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Originally Posted by JustRalph
Robert Byrd did very little for WV despite serving fifty years.
West Virginia is exactly the same as it was in 1965. The poorest people in the country live in WV. John Kennedy promised to rehabilitate Appalachia, Byrd and others kept those people in line by handing out trinkets for 50 years.
Just last week I tried to get a relative to move out of WV. He is 40 yrs old and says he cannot “leave his land” he owns a couple hundred acres. He’s nuts  |
Not true.
HIS NAME is on every road, bridge, and building in the damn state.
A tribute to a man who lived to deny other people their freedom, their rights.
You don't apologize for what Byrd was. Not without lying.
But his apology was convenient for many.
