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Originally Posted by bogie
He does seem to be past his prime. However, I watched the entire speach, which is more than I can say about reading Whitlock articles.
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In his prime, The Distinguished Senate Historian said things like this:
Byrd commented on the 1945 controversy about racially integrating the military. Byrd, when he was 28 years old, wrote to segregationist Senator Theodore Bilbo, of Mississippi, vowing never to serve in such a military:
"Rather I should die a thousand times, and see Old Glory trampled in the dirt never to rise again, than to see this beloved land of ours become degraded by race mongrels, a throwback to the blackest specimen from the wilds."