Post #150,442
4/7/04 3:58:03 PM
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Where's the Dems call for Dodd to resign and apologize?
Or does that standard only apply to Lott? [link|http://byrd.senate.gov/byrd_newsroom/byrd_news_april/byrd_2004_aprillist/byrd_2004_aprillist_0.html|Sen Byrd's website] "It has often been said that the man and the moment come together. I do not think it is an exaggeration at all to say to my friend from West Virginia that he would have been a great senator at any moment. Some were right for the time. Robert C. Byrd, in my view, would have been right at any time," said Senator Christopher Dodd, D-Conn. Apparently, Dodd went on to say Byrd, would have been right during the Civil War. Since Byrd was a KKK member, obviously, Dodd thinks all blacks should be lynched, murdered, or enslaved. That's pretty racist. Dodd should not only apologize and resign, he should give all his money to the NAACP, take a vow of poverty, and move to Africa to do social work for the remainder of his life. ;-) Brian Bronson
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Post #150,445
4/7/04 4:51:31 PM
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Come now. You know the drill.
If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. Fudd's First Law of Opposition
[link|mailto:bepatient@aol.com|BePatient]
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Post #150,455
4/7/04 7:26:30 PM
4/7/04 7:27:40 PM
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Yeah, it's not like anyone of the left
would [link|http://counterspin.blogspot.com/2004_04_04_counterspin_archive.html#108134667076610589| blast him ] for his comments.
Edit -- better link
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Post #150,462
4/7/04 8:27:49 PM
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Looked to me like...
...that article was excusing the statement.
If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. Fudd's First Law of Opposition
[link|mailto:bepatient@aol.com|BePatient]
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Post #150,568
4/8/04 6:58:57 PM
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Upon rereading....
I agree. It's not strong enough. I agree with him the cirucumstances are not that same. But his conclusion:
Even so, Dodd said something stupid. And, both he and Senator Byrd should work out some way to apologize for this.
is definitely not strong enough.
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Post #150,446
4/7/04 5:19:46 PM
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I don't remember Trent Lott being asked to do all that.
On the other hand, I (admittedly) don't remember the Trent Lott flap very well, either.
There are two standards that I would hold a person to in this case:
a) Could they be reasonably expected to know about this person's past behavior
and
b) If not, then once made aware of the past activities of such a person, how they respond to the knowledge.
Doesn't matter to me if they are Democrat or Republican.
Nobody wins in a butter eating contest
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Post #150,472
4/7/04 10:55:08 PM
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Many of us have been calling for his resignation for years
The man is a total buffoon. OTOH, he was a useful counterweight to Strom Thurmond.
What can I say? If you can get him out of there, more power to you.
Democracies are not well-run nor long-preserved with secrecy and lies.
--Walter Kronkite
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Post #150,554
4/8/04 4:29:40 PM
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Senator Byrd a buffoon? (new thread)
Created as new thread #150553 titled [link|/forums/render/content/show?contentid=150553|Senator Byrd a buffoon?]
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Post #150,537
4/8/04 1:39:30 PM
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I hereby nominate bbronson
for the non-sequitir of the month...
Dude, you're gonna hafta do a whole lot (Lott?) better than that sorry waste of electrons
jb4
shrub\ufffdbish (Am., from shrub + rubbish, after the derisive name for America's 43 president; 2003) n. 1. a form of nonsensical political doubletalk wherein the speaker attempts to defend the indefensible by lying, obfuscation, or otherwise misstating the facts; GIBBERISH. 2. any of a collection of utterances from America's putative 43rd president. cf. BULLSHIT
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Post #150,548
4/8/04 3:17:06 PM
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It's the first post; how could it be a non-sequitir? ;-)
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