Shortline Bus Posted June 28, 2010 Share #1 Posted June 28, 2010 Sen. Robert Byrd, longest-serving member of Congress, has died at 92 By Michael Sheridan NY DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Monday, June 28th 2010 The nation's longest-serving senator had died. Sen. Robert Byrd, the controversial 92-year-old from West Virginia, passed away earlier Monday morning. The politician, who had served more than 50 years in Congress, had been suffering failing health for years and died at Inova Hospital in Fairfax, Va, according to a spokesman for the family. Byrd, a Democrat, was admitted to the hospital on Sunday, his condiction considered "seriously ill." In November, Byrd broke the record for congressional service that had been set by Democrat Carl Hayden of Arizona, who served in the House and Senate from 1912 to 1969. He was the Senate's majority leader for six of those years and was third in the line of succession to the presidency, behind House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. A former member of the Ku Klux Klan, he was known to recite poetry, quote the Bible, discuss the Constitutional Convention and detail the Peloponnesian Wars — and frequently did in Senate debates. Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2010/06/28/2010-06-28_robert_byrd_congress_longestserving_senator_dead_at_92.html#ixzz0sDv2kDdp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R68 Subway Car Posted June 28, 2010 Share #2 Posted June 28, 2010 God damn. Ding Dong. Finally this old racist a**hole is dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortline Bus Posted June 28, 2010 Author Share #3 Posted June 28, 2010 God damn. Ding Dong. Finally this old racist a**hole is dead. I find it ironic that the media as a whole barely mentioned Byrd KKK days as a youth. If this was a Republican I bet it would mentioned a zillion times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilbluefoxie Posted June 29, 2010 Share #4 Posted June 29, 2010 I find it ironic that the media as a whole barely mentioned Byrd KKK days as a youth. If this was a Republican I bet it would mentioned a zillion times. Same with Drunken Ted's murder of Mary Jo, had he not been a Democrat and a Kennedy, they woulda mentioned that fact tons of times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubwayGuy Posted June 29, 2010 Share #5 Posted June 29, 2010 Oh please all the Republicans do is suck the cock of corporations in this country and let them stampede the rights of the American working and middle classes while they clean the spooge off their faces and make appearances on Hannity and Limbaugh. All the liberals do is waste taxpayer money on idiotic programs and play grabass with environmentalists. Any of you nincompoops who still play spectator at the Republican vs. Democrat tennis match still don't get it. No matter what, you have paid the admission to watch a dog and pony show and they already have your money. Who the f*** cares about these people's personal lives, it's about what they do (or, what they DON'T do) for the country that's important. NEEDED financial reform just got a hell of a lot harder to pass. That's the most important outcome of this. Hopefully it will because I am not about to let Wall Street stick its dick up America's ass again, that's happened simply too many times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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