Sen. Byrd, Confederate General

News Max ^ | Dec. 20, 2002 | Carl Limbacher and News Max staff

[concerned about politics]

Sen. Byrd, Confederate General

It's a good thing Trent Lott didn't take this role: America's most famous former Klansman, Democrat Sen. Robert Byrd, eagerly awaits his big-screen debut as a Confederate leader.

"My role is small, admittedly, and probably won't earn me an Academy Award," West Virginia's "Senator Pork" told the Charleston Daily Mail. "But it was exciting to participate in a project that is helping to promote our nation's history."

Plantation Owner: Is This Typecasting?

In the Civil War movie "Gods and Generals," Byrd has a cameo as Confederate Gen. Paul J. Semmes, a Georgia plantation owner and banker.

Oh, dear. This can't help the new campaign by the Clintons and the rest of the Democrat attack machine to portray all Republicans and white Southerners as Confederate-flag-waving racists.

By the way, Semmes died from battle wounds at age 48. Byrd is 84.

"Director Ron Maxwell included Byrd; and fellow Sens. Phil Gramm, R-Texas, and George Allen, R-Va. and media mogul Ted Turner, who financed the $51 million production, in small parts," the newspaper reported Thursday.

Byrd gushed, "This film allowed me the opportunity to help bring American history to life, to spring it from the pages of history books into the flickering images of the movie screen."

Will there be any flickering images of him waving a Confederate flag? If so, no problem: He's a Democrat.

[concerned about politics]

Oh my!!!

[ApesForEvolution]

Older Black Americans Beware: prepare for flash backs!

[Texas Eagle]

America's most famous former Klansman, Democrat Sen. Robert Byrd,

How do we know he's a "former" Klansman? I want to see his letter of resignation relinquishing his post as Grand Wizard or whatever title he held.

[rwfromkansas]

holy smokes......folks, this is worse than anything Lott said......this man is actally glorifying a plantation owner. He is glorifyig a slave-owner, all the while after being a KKK member.

BTW, note to southernors: I am not saying the south was wrong in the war.

[Mo1]

Well Gosh Golly Gee .. Bobby Bryd is a movie star now huh??

[Ciexyz]

Will Byrd look anything like Colonel Sanders in this film?

[Mo1]

How do we know he's a "former" Klansman? I want to see his letter of resignation relinquishing his post as Grand Wizard or whatever title he held.

Hmmmm .. good question

[concerned about politics]

Oh oh. This thread got pulled off.

[F.J. Mitchell]

Not much happens in the Senate without Byrds ok-k-k.

Maybe his next movie gig will be in a remake of "Gunfight at the Okkk Corral.

[F.J. Mitchell]

More like one of Col. Sanders plucked chick-k-k-ens I would imagine.

[concerned about politics]

Before this Lott fiasco, when was the last time anybody heard about the 1948 Dixecrats of Strom?

Funny thing. Both Lotts parents were Democrats that voted for Strom.
As a matter of fact, Strom was a DEMOCRAT until 1965!-- After the Repubs pass all the civil rights legislations in 1960. KKK Byrd actually held a filibuster to stop them! Go figure!

[ApesForEvolution]

"Before this Lott fiasco, when was the last time anybody heard about the 1948 Dixecrats of Strom?"

I don't know. I've studied it at length for a long time.

Any right thinking American of pigmentation should know that having a high NAALCP rating is not a good sign for people of color or America.

[Choozer]

As long as he's helping the DemonRats keep 'em on the Plantation (i.e. voting Democrat), then he'll catch no flak.

[TC Rider]

Oh my Gawd! Plantation owner Semmes is commemerated on a Confederate Flag Site!

Link here: http://www.scv674.org/csadates.htm

How utterly insensitive.

Good thing he's a Dem. Another free pass.

[TC Rider]

Maybe his next movie gig will be in a remake of "Gunfight at the Okkk Corral.

I heard that Byrd buys his sheets at the K-K-K-Mart.

[VadeRetro]

Another article on the topic.

The guy whom Byrd (84) will be portraying was killed at age 48. Will Senator Porky be wearing a lot of makeup?