Posted on 01/05/2007 2:26:59 AM PST by Aussie Dasher
The elevation of Robert Byrd as President Pro Tempore of the Senate on Thursday makes an 89-year-old former Klansman third in the line of presidential succession.
Only Vice President Dick Cheney and new House Speaker Nancy Pelosi stand between the West Virginia Democrat and the White House if President Bush does not finish his term.
Byrd was first elected to the Senate in 1958 and is the longest-serving member of the Senate in history. He won his ninth term in 2006 and is now the oldest member of the U.S. Congress.
He also served six years in the House. If he is still serving at the end of 2009, he will surpass the record of Sen. Carl Hayden, D-Ariz., who was in the House and Senate for nearly 57 years.
Byrd joined the Klu Klux Klan at age 24 and was elected Exalted Cyclops of his local chapter. He has admitted that his membership in the organization was "wrong.”
I should have placed a sarcasm tag on my post.
InfoPlease has Pelosi listed as "The Vice President"
I was only pointing out this glaring error.
"Screw the both of you!"....
I agree. They wonder why WV votes the way that it does while spewing prejudice and hatred toward its residents. They go on and on about Byrd's pork, but don't mention that it is dwarfed by Ted Steven's(R-AK) pork. Then Bush shows up prior to every election and makes promises that he doesn't keep.
And they wonder why there is little goodwill for the GOP in WV.
Because he brings home the bacon, that's why.
Sorry Mass, we have taken the crown for stupidity in Minnesota. We elected a muzz.
If it had been invented anywhere else, it would be called the teeth brush
From sources:
Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., was sworn in with some zeal. Byrd turns 90 this year and is the longest-serving member of the current Senate. After he was sworn in by Vice President Dick Cheney, he pumped his fist and yelled, "So help me God!"
After that, Byrd started to collapse. He was caught by his West Virginia colleague, Democratic Sen. Jay Rockefeller, and other senators standing nearby.
Byrd didn't miss a step as he then walked back to his desk, giving a loud "Hallelujah!" to the crowd.
Sorry Mass, we have taken the crown for stupidity in Minnesota.
I beg to differ...Illinois should win the crown...we have Osama Hussein Obama and DICK Turbin.....sigh!
LOL!!
Speak any Gullah?
Thank you for your eloquent post about WV. I was just too p'ed off. I just get so sick and tired of the same old cracks about the state. Me thinks they are a bit jealous. That's ok, it's our secret, everyelse can stay out!!!
make that everyone else, oops
$$$$$$$$$$
"Why are people in West Virginia electing him?
$$$$$$$$$$"
That and he is still 100x more conservative than our GOP senator to the north, Arlen Specter.
Last election, the choice was between Byrd and a millionare playboy who was not well liked. With his seniority, Byrd would be able to accomplish things for the state. As a junior senator, his competitor's only accomplishment would have likely been embarassing the state with his widely known nose problem.
I could be wrong, but I don't believe he had to be sworn in since he's a sitting senator and wasn't up for re-election in November.
I do not think that the Democrats wants Bush and Cheney killed anymore than the Republicans wanted Clinton and gore Dead in the 1990's.
We live in a civilized democracy not some third world tyrannical state where leaders are disposed of on a regular basis.
Dont forget "pink Barney" too.
I love how the msm glosses over him being a klansman.
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