Wednesday, April 07, 2004
Just amusing...
It's just amusing, because Ned Beatty will be America's Next Top Model before anyone does anything about it, but everyone remembers when Trent Lott suggested that Strom Thurmond should have been President back in 1948? Lot of people got mad. Pretty much no one defended him. Some folks would have smacked Lott, except you'd break your hand on his hair. (No one smacked Thurmond, cause, hey, he was like a hundred and eighty.)
Well, Senator Christopher Dodd, a Connecticut Democrat of some repute, has talked about how the country would have always benefitted from the advice of Sen. Robert Byrd, even during the Civil War. Some have noted that the Civil War may not have been the best time for someone with Robert Byrd's extracirricular history to have weighed in. Some of the Senator's more moronic Klan related statements may be found here.
It's OK, of course, because Byrd has announced he regretted his membership in that particular social club. And, of course, it's different, because the Democrats, especially from Byrd's neck of the woods have a long history of progressive thought on racial issues.
Which means Dodd will pay no price. Which means that an angry claim that Republicans are "trying to change the subject" or something will be considered the final word in the matter. Such is life.
Still funny, though.
Well, Senator Christopher Dodd, a Connecticut Democrat of some repute, has talked about how the country would have always benefitted from the advice of Sen. Robert Byrd, even during the Civil War. Some have noted that the Civil War may not have been the best time for someone with Robert Byrd's extracirricular history to have weighed in. Some of the Senator's more moronic Klan related statements may be found here.
It's OK, of course, because Byrd has announced he regretted his membership in that particular social club. And, of course, it's different, because the Democrats, especially from Byrd's neck of the woods have a long history of progressive thought on racial issues.
Which means Dodd will pay no price. Which means that an angry claim that Republicans are "trying to change the subject" or something will be considered the final word in the matter. Such is life.
Still funny, though.
