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Another Pundit (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Senator Byrd and pork Great reasons for term limits. By Madeline Crabb This week, politicians lauded Senator Robert Byrd's 56+ years of service. Woo hooh. While he may be a nice man, it is way past time for him to leave the congress for private life. Besides, isn't it a lie about how long this man has actually served in office? While he is technically "in office," he...
RenewAmerica columns (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
(Madeline Crabb) - This week, politicians lauded Senator Robert Byrd's 56+ years of service. Woo hooh. While he may be a nice man, it is way past time for him to leave the congress for private life. Besides, isn't it a lie about how long this man has actually served in office? While he is technically "in office," he has been absent from his post most of this past year due to...
Mirror On America (Free subscription) | yesterday
... 2 Speaker of the House of Representatives-- Nancy Pelosi 3 President pro tempore of the Senate -- Robert Byrd 4 Secretary of State -- Hillary Clinton 5 Secretary of the Treasury-- Timothy Geithner 6 Secretary of Defense -- Robert Gates 7 Attorney General -- Eric Holder Outside of Senator Byrd, everyone else was at the State Dinner. There were two of them, and if they...
Jack and Jill Politics (Free subscription) | yesterday
... 2 Speaker of the House of Representatives– Nancy Pelosi 3 President pro tempore of the Senate – Robert Byrd 4 Secretary of State – Hillary Clinton 5 Secretary of the Treasury– Timothy Geithner 6 Secretary of Defense – Robert Gates 7 Attorney General – Eric Holder Outside of Senator Byrd, everyone else was at the State Dinner. There were two of them, and if they had more...
Blogcritics: Politics (Free subscription) | yesterday
... who lived in one’s Congressional District or one’s state. Conservatives lament the fact that Robert Byrd, a Democrat, is constantly re-elected by the residents of a fairly conservative state, West Virginia. It is quite simple. Byrd has spent a life-time assembling a staff that knows how to take care of his people. South Carolina’s junior senator, Jim DeMint wants term limits...
LATICONOMICS (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
... The New York Times ’s Gail Collins added that she wished politicians, from the 92-year-old Robert Byrd on down, would follow her example and quit while they are ahead. The only problem with all this commentary is that Ms Winfrey is not quitting. She is ending her relationship with a big network, CBS, in order to devote herself to an ambitious new venture, a cable-television...
boy culture (Free subscription) | yesterday
... was in the room when these two crashed. Had they wasted the entire scene, 91-year-old Sen. Robert Byrd would be our new president. He's old enough to be too-old-to-win McCain's father!
The Economist (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
... The New York Times’s Gail Collins added that she wished politicians, from the 92-year-old Robert Byrd on down, would follow her example and quit while they are ahead. ...
Arizona Republic (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
More East Valley news: | | | | | Type Size: Hayden record falls, contributions to Tempe stand tallby Jay Mark - Nov. 26, 2009 12:44 PMSpecial for The Republic On Nov. 18, a long-standing record Arizonans have been rightly proud of was regrettably eclipsed when 92-year-old U.S. Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., became the longest-ever serving member of Congress, surpassing an achievement that...
Fishersville Mike (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
After taking our money (and giving it to Louisiana) to get to 60 votes in the Senate Saturday, Democrats are struggling to keep their 60 votes together. It sure would be easier to just need 51 . So, what's stopping reconciliation on the health care bill? 1. History. Robert Byrd may be 92, but he's not going to go that route quietly. Reconciliation was meant for budgetary bills. 2. What...
Chicagoray (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
... there! 36 years is way long enough on the public payroll, we don't need another 55 year lifer like Robert Byrd.
Media Matters for America (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
... of Premiere Radio Networks' The Rush Limbaugh Show: LIMBAUGH: Let's see, who voted for this? Robert Byrd from a stretcher, practically. Tim Johnson, who we're never even allowed to hear talk because he hasn't recovered from his stroke. That stooge senator who replaced Ted Kennedy. How many votes did he get? Zero. The senator who replaced Ted Stevens [Begich]. Al Franken. And that...
First Friday Collective (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
... document dump. How many of these Senators will still be alive when this bill takes effect? Why is Robert Byrd allowed to have an impact when he can barely function? How many of these Senators are unelected? Yet they steal our liberty. Ted Kennedy was watching…from Hell, while eating a waitress sandwich. Bumper Music I Wanna Be Sedated – The Ramones Bumper Music Rebel, Rebel – David...
Talking Points Memo (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
The only potential monkey wrench in tonight's vote was whether Max Baucus, who was tending to his sick mother in Montana, and Robert Byrd, himself in frail health, would actually be able to be physically present for the vote. But...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
... in its position on the coin was shot down in 2007 after pressure from Democratic Senator Robert Byrd." Farah failed to mention Blumenthal's additional reporting, nor did he offer any evidence that WND played any significant role in the policy change. But never mind that -- Farah's in a mood to trash anyone who doesn't praise WND, with all the maturity we've come to expect from him....
