# Did Senator Dodd really say this?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-senator-dodd-really-say-this/239272>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 10, 2004, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-senator-dodd-really-say-this/239272 "2004-04-10T03:35:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Star\_Was](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Star\_Was](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Star_Was)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2004, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-senator-dodd-really-say-this/239272/1 "2004-04-10T03:35:37Z")

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> If Tom Daschle or another Democratic leader were to have made similar statements, the reaction would have been very swift. I don’t think several hours would have gone by without there being an almost unanimous call for the leader to step aside

[http://www.talonnews.com/news/2004/april/0408\_dodd\_byrd\_racist.shtml](http://www.talonnews.com/news/2004/april/0408_dodd_byrd_racist.shtml)

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**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2004, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-senator-dodd-really-say-this/239272/2 "2004-04-10T03:42:34Z")

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> **[Where's the outrage over Dodd's comments about Robert Byrd?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=249826)**
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> Christopher Dodd praised Robert Byrd, a former KKK member. No outrage in the press. Trent Lott did the same thing with Strom Thurmond, a former segregationist, and had to resign a leadership position. What’s the difference?

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**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2004, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-senator-dodd-really-say-this/239272/3 "2004-04-10T03:45:37Z")

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You can read it in the Congressional Record in [Thomas](http://thomas.loc.gov)

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**Author:** ![Star\_Was](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Star\_Was](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Star_Was)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2004, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-senator-dodd-really-say-this/239272/4 "2004-04-10T03:47:22Z")

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I didn’t see anything in that thread about my factual question.

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**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2004, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-senator-dodd-really-say-this/239272/5 "2004-04-10T04:32:28Z")

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> [@Star Was](#):
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> I didn’t see anything in that thread about my factual question.

Good point. Yes. He really said it.

Haj

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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2004, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-senator-dodd-really-say-this/239272/6 "2004-04-10T12:22:21Z")

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The factual question has been answered, so I’ll close this thread. Further comment on the subject is probably best confined to the GD thread.

bibliophage  
moderator GQ