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Byrd becomes longest-serving Congress member (tributes pour in to the Rat Porker alert)
Associated Press ^ | November 18, 2009 | Laurie Kellman

Posted on 11/18/2009 9:57:22 AM PST by Zakeet

Edited on 11/18/2009 10:04:41 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

West Virginia Sen. Robert C. Byrd became the longest-serving lawmaker in congressional history Wednesday, a milestone to be marked with a morning of Senate tributes and a special resolution.

It was unclear whether Byrd would be able to attend Wednesday's session.


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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: West Virginia
KEYWORDS: byrd; corruptdems; democrats; ratcorruption; senate; term

In this Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009 file photo, Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., accompanied by long time staffer and scheduler Martha Anne McIntosh, waves as he arrives back on Capitol Hill in Washington. On Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2009, Byrd will become the longest serving member of either house of Congress.
1 posted on 11/18/2009 9:57:25 AM PST by Zakeet
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To: Zakeet

The person he passed was Carl Hayden who served from 1312 till 1969.


2 posted on 11/18/2009 9:58:37 AM PST by Borges
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To: Borges

1912!


3 posted on 11/18/2009 9:59:21 AM PST by Borges
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To: Zakeet

In his honor we should name the Constitutional Amendment for Congressional Term Limits as the Robert C. Byrd Constitutional Powers Realignment Act


4 posted on 11/18/2009 10:00:23 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Zakeet
I thought the woman pushing the chair was a taxidermist.
5 posted on 11/18/2009 10:00:40 AM PST by gov_bean_ counter (Sarah Palin - For such a time as this)
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To: Zakeet

Only Democrats would allow a former Ku Klux Klan Grand Kleagle to keep his seat for so long....the Dems would riot if a GOP was a former Klan member

Of course...the Dems are aligned with the new Ku Klux Klan groups....La Raza, SEIU, Southern Poverty Law Center...and others. Sen. Byrd should feel at home...and he won’t have to worry about them “white ni**ers”


6 posted on 11/18/2009 10:01:42 AM PST by UCFRoadWarrior (Illegal Alien Amnesty Is Anti-American Bigotry)
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To: Zakeet

one of Limbaugh’s funniest bits was when he read two lists, one was stuff in Iraq that was named after Saddam Hussein, and one was stuff in West Virginia that was named after Robert C. Byrd. The Byrd list was more than twice as long.


7 posted on 11/18/2009 10:02:25 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: gov_bean_ counter

He was already the longest-serving former Ku Klux Klan member in the Senate.


8 posted on 11/18/2009 10:02:40 AM PST by Stosh
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To: Borges
Carl Hayden who served from 1312 till 1969.

Uhhhh. 657 years!

I think old man Byrd will hang on to beat that, just out of spite!

;->

9 posted on 11/18/2009 10:03:42 AM PST by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: Zakeet

KKK will burn a cross on the White House lawn in his honor....


10 posted on 11/18/2009 10:04:19 AM PST by OregonTide
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To: Zakeet
It irks me when they call it "service".

If you go into the Army, or Navy, or Air Force, or Marines, etc., that's "service".

Going into Congress is no sacrifice - it's not "service", any more than a pig is "serving" when it's at the trough.

11 posted on 11/18/2009 10:07:00 AM PST by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: Izzy Dunne

Never new CRAP like that would KEEP for so long!!


12 posted on 11/18/2009 10:07:08 AM PST by gwilhelm56 (Pray for Obama: Psalm 109:8 "Let his days be few; and let another take his office. ")
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To: Zakeet

13 posted on 11/18/2009 10:10:24 AM PST by NMEwithin
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does any one know how many days this man has been in the office and actually did any type of ‘WORK’ this year?

I think his office employees make all his decisions...I wish someone would just be honest and tell us how his ‘mental’ health really is....

14 posted on 11/18/2009 10:13:19 AM PST by haircutter
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To: Zakeet

This is a sad day. No, it’s not because of who he is or what party he’s in, but that people are praising the pinnacle of the exact opposite of the citizen-legislator that the Founders intended.


15 posted on 11/18/2009 10:13:32 AM PST by antiRepublicrat
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To: Zakeet

All hail the Imperial Grand Wizard. Free pillow cases for everyone.


16 posted on 11/18/2009 10:30:26 AM PST by DPMD (~)
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To: Zakeet
Ted is waiting for his pal at the gates.
And I don't mean pearly.
17 posted on 11/18/2009 10:49:58 AM PST by trickyricky
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To: Zakeet

Byrd, Thurmond, Kennedy . . .?

Who is actually making the legislative decisions?
Like the Dog walker in “In the Garden of Good and Evil”, keep electing ‘em to keep the gravy train going.

Term limits, term limits, term limits, term limits!


18 posted on 11/18/2009 10:50:03 AM PST by Macoozie (Go Sarah! Palin/Bolton 2012)
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To: Zakeet

What model wheelchair is that?


19 posted on 11/18/2009 11:01:46 AM PST by Mount Athos (A Giant luxury mega-mansion for Gore, a Government Green EcoShack made of poo for you)
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To: Zakeet

He will be presented with a set of fresh sheets..


20 posted on 11/18/2009 11:08:27 AM PST by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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