The Daily Background
| Sen. Robert Bryd endorses Obama
Filed at 1:19 pm, Monday May 19th 2008
by Arlen Parsa
by Arlen Parsa
The Charleston Gazette reports an endorsement deep with symbolism: West Virginia Senator Robert Byrd is endorsing Barack Obama.
“Barack Obama is a noble-hearted patriot and humble Christian, and he has my full faith and support,” Byrd says.
He said he has “no intention of involving myself in the Democratic campaign for President in the midst of West Virginia’s primary election. But the stakes this November could not be higher.”
Byrd, 91, a master of Senate rules and Iraq war foe, has spent much of his political career repenting the racism of his youth. He’s acknolwedged having joined the Ku Klux Klan in 1942, and campaigned against civil rights legislation in the 1960s.
