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Originally Posted by Utah Bob
Boy ain't that the truth.
And he was only in the Klan for a little while.  |
100% correct - he brought home the bacon to WV where I live. For me, he was an embarrassment. He made sure that the state was on federal welfare. Everything that came in with federal dollars had his name on it. He nearly single handedly kept the state from developing anything but coal mining. Even with huge amounts of out of state dollars coming in, the schools were crappy. But the highways are in great shape.
Our little enclave in the eastern panhandle, is pretty middle class. We have great schools and lower taxes than our fellow countrymen 10 exits to the north or 16 exits to the south. We have a county government in Berkley county is conservative. They don't throw away money on nice to have stuff, we make people look for jobs when they're on welfare, and when we need to repair the schools, we don't tear it down and build another.
As for your quote above, Bob? I say "Once a terrorist, always a terrorist." My grandmother grew up in Kentucky, but when my GGF opened the door one night after it was knocked and found a calling card with nothing but a flaming sword on it, they left and never looked back. It was the warning that the Klan didn't want them there and it was "fair warning" back in those days. I look at the Klan the same way I look at the Taliban. The differences in their tactics and goals aren't worth mentioning.
He is what politicians are really about these days. Doesn't matter what brand, they're all pretty much alike, same goals and ambitions. Byrd just didn't try to hide it.
Sorry he's dead. He's probably having a pretty difficult interview right now.