Senator Byrd Is In Line For Presidency After Pelosi

orleans

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Sat Feb-17-07 07:07 PM
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Senator Byrd Is In Line For Presidency After Pelosi

i just saw a thread saying byrd should retire

well, i caught the opening of the senate today and learned that byrd is "president Pro Tempore of the Senate" which means he is fourth in line for the presidency (that is if you count fuckhead who is already the resident of the office)

thought i'd just put that out there...(i never knew this)
by the way, condi is after byrd.

:scared:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_line_of_succession

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Horse with no Name

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Sat Feb-17-07 07:11 PM
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1. This is a silly game we play

Robert Byrd is a fine and upstanding statesman.
No need to fear the reaper...he most certainly doesn't.

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k_jerome

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Sat Feb-17-07 07:16 PM
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2. arrrgghhhh. nt.

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cali

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Sat Feb-17-07 07:23 PM
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5. I'll echo that

DU sure does love its sacred cows.

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k_jerome

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Sat Feb-17-07 07:27 PM
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7. there are a LOT more honorable guys out there than Byrd. I simply don't understand it. nt.

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snowbear

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Sat Feb-17-07 07:21 PM
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3. GOOD for Byrd !!! Before Democrats took over......

... the asshole Ted Stevens was in that same exact position.

Now THAT is scary!!!!!!!

Thank you November 7th!!!

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Ignacio Upton

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Sat Feb-17-07 07:22 PM
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4. Why don't we just make the Senate Majority Leader third in line?

Edited on Sat Feb-17-07 07:22 PM by Ignacio Upton

President Pro Tempore is really a figure-head status based on the fact that you've served in the Senate for eons. A Majority Leader isn't as likely to have served as long (Reid was first elected in 1986 and is roughly the same age as Pelosi.)

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NYC Liberal

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Sat Feb-17-07 07:25 PM
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6. Because the majority leader only represents the majority, and is ONLY chosen by their party

The Speaker, technically, is elected by the entire House and represents the entire House.

Of course, he/she is almost always from the majority party, but it's not a "partisan" job, inherently.

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trotsky

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Sat Feb-17-07 08:55 PM
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9. On an entirely unrelated note,

NYC Liberal, please don't ever stop using that picture in your sig line. It's so creepy and hilarious all at the same time, I stop and stare at it every time I see one of your posts. LOL

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whistle

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Sat Feb-17-07 07:34 PM
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8. Good, Byrd can be Vice President...let's justy get Bush/Cheney out

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