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burythehatchet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-02-05 02:54 PM
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When I listen to Senator Robert Byrd
I feel like I'm sitting in a university classroom, listening to the most knowledgeable historian of constitutional law. He moves me enotionally and intellectually. His speeches have anchored my political belief system over the past four years.

Thank you Senator Byrd.
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Kikosexy2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-02-05 02:56 PM
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1. A gentleman...
and a scholar--not many around like him anymore.
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merbex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-02-05 02:57 PM
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2. He is absolutely what the founders intended when they
established the Senate
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burythehatchet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-02-05 02:58 PM
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5. ain't that the truth...a national treasure
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i miss america Donating Member (822 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-02-05 03:06 PM
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10. Absolutely! You'd think this country could find a few dozen others
to join him in the Senate. Here's a link to a couple of his great speeches against the Iraq war - when he was just one of a handful of of Senators trying to stop the retarded cowboy from the worst mistake in American history.

If you haven't read them...enjoy. :)

http://themoderntribune.com/robert_byrd_-_we_stand_silently_mute_-_robert_byrd_february_12_2003_war_on_iraq.htm
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burythehatchet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-02-05 03:12 PM
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13. I have them all on VHS
:)

including the ones against the Dept of Homeland Security
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ginnyinWI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-02-05 02:57 PM
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3. Byrd is great
I think he tried to run for president in 1960. A true progressive and a true American patriot.
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DemocratSinceBirth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-02-05 03:23 PM
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15. That Was Harry Byrd
eom
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SnoopDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-02-05 02:58 PM
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4. Yes, thank you Senator Byrd -
He is extremely eloquent in his speeches and hits his targets squarely.

A true American Patriot.
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LSparkle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-02-05 02:59 PM
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6. He's a purist
He doesn't sell out but always bases his decisions on constitutional law -- a rare breed these days.
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gordianot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-02-05 04:53 PM
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19. Probably the last of his kind.
Imagine that a scholar in the Senate.
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Wind Dancer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-02-05 03:00 PM
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7. I love Senator Byrd.
He is desperately trying to keep the Constitution from being destroyed.

I wish other Dems would follow his lead, the man has more wisdom than any other senator.
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SHRED Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-02-05 03:01 PM
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8. I like him too.
Too bad, rightly or wrongly, his former KKK ties have hurt him.
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burythehatchet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-02-05 03:07 PM
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11. I guess its how one views it
To me, a man who is willing to re-draw his map of reality and correct a faulty belief system, against the immense pressure of his peers, (he could have gone the way of Strom). I ascribe a lot of value to that choice.
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Pastiche423 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-02-05 03:01 PM
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9. Our last great statesman
He has taught me more about our Constitution and our founding fathers than I learned in all of my years of schooling.
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Kokonoe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-02-05 03:08 PM
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12. a hundred years from now ,
He will be the best resource to figure out WTF happened to us.
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cyn2 Donating Member (438 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-02-05 03:22 PM
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14. What a wonderful tribute....
I was thinking earlier that in addition to someone who cares about the constitution, Sen. Byrd gives me that warm, cozy feeling of being safe.
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oldtime dfl_er Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-02-05 03:26 PM
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16. Kudos to West Virginia
For continuing to send him back to Washington. We should all be so lucky.

www.cafepress.com/showtheworld
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rumpel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-02-05 03:28 PM
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17. Yes, long live our wise elder Senator! We should print the transcript and
send it to all repubs!
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gordianot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-02-05 03:31 PM
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18. Is this how Cicero sounded......
before Julius Caesar trashed the Roman Republic? We know how that one ended.
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Melynn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-02-05 05:00 PM
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20. Senator Byrd is a real statesman
You don't see his type anymore. I know that he has done a lot of good for the people of West Virgina and the people of W.Va. love him.
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