Ya think he told Jay Rockefeller...?
"4 . EXECUTIVE SESSION -- (Senate - January 26, 2006)"
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"Bob Byrd personifies what our Founding Fathers were thinking about when they were thinking about a United States Senate. He brings the kind of qualities that the Founding Fathers believed were so important for service to the Nation."
- Ted Kennedy
So how come Trent Lott had to step down for saying something positive about Strom Thurmond? Didn't Swimmer make make a similarly 'offensive' a comment?
When Sen. Foghorn makes a speech and leaves out the "n" word it's a good one.
He's just trying to get re-elected in a predominantly
red state.
Senator Byrd is a pompous blowhard. He is so in love with his own rhetorical flourishes that his speeches inevitably stray off course. He is a walking caricature of a self-important politician.
He deserves some credit for making this particular speech, but not much when viewed against the overall body of his output.
Byrd is an old dog and recognizes the climate change in West Virginia. WV voted for Bush twice. The unions don't own the blue collar working class here anymore. Byrd is up for re-election in a state that is likely to send him out to pasture.
There in a nutshell is the answer to why the Dimocraps are losers.
I dont like Senator Byrd much..but that speech was excellent I tip my hat to him for making it.
Byrd is a regular paragon of virtue. Like Lieberman, he blathers and foams at the mouth at the Senate podium, says something, every once in a while, that is commonsensical, and we should all fawn over him.
I will say this ... the old Klu Kluxer realizes what he needs to do to be able to die a Senator.
Byrd's clearly running scared. He knows his re-election prospects in WV depend on his casting himself as a conservative. Same thing the Dems always do to get elected in red states. If Byrd wasn't up for re-election in 2006, we would have never heard these words come out of his mouth. Instead, he'd have participated with Kennedy, Leahy and the various leftist interest groups in their slander of a qualified, honorable jurist.
Well, I never thought I would say it, but I agree with Sheets. While I detest his views on so many policy matters and his pork barrel ways, he at least makes an attempt to represent the views of the people of his conservative state.
Now, we all know the antique press is reprehensible and living in a bubble but to see their hatred acted out live was truly impressive and not unlike watching venom shooting out of the mouth of a cobra being milked.
The antique media is beyond disgust; but not my hatred
bookmarked and bumped...
Wow, never thought I would find myself agreeing with Senator Robert "Sheets" Byrd. Ever. He had gone so far over the edge into senility lately, but this shows he still has some moments of clarity. I hope this got some coverage, but I doubt it.
I was surprised how well Byrd spoke and what good points he made. Also Byrd has supported saving our battlefields.
Whew. That was quite a chance Byrd took there. He could easily have slipped and said "Kleagle" lights.....
Two points I took away from this speech of his. First of all, he understands the Constitution, more so than the rest of the Democrat party, and secondly, he understands that the judicial process as well as the judiciary branch itself should not be used for political gain.