Senator Robert Byrd with some of his friends
Yet another anti-Hillary Clinton thread using GOP talking points. Oh my! Hillary spoke highly of Byrd--a former KKK member. Well, he was the Senate Democratic Minority/Majority Leader during the 80's. One of the longest serving members of the Senate. Most democrats voted for him to leadership roles and spoke highly of him--all knowing he once had been in the KKK (which he later renounced). He was one of George W. Bush's most vocal critics. It's attacks like this on Hillary Clinton, as if she is the only Democrat who ever said anything nice about Byrd, that make some Sanders supporters look silly.
President Barack Obama: He [Robert Byrd] was as much a part of the Senate as the marble busts that line its chamber and its corridors. His profound passion for that body and its role and responsibilities was as evident behind closed doors as it was in the stemwinders he peppered with history. He held the deepest respect of members of both parties, and he was generous with his time and advice, something I appreciated greatly as a young senator.
Vice President of the United States (and therefore President of the Senate) Joe Biden: "A very close friend of mine, one of my mentors, a guy who was there when I was a 29-year-old kid being sworn into the United States Senate. Shortly thereafter, a guy who stood in the rain, in the pouring rain, freezing rain outside a church as I buried my daughter and my wife before I got sworn in ... We lost the dean of the United States Senate, but also the state of West Virginia lost its most fierce advocate and, as I said, I lost a dear friend.
Who will ever forget Byrd's emotional reaction to his good friend Ted Kennedy's illness?
Obama eulogizes Sen. Robert Byrd under West Virginia skies:
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I believe that the universe brings around everything that is deserved, I believe in karma. These hateful comments, driving wedges into our party will come back to the people making them. In this case, when Hillary cliches the nomination, all of the people will have to ask themselves; what could I have done better? They could have been kinder, they could have disagreed without being disagreeable. Instead some of them have chosen to be as mean and nasty as republicans, literally using many of the rw talking points. It will come back to them.
I think Senator Byrds video above is one of the greatest tributes to our incredible party. I'm grateful that we live in an era to have the technology to capture something so incredibly moving. Thank you for reming us.... 
