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The Link

(757 posts)
37. Spot on. Even a racist and homophobe can be right on some issues.
Wed Mar 20, 2013, 11:27 AM
Mar 2013

Byrd is a great example of a broken clock.

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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