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To: unclewest who wrote (96100)	1/21/2005 12:21:01 PM
From: Bridge Player	Respond to of 793955

<< Sen. Byrd was also a fierce opponent of desegregating the military, complaining in one letter: "I should rather die a thousand times and see old glory trampled in the dirt never to rise again than see this beloved land of ours become degraded by race mongrels, a throwback to the blackest specimen of the wilds.">> And they railroaded Trent Lott out as Senate majority leader because he said something complimentary about Strom Thurmond. Hypocrisy is alive and well among the political class.