Sen. Robert Byrd's description of Adolf Hitler's rise to power was meant as a warning to heed the past and not as a comparison to Republicans, a spokesman for the West Virginia Democrat says.What a vile, lying politician you are Mr. KKK. And what a disgusting display of Democratic Party values; why aren't liberals condemning this man and calling for his resignation. Pitiful.
Nonetheless, two Jewish groups and a pair of GOP politicians chastised the senator on Wednesday, including one who recalled Byrd's Ku Klux Klan membership as a young man. Byrd's comments, which he made Tuesday in the Senate, came during his speech criticizing a Republican plan to block Democrats from filibustering President Bush's judicial nominees.
Words have consequences when spoken on the floor of the US Senate. At least, they used too. And sometimes, the words of a Senator causes him trouble even when he isn't on the Senate floor... I'm just saying...
