In a rather soft boiled story on West Virginia Senator Robert Byrd's dotage and his uselessness as an able bodied member of the Senate, at 89 he's currently the longest serving Senator in American history, the AP did the right thing in reminding the readers that Byrd was once a member of the Klan. Yet, they had to go and ruin the truth by claiming that Klan members are "certainly conservative."
In fact, this AP story amazingly tries to make it seem as if Byrd had only late in life become that member of Congress that has been "endeared" to "many liberals", hinting that it only just dawned on him after 53 years in the Senate to become a liberal. The AP imagines that Byrd somehow "remade" himself into a liberal over the Bush administration's Iraq policy, as if he never was one before that.
Colleagues said Byrd agreed to have Murray lead the floor fight, even though the Iraq issue is close to his heart. Since the war's outset, he has ranked among Bush's harshest critics, a role that endeared him to many liberals and proved again that a skillful politician can remake his image if he stays in office long enough...
What is with this "remake his image" stuff, AP? Do you imagine that Byrd has been Barry Goldwater until we set our first boots on the ground in Iraq?
But, here is the worst part. As mentioned, the AP imagines that only conservatives could ever be a Klan member.
...His political origins were certainly conservative, including a stint in the Ku Klux Klan — membership for which Byrd has repeatedly apologized. His 14-hour filibuster of civil rights legislation in 1964 was among the longest in Senate history.
I see. Once again we have the myth that only conservatives (a word that is used to denote Republican today) were against civil rights.
Does it occur to the AP that the bulk of those politicians against civil rights in the beginning of that era were Democrats? Does it occur to them that the civil rights bills that later passed assuring blacks their equal rights could not have passed were it not for the strong support of the Republican Party? Does the AP not know that the Dixiecrats who led the fight against civil rights for blacks were NOT Republicans, nor conservatives, but merely racist in imputes? There were no "conservative" principles at stake as far as the Dixiecrats were concerned in that time period.
Apparently expecting the AP to represent truthful American history is expecting far too much.
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Term limits
June 16, 2007 - 11:22 ET by iveseenitallByrd, Kennedy, Lott, and so many others.TERM LIMITS! An idea whose time has come. TERM LIMITS!
NEVER,NEVER trust a liberal
iveseenitall, You mention
June 16, 2007 - 11:37 ET by Warner Todd Hustoniveseenitall,
You mention all those Democrats, so why not term limit some Republicans, too?
Oh, wait you said Lott there.....
Um... well...Lott?
So, You mention all those Democrats, so why not term limit some Republicans, too?
I would think it would be o
June 16, 2007 - 13:42 ET by RESTLESS 1I would think it would be obvious that term limits would be for democrats and Republicans. Perhaps there aren't as many Republicans on the list because most on the right do not stay in Congress for 30,40,50+ years.
lol
June 16, 2007 - 16:04 ET by dahliatraverslol
Yes to TERM LIMITS!
June 16, 2007 - 11:44 ET by CTLike Spector, Hagel, Graham, McCain, Lautenberg, Reid, Harkin, Leahy...
Term limits and NO PENSION!&q
June 17, 2007 - 14:34 ET by MikeBTerm limits and NO PENSION!
"A communist is someone who reads Marx. An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx." Ronald Reagan
say yes to term limits
June 17, 2007 - 14:38 ET by LionKingI agree with term limits 100%. Ted Kennedy is the poster child for this cause.
Once again NB bogs down what
June 16, 2007 - 11:40 ET by drillanwrOnce again NB bogs down what would be a delightful flight of fancy with historical research and facts ... ~sheesh!~ If I wanted that kind of reporting I'd go to ... ~thinking ... thinking real hard~ ... I'll get back to you ... ; ^)
A Degree in Kook
June 16, 2007 - 11:55 ET by Lame CherryAs someone who lives by the Truth, I am astounded by how liberal minds form thoughts. The hatred they have for Conservatives blaming them for everything from a sunny day causing GlobAL Gore Warming to this nonsense about Bobby Byrd is just ridiculous.
How an editor can even allow such stupidity is beyond the realm of logical thought. These creatures believe the masses are this stupid to take everything they say as fact.......but then they led Americans around about Iraq and that worked, so maybe people are that stupid.
But to paint the KKK as Conservative when it is Conservatives like Washington, Jefferson, Madison and Hamiliton who created a REPUBLIC so minorities would be protected and it was a Conservative in Lincoln who kept that Republic together and ended slavery.......while it was KKK Democrats who were out lynching black people is a bit of factual history.
Bob Byrd and Democrats are the modern KKK in their mob rule democracy which has perverted the Republic of the United States. It is Bob Byrd and Democrats who "bought black people's votes by sticking them on welfare and enslaving them for generations". Now that is modern Democrats and these patrician Republicans trying to stack up a bunch of slave labor illegals to make money off of and buy their vote to turn the mob rule into a communist state where the masses all work for benefits while the elites like Teddy Kennedy drink cocktails in their compounds.
The Associated Press is a group of globalist liars. They hire terrorists, picture forgers and ilk like this writer who literally lies about history.
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Sorry, I know this is from
June 16, 2007 - 14:11 ET by RESTLESS 1Sorry, I know this is from Wiki, but it seemed like a good article on the Civil War and where the parties stood. Plus, there are some links at the bottom that seemed good as well. LINK
As an historian said, "T
June 16, 2007 - 12:08 ET by RayRioAs an historian said, "The KKK was and is a terrorist organization of the Democrat party." Enough said. The AP should stop with their revisionist history.
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The KKK was founded by Democrats
June 16, 2007 - 14:00 ET by RJNot that the AP cares, but.....
"The KKK began as an anti-Republican party movement. Death warrants were put out on various persons in the Republican Party by persons in the Democratic Party. It later became a racist organization. In the beginnings of the Republican Party, Black Americans made up over 75% of the Republican party. As time went on, this truth was covered up. We now see African Americans flocking to the Democratic Party ignorant of history."
A.P. - Asinine. Period
June 16, 2007 - 12:15 ET by ThisnThatA.P. - Asinine. Period
It's too bad for the C.R.A.P.
June 16, 2007 - 12:38 ET by mattmIt's too bad for the C.R.A.P. that they can't find any Republicans who were ever members of the Klan to back up their claim...
Those pesky facts are just killing the LWP. (Left Wing Press)
Have they forgotten: 9from Wi
June 17, 2007 - 14:39 ET by botgHave they forgotten: 9from Wiki)
George Corley Wallace, Jr. (August 25, 1919 – September 13, 1998), was an American politician who was elected Governor of Alabama as a Democrat four times (1962, 1970, 1974 and 1982) and ran for U.S. President four times, running as a Democrat in 1964, 1972, and 1976, and as the American Independent Party candidate in 1968. He is best known for his pro-segregation attitudes during the American desegregation period, which he later recanted.
oh silly me history began in 2001
note: the links were imported
June 17, 2007 - 14:41 ET by botgnote: the links were imported so they will not work i believe the text is good enough