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US Senator Byrd steps down as head of key committee
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| 11/7/2008
Posted on 11/07/2008 4:37:13 PM PST by james500
The US Senate's oldest and longest-serving member, Robert Byrd, announced Friday he was stepping down as chairman of the appropriations committee.
For the last 10 years, the 90-year-old Democratic dean from West Virginia has headed the committee which helps the government decide how to spend its money.
Byrd, re-elected for his ninth Senate term in 2006, has spent nearly 50 years as a committee member and senator, casting a record 18,000 ballots as of last year.
"A new day has dawned in Washington, and that is a good thing," Byrd, who endorsed Illinois Senator Barack Obama this year in his successful quest for the White House, said in a statement.
"For my part, I believe that it is time for a new day at the top of the Senate Appropriations Committee," Byrd added. He will step down on January 6.
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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: West Virginia
KEYWORDS: 110th; appropriations; bho2008; byrd; obamatransitionfile; wv2008
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They must have figured out that having a former Exalted Cyclops of the Ku Klux at such a senior position might clash with the whole 'post-racial era' scam. That he's been senile for years apparently hasn't been enough.
"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, in a letter to Sen. Theodore Bilbo (D-MS), 1944"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Byrd
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posted on
11/07/2008 4:37:13 PM PST
by
james500
To: james500
he hasn’t headed this committee for the last 10 years.
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posted on
11/07/2008 4:38:43 PM PST
by
grandpa jones
(L.O.M.A. (loyal opposition my a**))
To: james500
Steps down, or falls down?
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posted on
11/07/2008 4:39:58 PM PST
by
Misschuck
To: james500
Byrd will finally have the time to iron his sheets.
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posted on
11/07/2008 4:40:27 PM PST
by
Free ThinkerNY
((((Truth to a Liberal, is like a crucifix to a vampire))))
To: james500
I'm proud to have fought in the armed forces of the U.S. alongside men of many different races, including African-Americans. It's time for this sick old hypocrite to go!
Lamh Foistenach Abu!
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posted on
11/07/2008 4:40:53 PM PST
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines, RVN 1969. St. Peregrine, patron saint of cancer patients, pray for us.)
To: james500
He will be 96 when he runs for re-election in 2012. West Virginians love their Byrd and will re-elect him by a landslide. A whole lot of things and places in West Virginia is named after him.
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posted on
11/07/2008 4:42:12 PM PST
by
KriegerGeist
(Hey Hussein! REDISTRIBUTE THIS!)
To: Free ThinkerNY
Yes, and soon, no more Byrd sheet!
Gonna miss those Byrd droppings!
Obama cleaning the Klan members of the Senate out?
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posted on
11/07/2008 4:45:08 PM PST
by
llevrok
(While others are dreaming, you should be scheming.)
To: james500
He has had a long career as a doddering old fool.
He is the poster boy for what is wrong with the Senate and one of the best arguments for compulsory term limits and retirement.
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posted on
11/07/2008 4:45:11 PM PST
by
Iron Munro
(Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself)
To: Free ThinkerNY
"Byrd will finally have the time to iron his sheets."
That is close to some awesome tag line material.
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posted on
11/07/2008 4:46:06 PM PST
by
Radix
(Senator Robert Byrd considers retirement: " Someone has got to iron those sheets.")
To: Misschuck
Steps down, or falls down?exactly what I was thinking
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posted on
11/07/2008 4:47:59 PM PST
by
RckyRaCoCo
(LIBERAL MEDIA PICKS GOP CANDIDATE STORY AT 11:00!)
To: llevrok
Now that’s Change I can believe in!
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posted on
11/07/2008 4:51:10 PM PST
by
rom
To: hiredhand
So Byrd refuses to work for a black president......LOL !
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posted on
11/07/2008 4:53:06 PM PST
by
Squantos
(Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
To: Squantos
My take on it, too. (ROTFLMAO)
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posted on
11/07/2008 4:56:01 PM PST
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly.)
To: james500
A man of his word. I suppose the MSM will let this pass. Bwahahaha.
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posted on
11/07/2008 4:56:05 PM PST
by
gathersnomoss
(General George Patton had it right.)
To: james500
Byrd, a KKK member. Hmmmm, I wonder how he likes a 1/4 black guy taking office?
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posted on
11/07/2008 5:01:25 PM PST
by
CodeToad
To: james500
Must have crapped his depends in the meeting again.
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posted on
11/07/2008 5:03:16 PM PST
by
org.whodat
( "the Whipped Dog Party" , what was formally the republicans.)
To: james500
I saw the story about the school named after NB Forrest looking for new name. I think it would be appropriate to change the name from the first Klan Member to the oldest Klan member.
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posted on
11/07/2008 5:04:11 PM PST
by
BallyBill
(Serial Hit-N-Run poster)
To: KriegerGeist
A whole lot of things and places in West Virginia is named after him.That is because he built them all with your money.
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posted on
11/07/2008 5:04:24 PM PST
by
org.whodat
( "the Whipped Dog Party" , what was formally the republicans.)
To: gathersnomoss
Are we keeping a list of everyone thrown under the bus? Yesterday it was Lieberman, today Byrd. Is Kennedy next?
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posted on
11/07/2008 5:05:33 PM PST
by
TerrisFriend
("I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me!" God Bless the U.S.A.!)
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