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Byrd-Watching and Sleepwalking
The senior Senator from West Virginia–and I do mean senior, he turns 90 next month–always gives me hope that, at 83, I can grow up to be as smart and outspoken as he has been in trying to keep American kids from being killed in stupid wars that should never be fought.
In 2002, he tried to keep us from invading Iraq, and here he is again, warning us about getting caught up in another mess with Iran. It may be an octogenarian thing, but both of us think it’s sleepwalking.
Cross-posted from my blog.
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Sen. Byrd appalls me and I’m a Democrat!
Byrd’s fiery rhetoric may seem to cross the line, but he’s the Democratic linchpin against Republican clandestine efforts to short-sheet the American Public.
Byrd, the Prince o’ Pork…