Senator Robert Byrd was a bigot/racist. What Clinton did at his eulogy was pure progressive revisionism. Here are the facts: What you Mr. Clinton are attempting to do is rewrite history. You sir are a Progressive revisionist. Well I hope this page helps remind people that Byrd was just another life long looter on the public dole. He was not a servant of the people but a looter and a racist. Had he been given another year on this earth I am sure we would have had the opportunity to record at least one more public outburst after his 2001 “White nigger” remark. – 1942: Joins the KKK; eventually rises to the rank of “Exalted Cyclops.” – 1945: Writes “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.” – 1947: Says in a letter that the Klan is needed “like never before” and declares that he is “anxious to see its rebirth.” – 1964: Attempts to filibuster the Civil Rights Act of 1964. It wasn’t out of principled libertarian support for property rights. Cites a racist study claiming that black people’s brains are statistically smaller than white people’s. – 1967: Votes against Thurgood Marshall’s Supreme Court nomination. Went to J. Edgar Hoover to see if Marshall had any Communist ties that could ruin his nomination. – 1968: Tells the FBI that it’s time that Martin Luther King, Jr., “met his Waterloo.” FBI ignores him. – 1991: Votes Against Clarence Thomas’ Supreme Court nomination. Becomes the only senator in the body to have voted against both black Supreme Court nominees. – 2001: Refers to what he called “white niggers” on national television. Try to imagine, say, Haley Barbour being given a pass after calling someone a “white nigger.” March 5, 2001 nationalcenter.org/P21PRByrd301.html Where’s the Outrage Over Robert Byrd? Group Decries Racist Remark by Liberal Lawmaker, Asks Why Criticism is Muted In the wake of the racist remark made by senior Democratic Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia, members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 are concerned by the lack of spirited criticism by the civil rights establishment of the senator’s statement in comparison to their treatment of conservatives and then-presidential candidate George W. Bush on matters of race. Senator Byrd was interviewed by Fox News Sunday host Tony Snow in a segment that aired on March 4. While expanding on his comment that race relations are now “much, much better than they’ve been in my lifetime,” Byrd made reference to whites who are still opposed to equal civil rights by saying, “There are white niggers. I’ve seen a lot of white niggers in my time; I’m going to use that word.” He later issued a statement apologizing for his remark. While NAACP President Kweisi Mfume denounced Byrd’s comments as “repulsive,” the comments have not generated the same degree of criticism previously reserved for conservatives.
Posted on: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:46:05 +0000
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