Robert Byrd(91) Hands His Chairmanship of the Appropriations Committee Over To Younger Blood, Senator Daniel K. Inouye(84)
Oh the NYT’s, they are a stitch:
Mr. Byrd who is serving his ninth term in the Senate, gets around the Capitol in a wheelchair, but he continues to be a formidable force and one of the most eloquent voices in the chamber, often delivering impassioned speeches that hearken to an earlier era when rhetorical flourishes were a matter of deep pride and when senators spent far more time listening to one another in person rather than monitoring floor proceedings from their office by watching C-Span.
Via Perfuction, I leave you with “The Best Of Byrd”
Don’t forget the best of Byrd with “White Niggers”

November 8, 2008 - 01:27 PM on November 8th, 2008
Senator Byrd is the original racist. I watched those videos and the only thing I can say is ” I miss Tony Snow!”
November 8, 2008 - 03:59 PM on November 8th, 2008
..and for the last eight years you’ve called Democrats “whiners”?
Try being part of the solution so we can recover ourselves as a nation in every possible sense ..
This is just sour grapes.