Robert C. Byrd

Apparently Robert C. Byrd is giving up his chairmanship of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and of all places redstate.org is wondering aloud if it's cause the former KKK BROC is doing it cause there will be a black president. I dunno, who knows what to think about a 319 year-old guy who's been in the Senate so long he refers to Squanto as "The Great Communicator." Yes, he's a racist, but in his defense he's old enough to actually have owned slaves, so he's of a different time.

But breezing through his Wikkki article, I noticed that while yes, he was once the Head Niggah-hater in Charge, he eventually saw the error in his ways and wrote:

I know now I was wrong. Intolerance had no place in America. I apologized a thousand times... and I don't mind apologizing over and over again. I can't erase what happened

Whatevs' i thought. Complicates him a bit, okay. But then one line of his really got my attention:

In 1997, he told an interviewer he would encourage young people to become involved in politics, but to "Be sure you avoid the Ku Klux Klan. Don't get that albatross around your neck. Once you've made that mistake, you inhibit your operations in the political arena."

Really? It will? Well, let's see...Sen. Byrd, you joined the KKK in 1942. In 1952, you were elected to Congress...and then you were re-elected (either as a Rep or Senator), let's see...ELEVEN FUCKING TIMES!!!!!!!!!! Yes, I can see how you may feel that things have been tough for you. As well as the current chairmanship you are now speaking of leaving, you were once the House Minority Leader, and the House Majority leader TWICE. And right now you are President Pro Tempore of the Senate, which means that if Dick Cheney and Nancy Pelosi pull off a lovers lane murder/suicide pact, guess who becomes president?

YOU!!!!!

Fucking christ. Yes, how hamstrung! Poor guy!!! It's a shame what being a licensed racist can do to a career of public service!!!!

I am reminded of one of my favorite Xmas nuggets of yesteryear, from Things are Good, Part XVI:

1) Big Ben’s big accident yesterday reminded me that a few weeks ago Dubya met with the Steelers at the White House to congratulate them on the Super Bowl victory. Dumbass couldn’t even make it through this little playful ceremony without saying something completely inane:

About halfway through the season, some people were counting the Steelers out, Bush said. "They said you didn't have a chance," Bush deadpanned. "I kind of know the feeling."

Cause yeah, if you’re born into an amazingly rich and powerful family, get into Yale even though you MIGHT be retarded, get handed a Major League Baseball team, have the keys to the White House while your dad is vice-president/president for 12 years, and then get handed the presidency even though you might not have actually won, I guess it’s natural to feel like the deck’s stacked against you. Poor guy.