
Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia dead at 92
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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.
From CNN. Something else to be proud of.Comment
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While he set two endurance records in Congress, he was only proud of one in the end. The other was for his 1964 filibuster against the Civil Rights Act, when he spoke for 14 hours and 13 minutes in an effort to derail the law.
He opposed civil rights when he first ran for office, a stance he came to regret later in life. He blamed "that Southern atmosphere in which I grew up, with all of its prejudices and its feelings," for his opposition to equal rights, which included joining the Ku Klux Klan in the 1940s
Go fuck your self jhale. See it's not my fault.Comment
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Pussies like Nickdefelch like to close threads they're getting pummeled in, then sometimes go back and post in them. I'm surprised and impressed with the restraint of some of these pussies by not storming to the defense of Robert KKK Byrd, calling US racists, and then closing the threadComment
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Pussies like Nickdefelch like to close threads they're getting pummeled in, then sometimes go back and post in them. I'm surprised and impressed with the restraint of some of these pussies by not storming to the defense of Robert KKK Byrd, calling US racists, and then closing the threadComment
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Last edited by Jagermeister; 06-29-2010, 02:57 PM.Comment
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Photo: Sen. Robert Byrd apologizing for KKK membership
Will Sen. Byrd Finally Apologize?
January 26, 2005
History someday will show the most egregious filibusters where those mounted by Democratic Senator Robert "KKK" Byrd against civil-rights legislation and the voting acts of the fifties and sixties.
Hoping to become the United States' longest serving member of congress, Sen. Robert Byrd is working hard these days to erase scars left by his horrible past including his long time membership in the Ku Klux Klan.
As late as 2001 Sen. Byrd was caught using the N-word on national television. However still today, few Democrats have publicly condemned Sen. Byrd's racist views.Comment
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Originally posted by conmee
If anyone even thinks about deleting the Muff Thread they are banned.... no questions asked.
That is all.
Icon.Originally posted by GO-SPURS-GO
I've seen prominent hypocrite liberal on this site Jhale667
Originally posted by Isaac R.
Then it's really true??
The Muff Thread is really just GONE ???
OMFG...who in their right mind...???
Originally posted by eddie78
I was wrong about you, brother. You're good.Comment
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