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agreed... there are many political forums where people can trash-talk  
politics...

Nancy

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Believe those who seek the truth;
Doubt those who find it.

-Andre Gide



On Jan 20, 2007, at 12:56 PM, Debra Jackson/Harold Forsythe wrote:

> 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
> ----- Original Message ----- From: <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> 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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