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Opinion: Byrd Was Third in Line for the Presidency?

Jul 1st 2010 – 1:08PM
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AFP / Getty Images / AP

(July 1) -- The death of Sen. Robert Byrd at 92 highlights a strange and unsettling fact about the American political system. At the time of his death, the senator -- who had to be gently removed from his perch as Appropriations Committee chairman in 2008 because of his inability to do that job -- stood third in line for...

Opinion: Byrd Evolved, Unlike Many of His Critics

By Alan ColmesJun 28th 2010 – 5:59PM
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Win McNamee, Getty Images

(June 28) -- West Virginia Sen. Robert Byrd wasn't even gone yet when posters on right-wing websites were dancing on his grave. At Andrew Breitbart's site, the nastiness was sickening. Among them (reprinted verbatim): Hasta la vista KKK Birdman. Funny how old D-rats are falling like flies this year. (Yes that WAS...

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Background on Strom Thurmond

James Strom Thurmond (December 5, 1902 – June 26, 2003) was an American politician who served for 48 years as a United States Senator.

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