Byrd epitomizes the reason for term limits for representatives and senators. These people just will not leave and let others govern. They are not statesmen who serve for a couple terms, then hand over the chair to another. They are careerist politicians. They begin to think it’s their spot. Their right.
We see the same thing in a host of others. More often than not, the ones that hang on forever hurt us, more than help us. Kennedy. Specter. Kohl. Sheets Byrd. Thurmond.
Time for term limits. If you won’t be statesmen and women on your own, and serve for a little while, then go back to your own businesses and interests after a couple terms, we need to mandate that you do.
Amen to all of what you wrote. No one is attacking Byrd when they say it’s time long past time to step down. I he really believes in the Lord Jesus, he would know this. This all about power and the belief that no one can replace you. All you have to do is look at a cemetary to realize that we all are replaceable.