Six Choice Moments Of Sen. Robert Byrd's Career

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Nov 18 2009, 4:31 pm by Chris Good

Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) will soon turn 92, and he's the longest serving member of Congress in U.S. history. Over at The Atlantic Wire, John Hudson has six memorable moments of Byrd's career, including his rant against Michael Vick, his taking on of Code Pink (he says he opposed the war "before you were ever born"), his use of the N word to refer to white people in a pitch for racial solidarity, falling asleep on the Senate floor, his telling of why he was wrong on civil rights in 1964, and his speech urging Congress not to authorize the invasion of Iraq.

Comments (1)

Pineview1997 November 19, 2009 12:26 AM

Wow. All tabloidy moments. Kudos, John Hudson and Chris Good - you hacks.

No mention of his opposition to the Federal Marriage Amendment, his opposition to the reckless Bush tax cuts, his opposition to the privatization of Social Security, his opposition to the confirmation of bankster Tim Geithner, his opposition to the appointment Condi Rice as Sec of State and of silent idiot and activist judge Clarence Thomas, his opposition to the Iraq War Part II, his being in favor of stem cell research, his support for universal health care, etc. etc.

Byrd's by no means a perfect man (who is?) but reducing him to some of his more tabloidy moments after more than a half century of service to our country and to the people of West Virginia seems sophmoric and un-American. I expect better of the Atlantic and of you both.