January 26, 2005

A grand old wizard

By Matthew May
What do you call a former member of the Ku Klux Klan who tied up the world's oldest deliberative body for 14 hours to oppose the Civil Rights bill of 1964, and voted against the Supreme Court appointments of both Thurgood Marshall and Clarence Thomas? What do you call a man who on Wednesday will vote to reject the confirmation of the first black woman to the post of Secretary of State, a position first held by the author of the Declaration of Independence? Why you call that man a Senate Democrat, that's what you call him. You can also call him by his given name, Robert C. Byrd. Because of the double standard that the mainstream media has established for matters of race, politics, and racism (i.e. only white Republicans can possibly be racist and black Republicans aren't really black), most people don't know — or need to be constantly reminded — that the self—proclaimed historian of the Senate who is again passing negative judgment on a black candidate for federal...(Read Full Article)