Actually, exactly correct. Maybe that's what you meant by "poppycock."
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That's why Robert Byrd stopped acting like a racist.
Still looking for Izzy's rice bowl, I see.
So he put the robe away, and started working the "soft racism" game.
I thought you said that the dems "threw out" all the racists?
The definition of "stopped" would have been covered in your next semester of English.
Wez
DA
Maybe, but he did it, which is more than can be said about others.
Sheriff Joe
DA
Acting or being? numbnuts
Progressives ignore & forgive the words below and attack those that they perceive as racist, even where none exists. Pathetic.
“I shall never fight in the armed forces 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.” December 1944, Byrd wrote to Senator Theodore G. Bilbo.
“I shall never fight in the armed forces 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.” December 1944, Byrd wrote to Senator Theodore G. Bilbo.
I love when you attempt wit.
Its looks like a baby giraffe trying to walk for the first time..
You are deliberately ignoring his subsequent retraction and apologies, numbnuts.
What about his pal, Fulbright, or the climate tzar's dad?
Robert Byrd faked his way around his deep seeded racism, just like the legions of lilly white apologists, who see themselves as noble protectors of the less lilly.
Fulbright turned away from the racism of his youth and apologized.
Gore Sr. refused to sign Thurmond's Southern Manifesto in 1956, and voted for the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
What website are you getting your names from? I already warned you about interfering in Izzy's role.
Gore had his hand forced after voting against the 1964 act.
Fulbright went with the flow, and decided to go after the votes they had suppressed for years.
Those racists just went underground, and developed a new kind of soft racism that patronized the black vote while dividing and destroying black families.
Portrait of Byrd as Majority Leader
Byrd initially compiled a mixed record on the subjects of race relations and desegregation.[55] While he initially voted against civil rights legislation, in 1959 he hired one of the Capitol's first black congressional aides, and he also took steps to integrate the United States Capitol Police for the first time since Reconstruction.[56] Beginning in the 1970s, Byrd explicitly renounced his earlier views favoring racial segregation.[20][57] Byrd said that he regretted filibustering and voting against the Civil Rights Act of 1964[58] and would change it if he had the opportunity. Byrd also said that his views changed dramatically after his teenage grandson was killed in a 1982 traffic accident, which put him in a deep emotional valley. "The death of my grandson caused me to stop and think," said Byrd, adding he came to realize that African-Americans love their children as much as he does his.[59] During debate in 1983 over the passage of the law creating the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday, which some conservatives opposed, Byrd grasped the symbolism of the day and its significance to his legacy, telling members of his staff "I'm the only one in the Senate who must vote for this bill".[56]
Impressive tribute to one of your heroes.
Portrait of Byrd as Majority Leader
Byrd initially compiled a mixed record on the subjects of race relations and desegregation.[55] While he initially voted against civil rights legislation, in 1959 he hired one of the Capitol's first black congressional aides, and he also took steps to integrate the United States Capitol Police for the first time since Reconstruction.[56] Beginning in the 1970s, Byrd explicitly renounced his earlier views favoring racial segregation.[20][57] Byrd said that he regretted filibustering and voting against the Civil Rights Act of 1964[58] and would change it if he had the opportunity. Byrd also said that his views changed dramatically after his teenage grandson was killed in a 1982 traffic accident, which put him in a deep emotional valley. "The death of my grandson caused me to stop and think," said Byrd, adding he came to realize that African-Americans love their children as much as he does his.[59] During debate in 1983 over the passage of the law creating the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday, which some conservatives opposed, Byrd grasped the symbolism of the day and its significance to his legacy, telling members of his staff "I'm the only one in the Senate who must vote for this bill".[56]
I wonder if the KKK commissioned the portrait.
(Its quite good)
I'm ignoring nothing ya pinhead.
The apologies are great and warranted. Good for him.
The point is there are jackasses who claim to be progressive, open minded & inclusive or that they are somehow Republican. They are none of those things, unless they agree with your point of view.
They either can't argue logically or they're too lazy to make an argument and they effectively end the argument by labeling someone a racist.
At this point, it's important to remember that not all Republicans are racists. However, all racists are Republicans.
In our current political climate.