Posted on 02/16/2008 10:33:43 AM PST by MindBender26
Democrat Senator Robert Byrd is President pro tempore of the U. S. Senate. As such he is 3d in line to be President of the United Sates in the event of the death, removal or incapacitation of the Prez, VP and Speaker of the House.
He is 90 years old. This is incredible, rambling, off-topic video of him, a week ago, He seems drunk, stoned, crazy or senile, (or possibly a combination of all of the above) on the Senate floor, live on national (and international) TV!
As a qualification for Democratic Senator from West Virginia, he is a fomer Exaulted Cyclops of the Ku Klux Klan who declared in writing that he would "never serve in the U.S. Military alongside a Negro."
Granted, he seems to be suffering from a cold, but do we want this man anywhere near power of any kind!?!?
This is scary.
All I could think is that man is not well.
I didn’t find it funny at all, just really sad.
All I could think is that man is not well.
I didn’t find it funny at all, just really sad.
It looks like he could have a future, at any rate, on NPR.
3d, if you count that Prez is already there.
1Vice President-President of the Senate Dick Cheney
2 Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi
3 President Pro Tempore of the Senate Robert Byrd
4 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
5 Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson
6 Secretary of Defense Robert Gates
7 Attorney General Michael Mukasey
8 Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne
9 Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer
— Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez (non-natural)†
— Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao (non-natural)†
10 Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael Leavitt
11 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Alphonso Jackson
12 Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters
13 Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman
14 Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings
15 Secretary of Veterans Affairs James Peake
16 Secretary of Homeland Security
W H O A Nellie!
{{”put some rollerskates on his feet , and all the Skater Pads , .. give him a Double of his fave adult drink , and whoo-o-o-o-sh!”}}
Pelosi is second in line, Byrd next. First the House Speaker, next the President Pro Tempore of the Senate. YIKES!
PS
#17 Jim Robinson!
He definitely needs medical attention.
You’re right, it’s Pelosi
Keep sending him back to the Senate. He’s the perfect poster boy for that gaggle of decrepit morons. If we can just keep him at the podium 24/7, the country could only benefit from the paralysis.
I thought the Speaker of the House was third in line..
Correct but that is position two behind the President.
VP
Speaker of the House Pelosi
President Pro tempore Senate Byrd
Exactly. Sad.... and frightening.
Can anyone decipher anything he was saying? I hope he resigns today. Take him home, country roads.
I'm amazed that some staffer didn't at least fix his collar for him.
He must be murder in a filibuster.
Here he is, without a cold, just as bad or worse.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYgXRU8gCls&feature=related
I can’t wish anything good for this worthless, haughty sub human. MAde a life out of bilking money from taxpayers to build everything you can imagine “for his state” and name it after himself. I wonder how many minorities he hurt/killed as a result of his KKK membership and recruiting. What a fascinating speech he gave on Stimulus Bill HR 5140 - I mean, that IS what he was speaking about right??
So what?
I was surprised as well that no one came to see if he was alright. For all we know, he could have been having a stroke or something.
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