Full text of Byrd's speech (Sheets finally makes some sense!)

[Tarkin]

I really don't like Sheets (also known in some circles as King of Pork), but this speech is worth reading.

[EveningStar]

Sheets finally makes some sense!

No sheet?! (Ok. So it was a gimmee.)

[SteveMcKing]

So Charlie Manson quotes the Bible once in awhile.....

[msnimje]

He was fantastic today. It made me think that is what the Senate was like 200 years ago (was he a Senator 200 years ago?).

[dead]

But my considered judgment from his record, from his answers to my questions, and from his obvious intelligence and sincerity, leads me to believe him to be an honorable man, who loves his country, loves his Constitution, and will give of his best. Can we really ask for more?

If he personally hung each member of DU by the neck until dead, he still couldn't make them madder than this statement will.

[untenured]

The Framers presumably had something better in mind when they vested the Senate with the authority to confirm “judges of the Supreme Court.” In fact, we know they did. In 1789, Roger Sherman of Connecticut defended the role of the Senate in confirming Presidential appointments. He wrote, “It appears to me that the senate is the most important branch in the government. . . . The Executive magistrate is to execute the laws. The Senate, being a branch of the legislature, will naturally incline to have them duly executed and, therefore, will advise to such appointments as will best attain that end.”

Alexander Hamilton also had high hopes for the Senate’s ability to render its advice and consent function. He proclaimed, “It is not easy to conceive a plan better calculated than this to promote a judicious choice of men for filling the offices of the Union.”

That of course was when the Senate was selected by legislatures rather than popular vote.

[Tarkin]

was he a Senator 200 years ago?

Of course. :-)

[rodguy911]

The skinny is that sheets is in a tough race and he needs to appear somewhat conservative as well as liberal, kind of an old guy trying to triangulate.He is older than dirt as well!

[xcamel]

"Broken Clock" theory at work?

[Vicomte13]

Yes.
It is a good speech.
I agree with Byrd here.

[Past Your Eyes]

Even a blind pig finds an acorn once in a while.

[Viet Vet in Augusta GA]

Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

[KoRn]

I normally disagree, and even laugh at Senator Byrd almost all of the time, but I must say this was a brilliant speech. He was spot on.

[USMA '71]

Now even the Democrats will realize that he has been senile for the last 40 years!

[se_ohio_young_conservative]

I think President John Adams appointed him.

[davisfh]

"Full text of Byrd's speech (Sheets finally makes some sense!)"

The only reason that "sheets" makes any sense at all is that there is a Republican challenging him for his Senatorial seat. There is no other reason, period.

[jackv]

bump

[SAMS]

"And let me be clear, I mean no criticism of the Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee or any particular member of the Committee."

You don't have to, we already know who the jokers are.

[tubebender]

(was he a Senator 200 years ago?).

Why yes, yes he was, but remember he took time out to fight for both sides in The War Between the States...

[GSlob]

"was he a Senator 200 years ago?"
Not him. Strom Thurmond was.