When I listen to Senator Robert Byrd

[burythehatchet]

I feel like I'm sitting in a university classroom, listening to the most knowledgeable historian of constitutional law. He moves me enotionally and intellectually. His speeches have anchored my political belief system over the past four years.

Thank you Senator Byrd.

[Kikosexy2]

1. A gentleman...

and a scholar--not many around like him anymore.

[merbex]

2. He is absolutely what the founders intended when they

established the Senate

[burythehatchet]

5. ain't that the truth...a national treasure

[i miss america]

10. Absolutely! You'd think this country could find a few dozen others

to join him in the Senate. Here's a link to a couple of his great speeches against the Iraq war - when he was just one of a handful of of Senators trying to stop the retarded cowboy from the worst mistake in American history.

If you haven't read them...enjoy. :)

http://themoderntribune.com/robert_byrd_-_we_stand_silently_mute_-_robert_byrd_february_12_2003_war_on_iraq.htm

[burythehatchet]

13. I have them all on VHS

:)

including the ones against the Dept of Homeland Security

[ginnyinWI]

3. Byrd is great

I think he tried to run for president in 1960. A true progressive and a true American patriot.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

15. That Was Harry Byrd

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[SnoopDog]

4. Yes, thank you Senator Byrd -

He is extremely eloquent in his speeches and hits his targets squarely.

A true American Patriot.

[LSparkle]

6. He's a purist

He doesn't sell out but always bases his decisions on constitutional law -- a rare breed these days.

[gordianot]

19. Probably the last of his kind.

Imagine that a scholar in the Senate.

[Wind Dancer]

7. I love Senator Byrd.

He is desperately trying to keep the Constitution from being destroyed.

I wish other Dems would follow his lead, the man has more wisdom than any other senator.

[SHRED]

8. I like him too.

Too bad, rightly or wrongly, his former KKK ties have hurt him.

[burythehatchet]

11. I guess its how one views it

To me, a man who is willing to re-draw his map of reality and correct a faulty belief system, against the immense pressure of his peers, (he could have gone the way of Strom). I ascribe a lot of value to that choice.

[Pastiche423]

9. Our last great statesman

He has taught me more about our Constitution and our founding fathers than I learned in all of my years of schooling.

[Kokonoe]

12. a hundred years from now ,

He will be the best resource to figure out WTF happened to us.

[cyn2]

14. What a wonderful tribute....

I was thinking earlier that in addition to someone who cares about the constitution, Sen. Byrd gives me that warm, cozy feeling of being safe.

[oldtime dfl_er]

16. Kudos to West Virginia

For continuing to send him back to Washington. We should all be so lucky.

www.cafepress.com/showtheworld

[rumpel]

17. Yes, long live our wise elder Senator! We should print the transcript and

send it to all repubs!

[gordianot]

18. Is this how Cicero sounded......

before Julius Caesar trashed the Roman Republic? We know how that one ended.

[Melynn]

20. Senator Byrd is a real statesman

You don't see his type anymore. I know that he has done a lot of good for the people of West Virgina and the people of W.Va. love him.