Posted on 04/16/2008 5:18:33 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Byrd tells critics: ‘Shut up’ By J. Taylor Rushing Posted: 04/16/08 07:45 PM [ET]
Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) took control of his own narrative Wednesday by managing a two-hour Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on the Iraq war that for the time being silenced critics who say he’s no longer fit to serve as chairman.
Byrd seemed to grasp that what was on the official agenda was not the only topic of the hearing, showing up on time in a crisp suit and displaying a broad smile while an aide wheeled him into the room.
When the hearing ended, his only words for his critics were, “Shut up.” He seemed to pass the test, convincing three Senate Democratic leaders that he’s able to continue as chairman.
Byrd knows that he is the most closely watched senator on Capitol Hill. He is aware that he’s the subject of whispers, private meetings and even a possible coup. Yet he kept his words short after chairing his first Appropriations hearing since September and twice being hospitalized this year.
While many showed up to see if Byrd was up to the job, he focused his attention at the hearing on President Bush’s $108 billion supplemental spending request.
For now, his appearance seemed to staunch a flow of speculation about his ability to handle the upcoming appropriations season.
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...and older than dirt...
“no longer fit to serve as chairman.”
He never was.
“He seemed to pass the test, convincing three Senate Democratic leaders that he’s able to continue as chairman. “
Whereupon the three Senate Democratic Leaders retired to the Helen Keller room to play pin the tail on the donkey.
No wonder they still haven’t passed any appropriations bills. They have to dust off these old relics who should have never been elected to the job 40 years ago when they were young.
He’s still having trouble with those white n——rs.
May not be qualified to serve as chairman, but qualified to serve as Grand Dragon.
Forty years ago, Byrd was not young.
Well, I wonder if old man McCain can pass the same test?
TERM LIMIT SENATORS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Progressive dementia. Seems to be a liberal thang, according the Vermont's Village Idiot, Howard Dean.
Liberal socialist minds often cease logical thought, and they just scream or alternatively yell,"chut up."
Obama, for example, is already devolving towards megalomania ( Bitter America)
Hillery is downing boiler makers in order to have a belated frat house experience, one she missed at her all womens college( Wellesley), senility is definitely setting in.
Its lovely to watch this Dem insanity. You gotta love it. And they all wanna be prex.LOL.
I love Dennis Miller’s take on Robert Byrd: After grampa babbles on at the Thanksgiving dinner table, the kids all sit around later saying “What the f*** are we going to do with grandpa?.”
It is time to challenge this demented old coot Byrd and remove his car keys.
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