Byrd needs to fly away
It looks like Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) has developed a serious appetite for shoe leather again due to his latest round of pontification on the Senate floor: GOP Jewish Group Critizes Byrd's Remarks. Once again, he's spoken completely out of turn and misused historical facts to make baseless and offensive comparisons for the sole purpose of attacking the GOP. And now that he's being called to task over his latest kerfuffle, his handlers are trying to downplay his remarks, saying they were taken completely out of context and misinterpreted by the press and the GOP.
Misinterpreted? The only thing I think was misinterpreted was the unmitigated hatred that this man seems to harbor in his heart toward President Bush and the current GOP control of Congress. This was a comparison made by a former member of the KKK, definitly not the epitome of tolerance and compromise that's needed on the Senate floor. Lesser statements led to the fall of Sen. Trent Lott from grace two years ago, but yet Sen. Byrd has yet to be censured for this, let alone stripped of his committees and sent packing. Why do we continue to tolerate this kind of behavior in the Senate, and why do the people of West Virginia continue to elect him? It must be the money because it sure isn't for the intelligence factor.
Sen. Byrd is up for relection next year for what will be his NINTH term; if he were to serve it out, he'll have been in the Senate for 54 years. He's already been there 40, and that's way too long. There needs to be a serious campaign in West Virginia next year to replace Sen. Byrd with someone who's more in touch with today's electorate and less obstructionist in his actions. We already did it to Daschle in South Dakota last year, so we can do it again next year.
Misinterpreted? The only thing I think was misinterpreted was the unmitigated hatred that this man seems to harbor in his heart toward President Bush and the current GOP control of Congress. This was a comparison made by a former member of the KKK, definitly not the epitome of tolerance and compromise that's needed on the Senate floor. Lesser statements led to the fall of Sen. Trent Lott from grace two years ago, but yet Sen. Byrd has yet to be censured for this, let alone stripped of his committees and sent packing. Why do we continue to tolerate this kind of behavior in the Senate, and why do the people of West Virginia continue to elect him? It must be the money because it sure isn't for the intelligence factor.
Sen. Byrd is up for relection next year for what will be his NINTH term; if he were to serve it out, he'll have been in the Senate for 54 years. He's already been there 40, and that's way too long. There needs to be a serious campaign in West Virginia next year to replace Sen. Byrd with someone who's more in touch with today's electorate and less obstructionist in his actions. We already did it to Daschle in South Dakota last year, so we can do it again next year.
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