Thurmond and Helms will burn in eternal torment while Byrd basks in the love of Jesus.
On Jun 28, 9:16 am, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > Just another good example of why we need term limits on those bastards. > > On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 8:20 AM, Keith In Tampa <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > *Robert Byrd, Longest-Serving U.S. Senator, Dies at 92* > > >http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/06/28/robert-byrd-longest-servin... > > > Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia, the longest-serving senator in > > American history, died Monday at the age of 92, a spokesman for the family > > said. > > > Byrd, a Democrat who served in the U.S. Senate since 1959, had been plagued > > by health problems in recent years and was confined to a wheelchair. He had > > skipped several votes in Congress in the past months. > > > Jesse Jacobs, a family spokesman, said Byrd died peacefully at about 3 a.m. > > at Inova Hospital in Fairfax, Va. > > > He was the oldest member of the 111th Congress. > > > The passing of Sen. Byrd will not affect the balance of power in the > > Senate. West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin, a Democrat, will appoint a > > replacement senator to serve out the remainder of Byrd's term which ends in > > 2012. > > Byrd held a number of leadership roles during his tenure in the Senate, > > including conference secretary, majority whip and majority leader -- twice. > > > Prior to his death, Byrd worked as the president pro tempore -- the second > > highest ranking official in the Senate and the highest ranking senator in > > the majority party, putting Byrd third in line to the presidency. > > > He also served as the senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, > > and the chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland > > Security. Other committees on which Byrd served were the Senate Budget, > > Armed Services and Rules and Administration Committees. > > > Byrd, who never lost an election, cast more than 18,540 roll call votes -- > > more than any other senator in U.S. history. He had a 98 percent attendance > > record in his more than five decades of service in the Senate, according to > > his Web site. > > > Byrd was born Cornelius Calvin Sale, Jr. in North Wilkesboro, N.C., in > > 1917. When his mother died in the 1918 flu pandemic, he was sent to live > > with his aunt and uncle, who renamed him Robert Carlyle Byrd and raised him > > in the coal-mining region of southern West Virginia. > > > He received his law degree from American University in 1963, and his > > undergraduate degree from Marshall University in 1994 -- at age 76. > > > Byrd was widely regarded as a pre-eminent expert on constitutional law and > > legislative procedures. Because of his intimate knowledge of Senate rules, > > he was both feared and respected by his political opponents. > > > He helped win ratification of the Panama Canal Treaty and was well known > > for steering federal dollars to his home state. He was also a strong > > opponent to the Iraq war and vehemently defended minority party rights in > > the Senate. > > > He was elected to Congress in 1952, representing West Virginia's 6th > > Congressional District. Six years later, he was elected to the U.S. Senate. > > > Byrd threw his support behind Barack Obama a week after the then-senator > > lost the West Virginia Democratic primary to Hillary Clinton during the 2008 > > presidential campaign -- an endorsement that symbolized the shift in his > > views on race. > > > Once a member of the Klu Klux Klan, it was the defining moment in his > > lifelong effort to convince the American public of his changed views on > > race. > > > "I have done my best to do the right thing," Byrd said during a March 2005 > > interview with FOX News, during which he was questioned about his KKK > > membership in the early 1940s. > > > "The people of West Virginia know that. They know the history. And they put > > it aside. They continue to return me. I was wrong, as many young men are > > wrong today, even when they join groups. That's all in the past," Byrd said. > > > Byrd characterized himself as a "born-again" Christian whose views on race > > were changed by "time, reflection and the teachings of the Bible." > > > ====================== > > > On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 3:54 PM, Keith In Tampa > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > *Jim Zee Wrote:* Well said, Grae...the man is a national treasure > > > *J.D. Wrote:* As usual, Dick, you're way off base on the political > > aspect of the Klan. The "Democrats" of the South were the conservative > > establishment Christian white men from the end of the Civil War until the > > 1960s, when our own Virginia Sen. Harry F. Byrd Jr., still alive at the age > > of 95, became an Independent and almost every other Democrat in the South > > became a Republican. So don't blame the KKK on liberal-minded politicians, > > because it's just the opposite. Sen. Robert Byrd of W. Va., age 90 and no > > relation to the racist Byrd family of Virginia, has long ago renounced his > > association with the KKK and only the vilest ultraconservative commentators > > and bloggers refer to this sad mistake of his youth. He resigned from the > > Klan more than 60 years ago, for God's sake. > > > Keith In Tampa Responds: > > > Here we go again. Liberal spin, with no truth or foundation. > > > The "National Treasure", Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia, wrote in > > his 2005 book, "Child of the Appalachian Coalfields" that he purportedly > > resigned as a "Kleagle" of the Ku Klux Klan, in 1943. (A "Kleagle" is a > > recruiter for the KKK) Three years after Senator Byrd allegedly quit the > > KKK, Senator Byrd, in a letter to KKK Imperial Wizard Samuel Green in > > Atlanta Georgia, dated April 8, 1946, wrote: > > > *"I am a former kleagle of the Ku Klux Klan in Raleigh County.... The > > Klan is needed today as never before and I am anxious to see its rebirth > > here in West Virginia .... It is necessary that the order be promoted > > immediately and in every state of the Union. Will you please inform me as to > > the possibilities of rebuilding the Klan in the Realm of W. Va .... I hope > > that you will find it convenient to answer my letter in regards to future > > possibilities."** * > > ** > > * > >http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/18/AR200... > > * > > ** > > *http://www.impiousdigest.com/index00a.htm* > > ** > > *http://www.kkklan.com/wall.htm* > > ** > > In another letter written long after Senator Byrd's association (or > > better said, purported disenfranchisement) with the KKK, Senator Byrd wrote: > > > *"I would never serve in the military with a Negro by my side. Rather I > > should die a thousand times, and see Old Glory trampled in the dirt never to > > rise again, than to see this beloved land of ours become degraded by race > > mongrels, a throwback to the blackest specimen from the wilds."* > > ** > > *http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110002825* > > ** > > Senator Byrd voted against both Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and > > Justice Clarence Thomas, the only two black Supreme Court Justices in our > > Nation's History. > > ** > > * > >http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/w/williams-marshall.html?_r=1&oref... > > * > > ** > > *http://www.thurgoodmarshall.com/home.htm* > > ** > > > Senator Byrd is notorious for his legendary pork barrel spending and > > earmarks. In fact, our "National Treasure" Senator Byrd has received over > > 3 BILLION dollars in earmarks for the State of West Virginia, for such > > coveted projects as, The "Robert C. Byrd Expressway" ; the "Robert C. > > Byrd Freeway"; the "Robert C. Byrd Institute" to the "Robert C. Byrd Federal > > Building"; and the "Robert C. Byrd Bathrooms" (In the U.S. Capitol! Robert > > C. Byrd rooms in the U.S. > > Capitol<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d101:43:./temp/~bdGYXp::> > > .) Yes, our "National Treasure" has truly left, and continues to leave an > > indelible mark on West Virginia as well as Washington, and the Federal > > Budget! > > > *https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&view=bsp&ver=ohhl4rw8mbn4<http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/01/04/eveningnews/main3676573.shtml> > > * > > ** > > *http://porkbusters.org/hall_of_shame.php* > > ** > > *http://www.akdart.com/pork.html* > > ** > > * > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Approp... > > * > > ** > > In 1977, 1979, 1980, and 1987, Senator Byrd led a Democratic Senate > > Majority in setting precedents to restrict the minority party's rights: > > ** > > *http://www.questia.com/googleScholar.qst?docId=5008754320* > > ** > > *http://freedomsnewbirth.blogspot.com/* > > > Contrary to J.D.'s "spin", Senator Byrd, a Democrat, filibustered for > > over 14 hours against the 1964 Civil Rights Act, and consistently advocated, > > condoned or advanced legislation that killed civil rights legislation > > throughout the 1960's,and 1970's. > > > Senator Byrd's 14 hour filibuster against the 1964 Civil Rights Act is > > only beaten out by Senator Strom Thurmond's, (Democrat, South Carolina) > > filibuster, who was joined by Senator John F. Kennedy, (Democrat > > Massachusetts) against the 1957 Civil Rights Legislation Act. > > ** > > *http://www.transterrestrial.com/archives/005265.html* > > ** > > * > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Byrd#Filibuster_of_the_Civil_Righ... > > <http://www.transterrestrial.com/archives/005265.html>* > > ** > > *http://reformed-theology.org/jbs/html/bipartisan_bigotry.htm* > > ** > > It was in fact, the Democrats who organized the record Senate filibuster of > > the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Included among the organizers were several > > prominent and well known liberal Democrat standard bearers including: > > > Robert Byrd (D. W.Va.) > > J. William Fulbright (D. Ark.) > > Albert Gore Sr. (D. Tenn) > > Sam Ervin, (D. N.C.) > > Richard Russell (D. Ga,) > > Hill (D. Ala.) > > Sparkman, (D. Ala) > > McClellan (D. Ark) > > Holland (D. Fla) > > mathers (D. Fla) > > Talmadge (D. Ga.) > > Ellender (D. La) > > Long (D. La) > > Eastland (D. Miss) > > Stennis (D. Miss) > > Jordan (D. Va) > > Robertson (D. Va.) . > > > Forty percent of the House of Representative Democrats voted AGAINST the > > Civil Rights Act, while 80% of Republicans SUPPORTED it. Republican support > > in the Senate was even higher. Similar trends occurred with the > > ... > > read more » -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
