Democrats are the new KKK......SHEETS!
Posted on 06/14/2007 6:55:15 PM PDT by ricks_place
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Age is finally catching up with West Virginia Sen. Robert C. Byrd in the winter of his 54-year career in Congress.
At 89, the longest-serving senator in history and third person in the line of presidential succession has ceded major duties -- such as handling appropriations bills on the Senate floor -- to younger colleagues and aides.
Byrd continues to steer pork projects to his home state, rail against President Bush and the Iraq war and quote Cicero and the King James Bible now and then on the Senate floor. But as he walks haltingly with two canes and an ever-present assistant, he increasingly seems an anachronism in an Internet-age Congress where some members are young enough to be his grandchildren.
''I'm told that 90 is the new 80,'' Byrd, a Democrat, said in a statement issued by his office. ''I am proud of my white mane, but I still long for the black hair of my youth.''
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
He longs for the black hair of his youth, I wonder if he yearns for the white hood he used to cover it?
How this guy ever became the “conscience of the Senate”, I haven’t a clue.
An honorable man would have stepped down long ago when he couldn’t handle the important business of our nation on his own anymore. He’s like my old high school in the summer time—no class.
Here’s a Daily Show clip of Dennis Miller ripping on Byrd (down at about 2:10 of the 6-minute segment): “Is he eating his own sh**!? That was CRAZY!”
http://bearingdrift.com/blog/2007/05/29/dennis-miller-genius/
Bonus slams of Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid too!
Because:
He carries a copy of the Constitution in his pocket … never read it, but carries it nonetheless. When anyone argues with him he pulls it out of his pocket and waves it around.
Please just die already, you hateful creep.
Um.....in other words....he cannot do his job......WTH is he STILL THERE????? Oh, that's right....he's a Democrat!
They propped up Strom, they’re propping up Byrd, and if Kennedy’s gut doesn’t explode, they’ll prop him up too.
I doubt that Byrd can go to the toilet without assistance any longer, so I question his continued presence in the Senate. All he is doing is following in Strom Thurmond’s steps, by insisting on staying till he dies in office.
One of the biggest travesties of our Gubment is public specatacles like Senator Byrd, that accomplish absolutely nothing.
“How this guy ever became the “conscience of the Senate”, I haven’t a clue.”
Because in the prior days when the RATS had even more complete control, the other eligible titles of “Senate Drunk”, Senate Egrandiser”, “Senate Traitor”, “Senate Senility King”, “Senate Copy Cat”, “Senate Leaker”, “Senate Nepotizer” and “Senate Indian Taker”, were snapped by Kennedy, Gore, Kerry, Laudenberg, Biden, Feinstein, and Daschle repectively. With all the good ones literally stolen from him, what was Bobby to do. He might have gotten “Senate Porker” but deferred to Boxer being the gentleman that he is. Of course Patty Murray beat him out for “Senate Idiot” without even the necessity of a recount.
Speaking of not exactly performing one’s duty, has the stroke-impaired senator shown up on the senate floor lately??
Either that’s an old photo or C-SPAN needs to update their graphics.
I had to read that line twice.
Byrd's statue is currently housed in the Capitol Rotunda, as shown in the picture, and it is said if you stand under the statue the senator's hand points directly at your pockets.
http://www.cagw.org/site/PageServer?pagename=news_byrddroppings
He thinks he’s the Pope.
LOL sooooo? I have 3 or 4 of those!
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