JFK chides his friend Bob Byrd at the start of a Peace Speech 50 years ago... (Reply #29)

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Tue Mar 19, 2013, 11:03 PM

MinM (2,650 posts)

29. JFK chides his friend Bob Byrd at the start of a Peace Speech 50 years ago...

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44 replies	Author	Time	Post
Robert Byrd knew, and he told us, but no one listened. [View all]	Scuba	Mar 2013	OP
I miss that man.	Autumn	Mar 2013	#1
He sure did. I recall watching him with his little constitution book.	MichiganVote	Mar 2013	#2
He was right. nm	rhett o rick	Mar 2013	#3
It takes a great person to see the truth	olddots	Mar 2013	#4
common wealth really gets in the way when you want to rule the world	tk2kewl	Mar 2013	#5
HUGE K & R !!!	WillyT	Mar 2013	#6
On this he was like that broken clock	dsc	Mar 2013	#7
Byrd started out awful, but evolved into a great statesman	Adenoid_Hynkel	Mar 2013	#9
ah that is more than a little bit over blown	dsc	Mar 2013	#10
He was right on most issues when you look at his record. n/t	Daniel537	Mar 2013	#24
No	dsc	Mar 2013	#26
Thank you. I've never understood "good offsets bad" political accounting ...	bread_and_roses	Mar 2013	#33
Thank you.	Maven	Mar 2013	#40
Spot on. Even a racist and homophobe can be right on some issues.	The Link	Mar 2013	#37
Second only to Ken Hechler as the finest politician to ever represent my state	Adenoid_Hynkel	Mar 2013	#8
That is incredibly insightful looking back from today.	Curmudgeoness	Mar 2013	#11
Well, no one in power listened.	senseandsensibility	Mar 2013	#12
Read his book	vankuria	Mar 2013	#13
I'll never forget that speech	malaise	Mar 2013	#14
yep, he was right, we were all right	arely staircase	Mar 2013	#15
"Why are these chambers empty????!"	stlsaxman	Mar 2013	#16
Smart man. nt	Honeycombe8	Mar 2013	#17
A Statesman in the truest sense of the word.	ReRe	Mar 2013	#18
He was right	abelenkpe	Mar 2013	#19
BIG KICK for those who watched the BYRD/KENNEDY DEBATES	KoKo	Mar 2013	#20
He was right about that. So were many others of us, I am sure, back in 2002. Nothing has changed,	silvershadow	Mar 2013	#21
K&R	Gemini Cat	Mar 2013	#22
No one listened to Bob Graham, either. He begged the Democrats on the Intelligence Committee...	Liberal_Stalwart71	Mar 2013	#23
Right, the first to get my money for presidency.	elleng	Mar 2013	#28
I will never forget Robert Byrd crying on the Senate floor, begging for debate on the matter.	Liberal_Stalwart71	Mar 2013	#31
Everyone keeps talking about Bush and the neocons	John2	Mar 2013	#36
Anyone remember who interrupted his anti-war speech on the Senate floor?	JTFrog	Mar 2013	#25
Yes, and others knew, too.	elleng	Mar 2013	#27
JFK chides his friend Bob Byrd at the start of a Peace Speech 50 years ago...	MinM	Mar 2013	#29
I listened.	reteachinwi	Mar 2013	#30
They would not listen, they're not listening still. nt	raouldukelives	Mar 2013	#32
Ernie laughs, but no one listened.	MinM	Mar 2013	#34
Oh my... K&R	PETRUS	Mar 2013	#35
I watched that on the Span.	nadinbrzezinski	Mar 2013	#38
The stupid Fox News/freeper crowd is always afraid that some bogeyman is going to take their money.	Initech	Mar 2013	#39
Ron Paul opposed the war in Iraq too.	Maven	Mar 2013	#41
Senator Carl Levin worked tirelessly too!	JNelson6563	Mar 2013	#42
He's my Senator...and Debbie Stabinow voted against it too....nt	fadedrose	Mar 2013	#43
I'm not in the habit of listening to Klansmen.	Pterodactyl	Jun 2013	#44

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