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Subject: Sen. Robert Byrd, ex- member of the KKK, endorses Obama for president Author: Times change, y'all! [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: Mon, May 19, 2008 10:24:17 Sen. Robert Byrd Endorses Obama By Eric Kleefeld - May 19, 2008, 12:42PM Barack Obama has just received a Senate endorsement with layer upon layer of symbolism: Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV), who called Obama "a noble-hearted patriot and humble Christian," who "has my full faith and support." The endorsement comes less than a week after Obama lost the West Virginia primary by a landslide, with many observers seeing race as a factor -- thus making the endorsement by Byrd, a former member of the Ku Klux Klan, all the more potent if the Obama campaign is to argue that they can reach out to white Appalachian voters. As Ben Smith notes, the Byrd endorsement "is a note of reconciliation that underscores Obama's message." [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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Subject Author Date Byrd is so senile, he endorses Obama a week AFTER the primary (NT) Hang it up, Bobo Mon, May 19, 2008 11:46:12 Yeah, maybe Obama might've narrowed that 41 point margin a little! (NT) -- Kleagle, Mon, May 19, 2008 11:55:04 Byrd is the living dead. He actually passed away in 1998. (NT) -- Tommymittenz, Mon, May 19, 2008 2:00:37