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Ambulances race to Robert Byrd's home
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Posted on 09/22/2009 7:57:14 AM PDT by Sub-Driver

Ambulances race to Byrd's home By: Manu Raju September 22, 2009 10:16 AM EST

Ambulances and fire trucks were dispatched to the Northern Virginia home of Sen. Robert Byrd Tuesday morning.

A neighbor of the 91-year-old West Virginia Democrat said several ambulances were outside his residence in McLean, Va., and a Byrd spokesman said the senator suffered a fall in his home. An officer at the McLean Fire Department said that a unit was dispatched at 9:10 to the address where Byrd lives, but he declined to comment on the substance of the response.

Byrd – the longest-serving senator in the nation’s history – has been absent from the Senate for much of the year and has been in and out of the hospital battling various ailments.

“Byrd apparently stood up too fast this morning in his home and fell down,” said Jesse Jacobs, a spokesman for the senator. “To err on the side of caution his caregiver called an ambulance. He was taken to the hospital where he is currently being checked out. At this point in time there is no indication that he will be admitted.”

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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: West Virginia
KEYWORDS: 111th; ambulance; barbaric; byrd; corpse; cultureocorruption; kkkbyrd; klansman; robertbyrd; senatorbyrd; termlimits; vampire
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To: Sub-Driver
Supporters of Robert Byrd hold a prayer vigil outside his home


61 posted on 09/22/2009 8:21:28 AM PDT by montag813 (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. -George Orwell)
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To: GreyFriar

I can just hear Byrd’s last words: Make sure they name that new bridge in Charleston after me,,,,,,,,,gurgle,,,gurgle,,,,gurgle,,,gasp!!!!!!!


62 posted on 09/22/2009 8:21:40 AM PDT by Overtaxed Patriot (Liberals are terrible at math.)
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To: Borges
They always send fire trucks along with ambulances even if there’s no report of fire.

It was just in case Sheets got the cross lit before they arrived.

63 posted on 09/22/2009 8:22:05 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim (William Marcy Tweed was a community organizer too.)
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To: nufsed

I’d like to see him live for a while longer. One less democRAT vote since he still occupies the WVA seat.


64 posted on 09/22/2009 8:22:29 AM PDT by oneolcop (Lead, Follow or Get the hell out of the way!)
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To: kabar
"Byrd apparently stood up too fast this morning in his home and fell down,"

Tripped over his sheet.

Not a cool comment, kabar.

This is a more common problem than you might think. When you sit up from bed, the blood rushes away from your brain (gravity doing its thing). In people with less than clear arteries, it sometimes takes a little time for the blood to recycle back to the brain. If you try to stand too fast, the lack of blood in the brain causes dizziness and down you go.

My dad had a similar problem the last 10 years or so of his life. It's old age, nothing more. He just had to remember to sit on the edge of the bed for a few seconds in the morning before standing.

65 posted on 09/22/2009 8:26:26 AM PDT by ssaftler (OBAMA: One Big Ass Mistake America)
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To: GreyFriar

Byrd’s standing up for the Constitution recently is something I missed. With our contemporary politicians, ‘pubbies or ‘rats, do we still have a Constitution?


66 posted on 09/22/2009 8:26:26 AM PDT by izzatzo
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To: Sub-Driver
A neighbor of the 91-year-old West Virginia Democrat said several ambulances were outside his residence

Must have been pretty bad to require several ambulances.

67 posted on 09/22/2009 8:26:48 AM PDT by umgud (Look to gov't to solve your everday problems and they'll control your everday life.)
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To: Sub-Driver

why wont that old coot give it up and go home....they all stay forever.


68 posted on 09/22/2009 8:27:37 AM PDT by dalebert
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To: izzatzo
With our contemporary politicians, ‘pubbies or ‘rats, do we still have a Constitution?

We have the document. We lack the determination.

69 posted on 09/22/2009 8:28:00 AM PDT by paulycy (Screw the RACErs.)
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To: oneolcop

I hope he lives another 50 years, just not in the senate. Ever since January 1999, when he said “While these (the impeachment charges against Clinton) rise to the level of high crimes and misdemeanors, I’ll not vote to remove;” I lost any respect I had for him.


70 posted on 09/22/2009 8:28:17 AM PDT by nufsed (Release the birth certificate, passport, and school records.)
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To: Sub-Driver

why would you need an ambulance to administer pain pills ???


71 posted on 09/22/2009 8:28:17 AM PDT by zwerni (this isn't gonna be good for business)
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To: kabar

LOL!


72 posted on 09/22/2009 8:30:37 AM PDT by presently no screen name
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To: Sub-Driver

Hopefully the hospital has nice clean white sheets in his hospital bed.


73 posted on 09/22/2009 8:31:51 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Sub-Driver
Geez, how many ambulances does it take to pick up one person?
74 posted on 09/22/2009 8:33:16 AM PDT by SMM48
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To: Smokin' Joe
I know in my area, the FD shows up for everything because they get very little $ if they don't.

A fender bender will have half a dozen show up to stand around.

75 posted on 09/22/2009 8:34:02 AM PDT by Beagle8U (Free Republic -- One stop shopping ....... It's the Conservative Super WalMart for news .)
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To: reagan_fanatic
Everything in West Virginia is named after him but this ambulance was in Northern Virginia.
76 posted on 09/22/2009 8:35:05 AM PDT by relee ('Till the blue skies drive the dark clouds far away)
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To: Sub-Driver
What an embarrassment to the Democrats! It is completely lost on African Americans that the longest serving Democrat senator is a former Klansman!


77 posted on 09/22/2009 8:35:34 AM PDT by TheDon
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To: SMM48
Geez, how many ambulances does it take to pick up one person?

They might be for the 'support staff' who stroked out when it dawned on them that they might be out of a cushy government job pretty soon...

78 posted on 09/22/2009 8:36:14 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: SMM48
Geez, how many ambulances does it take to pick up one person?

Senators are different.
79 posted on 09/22/2009 8:36:25 AM PDT by Overtaxed Patriot (Liberals are terrible at math.)
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To: Smokin' Joe

LOL... the list is endless.


80 posted on 09/22/2009 8:43:59 AM PDT by Not A Snowbird (Socialism is the plundering of the productive by the unaccountable)
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