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From: imawanker@tatooine.homelinux.net
"LiberalsHATEAmerica!" wrote in message
news:ec98f34b7431e1aaeef808599a3c7189@news.meganetnews.com...
> This isn't exactly making the ABC, CNN, NBC, or CBS newscasts, so let me
> share something with you that happened on the floor of the U.S. Senate
about
> five days ago. West Virginia Democrat Robert Byrd, "The Lion of the
> Senate", cast his 17,000th vote. Senators just love honoring each other
> whenever an excuse arises, and this vote was no exception. Senators rose
to
> sing the praises of Robert Byrd.
>
> When it came time for Connecticut Senator Christopher Dodd to speak he
> pulled out all the stops. To hear Dodd tell it, Robert Byrd was Thomas
> Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln wrapped up in one U.S. Senator.
>
> Byrd is a "man for all seasons." He said that Byrd would have been right
> during the formation of this country, and that he would have been "right
> during the great conflict of civil war in this nation." Dodd went on to
say
> that he couldn't think of a time in the history of this nation when Robert
> Byrd wouldn't have been right for the country.
>
> OK, let's review. Byrd was a member of the Ku Klux Klan. Following World
> War II Robert Byrd wrote of his hopes for a rebirth of the Klan in his
home
> state of West Virginia. In 1964 Byrd participated with fellow Democrats
in
> an effort to filibuster the Civil Rights Act. Three years ago Byrd used
the
> "N" word repeatedly in a Fox News interview. A former KKK member
> filibustering the Civil Rights Act. Was this a time when Robert Byrd was
> "right" for America?
>
> Do you remember a year or so ago when another U.S. Senator was delivering
> similar praise for another Senate war horse? In case your attention span
is
> running rather short right now, we're talking about Senator Trent Lott and
> his speech at a birthday celebration for Strom Thurmond. Lott said that
if
> America had followed Strom Thurmond years ago we wouldn't be in this mess
> we're in right now. Dodd said that Byrd, a KKK member, would have been
> "right" during the civil war, a war viewed by most as a war to free the
> slaves.
>
> Now just how long did it take after Lott's comments about Thurmond for all
> hell to break loose. Two days, thanks for asking. How long has it been
now
> since Christopher Dodd's remarks about Strom Thurmond? Five days. Has
> there been any outrage expressed over Dodd's remarks? None. So why not?
> Why isn't Senator Chris Dodd taking heat for saying that a former KKK
member
> would have been a dandy leader around the time of the Civil War?
>
> Oh come on now. You know the answer, don't you? Don't play dumb with me.
> Trent Lott is a conservative Republican, and he's from the South. Chris
> Dodd is a liberal Democrat, a good pal of Ted Kennedy, and he's from the
> North. He's from the center of the Washington - New York - Boston liberal
> stronghold.
>
> It's all very simple. If the Democrats call for a war of words and images
> against Trent Lott the liberal media is more than happy to oblige. If the
> Republicans call for a similar reaction against Chris Dodd for his
remarks,
> the media will react with silence.
>
> And we're told there is no liberal bias in the mainstream media. Sure.
>
>
> --
> Left-wing liberals are EVERYTHING they accuse the right of being.
> They are mean, vicious, hateful, greedy, cold-hearted, closed-minded,
> selfish, intolerant, bigoted and racist.
>
> Liberals HATE America!
>
>
Fucking LIEBRAWLS
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