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Home Front: Politix
Byrd's chairmanship seems safe despite age
2008-04-18
At the age of 90, Sen. Robert Byrd is increasingly frail. He usually relies on a script. And he's taken to a wheelchair since a recent fall and two stints in the hospital. But the longest-winded -serving senator in history had just two words Wednesday when a reporter asked him what he had to say to colleagues and staff aides whispering that maybe he's not up to chairing the powerful Appropriations Committee: ''Shut up!''
There are still things in West Virginia that haven't been named for Senator Byrd ...
Posted by:Fred

#5  Byrd D-KKK
Posted by: JFM   2008-04-18 18:09  

#4  No word from Mumbles Murtha about Byrd being too old to be a Senator however.....
Posted by: USN,Ret.   2008-04-18 17:12  

#3  A belated Happy Bithday to the Exalted Cyclops.
Posted by: tu3031   2008-04-18 10:13  

#2  Textbook example of the need for term limits.
Posted by: OldSpook   2008-04-18 09:56  

#1  Man, I will miss the 'fire and rancor' Mr Byrd has brought to the Senate. Yep, He's up there with Jesse Helms (yes, Senator "NO")!
Posted by: smn   2008-04-18 01:59  

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