Changed his ways in what way?
He hadn't renounced his segregationist beliefs when he became a
Republican.
Further, he kept his black mistress, and his daughter by her, hidden
until his death.
>You cannot say the same of Byrd who continued to call people
>"Niggers".
Byrd got a lot of criticism from the left over his use of that word.
Lots.
>
>> Not only that, The Republican Senate Majority leader, Trent Lott, gave
>> a talk in which he waxed lyrical, and with a good deal of heart felt
>> nostalgia for the segregated south, about how wonderful it would have
>> been had this racist been elected to the presidency of the United
>> States, while he bragged about how all the Republicans in the room had
>> voted for him.
>
>And he was forced to resign his leadership position.
Only after there was a huge public outcry, mostly from the left, that
such a racist could be Senate Majority Leader.
Many of your fellow rightards were defending Lott's comments.
"He was just paying tribute to an old man on his death bed." rightards
said.
>This never
>occurred with Robert Byrd because Democrats are inherently racist and
>they've always been so.
One of the rightard go to guys, former Republican governor of
Mississippi, Haley Barbour, was defending the racist White Citizens'
Councils just a couple years ago.
Gov. Bob McDonald, proclaimed a Confederate history month, where
there was -no- mention of slavery.
Racist southern rightards keep defending the clearly racist symbol of
the Confederate flag, and trying to put it on display in public
places.
I could go on and on and on and on...
Awww...
It seems that you're a one-trick-pony, rightard.
What's the matter?
You've only been provided with one set of bullshit talking points by
whichever rightard website you're pasting from?
You can suck on my response again.
"Dixiecrats", rightard.
They're called "Dixiecrats" for a reason, rightard, and that reason is
because their views were so far out of the mainstream Democrat party
that nobody who was being honest with themselves could call them
Democrats.
They could win elections in the racist south, but not any where else.
As to your list, a cursory check shows that, un-surprisingly, you're
full of shit, rightard.
Harry F. Byrd? Died in 1966.
A. Willis Robertson? Died in 1971.
Thomas Pryor Gore? Died in 1949 !!!
J. Lister Hill? Last stood for election in 1962 and was out of
national politics by 1969.
Democrats didn't kick them out, rightard, because they left, one way
or another, on their own.
I'm sure the rest of your list would yield broadly similar results.
I win, rightard.
>> At least Robert Byrd had the decency to admit that is association with
>> the KKK was one of the biggest mistakes of his life
>
>Yes, because "that albatross" limited his political aspirations.
I know.
Because -DEMOCRATS- would never have voted for him.
You're not too bright, are you, rightard?
>He,
>like the murderer Ted Kennedy, could never become President.
I know.
Because -DEMOCRATS- would never have voted for him.
Kennedy tried. He lost in the Democratic primary.
So did racist George Wallace. He lost in the Democratic primary too.
But, Wallace -still- carried most of the south, when he ran as an
independent.
>> and a failure of
>> character.
>
>The difference between Republicans and Democrats is that membership in
>the KKK means they kicked out.
But, avowed segregationists like Strom Thurmond were welcomed with
open arms...
Neither was he alone.
Jessie Helms is another...
Millis Godwind was another...
And, that's just at a federal level.
God only knows how many more were at the state level, but I'd wager
the number is considerable.
You rightards want to pretend that all the racism in the south
evaporated with the passage of the Civil Rights Act.
That, of course, is nothing but a dirty, filthy, rightard lie.
Have you guys gotten rid of those segregated proms in the Republican
south yet, rightard?
No...
Of course you haven't.
> For Democrats, it's still OK to have
>once been a member of the KKK because Democrats are inherently racist
>and they've always been so.
For Republicans, it's still OK to have once been an avowed
segregationist because the Republicans are inherently racist and have
been so since the 1970's.
There... Fixed it for you, rightard.
>> >You guys keep blacks in failing urban schools/kill zones
>> >because you are racist.
>>
>> Blah, blah, blah...
>
>You have no response.
Responding to obvious bullshit isn't something I often deem worthwhile
to waste time on, rightard.
>You cannot deny that urban public schools are
>the sole domain of Democrats,
Yes I can.
> they are failing and are a primary
>indicator as to how urban youngsters are going to prosper in life.
It seems that Republicans can't do any better when they're confronted
with the problems de-industrialization and a falling tax base when
ever they're given a shot at it either, rightard.
They certainly haven't where I live.
My state has appointed a number of Republicans to try and improve
failing school systems.
They've all failed too.
You should be blaming Republican trade policy for failing urban
schools.
But then, you're a batshit crazy, dogshit stupid rightard, rightard.
>Of
>course, if those kids start getting a good education and actually
>graduate from high school Democrats will lose 1/2 of those voters.
Bullshit, rightard.
One of the strongest indicators of who will vote Democrat is how much
education one has.
There's a reason you rightards always whining about the "college
educated liberal elitists".
All President Obama had to do was suggest that kids get a higher
education before Rick Santorum was calling him a "snob".
You rightards live in mortal terror of education.
That's why you rightards all want to home school your kids, so they
don't learn any of those pesky facts and grow up to be Democrats.
You lose, rightard.
Heh heh...
Lying racist rightard socialists...
Batshit crazy and dogshit stupid, every single last one of you.