https://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/01/25/for-the-byrds/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usThu, 11 Jun 2026 09:33:59 -0400<![CDATA[If I had been a member of the Ku Klux Klan, I would have been so ashamed of myself I would have spent the rest of my life cleaning out toilets for Third World orphanages or some such. But then I can&#8217;t imagine having joined anything as wretched as the Klan, so maybe I would have ended up a self-righteous bloviator in the US Sentate. Virtually my entire adult life Robert Byrd has been in the US Senate and virtually every time I hear him speak my skin crawls, thinking of what he did. When I hear the press praise him as a great statesman, I want to throw up. Some things are just unforgiveable to me, like being a Klansman or a Concentration Camp Guard. (Sorry, I&#8217;m not a Christian. I don&#8217;t forgive such things.) So the spectacle of this man criticizing anybody on their values is anathema to me, but the spectacle of him lecturing a black woman is just sick. It is also incomprehensible that the Democrats would let him do it.]]>Tue, 25 Jan 2005 21:51:23 -0500<![CDATA[Roger L. Simon]]>https://pjmedia.com/roger-l-simon/2005/01/25/for-the-byrds-n206530