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As he prepares to run for a record ninth term in the Senate, Bob Byrd has repositioned himself once again. In the past, Byrd has been a preacher, a war hawk, a patriot, a Democratic leader, a prince of pork and a war dove. Am I leaving anything out? Byrd adapts. He makes the habit of voting for him difficult to break. His incarnation as Mr. Constitution is his cleverest. It gives Byrd a leg up in all arguments. If one dares suggest that his latest speech in the Senate went a little too long, why one must be ignorant...

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi found herself on the defensive Thursday morning over the decision by Senate Democrats to put former Ku Klux Klansman, Sen. Robert Byrd, in charge of efforts to derail the confirmation of Secretary of State-nominee Condoleezza Rice. "I don't think that whatever Sen. Byrd is doing has anything to do with his sad past," Pelosi told WWRL radio hosts Steve Malzberg and Karen Hunter. Instead, said the San Francisco Democrat, the one-time Grand Kleagel was acting out of concern that the advise and consent role of the Senate in presidential appointments was being overlooked. In a...

I have learned so much during the 30 days that I have been here. I have had a mentor in Senator Byrd, who has probably been a mentor to many others before me.Sen. John Edwards has former KKK member as mentor! My Title(Vanity)White House Wannabe Edwards Has Ex-Klansman for Mentor newsmax | 1/2/2003 | Carl Limbacher