Originally posted by: Genx87
Originally posted by: Stunt
I said it's unreasonable to use both phrases...notice how I condemned both...
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During his campaign for the U.S. Senate in 1958, when Byrd was 41 years old, Byrd defended the Klan. He argued that the KKK had been incorrectly blamed for much of violence in the South. [7] Since then, Byrd has often referred to his Klan membership as a mistake of his youth. As recently as 1997, he told an interviewer he'd encourage young people to become involved in politics, but with this warning: "Be sure you avoid the Ku Klux Klan. Don't get that albatross around your neck.
Organizing 150 people and signing them up for KKK service is more than a mistake.
The only thing he is sorry for is being associated with the klan, not the underlying attitude he holds.
Typical lame Repug strategy, kill the messenger.