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LLStarks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 04:02 PM Original message |
When Ted Kennedy died, there was a media shit-storm. Why nothing for Byrd? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
1. Ted Kennedy was a Kennedy |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
2. Well, I like and respect Byrd but Ted Kennedy and the Kennedy family has held a |
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tanyev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
3. Well, there's only so much shit to go around, see. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
4. There's probably less tape for Senator Byrd on hand. |
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PCIntern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
5. the end of the Kennedy-era in toto... |
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Possumpoint (937 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
6. Byrd Had Three Strikes |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
7. He's not a Kennedy. Kennedys are mythological. |
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virginia mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
8. I would venture a bet, |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 04:22 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. I think you're giving the media much too much credit. |
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virginia mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 04:23 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. your probably right...LOL nt |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 04:25 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. you are so right |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 04:40 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. ^ LOL!^ |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 04:51 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. It's not about WV as much as it is that most Americans don't shine at geography. |
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polmaven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 05:03 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. Did Senator Byrd |
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Sheltiemama (892 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 07:07 PM Response to Reply #8 |
26. The Kagan hearings are partly to blame. |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
12. There was no Byrd dynasty. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
13. Well, The Liberal Lion of the Kennedy Dynasty |
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Bert (445 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
14. Filibster proof majority already gone |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
16. For the same reason that mountaintop removal went on for so long. |
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davidinalameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 04:52 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. as one of those poor hicks in that backwater state |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 05:12 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. You disagree? |
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davidinalameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 06:14 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. sorry |
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Tailormyst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
20. Ted was a kennedy and Byrd was 92 |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
22. My grandmother who died at 91 just short of her 92 b-day didn't get fanfare either |
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GlennWRECK (103 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 05:16 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Who exactly was your grandma? |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
24. Gee, why no TV movies about Byrd? Or tons of books? Or reams of gossip? Cf., "20th Century". |
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miscsoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
27. Ted's brother was the president and got shot, basically |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 07:38 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. All three of them ran for President |
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missheidi (152 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
28. My theory is |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
29. Byrd was eloquent and emphatic in refusing to go along with the Iraq war. |
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