Posted on 05/12/2005 9:26:44 PM PDT by FairOpinion
Byrd is losing it. I think Shelley Capito could beat him if she ran.
Talking about traditions, the tradition of the Senate is freedom of speech, freedom of debate, freedom to dissent.Mr. President, this reminds me very much of a book in the Bible, a book that is titled Esther, the Book of Esther. I think it would be especially good for the distinguished majority leader to be reminded of the Book of Esther in the Bible.
[Rambling retelling of Book of Esther, then Byrd is told that his time is up. Reid gives Byrd another hour.]
I have the floor. Thank God for the Senate, I said, when I was in that body over there.
Finally, I say to my good leader, I will pose a rhetorical question. How much land does a man need
[Rambling retelling of a Tolstoy story]...
Mr. President, I see the leader has left.
He left me all alone here.
What about this?
Hey, where is my adversary?
Where is my worthy adversary?
Come on now.
Where is the leader?
Am I to be left here alone to be gored by the horns of those--where is my adversary?
He is not to be found.
Anyhow, let me bring this long story to an end. In the end, the man was crawling on his hands and knees.
More Byrd rambling, from the Congressional Record, May 12, 2005.
Mr. President, this reminds me very much of a book in the Bible, a book that is titled Esther, the Book of Esther.No wonder Frist walked out when Byrd finished this tale and started to tell the Tolstoy tale.I think it would be especially good for the distinguished majority leader to be reminded of the Book of Esther in the Bible.
I won't go into it all here, but Esther was a Jew.
She had a cousin who sat at the king's gate every day
. He was a Jew. His name was Mordecai. The word went out that a man who had been favored by the king, a man named Haman--H-A-M-A-N, I believe it is.
Here is my Bible. This is the King James version of the Bible.
I don't read any other version of the Bible except the King James version. I speak as a born-again Christian.
We hear that thrown around a lot around here. I am a born-again Christian and have been since 1946.
My wife and I will soon be married, the Lord willing, in about 16 or 17 more days, 68 years.
We were both put under the water in that old churchyard pool under the apple orchard in West Virginia, the old Missionary Baptist Church there.
Both Erma and I went under the water.
So I speak as a born-again Christian.
You hear that term thrown around.
I have never made a big whoop-de-do about being a born-again Christian, but I speak as a born-again Christian.
Hear me all you evangelicals out there, hear me.
So here we were, we were baptized.
But getting back to Esther,...[rambling retelling of Book of Esther]
Of course he hasn't, apparently because being a "Christian" to him means little if anything other than a swim in the ole' pool. Has his faith no value to him? No guidance? No purpose? No meaning?
Isn't "...I speak as a born-again Christian." clearly aimed to have a desired (political) effect? So he says he doesn't make a "big whoop" about it, but uses it to serve his purposes here.
That's dispicable.
God bless him, please, he needs it.
Of course he hasn't, apparently because being a "Christian" to him means little if anything other than a swim in the ole' pool. Has his faith no value to him? No guidance? No purpose? No meaning?
Isn't "...I speak as a born-again Christian." clearly aimed to have a desired (political) effect? So he says he doesn't make a "big whoop" about it, but uses it to serve his purposes here.
That's dispicable.
God bless him, please, he needs it.
dang... sorry for the double post... unintentional
And his dawg, Billie.
Senate dean Robert Byrd, D-W.Va....
Heh- This superannuated clown is a world class bullshit artist and intimidator. He's channeled billions in Federal spending projects to West Virgina including a remote FBI facility. So the guy is 85 and still bullying people? Screw him, pull the plug.
Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., told Frist, "
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I think that Cheney might have had a little more proper of a response for Frist to give Byrd. I am a huge fan of the comment the veep had for Senator Leaky.
"The usual suspects."
For sure.
These are the "love children" of MSM.
MSM calls them "mavericks" or "independent," but I don't notice them calling Zell Miller those kind words.
It's been difficult for many of us to contact some of the swing Republican senators by phone, because of busy signals, to ask them to vote YES for the Constitutional option, so it might be best to just contact them via the web.
Senator John Warner is especially difficult, so here's the link to send him your message. Just click & fill out the form and give him your brief message:
http://warner.senate.gov/contact/contactme.cfm
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