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January 24, 2005
Does any Democrat realize how poor taste this is in?
Well, we expected something. We knew they'd make it an issue, but DAMMIT MAN, you'd have think that some Democrat would have pulled Robert Byrd (D-KKK-WV) aside and said:
"um, ah. . . Robert, hey, don't do this, we all know how you feel, but look, it's just bad form, let me do it."
Unless you've been under a rock, you'd know that I'm referring to Senator Robert Byrd, opposing the Confirmation of Condoleeze Rice as Secretary of State. If you've really been that out of touch, I should let you know that Rice is an African-American Woman, and Byrd is a former member of the Klu Klux Klan.
Yes, kiddies, that's absolutely right, the Democrats put a former klansman up on the Senate rostrum to oppose a black woman to what can be arguably be considered the highest position of governmental power a black woman has ever been nominated for. THIS IS BEYOND INSANE.
You would have thought that some rational Democrat Senator would have put a stop to this quickly and cleanly in the hallways and offices of the Senate. To let this action by a high ranking KKK member get onto the Senate floor and into the public record is simply beyond the pale. I guess there are no more Democrat Senators that are rational, and certainly as a party, they've demonstrated that they have no control or conscious.
The story gets better though. It's all partisan politics, I'm sure you already guess that. Originally, Byrd and Barbara Boxer (D-nutcase-CA) had planned to try and give long grandstanding speeches (filibustering the old way) to try and stretch the confirmation discussion into the evening hours in an attempt to keep Senator's away from the President's inaugural balls, and grab some camera time of course. I'm just glad that someone must have wispered into Boxers ear that the last time Byrd actually "filibustered" it was to oppose Civil Rights Act of 1964. It's really all just too nutty to comprehend. Basically, the Democrats have lost all sense of purpose, decency and common sense.
Well, at least by her actions alone, I can move Barbara Boxer firmly into the "BIGOT" column of my mind. She laid down with a pig and came up covered in s***.
Click Here, if you'd like to send the klansman (Robert Byrd D-WV) a message. Or HERE to send one to Barbara Boxer (D-nutcase-CA).
Here's a final look at the Klansman Robert Byrd.
--Jason
Posted by JasonColeman at January 24, 2005 11:12 AM
