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VMI Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 12:35 PM Original message |
When exactly did Robert Byrd go through this miraculous change in his bigoted ways? |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
1. I gather waiting till after his funeral is not an option |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 12:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Pretty sad, isn't it, though not surprising. nt |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 01:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
20. He didn't wait until after my friends funerals to trash gays and stop AIDS funding |
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GodlessBiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 01:36 PM Response to Reply #20 |
31. +1 |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 01:49 PM Response to Reply #20 |
35. +1000. nt |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 01:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
26. It is for me. |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
2. When it became necessary for political viability. |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
3. Byrd was no saint, but you're falling for a Republican meme |
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VMI Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 12:41 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. When I talk about his past, I am talking about this century. |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 12:42 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. +1 |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
4. About the same time VMI did. |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 12:49 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. That is VMI means |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 12:56 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. I know exactly what VMI means. |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 01:00 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Yes, of course |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 01:09 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. VMI didn't evolve internally, however. |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 01:33 PM Response to Reply #14 |
30. Point being he DID evolve which is more than I can say for |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
7. his body is still warm. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
9. He was a mixed bag, that's for sure |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
10. N-word? Document or retract. n/t |
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Cleobulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 12:55 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Been asleep for the past decade or so, huh? |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 01:43 PM Response to Reply #12 |
34. wow, that was a stretch |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
15. I would posit that in much of the South, elections are still |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
16. A long process. n/t |
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ThatPoetGuy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
17. In 1982. |
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pansypoo53219 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
18. there was a good interview on fresh air today. |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
19. I will take a flawed Robert Byrd over EVERY single Republican any day of the week. |
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LaydeeBug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 03:41 PM Response to Reply #19 |
39. + 9,999,999,999 elevens. nt |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
22. He has written a book which deals with |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
23. It took quite a while, actually |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 01:26 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Very nicely said. You were right, there |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 01:39 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. Right on the money. An additional quote comes to mind.... |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 03:12 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Perfect quote. n/t |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 03:38 PM Response to Reply #23 |
38. I'm sorry- I missed where the OP claimed to be perfect? |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 04:01 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Is there a point in there somewhere? |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
24. He endorsed a black man for President and was rated 100% by the NAACP. |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 01:26 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. THANK YOU for setting the record straight. n/t |
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crazyjoe (921 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 04:15 PM Response to Reply #24 |
42. so what exactly is a white nigger? |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 04:34 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. In the context that Byrd was talking about... |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
25. He was a controversial figure of his own making. The same can |
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Bitwit1234 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
29. When a person is raised in a certain way |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
33. Somewhere in the course of more than 70 years of adult life. |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
37. His transformation mirrors that of the United States as a whole |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
40. Amazing Grace, how sweet thou art... |
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