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Ten years ago isn't that long of a time - I doubt their views have evolved.
Ten years ago, in his 2005 memoirs, he used the term to describe his views in the 1950's - he was not calling the KKK "upstanding people" in 2005.
"The 770-page book is the latest in a long series of attempts by the 87-year-old Democratic patriarch to try to explain an event early in his life that threatens to define him nearly as much as his achievements in the Senate. In it, Byrd says he viewed the Klan as a useful platform from which to launch his political career. He described it essentially as a fraternal group of elites — doctors, lawyers, clergy, judges and other “upstanding people” who at no time engaged in or preached violence against blacks, Jews or Catholics, who historically were targets of the Klan.
His latest account is consistent with others he has offered over the years that tend to minimize his direct involvement with the Klan and explain it as a youthful indiscretion. “My only explanation for the entire episode is that I was sorely afflicted with tunnel vision — a jejune and immature outlook — seeing only what I wanted to see because I thought the Klan could provide an outlet for my talents and ambitions,” Byrd wrote.
While Byrd provides the most detailed description of his early involvement with the Klan, conceding that he reflected “the fears and prejudices I had heard throughout my boyhood,”
Ten years ago, in his 2005 memoirs, he used the term to describe his views in the 1950's - he was not calling the KKK "upstanding people" in 2005.
And you're wrong. In 2005, that's exactly what he did.
Paragraph 6 from the Washington Post's A Senator's Shame:
Quote:
The 770-page book is the latest in a long series of attempts by the 87-year-old Democratic patriarch to try to explain an event early in his life that threatens to define him nearly as much as his achievements in the Senate. In it, Byrd says he viewed the Klan as a useful platform from which to launch his political career. He described it essentially as a fraternal group of elites -- doctors, lawyers, clergy, judges and other "upstanding people" who at no time engaged in or preached violence against blacks, Jews or Catholics, who historically were targets of the Klan.
"Upstanding people" is a phrase Byrd wrote in his 2005 book to describe, directly, the context of the KKK as he regards it at the time of his authorship.
"I shall never fight in the armed forces with a negro by my side ... Rather I should die a thousand times, and see Old Glory trampled in the dirt never to rise again, than to see this beloved land of ours become degraded by race mongrels, a throwback to the blackest specimen from the wilds."
— Robert C. Byrd, in a letter to Sen. Theodore Bilbo (D-MS), 1944
Paragraph 6 from the Washington Post's A Senator's Shame:
Quote:
The 770-page book is the latest in a long series of attempts by the 87-year-old Democratic patriarch to try to explain an event early in his life that threatens to define him nearly as much as his achievements in the Senate. In it, Byrd says he viewed the Klan as a useful platform from which to launch his political career. He described it essentially as a fraternal group of elites -- doctors, lawyers, clergy, judges and other "upstanding people" who at no time engaged in or preached violence against blacks, Jews or Catholics, who historically were targets of the Klan.
"Upstanding people" is a phrase Byrd wrote in his 2005 book to describe, directly, the context of the KKK as he regards it at the time of his authorship.
"Upstanding people" is a phrase Byrd wrote in his 2005 book to describe, directly, the context of the KKK as he regards it at the time of his authorship.
No, he is referring to his beliefs back in the 1950's when Hillary was a child. Even Brietbart acknowledges that.
Lets not forget that Bill Clinton said while on a golf course, "a few years ago this boy (Obama) would be carrying our bags".
Both Bill, and Hillary have a clear history of racism.
It's good to see that they are being rightfully exposed.
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