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waterman Donating Member (585 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 11:26 AM
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Anyone catch Robert Byrd on C-Span last night?
I've been trying to find a thread on it or at least a transcript and have been unable to so far. Would appreciate any help. He knocked another one out of the park.
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kentuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 12:04 PM
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1. It was like watching history in the making...
Edited on Thu Jan-22-04 12:04 PM by kentuck
In the future, when Bob Byrd is dead and gone, they will revive that speech as his testimony to the sanctity of the Constitution...
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arcane1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 12:06 PM
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3. I had the same feeling watching him...
our great-great grandchildren are going to puzzle over why a talking ape in a suit can get 10 million people to watch him, but Byrd speaks to a near-empty chamber :evilfrown:
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tom_paine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 12:20 PM
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6. Our Great-Great Grandchildren will be more worried about
staying out of the Gulags (although they will have a fresh new Orwellian, "marketing-friendly" name for them), I'm afraid.
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arcane1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 12:04 PM
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2. He was AWESOME!
thread here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=1041725

there are several others but they are locked now


I'm going to grab the transcript when it's available, I gotta print this one out! Wish I had been able to tape it, Byrd was doing EXACTLY what ALL Dems should be doing right now, and he did it pretty damn eloquently, too

:yourock: Sen Byrd!
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waterman Donating Member (585 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 12:14 PM
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4. I felt like standing and cheering for the guy.
Nearly brought tears to my eyes. Yes, when he finally passes on, an important piece of our system goes with him. I did find a transcript on his website:http://www.senate.gov/~byrd/byrd_speeches/byrd_speeches_2004_january/byrd_speeches_2004_january_lis/byrd_speeches_2004_january_lis_1.html
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waterman Donating Member (585 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 12:15 PM
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5. Whoops... didn't mean to stretch the page out like that
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arcane1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 12:23 PM
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8. thanks waterman!
:toast:
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Demonaut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 12:21 PM
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7. Byrd says what most Democrats feel
few of our Democratic Senators stand up to the repugs, thank God we still have the likes of Kennedy and Byrd, Dashle on the other hand seems weak and lacks the grand oratory style that Kennedy and Byrd deliver............We need more strident voices to get the message across
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waterman Donating Member (585 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 12:28 PM
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9. I fully agree with every word
Cheers to you!
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arcane1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 12:30 PM
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10. contact him HERE
Edited on Thu Jan-22-04 12:30 PM by arcane1
http://www.senate.gov/~byrd/byrd_email.html

or

http://byrd.senate.gov/byrd_issues/byrd_contact/byrd_contact.html

:toast:
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waterman Donating Member (585 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 12:31 PM
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11. Thanks, arcane1... will do that right this very minute
He is the man!
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