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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Toad on March 05, 2002, 11:18:51 PM
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Think Byrd could get approved as a Circuit Court Judge now, given his ex-KKK career as a "Kleagle"?
Yet he's presiding over the selection of Circuit Court Judges?
Who needs TV sitcoms? We've got the US Government!
:)
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Ex-Klansman Robert Byrd, the senior senator from West Virginia, casually used the phrase "white cupcake" twice on national TV this weekend. Enraged civil rights groups organized a protest campaign against Sen. Byrd and demanded that he undergo sensitivity training ... not.
The ex-Klansman showed his true colors when asked by Fox News Sunday morning talk show host Tony Snow about the state of race relations in America. Sen. Byrd warned: "There are white cupcakes. I've seen a lot of white cupcakes in my time. I'm going to use that word. We just need to work together to make our country a better country, and I'd just as soon quit talking about it so much."
The ex-Klansman, famed for Beltway blowhardism, should have quit talking a lot sooner. Why any prominent politician in his right mind would publicly and deliberately use the poisonous epithet "cupcake" -- which most daily newspapers refuse to spell out, no matter the context -- is beyond comprehension. It's an open question as to whether the rant-prone, 83-year-old Byrd is even in his right mind, but senility doesn't excuse bigotry.
The ex-Klansman's admirers praise his historical knowledge, mastery of procedural rules, and outspokenness. They refer to the Senate's senior Democrat as the "conscience of the Senate." They downplay his white-sheet-wearing days as a "brief mistake" -- as if joining the Klan were like knocking over a glass of water. Oopsy.
This ex-Klansman wasn't just a passive member of the nation's most notorious hate group. According to news accounts and biographical information, Sen. Byrd was a "Kleagle" -- an official recruiter who signed up members for $10 a head. He said he joined because it "offered excitement" and because the Klan was an "effective force" in "promoting traditional American values." Nothing like the thrill of gathering 'round a midnight bonfire, roasting s'mores, tying nooses, and promoting white supremacy with a bunch of your hooded friends.
The ex-Klansman allegedly ended his ties with the group in 1943. He may have stopped paying dues, but he continued to pay homage to the KKK. Republicans in West Virginia discovered a letter Sen. Byrd had written to the Imperial Wizard of the KKK three years after he says he abandoned the group. He wrote: "The Klan is needed today as never before and I am anxious to see its rebirth here in West Virginia" and "in every state in the Union."
The ex-Klansman later filibustered the landmark 1964 Civil Rights Act for more than 14 hours. He also opposed the nominations of the Supreme Court's two black justices, liberal Thurgood Marshall and conservative Clarence Thomas. In fact, the ex-Klansman had the gall to accuse Justice Thomas of "injecting racism" into the Senate hearings. Meanwhile, author Graham Smith recently discovered another letter Sen. Byrd wrote after he quit the KKK, this time attacking desegregation of the armed forces.
The ex-Klansman vowed never to fight "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."
Are the voters in W. Va brain dead or what?
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Ever see the movie Deliverance?
It's like that.
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I see a lot about ex-klansman. Not to much mention of the fact that he is a democrate
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How are you going to act 60 years from now?
Not trying to defend him but I bet you change a lot in 60 years.
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Byrd made the "white cupcake" comment about March of 2001... that would be last year.
How long would one of the current Circuit Court Nominees last during Senate confirmation hearings if he had said that exact phrase on national TV within the last 12 months?
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Yikes! I am in agreement with sandman and weazel :)
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Did you hear about the fire at the W. Virginia Governers mansion? It burned all the way down to the wheels.
-Sikboy
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Originally posted by Eagler
Yikes! I am in agreement with sandman and weazel :)
YEAH! I read this thread and thought maybe I was under some sort of drug induced flashback of some alternate universe! :eek:
I almost cried when I read weazel's post :D
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Sen. Byrd warned: "There are white cupcakes. I've seen a lot of white cupcakes in my time. I'm going to use that word. We just need to work together to make our country a better country, and I'd just as soon quit talking about it so much."
I agree. Wallet-chain wearing Rap getto white negro wannabe's.
I just hope their white Democrat parents while failing to teach them guns are bad, had a republican Uncle to teach them to shoot straight. Just so they could effectively kill each other, while saving bystander children through effective white marksmanship.
I'd vote for this guy, he's all what 99% of what you are, but won't admit it. Cowards, hypocrites.
Even in a hoopty flightsim forum. Period.
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Where are all you guys insisting that racism ended 40 years ago in this country?:mad:
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It hasn't. :mad: all you want.
Look here. I hate them gangbanging bastards.
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Originally posted by Eagler
Yikes! I am in agreement with sandman and weazel :)
Take deep breaths and don't make any sudden movements. You'll be fine. :)