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>>A blunder by Byrd?

Glad that is cleared up. For a moment I thought Byrd had showed up in the senate with his after hours KKK atire.

This loser is the source of a lot of problems.

Bush should just veto the whole thing. Be nice if the Reps would all vote against it, but you know they aren't that smart. Would make a nice chat speech for Bush if they would.

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Ku Kluxer Robert Byrd puts in $1,500,000 for a student center for Appalachian Bible College, which had 186 students a few years ago? (I don't know the current enrollment but probably not much different. Bradley is so tiny it isn't on the map, but it appears to be near Beckley.) Why is that supposed to be a legitimate use of federal tax dollars?

I hope Novak is right and that Bush will stop letting himself be pushed around.

Byrd's other claim to fame, besides having been a member of the KKK, is that he helped turn the impeachment trial into a charade.

tarpon_bill said: "Be nice if the Reps would all vote against it, but you know they aren't that smart. "

I actually don't care if they vote for legislation which doesn't pass. If that provides cover where it is needed, that is okay. It is not okay to vote for such legislation which does pass.

Let Bush and the Senate take turns. One time Bush can veto, and the Republican Senators can shrug and say "what can we do if Bush vetoes?" and the next time Bush can say "I was willing to sign, but the Senate simply would not pass the bill!". You know... "good cop, bad cop".

Once in a while, both can approve legislation, and the Supreme Court can rule it invalid. Checks and balances! What a concept!

It would be nice if we could shrink our government down to the point that people become incensed if someone else is unduly rewarded by government spending because they know that they have no chance to be so rewarded. We have a long way to go.