard," her Senate opponent, Rick Lazio, refused to touch the issue.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Imagine the media feeding frenzy if either of those allegations had been leveled against Jesse Helms - or George Bush, for that matter.

When the GOP fails to call libs like the Clintons on their race-baiting, when conservatives sit idly by as Byrd and Rather hurl racial epithets - and speak out only when Democrats attack one of their own - they send a message, loud and clear: Democrats are the party of racial sensitivity, Republicans could care less.

But when Republicans fight fire with fire, and libs come to understand that they won't get a free pass for their own transgressions, experience suggests the politics of race baiting quickly evaporates.

That's what happened in Missouri's U.S. Senate race last year. Before he died, Missouri Democratic Senate hopeful Gov. Mel Carnahan tried to paint then-Sen. John Aschroft as a racist. Ashcroft's aides responded by unearthing a 40-year-old photo of Carnahan performing in a blackface minstrel show.

It worked like a charm. The Carnahan campaign immediately stopped its race baiting against Ashcroft, and the rest of the campaign was fought on the issues.

The Republican Party and its few friends in the press need to wise up - and soon. As long as the politics of race is a one-way street, George Bush and the rest of his party will be lucky to break into double digits when it comes to black support - no matter what Bush's actual record on race turns out to be.

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http://reformed-theology.org/jbs/html/bipartisan_bigotry.htm

Bipartisan Bigotry by Robert W. Lee After former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke ran a close second as a Republican in Louisiana's October 19th gubernatorial primary, White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater quickly declared that Duke is "not a Republican, he never will be a Republican .... We don't like him!" Nevertheless, top Democrats, including Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell (ME), moved quickly to attach the racist KKK label to the Republican standard by contending that the Duke phenomenon is a natural outgrowth of the GOP's Willie Horton, anti-quota mentality. Actually, however, this century's most prominent "former Klan" politicos have been Democrats.

High Court Klansmen Edward D. White served as a Democratic senator from Louisiana from 1891 to 1894, when he was nominated by President Grover Cleveland (and confirmed by the Senate) to the Supreme Court. He was Chief Justice from 1910 to 1921. In 1915, during a White House screening of the KKK-compatible film The Birth of a Nation he revealed: "I was a member of the Klan." Hugo L. Black was a Democratic senator from Alabama from 1927 until his nomination to the Supreme Court by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1937. He had joined the KKK in 1923, when he was 37 years old, for, his apologists say, political reasons. He dropped out two years later and eventually became a leading Court liberal.

Presidential Racism Harry S Truman reportedly joined the Klan for a short time in 1922, also, his defenders contend, for political reasons. Truman reportedly sought Klan backing in his race for a judgeship in Jackson County, Missouri. In Hooded Americanism: The First Century of the Ku Klux Klan, 1865-1965, author David M. Chalmers writes: "Truman's own story was that when he was told to promise not to give any jobs to Catholics he angrily withdrew and got his money back." Another version cited by Chalmers "was that the future President did go through with his initiation although he was never an active member." Active Klansman or not, Harry Truman's nearly lifelong record of personal racism is documented by his own published and unpublished letters, oral histories, and other documents on file at the Truman Library in Independence, Missouri. Dr. William Leuchtenburg, president of the American Historical Association and a professor at the University of North Carolina, is writing a book about our 33rd president. During his research, Leuchtenburg found that in 1911 Truman (who was 27) wrote to his future wife, Bess: "I think one man is just as good as another so long as he's honest and decent and not a nigger or a Chinaman. Uncle Will [probably Wfiliam Yount, the brother of Truman's mother] says that the Lord made a white man from dust, a nigger from mud, then He threw up what was left and it came down a Chinaman." Truman continued: "[I] am strongly of the opinion Negroes ought to be in Africa, yellow men in Asia and white men in Europe and America." According to Professor Leuchtenburg, Truman was the first president since Reconstruction to make civil rights a federal priority. Yet he continued to use racial slurs throughout most of his life.

The Senator Wore White And then there is Robert C. Byrd, Democratic senator from West Virginia (and George Mitchell's predecessor as Senate Majority Leader). He voted against the nomination of new Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas on October 15th on grounds (among others) that Thomas had "mounted his own defense" during his nomination hearings "by charging that the [Senate Judiciary] committee proceedings were a high-tech lynching of uppity blacks." Byrd branded it "an attempt to fire the prejudices of race hatred." Senator Byrd has first-hand knowledge of racism. When he was running for Congress in 1952, his campaign was nearly derailed when a tough primary opponent revealed that Byrd had once belonged to the Ku Klux Klan. During a subsequent radio broadcast, Byrd acknowledged that he had been a member of the Klan from "mid-1942 to early 1943" because he was young (24) and because it "offered excitement." But he claimed: "After about a year, I became disinterested, quit paying my dues, and dropped my membership in the organization. During the nine years that have followed, I have never been interested in the Klan." Byrd, who was praised for his "candor" and "forthrightness" regarding the issue, won the primary handily to secure the Democratic nomination. But just prior to the final election, a letter surfaced (in Byrd's own handwriting) which confirmed that his association with the Klan had been far more cordial, for a far longer time, than he had claimed. Dated April 8, 1946 (three years after his alleged break with the Klan), the letter was addressed to Klan Imperial Wizard Samuel Green of Atlanta. It stated in part: "I am a former kleagle of the Ku Klux Klan in Raleigh County and the adjoining counties of the state .... The Klan is needed today as never before and I am anxious to see its rebirth here in West Virginia .... It is necessary that the order be promoted immediately and in every state of the Union. Will you please inform me as to the possibilities of rebuilding the Klan in the Realm of W. Va .... I hope that you will find it convenient to answer my letter in regards to future possibilities." So the same Robert Byrd who railed against Clarence Thomas for raising the spectre of racism and lynching was actively promoting the Klan years after he told voters he had severed all ties with it. He was nevertheless elected, as he has been six times since. Clearly, when it comes to the Ku Klux Klan, the Democrats now pillorying Republicans about David Duke have a full hamper of their own dirty bedsheets. Admittedly, the former memberships of other public officials in the Klan should have absolutely no bearing on the significance of Duke's recent membership. But history shows that major media exposures of "racism" can be very selective. In the media's eyes, not every Klansman is the same.

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To: lelio
Bringing up a 60 year old case against a 90 year old man

Ummmm...his last offense was the use of "white n****r in March of 2001...not once, but TWICE in one weekend. So yes, bringing up his beliefs is applicable in this case. What he said was MUCH worse than Lott.

21 posted on 12/09/2002 1:30:38 PM PST by ravingnutter
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To: zian
I think you are in the wrong forum.
22 posted on 12/09/2002 1:32:02 PM PST by Arthur Wildfire! March
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March
When someone smacks you once, turn the other cheek. When someone is truly violent and hitting you repeatedly, I see what you would do.
What does any of that have to do with choosing your battles wisely and maintaining the moral high ground?
What a funny sight it would be.
Not nearly as funny as watching it all backfire. Again, don't go there.
23 posted on 12/09/2002 1:48:17 PM PST by Consort
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To: ravingnutter; Impeach the Boy
Glad to know I'm not alone. The opposition I faced is the very reason why the GOP has had so many problems. Note this example in the above info dump:

That's what happened in Missouri's U.S. Senate race last year. Before he died, Missouri Democratic Senate hopeful Gov. Mel Carnahan tried to paint then-Sen. John Aschroft as a racist. Ashcroft's aides responded by unearthing a 40-year-old photo of Carnahan performing in a blackface minstrel show.

It worked like a charm. The Carnahan campaign immediately stopped its race baiting against Ashcroft, and the rest of the campaign was fought on the issues.

How often do you see a GOP campaign handled that way? Most of the people slamming Lott on this silly issue would have told Ashcroft not to run that counter-attack ad. Instead, they problaby would have resigned from Ashcroft's campaign at that point and piled on.

24 posted on 12/09/2002 1:50:41 PM PST by Arthur Wildfire! March
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To: Jimer
You don't see the hypocracy. Ok. How are you going to convince the American people that the rats are hypocrites on this issue if not the examples I just mentioned? What is your glorious, superior strategy?
25 posted on 12/09/2002 1:54:19 PM PST by Arthur Wildfire! March
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March
This puts Jessie in a corner. Especially if he will insist on accountability for a comment by Lott spoken on the fly.
26 posted on 12/09/2002 2:00:08 PM PST by swheats
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To: swheats
Jackson is vulnerable right now. And yet he wants more attention. Fine. He deserves attention. His recent baby, conceived while he ministered to Bill Clinton. The book, Shakedown, that exposes the way he operates. LOL. The man is ready to fall, and his fall will have coat tails. Now this hypocracy. You are right. Courage right now would destroy this aspect of leftist hypocracy.
27 posted on 12/09/2002 2:04:51 PM PST by Arthur Wildfire! March
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March
Ummm...I do have to say I take exception to the remarks about Truman being in the KKK...he was related to me by marriage (6th cousin), I met him and Bess when I was young. I cannot imagine him doing something like that and there are others that back up my opinion. In fact, the KKK opposed him for a county judgeship in 1922. From what I know about the man, he was a champion of civil rights, not a racist.

Also see:

Harry Truman and Civil Rights: Moral Courage and Political Risks

An excerpt:

Harry Truman and Civil Rights presents a riveting account of the little-known, yet pivotal role President Harry Truman played in the cause for civil rights. . . . President Truman’s bravery and dogged determination opened many doors and forever changed the course of history. This book is a tribute to the visionary courage displayed by this statesman who began laying the foundation to right the horrific injustices that prevailed against people of color during his time.”

—Kweisi Mfume, President and CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Now, if even Kweisi praised him on civil rights, I know that the charges just cannot be true.

28 posted on 12/09/2002 2:10:00 PM PST by ravingnutter
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March
California's Lt Gov Cruz Bustamante also used the "N" word in a speech . . . but he's a democrat so it's all right. P.S. George Wallace was a democrat.
29 posted on 12/09/2002 2:10:49 PM PST by Saundra Duffy
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March
I think it's embarrassing the way African Americans are willing to shine the shoes of White democrats. It's humiliating!!!
30 posted on 12/09/2002 2:12:41 PM PST by Saundra Duffy
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March
Actually, Lani Guinier, the Clinton appointee that was dubbed,"The Quota Queen," stated in her book that Clinton was reported to have made a very similar remark to that of Trent Lott. She reported that Clinton said in some kind of fund raising meeting, that, "We wouldn't have all the problems that we have today, if we hadn't lost the war." (That probably shouldn't be in quotation marks because it is not an exact quote, just from memory.)
31 posted on 12/09/2002 2:18:20 PM PST by Eva
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March
Some additional details and comments:

David Duke originally ran in elections as a Democrat before he switched to the Republican party.

In one incarnation of the KKK's long history, they listed Republicans among those they opposed.

Unelected but still validated by the media, Jesse Jackson was not ostricized for his Hymietown comment. If he was (as Jimmy the Greek's career was tainted after some offcolor remarks) we would not be hearing from him today (at least without his bigotries on display).

Bill Clinton is at liberty to use the verbotten N-word as he is an honorary black man. < /sarcasm >

A member of the KKK conspired with other Democrats to try to taint Phil Graham's history with a fraudulently created backdated KKK membership card. The hoax was revealed but such action was tried because it was an effective technique to smear a candidate. Texas Monthly did a coverstory on this a number of years back (although they waited until late in the article to reveal that no Graham did not belong to the Klan, sounds like a tabloid tactic to proclaim "Is xxx a member of the KKK?" and then bury the answer as "no" deep in the article).

Another of the CBS staff (from 60 minutes) reportedly also dropped his poker face and made some offensive racial comments. I think that some website used to sell copies of this footage.

32 posted on 12/09/2002 2:24:37 PM PST by weegee
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To: ravingnutter
I don't blame you for taking exception. On the one hand, you backed me up. On the other hand, you defend your elder relative. I salute you. My main point with Truman is that the left is being hypocritical. He was, granted, reportedly a member for a very brief time, and I wouldn't be surprised if he angrilly told them off regarding the hiring of Catholics. It was a long time later that he became president, but not nearly as long ago as Thurmond today from 1948. Young people often do impulsive things they regret. It's unfortunate that the rats are so condemning, and the best way to fight back is to give them a taste of their own medicine. But I do want it to be accurate reporting.

Speaking of young impulses, on a lighter note: One time Ronald Reagan climbed a street light and sang 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star'. The police arrested and fined him for being a public nuisance. Reagan was young at the time.
33 posted on 12/09/2002 2:25:04 PM PST by Arthur Wildfire! March
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To: Saundra Duffy
California's Lt Gov Cruz Bustamante also used the "N" word in a speech . . . but he's a democrat so it's all right. P.S. George Wallace was a democrat.

Incredible. Power packed words there. FReegards....

34 posted on 12/09/2002 2:28:03 PM PST by Arthur Wildfire! March
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To: Eva
Clinton meant the 'Civil War'? I can't believe how much information is out there!
35 posted on 12/09/2002 2:30:42 PM PST by Arthur Wildfire! March
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To: weegee
"Unelected but still validated by the media, Jesse Jackson was not ostricized for his Hymietown comment."

That was widely known, too. People remember it if you bring it up, but it's buried otherwise. I remember Jackson was upset because he spoke "off the record". LOL. And he didn't resign. Amazing. But he thinks Lott should. Excellent point in plain sight for everyone.
36 posted on 12/09/2002 2:34:53 PM PST by Arthur Wildfire! March
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March
Oh, yeah, he meant civil war. I heard Lani Guinier repeat this quote on Chris Matthew's Hardball, one day. She said that Clinton changed his demeanor to reflect the group that he was with and this particular day, he was in the company of a bunch of southern good 'ole boys.

About the same time that the book came out, someone arranged for Guinier to be the first Black woman on the faculty at Harvard and this move from Penn, seemed to calm her down and shut her up. She was one angry Black woman, though, after Clinton made those statements about not being able to support her ideas.
37 posted on 12/09/2002 2:36:19 PM PST by Eva
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To: FreeInWV
He may have harshly criticized Bill Clinton but Senator Byrd voted "NOT GUILTY" in both the perjury article and the obstruction of justice article of impeachment.
38 posted on 12/09/2002 2:36:27 PM PST by weegee
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To: Eva
TY for the information. FReegards....
39 posted on 12/09/2002 2:42:26 PM PST by Arthur Wildfire! March
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March
I think that the book was, Tyranny of the Majority, in case you are interested. I am trying to find the quote.
40 posted on 12/09/2002 2:44:44 PM PST by Eva
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