Ramblings' Journal

Senator Robert "KKK" Byrd's senility comes out on Senate floor

I got a chance to watch this exchange (MP3) on the Senate floor yesterday (Thursday) on C-Span2.

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) and Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) were going back and forth over the Constitutional or Nuclear option regarding an up-or-down vote on judicial nominees, when the so-called dean of the Senate, Senator Robert "Sheets" Byrd (Shakey 'N Senile-WV) stepped up and began a rambling story of the Bible, and American history and God knows what else until Frist & Reid left Byrd talking to himself on the floor.

"Didn't you also say as the other part of that statement to the president of the United States, being critical of the potential legacy I might have to leave in order to stand up for fairness and principle, didn't you also say you would give all of these nominees up-or-down votes?" asked Frist.

"I don't remember what I said," Byrd replied, "a few or all or three or four, I don't remember."

Former KKK Grand Kleagle Byrd is 87 years old. And he sounds like it. He sounds like he gets his meat loaf, mashed potatoes & corn through a straw. Or at least he should be.

Mind you, he continues to rail on -- pocket version of the Constitution in hand -- against the Constitutional option, claiming that this would limit speech, and that changing the rules would "go against tradition."

Uh... Senator... Last I checked, you yourself changed the rules of the Senate in the past to suit your own agenda in the past.

Perhaps you should consider taking up residence at a senior citizens community.

Posted by mhking at May 14, 2005 12:30 AM