Senator Robert Byrd Dies At 92
By Wyatt Earp | June 28, 2010
Mom always said that if you don’t have anything nice to say about someone, don’t say anything at all. Wow that would result in an empty blog post, then.
I’ll say two things here. First, African-Americans in this country can breathe a little easier with this hateful, racist man gone. Second, I’m enjoying reading the whitewash – pun intended – of Byrd’s despicable views by the MSM:
When Republican Sen. Strom Thurmond died, the MSM was quick to stress his segregationist past. The New York Times ran the headline “Strom Thurmond, Foe of Integration, Dies at 100,” leaving readers to imagine the South Carolinian had remained an advocate of segregation. The very first line of USA Today’s story described Thurmond as “the nation’s most prominent segregationist.”
Strange how the MSM can suddenly become reticent about mentioning someone’s segregationist past when the late politician in question is a Democrat. On Morning Joe today, Mark Halperin and Mike Barnicle used elliptical language worthy of a State Department dispatch to avoid mentioning that Byrd had been a member and leader of the Ku Klux Klan.
Expect a lot more of this as the days go by.
Topics: Politics | 15 Comments »
June 28th, 2010 at 1:30 pm
When they lowered his coffin was the strap wrapped like a noose? Now he can be with his beloved Teddy again.
June 28th, 2010 at 1:38 pm
50 years in the Senate??!!! Ridiculous, time to call for the Term Limits Amendment.
Huff Poo’s headline is “From KKK to Supporting President Barry”.
If Sarah Palin died tomorrow here would be the headline:
“Bitch is Dead”.
June 28th, 2010 at 2:33 pm
It is why fewer and fewer people watch the msm these days. Byrd was just another left wing whacko who occasionally donned the white hood and robe.
June 28th, 2010 at 2:57 pm
RIP, Senator.
That is: Roast In Perdition.
June 28th, 2010 at 2:59 pm
The Death Star blew up…?
June 28th, 2010 at 3:14 pm
I found it interesting that the grand wizard of the KKK in WV was the one who suggested Byrd run for office waaaaaaaay back when. Don’t think he meant for him to run til he died, though.
June 28th, 2010 at 3:15 pm
I had a hard time not ripping into Sheets Byrd myself.
June 28th, 2010 at 4:34 pm
I’m wondering if he didn’t die sometime in 2008 and they’ve been doing the Weekend at Bernie’s thing ever since.
-Byrd in Letter to pro-segregationist Mississippi Sen. Theo Bilbo in 1944
Besides the dalliances with the KKK in the 1940s, I notice that no obituaries make mention of his affiliation with another group prominent during WWII- the United States Military. I have to assume that he didn’t serve because he was none-too-fond of the ‘race-mixing’ that was going on what with the Tuskeegee Airmen, the Navajo Code-Talkers or the Japanese American 442nd Battalion….
June 28th, 2010 at 4:54 pm
Imagine my joy at always having to drive on the Robert C. Byrd Expressway to get from OH, through part of the WV panhandle, over to PA.
June 28th, 2010 at 6:47 pm
Jon – And liberal African-American pundits and politicians are singing his praises today. Disgusting.
Ferrell – No, they would substitute in the C-word.
Ralph – They savaged Strom Thurmond but they’ll canonize Robert Byrd. And they wonder why the people don’t trust them to do their jobs.
Wes S. – I’m sorry for his family’s loss, but I have nothing good to say about him.
Sully – “Lord Vader, everything is happening as I have foreseen it.”
MeToo – 50 years. It’s unbelievable that the people there kept reelecting him.
Rick – Pretty soon, everyone will forget his hateful ways and his filibuster of the Civil Rights Act.
Fenway – Maybe he dodged like Clinton did?
GroovyVic – I would make sure to litter all over that highway.
June 28th, 2010 at 7:33 pm
Ralph Short:
That’s not unusual. Scratch a “liberal”, find a racist.
June 28th, 2010 at 9:01 pm
Don’t think he meant for him to run til he died, though.
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Yeah, “Follow that cab”.
June 28th, 2010 at 9:03 pm
the Tuskeegee Airmen, the Navajo Code-Talkers or the Japanese American 442nd Battalion….
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Way to be, Wyatt.
June 28th, 2010 at 9:45 pm
In light of his “race mongrel” quote, it’s ironic that Byrd was (literally) waving the flag at The Coronation. I’m going to go out on a limb and say he wasn’t fully present…
June 29th, 2010 at 9:00 pm
Dixie – His mind was probably elsewhere. Like redneck-ville.