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Robert Byrd's Klan History, and the 150 Recruits He Brought With Him
By Mary C. Curtis - Politics DailyA Senate historian, a guardian of the Constitution, an early critic of the Iraq War, Sen. Robert Byrd's colleagues, friends and admirers are offering heartfelt accolades. He grew up dirt-poor in West Virginia, worked hard with his hands and his mind, and eventually gave back with federal funds. Byrd died Monday at the age of 92 and it is always tricky to criticize someone who has just left us. Even if the person is not famous, he or she is a beloved parent or spouse. When the individual is well-known, with a long list of accomplishments, why bring up the bad? But a saint is so much less ...
Jesse Helms Offered to Help FBI During '70s, Files Say
By Michelle Ruiz - AOL News(May 27) -- Newly released FBI files reveal that late U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms offered to help the agency as a "contact" in the months after it was found to be conducting covert operations to disrupt civil rights and anti-war political groups in the 1970s. The FBI files show the five-term Republican senator from North Carolina, a conservative icon, offered to serve as a "contact" for the agency, according to the Raleigh News and Observer, offering the use of the Raleigh television news station, WRAL-TV. Helms presided over the station as an executive for Capitol Broadcasting Co. before his first ...
Help the Children -- It Won't Cost a Thing
By Christine Wicker - Politics DailyCouldn't we buck that little, loud-mouthed group of religious fear-mongers just once and give children a break? The U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) will come up for a vote in 2010 or 2011, and the religious right is already getting the bullhorns out. This treaty has been ratified by every nation except the United States and Somalia. We have the late Jesse Helms and the Bush administration to thank for that little piece of shame. ...
Conservative Icon Jesse Helms Dies
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyFormer Senator Jesse A. Helms, Jr., died today after a "period of declining health," according to a spokesman. He was 86.He was born on October 18, 1921. He served in the US Senate from 1972-2003, after which he retired. During his Senate career, he was an outspoken, controversial figure. His name is synonymous with "Old South"-style politics.The New York Times had this reaction, from former Senator Bob Dole:"He was a conservative icon," Bob Dole, the former senator and Republican presidential candidate, said in an interview on CNN. "He was a good, decent human being." But Mr. Dole, known for ...
McCain's Ad-man: Obama 60% Likely to Win
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyRepublican advertising consultant and Jon Lovitz lookalike Alex Castellanos, famous for the heinous but effective Jesse Helms "Hands" ad, has high hopes...for Barack Obama. He tells New York magazine's John Heilemann all kinds of encouraging nuggets, but I'll start with the summation:J.H.: Care to give candid odds on McCain pulling this thing off? A.C.: Advantage Obama, 60-40. But I've been in campaigns that have won with a lot worse odds than that.Not exactly the Vince Lombardi of consultants, is he? Like the time William Wallace told his azure-visaged comrades, "They may take our lives...but ...
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