Progressive or Not: Former Democratic Senator Robert Byrd (VA)

[bedowin62]

About the only thing a conservative would agree with Robert Byrd on was his opposition to the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

Didn't LBG block the Eisenhower Civil Rights Act and then pass the exact same law while he was President? He has a famous quote for it too:

"I'll have these ******* voting Democrat for the next 200 years." - President LBJ

None of that is relevant to the fact that most conservatives on this board oppose the 1964 Civil Rights Act,

in other words, they AGREE with the Southern Democrats that opposed it.

you have NOTHING to back up that most conservatives here opposed the Civil Rights Act

but not knowing what the **** you're talking about doesnt seem to prevent you from making a fool of yourself

 

[NYcarbineer]

Didn't LBG block the Eisenhower Civil Rights Act and then pass the exact same law while he was President? He has a famous quote for it too:

None of that is relevant to the fact that most conservatives on this board oppose the 1964 Civil Rights Act,

in other words, they AGREE with the Southern Democrats that opposed it.

you have NOTHING to back up that most conservatives here opposed the Civil Rights Act

but not knowing what the **** you're talking about doesnt seem to prevent you from making a fool of yourself

Consider this statement:

"A business should have the right to serve or not serve anyone they choose."

Show me the conservatives on this board who disagree with that.

 

[Bombur]

What is the point of this thread?

Progressive or Not: Former Democratic Senator Robert Byrd (W VA)

consider: What was his voting record over the years and his positions during Senate and Democratic caucus debates?

So you are trying to establish guilt by association?

Didn't Byrd apologize for his actions?

Seems like you are not only starting an illogical argument but it has a poor factual basis to begin with. So doubly stupid.

 

[NYcarbineer]

None of that is relevant to the fact that most conservatives on this board oppose the 1964 Civil Rights Act,

in other words, they AGREE with the Southern Democrats that opposed it.

you have NOTHING to back up that most conservatives here opposed the Civil Rights Act

but not knowing what the **** you're talking about doesnt seem to prevent you from making a fool of yourself

Consider this statement:

"A business should have the right to serve or not serve anyone they choose."

Show me the conservatives on this board who disagree with that.

None so far? Well, it's early. We'll keep this question open for awhile, lol.

 

[bedowin62]

you have NOTHING to back up that most conservatives here opposed the Civil Rights Act

but not knowing what the **** you're talking about doesnt seem to prevent you from making a fool of yourself

Consider this statement:

"A business should have the right to serve or not serve anyone they choose."

Show me the conservatives on this board who disagree with that.

None so far? Well, it's early. We'll keep this question open for awhile, lol.

i'm one conservative who would disagree with that

there goes your theory dope.

 

[Dante]

Byrd was a democrat. Therefore he was a racist because his party was racist.

Byrd was a White, Southern, Christian, Conservative...

 

[Dante]

What is the point of this thread?

Progressive or Not: Former Democratic Senator Robert Byrd (W VA)

consider: What was his voting record over the years and his positions during Senate and Democratic caucus debates?

So you are trying to establish guilt by association?

Didn't Byrd apologize for his actions?

Seems like you are not only starting an illogical argument but it has a poor factual basis to begin with. So doubly stupid.

[MENTION=46834]Bombur[/MENTION]

Are we living on the same planet?

 

[Granny]

Progressive or Not: Former Democratic Senator Robert Byrd (VA)

"Progressive" in terms of making progress? Of course not. He was a charter member of a party spouting failed, long-debunked socialism as its main agenda.

"Progressive" in the sense that he realized that the American people were finding out just how repellent the agenda pushed by modern "liberals" was, and so he went along with dumping the term "liberal" to fool people into thinking he wasn't one, and adopt the misnomer "progressive" to fool the same people into thinking what he was doing had something to do with "progress"? Yes, he absolutely was one of those.

I read someplace that "Progressive" is meant to be a more palatable word to Americans than is "Communist."

 

[Stephanie]

He's dead to quote Hillary Clinton what difference does it make now.

no kidding, I'm just glad he's out of lives
Now if we can purge the rest of commie/racist from the Democrat party