Byrds of a Feather

Many Democrats refer to Robert Byrd as the "Conscience of the Senate"

He was born in Nov. 20, 1917.

Senator Robert Byrd (Democrat) served as a recruiter for the Ku Klux Klan.

He now explains this away by pleading ignorance and a misguided youth.

Robert Byrd voted against The Civil Rights Act of 1964. He was 46 years old.

He helped lead a Filibuster with other Democrats including Al Gore, Sr.

Sen. Robert Byrd (Democrat) spoke for 14 hours and 13 minutes, finishing the morning of June 10 – the 57th day of the filibuster.

This is what Democrats must mean when calling the filibuster a Senate Tradition.

Byrd also opposed Supreme Court nominations of Thurgood Marshall in 1967 and Clarence Thomas in 1991.

Byrd could say he opposed Clarence Thomas because he was a Conservative but Thurgood Marshall was a Democrat favored by nearly every Democrat.

Robert Byrd is the only Senator to oppose both black Supreme Court nominees.

Byrd was 49 years old when he opposed Democrat Thurgood Marshall's Supreme Court Nomination.

In 1945 at age 28, Robert Byrd said this regarding desegregation of the military, "[I will] never submit to fight beneath that banner (the American flag) 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."

In March of 2001, at age 83, Robert Byrd said, "There are white n*ggers. I´ve seen a lot of white n*ggers in my time."

So this is what Robert Byrd means by youthful indiscretions?