“It has emerged throughout my life to haunt and embarrass me and has taught me in a very graphic way what one major mistake can do to one’s life, career, and reputation.” Robert ByrdUh oh.
It appears that supporting and commending and being a close friend of a white supremacist is not racist or bigoted for a candidate to do after all.
But does this continue to define Byrd? Only to the lazy or politically motivated. Why?
“Senator Byrd came to consistently support the NAACP civil rights agenda, doing well on the NAACP Annual Civil Rights Report Card,” said Hilary O. Shelton, director of the NAACP Washington bureau and senior vice president for advocacy and policy. “He stood with us on many issues of crucial importance to our members from the reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act, the historic health care legislation of 2010 and his support for the Hate Crimes Prevention legislation.”
Or, it appears that a disingenuous or under examined attempt at comparison just got a kick in the seat of its assumptive pants. Looks like you guys will have to dig up some other dead guy to attack.