Even in death it’s hard to keep these guys out of Congress
I hope there’s someone at the door to keep the white n***ers out.
It’s entirely appropriate that Byrd LIE in repose in the Senate chamber. After all, this entire parliament of whores have honed LYING into a fine art form that can continue to be practiced even after death.
[Joe Bite-me, in the Rotunda:]
“On this sad occasion, let’s have a word from the elder statesman of the Senate, Robert Byrd — c’mon Bob, stand up!
What am I saying? .... let’s all stand up for Bob!”
Better late than never!
“Let the dead bury their dead”
Matthew 8:21-22
He was alive this whole time?
In related news, Senator Edward Kennedy has been alcohol free for 10 months.
Here’s hoping the air conditioning doesn’t fail.
Memorial Service. That explains the rush orders on white hoods at all the dry cleaners this week.
As I suggested earlier, they should turn the catafalque upside down so it resembles a pig trough and then place the casket inside it. That would be a fitting tribute for a man who viewed every federal dollar spent outside of West Virginia to be wasted.
Someone make sure he doesn’t try to cast any votes while he’s laying there
Will he be allowed to vote today? He’s been voting from the grave for years.
There should be a white sheet over his casket.
Too bad the pointy white hat won’t fit in the casket.
Here he is speaking in a rare lucid moment.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-V95eGgZbrU
“ I shall never fight in the armed forces with a Negro by my side… Rather I should die a thousand times, and see Old Glory trampled in the dirt never to rise again, than to see this beloved land of ours become degraded by race mongrels, a throwback to the blackest specimen from the wilds.”
— Robert C. Byrd, refusing military service in a letter to (then) Sen. Theodore Bilbo (D-MS), 1944