uvumile uBarack Obama Kwiprayimari yeDemokhrasi, kwiintsuku nje ezine emva kokuba ilizwe lakhe livotele u-Clinton.
Njengoko uSam Stein ephawula, yayingu Ukuvunywa kweseminal kubo bobabini u-Byrd no-Obama, iqela lakhe lenze konke okusemandleni ukubhengeza umqondiso welungu langaphambili le-KKK ephosa inkxaso yakhe kwindoda eyakuba ngumongameli wokuqala omnyama.
UClinton waye waba ngumhlobo noByrd ngexesha lakhe kwiNdlu yeeNgwevu, kwaye wayede wadla isidlo sasemini kunye noByrd kunye nomama kaClinton, owafika wamncoma ngelixa wayejonga i-C-SPAN ngokubonakala komgangatho wentombi yakhe.
Ngale ntsasa, uNobhala welizwe u-Hillary Clinton ukhuphe eyakhe intetho e-eudogizing u-Byrd njengomhlobo kunye nomcebisi njengendoda enobugqwetha nobalaseleyo.
Kuphantse kube nzima ukucinga i-United States Senate ngaphandle kukaRobert Byrd. Wayengelo lungu lalo lisebenza ixesha elide, wayeyintliziyo nomphefumlo. Ukusukela ngomhla wam wokuqala kwiNdlu yeeNgwevu, ndafuna isikhokelo sakhe, kwaye wayehlala enesisa ngexesha lakhe nobulumko bakhe, wabhala uClinton.
Ndizomkhumbula kakhulu ngenxa yezimvo ezisuka entliziyweni awazenza kum ngeentsuku ezimnyama ezilandela umhla we-9/11, xa ilizwe lam laseNew York lalixakekile kwaye sasizabalazela ukubonelela ngenkxaso kunye noncedo. 'Cinga ngam njengendlu yeeNgwevu yesithathu evela eNew York,' utshilo. Kwaye ebethetha. Enkosi kubunkokheli beSenator Byrd, owayengusihlalo weKomiti yoLwabiwo-mali, abantu baseNew York bafumana uncedo abaludingayo. Andinakuze ndilibale ukuzinikela kwakhe kunye nobuhlobo bakhe ngelo xesha linzima.
Nantsi ingxelo yakhe epheleleyo:
Namhlanje ilizwe lethu liphulukene nemvelaphi yaseMelika yokwenyani, umhlobo wam nomcebisi uRobert Byrd.
USenator Byrd wayeyindoda ebalasele ngokuthetha nobungangamsha. Ndizomkhumbula kakhulu ngenxa yezimvo ezisuka entliziyweni awazenza kum ngeentsuku ezimnyama ezilandela umhla we-9/11, xa ilizwe lam laseNew York lalixakekile kwaye sasizabalazela ukubonelela ngenkxaso kunye noncedo. Cinga ngam njengendlu yeeNgwevu yesithathu evela eNew York, utshilo. Kwaye ebethetha. Enkosi kubunkokheli beSenator Byrd, owayengusihlalo weKomiti yoLwabiwo-mali, abantu baseNew York bafumana uncedo abaludingayo. Andinakuze ndilibale ukuzinikela kwakhe kunye nobuhlobo bakhe ngelo xesha linzima.
Kuphantse kube nzima ukucinga i-United States Senate ngaphandle kukaRobert Byrd. Wayengelo lungu lalo lisebenza ixesha elide, wayeyintliziyo nomphefumlo. Ukusukela ngomhla wam wokuqala kwiNdlu yeeNgwevu, ndafuna isikhokelo kuye, kwaye wayehlala enesisa ngexesha lakhe nobulumko bakhe. Ndincomile ukutatazela kwakhe ngokungakhathali kubantu bakhe, ukukhusela kwakhe uMgaqo-siseko kunye nezithethe zeNdlu yeeNgwevu, kunye nothando analo ngorhulumente oluphucula ubomi babantu abasebenzelayo. Kwaye njengoNobhala Welizwe, ndaqhubeka ukuxhomekeka kwiingcebiso nakwingcebiso yakhe. Ndinombulelo ngenkxaso athe wayinika njengenkokeli yeKomiti yoLwabiwo-mali koonozakuzaku bethu kunye nabasebenzi bophuhliso njengoko besebenzela ilizwe lethu kwaye beqhubela phambili umdla wethu kwihlabathi liphela.
URobert Byrd wakhokelwa ngamandla omzekelo wakhe, kwaye wasenza sonke abo babenelungelo lokukhonza njengabalingane bakhe njengabasebenzi bakarhulumente abangcono kunye nabemi abangcono. Emva kweminyaka engaphezulu kwamashumi amahlanu enkonzo, ushiye uphawu olungacimiyo kwiNdlu yeeNgwevu, eNtshona Virginia, nakwisizwe sethu. Asiyi kuphinda sibone ukuthanda kwakhe.
Kuyandikhuthaza ukwazi ukuba uSenator Byrd ngoku uphinde wadibana no-Erma wakhe amthandayo, isithandwa samabanga aphakamileyo owaba ngumfazi wakhe phantse iminyaka engama-70 nothando lobomi bakhe. Iingcinga zam kunye nemithandazo yam ikunye nabantwana babo, abazukulwana kunye nabazukulwana babazukulwana.
