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Byrd hospitalized after fall
AP on Yahoo ^ | 2/26/08 | AP

Posted on 02/26/2008 6:42:09 PM PST by NormsRevenge

WASHINGTON - Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia was hospitalized Tuesday after complaining of back pain following a fall at his home, his spokesman said.

Byrd, 90, the Democratic chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee and the longest-serving senator in history, was staying overnight at Walter Reed Army Medical Center for observation, said spokesman Jesse Jacobs. It was not immediately clear whether he had suffered broken bones.

Jacobs said Byrd fell at his Virginia home Monday night. He came to his office Tuesday and was on the Senate floor to vote for an Indian health bill. But after noticing he was wincing in pain, Byrd's staff recommended that he see the Capitol physician, who "smartly for a 90-year-old man advised him to go to Walter Reed for observation."

Byrd, who as Senate president pro tempore is third in line to the presidency, walks haltingly with two canes. Due to his frail condition, some Senate Democrats reportedly explored ways to replace him as Appropriations chairman, but he continues to hold the post.


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: West Virginia
KEYWORDS: 110th; byrd; hospitalized; kkk; klan; klansmen; kukluxklan; robertbyrd; virginia
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1 posted on 02/26/2008 6:42:10 PM PST by NormsRevenge
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Sen. Robert Byrd: http://www.byrd.senate.gov/


2 posted on 02/26/2008 6:42:41 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE’s toll-free tip hotline —1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRGeT)
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To: NormsRevenge

Please be respectful, FReepers...


3 posted on 02/26/2008 6:42:46 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: NormsRevenge

I’m no fan of the Senator, but I wish him a full recovery, as do all Freepers.


4 posted on 02/26/2008 6:43:21 PM PST by Clintonfatigued (You can't be serious about national security unless you're serious about border security)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
While I don't care for his politics, I hope that the Senator is okay.

My grandmother broke her hip after a fall and she never really recovered.

5 posted on 02/26/2008 6:44:25 PM PST by Stonewall Jackson (Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory. - George Patton)
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To: NormsRevenge

Did he fall on his sheet just asking Norm


6 posted on 02/26/2008 6:46:48 PM PST by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
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To: Clintonfatigued

spEAK for yourself.


8 posted on 02/26/2008 6:53:59 PM PST by Liberty2007 (We are busy winning hearts and minds while our islamfascist enemy is busy cutting throats and necks.)
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To: SevenofNine
He was berating Hannity while watching Fox, and slipped in a pile of his own B.S...........!


9 posted on 02/26/2008 6:54:48 PM PST by Viking2002 (Rove, you magnificent bastard!)
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To: NormsRevenge

I think I speak for many of us when I say that we wish Senator Byrd good health and advise him to not push his recovery. Many times a patient does more damage by trying to do to much too soon.

Perhaps this is a good time for Senator Byrd to retire.


10 posted on 02/26/2008 6:56:13 PM PST by Jemian ("I hate the media." ~~ Kayak)
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To: NormsRevenge

Wasn’t he the founder of the rock group the Byrds? He and his contemporary David Crosby? (You have to be old enough to remember.)


11 posted on 02/26/2008 6:56:26 PM PST by Revolting cat! (We all need someone we can bleed on...)
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To: NormsRevenge

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12 posted on 02/26/2008 6:56:36 PM PST by maggief
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Prayers for Robert Byrd.


13 posted on 02/26/2008 6:57:48 PM PST by BunnySlippers (Buy a Mac ...)
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To: NormsRevenge
Get well Mr.Byrd. The world would be dull without you.
14 posted on 02/26/2008 6:58:53 PM PST by BallyBill (Serial Hit-N-Run poster)
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To: NormsRevenge

While I wish no physical harm against this man, I wish his fall had happened much earlier (politically, that is).


15 posted on 02/26/2008 7:14:40 PM PST by SoldierDad (Proud Dad of a 2nd BCT 10th Mountain Soldier home after 15 months in the Triangle of death)
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To: NormsRevenge
I’m no fan of the Senator, but I wish him a full recovery, as do all Freepers.

Maybe the pork will slow down while he's in Walter Reed.

Get well and please go home to enjoy your retirement.

You've done so much for your state versus the rest of us, it is time for a permanent rest.

16 posted on 02/26/2008 7:16:47 PM PST by jws3sticks (Hillary can take a very long walk on a very short pier, anytime, and the sooner the better!)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
One wonders if the Ku Klux Klan has sent flowers to his room.

Q: Why did Byrd dislike The Lord of the Rings?
A: The White Wizard never became the Grand Wizard.

Q: Why did Byrd dislike The Hobbit?
A: He thought it was about Theodore Bilbo visiting a Grand Dragon.

17 posted on 02/26/2008 7:20:46 PM PST by manapua
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To: Clintonfatigued

What makes you so sure?


18 posted on 02/26/2008 7:21:23 PM PST by clintonh8r (An Obamanation would be an abomination.)
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To: Viking2002
He was berating Hannity while watching Fox, and slipped in a pile of his own B.S...........!

Or maybe he slipped on a "sheet" of ice.

19 posted on 02/26/2008 7:23:16 PM PST by melt (Someday, they'll wish their Jihad... Jihadn't.)
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To: Clintonfatigued

I wish him a speedy recovery.


20 posted on 02/26/2008 7:27:09 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (G-d is not a Republican. But Satan is definitely a Democrat.)
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