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Sen. Byrd to Run for Record Ninth Term
AP ^
| 9/27/5
| LAWRENCE MESSINA
Posted on 09/27/2005 10:04:11 AM PDT by SmithL
Charleston, W.Va. (AP) --
Eighty-seven-year-old Democrat Robert C. Byrd announced Tuesday he will seek a record ninth term in the Senate.
Using the Capitol Rotunda as a stage, Byrd told supporters he was "ready to go. Another round."
"I have the best job in America because I represent you, the people of West Virginia. And I want to keep this job," he said.
Byrd has 47 years in the Senate and will become the longest-serving member in its history in June. He previously served six years in the U.S. House, and before that terms in both chambers of the West Virginia Legislature.
"I've given most of my life to serving the people of West Virginia, and it began here 59 years ago," Byrd said to chants of "six more years, six more years."
The Republican Party has made unseating Byrd a top priority.
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: West Virginia
KEYWORDS: byrd; capito; election2006; electionussenate; grandkleagle; klanfan; obstrutionist; senate2006; senatorpointyhat; sheets; themountainfiddler; westbygodvirginia
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To: KMJames
Then there's there's the Taco Bell in the panhandle that's dedicated to him. You forgot about that one.
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posted on
09/27/2005 11:18:46 AM PDT
by
TypeZoNegative
(Future Minnesota Refugee)
To: leadpenny
Really??? I thought it had already been done? Who told me it was West Byrd-ginia, anyway???? :angry look:
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posted on
09/27/2005 11:29:51 AM PDT
by
WinOne4TheGipper
(Please don't feed the tagline.)
To: SmithL
He's going to be a KKKandidate!
To: kellynla
Great list. Is it exhaustive? I want to email it to a few liberals know.
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posted on
09/27/2005 11:51:49 AM PDT
by
indcons
(How about rooting for our side for a change, you liberal morons?)
To: SmithL
I have great respect for the people of West Virginia, but if they elect this IDIOT again maybe not so much
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posted on
09/27/2005 11:53:01 AM PDT
by
munin
To: TypeZoNegative
You sure that isn't a Cracker Barrel?
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posted on
09/27/2005 11:55:14 AM PDT
by
KMJames
To: evolved_rage
It was about the pork. On average 15,000 people leave the state. There isn't really any jobs. There is very few small businesses. Over course there is the unions and political corruption.
To: SmithL
Sen. Sheets in his full regalia.
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posted on
09/27/2005 11:57:27 AM PDT
by
indcons
(How about rooting for our side for a change, you liberal morons?)
To: manwiththehands
Shouldn't that have been ace of spades?
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posted on
09/27/2005 11:57:27 AM PDT
by
munin
To: Question_Assumptions
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posted on
09/27/2005 11:59:56 AM PDT
by
mosquitobite
(What we permit; we promote.)
To: b4its2late
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posted on
09/27/2005 12:05:20 PM PDT
by
fredhead
( I wouldn't give a hoot in hell for a man who lost and laughed. - Patton)
To: indcons
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posted on
09/27/2005 12:10:02 PM PDT
by
kellynla
(U.S.M.C. 1st Battalion,5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Div. Viet Nam 69&70 Semper Fi)
To: munin
Yea, but I stole it from another FReeper post.
To: SmithL
"I've given most of my life to serving the people of West Virginia......You haven't given, you've taken.
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posted on
09/27/2005 12:10:24 PM PDT
by
1Old Pro
To: mosquitobite
Hey, I'm from New Jersey where they went grave-robbing so they could run the corpse of Frank Lautenberg to hold on to a Senate seat here. It's a no brainer that the Democrats will do anything to hold on to the Senate seats they have. The big question is whether they'll keep running him after he's dead.
To: kellynla
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posted on
09/27/2005 12:12:00 PM PDT
by
indcons
(How about rooting for our side for a change, you liberal morons?)
To: SmithL
Robert Byrd is a f*cking a--hole.
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posted on
09/27/2005 1:33:17 PM PDT
by
GianniV
To: scott7278
"I have the best job in America because I represent you, the people of West Virginia. And I want to keep this job," he said.That's the problem with today's politicians. They represent the payoffs, not the Constitution.
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posted on
09/27/2005 1:35:20 PM PDT
by
Loud Mime
(thotline.com)
To: kellynla
The Robert C. Byrd Textille Mill
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posted on
09/27/2005 4:56:22 PM PDT
by
stratman1969
(CLINTON LIED - 3,000+ DIED)
To: kx9088
"If Byrd keels over right before the election and he wins anyways, do they hold a special election to replace him?"
I would assume that the Dem governor would name a Democrat to replace him, and that such Democrat wouldn't face an election until November of 2008 (for the 4 years then remaining in the term). That's what the RATs did in Missouri after Mel Carnahan died.
But if Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capito or (especially) Secretary of State Betty Ireland runs against Byrd, I think they'll win even if he does live to Election Day. See:
http://auh2orepublican.blogspot.com/2005/08/who-is-gops-best-candidate-against.html
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posted on
09/27/2005 6:00:20 PM PDT
by
AuH2ORepublican
(http://auh2orepublican.blogspot.com/)
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