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Originally posted by Spanky
Jesse Helms, for all his ranting and raving about socialism, was huge on farm subsidies. He especially loved tobacco subsidies. Robert Byrd is also a huge fan of farm subsidies, and they were both members of the KKK. Coincidence?
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Can you provide us a cite on Helm's Klan membership? (and for the record I don't and never did like him). In lieu of a cite, I will accept a photoshopped pic of Jesse in Klan regalia as conclusive proof.
As for Byrd, look at this quote from when he was a Senator at the age of 48.
"There will never be a Negro on the US Supreme Court, I can guarantee you that. Mr. Marshall holds views with our dangerous to this nation and our posterity. I know a group of Senators, who, like myself...will hold up his confirmation vote for months if we have to."
--Senator Robert C. Byrd, June 1967
Yes, a major mistake. SOOOOOORrry. Mea culpa indeed Sidd.
