Last night I stumbled upon a CSPAN airing of our venerable senate appropriations committee doing what they do best - bloviating; on this particular day, by calling pet food manufacturers and other interests groups to come and kiss their rings and be disabused for the pet food crisis gripping America.What kept me watching, however, was the incredible performance by Senator Byrd. His slow and slurred speech, along with his nearly incoherent message, was the kind of thing that made you uncomfortable to watch, but the horror of what we were seeing made it hard to avert the eyes - kind of like roadkill. He rambled on about his dog, named Trouble (named, he told us, by his wife. He prefers to call it 'baby'. Nice to know, Senator Byrd; thanks!) It is simply unbelievable that this guy is still allowed to carry on the nation's business in the senate. Somehow we need to be able to put an end to the service of those too sick or senile to continue carrying on their responsibilities.
Wapo has more on what he was rambling on about.
UPDATE: “I will run in 2012, Lord willing.”
--Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.), chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, moments ago during the hearing. He also noted that next year will be his 50th year in the Senate.
2 comments:
unbelievable.
To think that this man and Teddy Kennedy and Ted Stevens (and the list goes on) are entrusted to play an active roll in governing this country...
very scary.
Why do people keep electing them??? I guess the American public really is about as clueless as it seems sometimes.
makes the "legacy employees" I have to work with here sound freaking BRILLIANT.
seriously.
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