I always figured that the sight of a black man as president would be the only thing that could kill off Senator Byrd. For this alone, the election of Barack Obama may be worth it.
I know this is mean—meaner than anything I’ve written or anything I’ll ever write on this blog. But Byrd deserves it, doesn’t he?
Okay, I haven’t even posted this yet, and I already regret it. Not enough to not post it, though.
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The first time in a long, long while a Tumblr post made me giggle aloud.
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Does he deserve it? That’s the question? This is from the same wikipedia article:
On May 19, 2008, Byrd released a statement endorsing Barack Obama (D-Illinois) for President of the United States. One week after the West Virginia Democratic Primary, in which Hillary Clinton defeated Obama by 41.32 percent,[51] Byrd said, “Barack Obama is a noble-hearted patriot and humble Christian, and he has my full faith and support.”[52][53] Obama went on to win the November 2008 presidential election. In a written statement, Byrd called Obama “a shining young statesman, who possesses the personal temperament and courage necessary to extricate our country from this costly misadventure in Iraq.” When asked in October 2008 about the possibility that the issue of race would influence West Virginia voters, as Obama is an African-American, Byrd replied: “Those days are gone. Gone!”
So look, the guy filibustered the civil rights ammendment and he was a klan member. It dosen’t make him number one in my book but towards the end now he does seem to be trying to make ammends with all that.
He could’ve easily endorsed Hilary instead, but in a state where Obama was WILDLY unpopular he endorsed him. Not for nothing.
