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WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE, WHO NEEDS KEITH OLBERMANN?July 28, 2010 While engaging in astonishing viciousness, vulgarity and violence toward Republicans, liberals accuse cheerful, law-abiding Tea Party activists of being violent racists. Responding to these vile charges, conservative television pundits think it's a great comeback to say: "There is the fringe on both sides." Both sides? Really? How about: "That's a complete lie"? Did that occur to you simpering morons as a possible reply to the slanderous claim that conservatives are fiery racists? The most notorious accusations of "racism" at anti-Obama rallies so far has consisted of the allegation that...

Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) will become the most senior member of Congress next month when ageless Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.) retires, and he’s not shy about telling the world. Byrd, who will have been in Congress 50 years come Jan. 3, made that point during an impassioned floor speech against the proposed Department of Homeland Security, which he called the most “monstrous piece of legislation” he’d seen sent to the Senate. “God help me to reach that date of Jan. 3, 2003, the year of our Lord,” he declared. “… I have been on this Hill longer than anybody else...

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Today on the Senate floor, Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) said his office has received over 9,000 phone calls supporting him in his actions to block a vote on the Iraq resolution. What Byrd didn't mention was the number of calls his office has received telling him to stop blocking the President!!! Maybe because he has not heard from enough people, yet. Sen. Robert Byrd (D) 311 Hart Senate Office Building (202) 224-3954; 228-0002 Charleston: (304) 342-5855 http://byrd.senate.gov/ senator_byrd@byrd.senate.gov I called this afternoon and spoke to a rather unpleasant young woman who answered the phone. She did take my message and...