At a memorial for Sen. Robert Byrd Bill Clinton said that Robert Byrd joined the Klan because he had to, “he was trying to get elected” per President Clinton.

Oh, well, then it’s all right, huh Bubba?

Being Bubba, he was so confident he could make the sale that I stretched the truth beyond its recognizability. He said it was a little error that he apologized for and it wasn’t all that overwhelming. Two other politicians made a slight error with the Klan and lived it down—Harry Truman and Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black (who was a senator from Alabama). But, Bubba, Bobby Byrd went whole hog—he became the state’s most visible leader of the Klan, Grand Wizard and Grand Cyclops. In all, he was the most important Democratic leader to become identified with the Klan since Woodrow Wilson hosted the filming ofBirth of a Nation at the White House. The film, produced by D. W. Griffith, is a soaring cinematic tribute to the Klan.
Liberal journalist Margaret Carlson comes along with the cosmetician tray and says although it was a mistake, Byrd “grew” and “matured” on race.

As when in his 70s he gave that comment I referred to a few days ago about “white n*&&#rs,” huh, Margaret?

Steele.

The Republican National Chairman’s accusation that the Afghanistan War is Obama’s and that a land war in Afghanistan can’t be won defies credulity.Obama’s war? Does this guy read the papers? At a time when Republicans in the Congress are supporting the military appropriation, here come this guy out of left field and sounds like a commentator for The Nation.

The sop that he will be out in 2011 really doesn’t hold water. This is a capital offense and should be dealt with by his being fired…else we get the reputation that nobody is steering the ship. Altogether too many things of this nature have happened…but this is the worst.

This Michael Steele thing was a botch job from the start. It was designed to be cute…Republicans always like to be cute on race. With a black Democratic president we’ll show the world that we’re sophisticated too and will trophy-out a black National Chairman! Any idea that there’ll be a backlash involved in getting rid of him ignores the utter embarrassment and humiliating performance he has made as Chairman. And he is not above playing the race card for himself—as when he said offhandedly that both Obama and he have to measure up to a higher standard because both are black. The ridiculous idea that he should be succeeded by Ken Blackwell of Ohio, another black, is barren. How about us just getting a good RNC chairman who’s interested in fund-raising and nuts and bolts?

Steele took the job to be considered for the national ticket as veep. Well it ain’t going to happen, Buster, so get packing. The idea that the money coming in to the GOP coffers is due to Michael Steele is ridiculous. The money is going in as everyone knows because contributors think we have a chance at winning…not because of the undisciplined, big spending, wholly indiscriminate leader of the GOP.

Not only is Steele off-base in pronouncing about foreign-defense policy, he is woefully ignorant of history. After 9/11 George W. Bush started Operation Enduring Freedom on Oct. 7, 2001 because Afghanistan was not merely a source for terrorism but was a country run by terrorists with al-Qaeda woven into the regime. An extensive coalition of governments offered help—70 nations contributing as allies. So to say this war can’t be won plays into the hands of the Left.

No Self-Introspection.

No sooner did it appear that J.C. Hayward had a chance to dump old bait and switch McCain than it turns out Hayward did an info-mercial advising viewers how to scoop up free money from the federal treasury.

So that’s that. After 58 years in this business, I am still mystified that the possibility of scandal eludes candidates who want to get elected. Didn’t Hayward reflect about that Info-Mercial? Who could vote for Hayward now?

Obama Gives NASA Head His Priorities.

In case you’ve missed it, the head of NASA Charles Bolden gave an interview to Al Jazerra [sic] saying that President Obama gave him three missions…none of them touching on space exploration…but the most insisting that “I find a way to reach out to the Muslim world and engage much more with predominantly Muslim nations to help them feel good about their historic contribution to science, math and engineering.

Any doubts about the particular affiliations of this guy? Or about his mind processes? It’s the most stupid concoction of psycho babble, Lefty rationalizations made by any president. 2012 can’t come fast enough for me. I don’t know whether we can survive this bubble-headed Third World thinking. You don’t have to prove where this guy was born. He is the most dangerous president we have elected. Dangerous because he gives the glossy finesse of being an intellectual but is at bottom a stupidly hopeless naïf. But mark my words, we have a lot to learn about this mystery man the people foolishly elected—facts that the supplicant press have almost criminally hushed up in a conspiracy with the Far Left.

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Tom Roeser is the Chairman of the Editorial Board of the Chicago Daily Observer