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I'm not sorry, and its the same reason most people dislike him as well.
You're asking the question, do you know the answer?
Ever hear of a rhetorical question? I am not the one making the complaint, but of course he repudiated those positions. Heck, I have had positions from when I was younger that I no longer associate with and have repudiated. So, it is ok for Byrd to repudiate past positions and get forgiveness yet Thurmond, who repudiated many of those positions DECADES AGO still gets lambasted with them... oh, it is surely because he left the Democratic Party (when he publicly held those offensive positions) and joined the Republican Party...
Washington (CNN) -- West Virginia Sen. Robert Byrd, the self-educated son of a coal miner who became the longest-serving member of Congress, died early Monday at age 92, the senator's office said.
Byrd, a nine-term Democrat, was known as a master of the chamber's often-arcane rules and as the self-proclaimed "champion of the Constitution," a jealous guardian of congressional power.
His speeches were laced with references to poetry and the Greek and Roman classics, often punctuated by the brandishing of his pocket copy of the national charter.
He was also known as the "King of Pork," using top positions on the Senate Appropriations Committee to steer federal spending to his home state -- one of the nation's poorest.
Byrd relished the title.
"Pork, to the critic, is service to the people who enjoy some of the good things in life, and I've been happy to bring to West Virginia the projects to which they refer. I have no apology for it," he said.
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My condolences to his family.
And publicly admits to being wrong. How often do you see politicians do that?
All the time when they have no other out. To be politically viable in the modern era he was forced to say he changed his views. He wasn't a fence sitter during the civil rights era, he was a full fledged member of the Klan and, this wasn't Barry Goldwater type opposition to the civil rights act, this was racial not Constitutional, **** him I'm glad he's dead.
I love how the Left is trying to excuse Byrd's VOLUNTARY membership and leadership within the KKK, yet when the present Pope was FORCED to become a member of the NAZI youth and never advocated any ideology in support of Naziism, they use is as their anti-Papal gotcha!!!
Gotta love the hypocrisy of the left...
I love how the Left is trying to excuse Byrd's VOLUNTARY membership and leadership within the KKK, yet when the present Pope was FORCED to become a member of the NAZI youth and never advocated any ideology in support of Naziism, they use is as their anti-Papal gotcha!!!
Gotta love the hypocrisy of the left...
It's depending on the individual whether or not they choose to excuse him. Making an unrelated generalization on how everyone on the "left" combat on those individuals that choose to not excuse him, are usually the kind of intangible arguments those with unsufficient intelligence or lack of understanding create.
I don't care for Byrd. But I would most certainly not use his death as a method to support my agenda. Whatever that agenda of yours may be, I do see how this news can help someone of your caliber.
The problem is I don't see your point, It doesn't make me uncomfortable, and claiming 'hypocrisy' is not an observation. It's just that people who generalize a certain group with irrational claim bother me (Be it 'lefties' or 'righties'). It isn't helping or adding any intelligent debate to the subject.I have no agenda here. I am merely making an observation. The fact that it makes you and others uncomforable merely makes my point...
I love how the Left is trying to excuse Byrd's VOLUNTARY membership and leadership within the KKK, yet when the present Pope was FORCED to become a member of the NAZI youth and never advocated any ideology in support of Naziism, they use is as their anti-Papal gotcha!!!
Gotta love the hypocrisy of the left...
I expected better from you. Tit-for-tat, that's how it works, eh? *shakes head*
Frankly I had no problem with his forced involvement with the Nazi party. I do have a huge problem with how he defended pedophiles, though. But I digress. You either hold Byrd's one year involvement with the KKK--to which he freely admitted that he made a huge mistake--against him or you don't. If you do, then your opinion of the Pope should be lowered.
He was in the Klan for more than a year, and it wasn't just involvement he recruited 150 members for the Klan. He was deeply involved in the Klan he wasn't just some inactive member for a short while.
So what. I don't care whether it was one, two, or ten. The point is, he stated that it was the biggest mistake of his life. What more do you want?
So what. I don't care whether it was one, two, or ten. The point is, he stated that it was the biggest mistake of his life. What more do you want?
Resignation from the senate would have been nice. Retirement from public life altogether would have been even better.
Well, it does matter. A week is different from a decade... anyway...
Byrd could have done other things with his life, but as Clinton said... he was just trying to get elected.
A pretty pathetic defense of his behavior.
I'm sure Carter hopes Clinton won't say much at his funeral, or that Clinton goes first.
Basically Byrd's action should have disqualified him from ever holding office, and should certainly have kept him from anywhere near the helm of his party.
I believe Byrd when he said it was a mistake and he regrets it terribly, but there were other ways he could have served society if that was his desire.
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Do you think the Democrats would have been so understanding if Byrd had been a Republican?
I would be ashamed of my party for electing such a man.
So then, you'd agree that Bush should never have been President because he was a coke addict and alcoholic and his wife killed someone because she can't drive worth a crap. Oh, lest not forget grand pops Prescott who was a Nazi lover.
If Byrd was a Republican he wouldn't have survived more than one term. The Dems would have constantly been referring to him as an example of the morals and racism of the Republican party. To be honest, I wouldn't disagree with. I would be ashamed of my party for electing such a man.
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