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Sen. Byrd of West Virginia hospitalized
AP via msnbc.com ^
| 2/26/08
| AP
Posted on 02/26/2008 6:40:53 PM PST by melt
Doctors checking for broken bones after 90-year-old falls at home
WASHINGTON - Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia was hospitalized Tuesday at Walter Reed Army Medical Center after complaining of back pain after a fall at his home, his spokesman said.
Byrd, 90, the Democratic chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee and the nation’s longest-serving senator, was staying in the hospital overnight for observation, said spokesman Jesse Jacobs. It was not immediately clear whether he had suffered broken bones.
Jacobs said Byrd fell at his Virginia home Monday night. He came to his office Tuesday and was on the Senate floor to vote for an Indian health bill. But after noticeably wincing in pain, Byrd’s staff advised him to see the Capitol physician, who “smartly for a 90-year-old man advised him to go to Walter Reed for observation.”
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: West Virginia
KEYWORDS: 110th; byrd; crossburner; elderly; fall; kkk; lynchings; robertbyrd; wizard
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posted on
02/26/2008 6:40:54 PM PST
by
melt
To: melt
Hope he lives to 101, too much entertainment value, so many more buildings to name!
2
posted on
02/26/2008 6:43:13 PM PST
by
Revolting cat!
(We all need someone we can bleed on...)
To: melt
As a matter of taking the high road here, I'll refrain from comment and.......
refrain from comment.
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posted on
02/26/2008 6:44:04 PM PST
by
Viking2002
(Rove, you magnificent bastard!)
To: Viking2002
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posted on
02/26/2008 6:46:25 PM PST
by
melt
(Someday, they'll wish their Jihad... Jihadn't.)
To: melt
Must...not...say...what...I’m...thinking...
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posted on
02/26/2008 6:47:03 PM PST
by
reagan_fanatic
(Obama and Hillary - it's right there in black and white)
To: melt
Prayers for a speedy recovery. May God bless anyone still working at age 90.
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posted on
02/26/2008 6:47:36 PM PST
by
Ciexyz
To: melt
the Capitol physician, who “smartly for a 90-year-old man advised him to go to Walter Reed for observation.” The Capitol physician is a 90 year old man?
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posted on
02/26/2008 6:50:49 PM PST
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(A good marriage is like a casserole, only those responsible for it really know what goes into it.)
To: Revolting cat!
To: melt
Prayers for his health, but he needs to retire.
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posted on
02/26/2008 6:59:28 PM PST
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~~~Jihad Fever -- Catch It !~~~ (Backup tag: "Live Fred or Die"))
To: melt
WHAT? No press release from the Ku Klux Klan? Where’s their gratitude for the many years of fine service that this man put in as their Grand Kleagle? Some people just have no class. ;-)
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posted on
02/26/2008 7:13:55 PM PST
by
Desron13
(If you constantly vote between the lesser of two evils then evil is your ultimate destination.)
To: reagan_fanatic
"Must...not...say...what...I’m...thinking..."Oh go ahead and say it. I know its like shooting fish in a barrel but fun is fun.
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posted on
02/26/2008 7:17:23 PM PST
by
Desron13
(If you constantly vote between the lesser of two evils then evil is your ultimate destination.)
To: melt
May all races that he deemed inferior not help him in any way.
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posted on
02/26/2008 8:46:11 PM PST
by
NoLibZone
(If the Clinton years were so great for the libs why is Obama doing so well?)
To: Viking2002
Well, I have on good authority that he requested clean sheets and wanted to make sure that if he needed a transfusion, the blood was “pure”, if you know what I mean.
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