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Oh, my:  this is totally inappropriate for this listserve.  The LV folks are 
kind enough to offer us this forum uncensored but that means we have to be 
responsible.  Democrats vs. Republicans is certainly an argument we are free 
to have but not here.

Harold S. Forsythe
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Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2007 12:47 PM
Subject: "ex" Ku Klux Klan member


> Well, now you've opened up a whole different kettle of fish.......
> Robert Byrd of WV is a DEMOCRAT....and they live by their own set of 
> rules.
> They don't have to abide by the same stringent rules that are applied to 
> everyone else.
> Look at Ted Kennedy; look at Barney Frank; look at Gary Stubbs; look at 
> the Clintons and their financial shenanigans not to mention his "stuff" 
> while in office.
> Republicans get run out of town over night when they get caught (as they 
> should), i.e., Robert Packwood; Mark Foley just to name two. But the 
> Democrats are very good at circling their wagons and relying on the 
> American public's severe case of Attention Deficit Disorder and a 
> Democrat-friendly press & media that will let certain things die.
> It's called hypocrisy. Republicans & Democrats are both guilty but it is 
> only the Republicans who get their feet held to the fire.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Clara Callahan" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2007 10:22 AM
> Subject: Re: VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE... free speech
>
>
>> With regard to American citizens being coerced into apologizing for acts 
>> committed by people long dead, I will believe that those demanding 
>> apologies are serious in their demands when they also demand that the 
>> "ex" Ku Klux Klan member delegate from the great state of West Virginia 
>> fess up, apologize and step down.  His past involvement in anti-black 
>> activities is well documented but he has been allowed to live off the 
>> public dole and is frequently seen on national tv waving his copy of the 
>> Constitution as if he always has lived by it, and not one black citizen 
>> of this country has expressed one word of outrage, leading one to believe 
>> that those demanding apologies are picking and choosing those who should 
>> apologize.
>>
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