Senator Robert "Sheets" Byrd

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by joeydb

Interesting that our first half-Kenyan president did such a moving tribute for the KKK member in the Senate, who actually tried to filibuster the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

Why should Obama care about what Byrd was up to in '64?


All successful politicians pander to their peeps. I've been to West Virginia and I can only imagine what it must have been like almost 40 years ago.