Not a WORD about it (nor about his oppsition to the Civil Rights Movement and the only two African Americans to serve on the US Supreme Court, Thurgood Marshall and Clarence Thomas) - http://byrd.senate.gov/bio.htm
Check here for information about his KKK affiliation (past and present):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Byrd#Participation_in_the_Ku_Klux_Klan
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/con...
http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archive...
http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=383
http://mrssatan.blogspot.com/2007/07/rob...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/8...
2007-10-15 07:26:44 · 4 answers · asked by Lavrenti Beria 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
[As for Senator Byrd... he was young and influenced by his environment. He got involved, spent a few years and realized he was wrong to be involved, and now he hasn't been... for years and years and years.]
...yet can still talk about "white n*ggers" without the media hardly noticing, like he did recently:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FIBJt-c2o0
http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=383
http://www.exposetheleft.com/2005/10/18/robertbyrdwhiteniggers
2007-10-15 08:52:58 · update #1
[why would a red state, that voted for Bush both times, keep electing a former KKK member?]
Byrd is also known as "The King of Pork".
2007-10-15 08:55:55 · update #2
obviously, the democrats like to try and keep secrets...and byrd certainly qualifies for the democrats version of the "witness protection program"...lol...
2007-10-15 08:48:45 · answer #1 · answered by darwinman 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've seen a lot of things that you post here, and it's obvious that you're just trying to throw hate and anger towards any "liberals" that you possibly can.
You're obviously a very hate-filled person.
As for Senator Byrd... he was young and influenced by his environment. He got involved, spent a few years and realized he was wrong to be involved, and now he hasn't been... for years and years and years.
Do you have anything "current" you'd like to ask about Byrd or any other filthy liberals?
2007-10-15 15:02:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I don't know... I bet most senators bios don't include any negative things...
why would a red state, that voted for Bush both times, keep electing a former KKK member?
2007-10-15 15:03:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because he stopped being involved with the Klan about 40~50+ years ago -- hardly relevant since he's been re-elected at least 7 times since then.
Quoting from some of the sources you cite: "in 1952, he announced -- After about a year, I became disinterested, quit paying my dues, and dropped my membership in the organization." and "In 1997, he told an interviewer ... Be sure you avoid the Ku Klux Klan."
Sounds like it's not a current affiliation at all.
2007-10-15 14:50:08 · answer #4 · answered by coragryph 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋