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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated
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To: aladin who wrote (97194)1/28/2005 9:30:27 AM
From: Mary Cluney  Read Replies (1) of 793735
 
To many of us it appears you have a double standard and give Byrd a lot of breaks. So the question is - Did you make the same allowances for Senators Lott or Thurmond?

I hope and think my views are uniquely my own. I don't know that much about Senator Lott. I think, since he is a Republican, I will disagree with a lot of his politics, but judging him from the little that I know about him, my sense is that he does not have a mean streak in him. I do not think he is a racist.

Strom Thurmond is a different bird. I don't know that much about him either, but from the little that I know about him, I don't like him very much. I don't think his views has changed much over the years.

Senator Byrd on the other hand, has views that have changed over the years - especially with regard to race. I saw the video where he used the term white nigger. I saw him using the term in the same way that blacks use the word nigger with respect to other blacks. I saw no malice.

As to the 'love of country' defense - David Duke loves his country

The difference here, I believe, is that Senator Byrd has a more pacifist (which I share) both in domestic and foreign policy visions for America. Senator Byrd's vision does not hurt anyone - black or white, foreign or domestic.
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