Thanks for posting that, sed. The full text of Robert Byrd's speech can be found HERE.

GUEST, I also saw 60 Minutes last night. I usually enjoy Andy Rooney's curmudgeonly commentaries (in fact, it's a fantasy of mine that I'd like to have his job when he retires), but last night I found him bitterly disappointing and downright mean-spirited. So we liberated France at the end of World War II. Okay, fine! Might as well. We were on our way to Berlin anyway. So--how long and how often are the French supposed to bow and scrape and lick our knees in abject gratitude? And does this mean they're obligated to kiss George W. Bush's (or any other American's or Brit's) bum every time he wants to demand something of him?

Come on, Andy! That's just snotty, and you know it!

Don Firth