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Age doesn't faze 'Big Daddy' Byrd in Senate race
AP via CNN ^ | 11:56 a.m. EST, October 30, 2006 | unknown scribe shackled in AP's sweatshop

Posted on 10/30/2006 12:41:06 PM PST by james500

CHARLESTON, West Virginia (AP) -- Leaning on two canes, Sen. Robert C. Byrd hardly looks like a billion-dollar industry -- or "Big Daddy," as the 88-year-old Democrat calls himself.

No matter: Voters once again are looking beyond Byrd's age to his political guile -- and the truckloads of federal dollars he's steered to West Virginia -- as they consider whether to give him a record ninth term in the Senate.

"It's not that we deserve more money than other states, but if he wasn't there, we probably wouldn't get as much as we should," said Ally Hagsett, a Marshall University sophomore and Republican. "While he's alive, we'd better get as much as we can."

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ends with: Byrd has repeatedly apologized for his prior acts of racial intolerance. In memoirs published last year, he called his time in the Klan "an extraordinarily foolish mistake." Supporters say they believe him.

"I think his views on race have changed over time," said James Butcher, a Fairmont State University staffer.

How wonderful! Spiritual growth.

1 posted on 10/30/2006 12:41:08 PM PST by james500
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"It's not that we deserve more money than other states, but if he wasn't there, we probably wouldn't get as much as we should," said Ally Hagsett, a Marshall University sophomore and Republican. "While he's alive, we'd better get as much as we can."

Yeah....Okiedokie.....

Hahahahaha!!

FMCDH(BITS)

2 posted on 10/30/2006 12:44:16 PM PST by nothingnew (I fear for my Republic due to marxist influence in our government. Open eyes/see)
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To: nothingnew

3 posted on 10/30/2006 12:45:09 PM PST by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: james500

Racisim, corruption, pork gobbling, and senility are OK, as long as you're a Democrat.

AP says so.


4 posted on 10/30/2006 12:46:04 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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"In memoirs published last year"

I hope this tome full of the "wisdom" (sic) of this vicious socialist dinosaur was called "Byrd Droppings"
5 posted on 10/30/2006 12:46:26 PM PST by Enchante (There are 3 kinds of lies: Lies, Damned Lies, and the Drive-By Media)
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To: james500

He's 88 folks, let him retire. Don't send him back.


6 posted on 10/30/2006 12:46:32 PM PST by edcoil (Reality doesn't say much - doesn't need too)
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To: james500

I know several good people from "West By-God" and they can't stand Byrd or Rockefeller. They're convinced that the voting system in WV is rigged.


7 posted on 10/30/2006 12:47:34 PM PST by Niteranger68 (Already voted absenteeā€¦.straight Republican ticketā€¦.best choice on the menu.)
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To: edcoil

Hell, Strom was 100. That would be two more full terms for Byrd. :)


8 posted on 10/30/2006 12:47:39 PM PST by linda_22003
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To: james500

Damn...that guy just keeps hangin' on, doesn't he...he keeps coming back like a bad penny...


9 posted on 10/30/2006 12:48:13 PM PST by TampaDude (If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the PROBLEM!!!)
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To: james500

WHROANG!


10 posted on 10/30/2006 12:48:22 PM PST by The KG9 Kid
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To: james500

he may call himself "big daddy" but he'll always be "grand wizard" tome.


11 posted on 10/30/2006 12:48:33 PM PST by camle (keep your mind open and somebody will fill it full of something for you)
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I think his views on race have changed over time

Hey, his views does change over time. He said if Bill Clinton did lie, he would vote to impeach him. He changed his mind.

12 posted on 10/30/2006 12:50:11 PM PST by HarleyD
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if he was republican, the story would of been that he is too old to serve


13 posted on 10/30/2006 12:52:52 PM PST by italianquaker (Democrats and media can't win elections at least they can win their phony polls.)
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His pork spending is quite bad. There is a scholarship named in his honor...for Western Illinois University.
14 posted on 10/30/2006 12:55:11 PM PST by Barte45 (Conservative Christian @ Heart)
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To: james500

Yes, but if you're a southern Republican like Jesse Helms....forget it! Condemnation is deep and unrelenting.


15 posted on 10/30/2006 12:55:16 PM PST by Molly Pitcher (We are Americans...the sons and daughters of liberty...*.from FReeper the Real fifi*))
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"It's not that we deserve more money than other states, but if he wasn't there, we probably wouldn't get as much as we should," said Ally Hagsett, a Marshall University sophomore and Republican. "While he's alive, we'd better get as much as we can."

If this kid is a republican she certainly isn't my kind of republican.


16 posted on 10/30/2006 12:56:33 PM PST by billhilly
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"I think his views on race have changed over time," said James Butcher, a Fairmont State University staffer.

Suuuure he does.....


17 posted on 10/30/2006 12:58:27 PM PST by oblomov (Join the FR Folding@Home Team (#36120) keyword: folding@home)
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To: james500
"It's not that we deserve more money than other states, but if he wasn't there, we probably wouldn't get as much as we should," said Ally Hagsett, a Marshall University sophomore and Republican. "While he's alive, we'd better get as much as we can."

Some Republican.

Why can't we defeat this idiot Byrd, anyway?

18 posted on 10/30/2006 12:59:24 PM PST by RockinRight (Maintaining a Republican majority is MORE IMPORTANT than your temper tantrum.)
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To: TampaDude

He keeps coming back like a bad $billion dollars.


19 posted on 10/30/2006 12:59:29 PM PST by billhilly
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To: nothingnew

Is he a hypocritical windbag? yes. To give Byrd due credit,however, he has focused on opening West Virginia to the world by bringing in federal money for roads. Unlike most states, West Virginia got almost no money from DoD. No useless/redundant military bases there. Furthermore he has to fight the environmentalists and aging hippies tooth and nail to get what he wanted. When I first visited West Virginia in the '60s, it was a huge rural slum, and all those (inclkuding my wife-to-be) with ambition and talent were leaving the state as fast as they could. That is slowly changing.


20 posted on 10/30/2006 1:10:15 PM PST by RobbyS ( CHIRHO)
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