[Terpfen]

That may very well be true, but that has nothing to do with his idiotic comments on Bush's carrier landing. Bush is white, but he's still complaining.

All I'm saying is that though Byrd doesn't have the moral high ground by any standard, let's stick to the issue: his reaction to the carrier landing. Now, if he had thrown this kind of a temper tantrum when Condi Rice and Colin Powell were up for confirmation, then I wouldn't have a problem with screaming "Kleagle!"

[Sonny M]

He has taken shots at Rice, on numerious occasions. He even went to far as to call Bush a hypocrite and then implied, and the language was very cute, about Bush using affirmative action. (Basically saying Rice and Powell got the job by being black). He's called the administration warhawks, which is normal for a dem, saying he's getting bad advice on foreign policy and national security, was a direct shot at Powell and Rice. Also, and I forget her name, was it chavez? The hispanic woman Bush appointed, but had to drop because of "nanny gate". Byrd, led the charge, jumping out in front of even Dashle.