This Day in Republican History 06/09/05

June 9, 1964 Republicans condemn 14-hour filibuster against 1964 Civil Rights Act by U.S. Senator and former Ku Klux Klansman Robert Byrd (D-WV), who still serves in the Senate Byrd was a recruiter for the Klan -- the terrorist arm of the Democratic party. Who knows how many acts of terror his recruits committed? But almost certainly there is blood on his hands. He claims he joined because he was an anti-communist. I guess he wasn't aware of the much larger anti-communist group that didn't have the rampant racism of the KKK called the Republican Party. But it's ok. His sins are forgiven. Why? Because he is a liberal Democrat. The biggest porker in the senate, an opponent of free trade, pro-abortion, in favor of high taxes, in favor of left wing activists on the bench and opposed to malpractice reform. His support of the left means that his history is purged, forgotten, never to see the light of day. Never mind that the Senator filibustered and voted against the 1964 civil rights act, along with Al Gore Sr. and Fritz Hollings, just to name a few. Never mind that this man helped a terrorist organization (no wonder he is against the patriot act). This windbag has, for too long, successfully passed himself off as a statesmen -- a modern day Cicero or Cato. You would think that African Americans would detest this man, and that if the Democratic party were truly the party of civil rights and the party of minorities, he would be a pariah and not its patron saint. Instead Senator Dodd (D-CT) praised him and said he would have made a great leader during the Civil War. For which side? Hint: Byrd proudly played the Confederate General Paul J. Semms in the TV movie "Gods and Generals." Let's hope he spares West Virginia and the country and isn't on the ballot in 2006.