Senator Robert "Sheets" Byrd

[Danzig]

first thing i'm reminded of when people say a democrat can change.......remember david duke? that guy ran as a conservative for governor of la. when his kkk and racist past was brought up, he said he'd changed. no one believed that either-so it goes across party lines.
as for nothing past 1969....as i said earlier, byrd voted against both thurgood marshall and clarence thomas for the supreme court. i'm pretty sure thomas was after 1969.

this was too:

"There are white niggers. I've seen a lot of white niggers in my time, if you want to use that word. We just need to work together to make our country a better country, and I'd just as soon quit talking about it so much."

Byrd's use of the term "white nigger" created immediate controversy. When asked about it, Byrd responded,

“ I apologize for the characterization I used on this program ... The phrase dates back to my boyhood and has no place in today's society ... In my attempt to articulate strongly held feelings, I may have(he may have??) offended people."
that was in 2001...

and then this, which i found just awful:
Byrd also said that his views changed dramatically after his teenage grandson was killed in a 1982 traffic accident, which put him in a deep emotional valley. "The death of my grandson caused me to stop and think," said Byrd, adding he came to realize that black people love their children as much as he does his. he had to come to that realization? what, did he think people that differed in color couldn't love? that's outrageous.