RIP: Robert Byrd 1917-2010

In the '40s, he attained the rank of Exalted Cyclops, the leader of the local chapter of the KKK. In the 1945 controversy of racially integrating the military, he said, "Rather I should die a thousand times, and see Old Glory trampled in the dirt never to rise again, than to see this beloved land of ours become degraded by race mongrels, a throwback to the blackest specimen from the wilds. . . I shall never fight in the armed forces with a Negro by my side."

Yet, he has been the longest serving Senator (D-WV) of all time. He may very well have been the first really mean Democrat. Can't President Obama find a way to fine and/or imprison his descendents?