NAACP Mourns the Passing of U.S. Senator Robert Byrd

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WASHINGTON, DC – The NAACP is saddened by the passing of United States Senator Robert Byrd. Byrd, the longest serving member of congress was first elected to the U.S. House from in 1952 and was elected Senator in 1958. Byrd passed away this morning at the age of 92.

“Senator Byrd reflects the transformative power of this nation,” stated NAACP President and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous. “Senator Byrd went from being an active member of the KKK to a being a stalwart supporter of the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act and many other pieces of seminal legislation that advanced the civil rights and liberties of our country."

http://www.naacp.org/news/press/2010-06-29/index.htm

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Guess they are not aware that Byrd vote against the Civil Rights Act of 1964, he filibustered it for almost three months. He also opposed the Voting Rights Act of 1965. NAACP really has become an Uncle Tom to the Democrat Party.
 
Well, I have to make mention of this to set the record straight. President Obama is remembering Democrat Robert Byrd as a voice of principle and reason.

Wow. He is being remembered now as a guy who just served in the Senate. I'd like to point out that he also served in the KKK. The senator did apologize numerous times over the years for his Klan connections and for countless — countless racist comments.

And maybe, you know, look, I'm not here to judge. Forgive him. Fine. But let's not whitewash somebody's history.
 
Sen. Byrd, wasn't just a member of the KKK. He was a Klan leader holding titles of "Kleagle" and "Exalted Cyclops." The senator claimed to have left the organization in 1943, but later wrote a letter to the group's grand wizard, saying, quote, "The Klan is needed today more as never before, and I am anxious to see its rebirth here in West Virginia," end quote.

As recently as 2005, in his memoir, Byrd describes the KKK as a fraternal assembly of, quote, "upstanding people," end quote. He was the only senator to vote against both African-American Supreme Court nominees Thurgood Marshall and Clarence Thomas.
 
He personally filibustered the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964. He opposed President Truman's initiative to integrate the Armed Forces. And he said he would never fight, quote, "with a negro by my side. Rather, I should die 1,000 times than to see this beloved land become degraded by race mongrels," end quote.

He once called Martin Luther King a, quote, "self-seeking rabble- rouser" and even told the FBI he could give a speech condemning King on the floor of the Senate, saying it was time that the civil rights leader, quote, "met his waterloo."

He also once said the writers of the Declaration of Independence did not intend for words "all men created equal" to be taken literally.
 
Again, Robert Byrd did quit the KKK. He apologized for his past many times. And that is fine. I just think we need to remember people's past.

Right now, I'm under the gun because people are now saying on the left that I am distorting African-American history — by what? Pointing out heroes and pointing out people who filibustered the civil rights movement? Said that about Martin Luther King?

I'm the bad guy and he is not really remembered for how he really was in those days. Let this complete the record of Sen. Byrd.
 
Glenn Beck said:
Well, I have to make mention of this to set the record straight. President Obama is remembering Democrat Robert Byrd as a voice of principle and reason.

Wow. He is being remembered now as a guy who just served in the Senate. I'd like to point out that he also served in the KKK. The senator did apologize numerous times over the years for his Klan connections and for countless — countless racist comments.

And maybe, you know, look, I'm not here to judge. Forgive him. Fine. But let's not whitewash somebody's history.
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Well then I guess it's only fair that we continue to bring up the fact that for years you were a worthless, staggering drunk who once put the wife of a competitor from a rival station on the air days after her miscarriage, then proceeded to mercilessly berate and taunt her on the air about her loss.

After all...we don't want to whitewash history, now do we?
 
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Dude, the guy obviously spent years in the Senate promoting what they were looking for. I don't know about you, but I'd hate to be judged in all things by the worst moments of my life rather than the whole tapestry.

I may not agree with his politics, but it doesn't mean that the only thing he ever was happened to be the one thing he most regretted.
 
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