BS: Another Byrd Bullseye

Subject: BS: Another Byrd Bullseye
From: GUEST,TIA
Date: 04 Mar 04 - 09:00 AM

For all his quirks, every so often (actually rather often), Robert Byrd pretty much sums it all up on various subjects. His latest, on the proposed Bush budget and its sleight of hand is here....

Subject: RE: BS: Another Byrd Bullseye
From: Bobert
Date: 04 Mar 04 - 09:11 AM

Makes me proud to be a Wes Ginnian.....

...and thanks TIA. I didn't read it word fir word but got the general jist of it and printed it off fir further readings.

Bush must go!

Bobert

Subject: RE: BS: Another Byrd Bullseye
From: DougR
Date: 04 Mar 04 - 05:03 PM

Yeah, elect Senator Byrd, Bobert! Of course Byrd will bring a bit of baggage with him though, won't he?

DougR

Subject: RE: BS: Another Byrd Bullseye
From: Bobert
Date: 04 Mar 04 - 07:40 PM

Well, Dougie, at least Bryd doesn't lie about his past. What you see is what you get. Your guy? Different story.....

Bobert

Subject: RE: BS: Another Byrd Bullseye
From: pdq
Date: 04 Mar 04 - 07:50 PM

Using the term bull's "eye" when talking 'bout WesGinny's Senator Byrd??? You are clearly cooking at the wrong end of the bovine.

Subject: RE: BS: Another Byrd Bullseye
From: katlaughing
Date: 04 Mar 04 - 07:51 PM

Thanks, TIA. Good for Byrd!

Subject: RE: BS: Another Byrd Bullseye
From: Walking Eagle
Date: 04 Mar 04 - 10:01 PM

Byrd has his enemies, even in West Virginia.

He's been in the Senate for a coons'age. So long that he has nothing to lose. That type of an attitude tends to make one someone who shoots straight from the hip. It also tends to make one a lot less combative and a lot more accepting of other peoples' points of view. Something we could all use a little more of.

Subject: RE: BS: Another Byrd Bullseye
From: Walking Eagle
Date: 04 Mar 04 - 10:12 PM

DougR. Inform us of some of the baggage. We WVA folks know of all of the baggage, but I'm sure that non-WVA folks would like to know.

Subject: RE: BS: Another Byrd Bullseye
From: DougR
Date: 05 Mar 04 - 01:15 AM

Well, the fact that Byrd was a member of the Klan would be a good starter. Since Bobert admits he doesn't try to hide it, that excuses it of course.

DougR

Subject: RE: BS: Another Byrd Bullseye
From: Walking Eagle
Date: 05 Mar 04 - 11:17 AM

Please go on...

Subject: RE: BS: Another Byrd Bullseye
From: DougR
Date: 05 Mar 04 - 12:42 PM

Ain't that enough? Seems to me he was some kind of muckity muck in the Klan. 'Nuff said.

DougR

Subject: RE: BS: Another Byrd Bullseye
From: Janie
Date: 05 Mar 04 - 01:08 PM

I grew up ashamed of Byrd, and ended up thinking him a great man. HE ACTUALLY CHANGED....and grew into his responsibilities and his times.

Janie

Subject: RE: BS: Another Byrd Bullseye
From: Bobert
Date: 05 Mar 04 - 01:35 PM

Like I said, Dougie, my Senator has been honest about his past and has had the courage to grow into a purdy decent man. Some folks call that flip-flopping because they don't have that courage themselves. There's absolutely nuthin' wrong with growing into a better person. I mean, shoot, look at yourselve. Oh sure, yer still a knothead but not as much of the knothead you were a while back. I hope yer wife takes some of the credit but you have made some effort...

See, that's why I don't particularly like Bush. He doesn't seem to have like, ahhhhhh, real courage. He will not change for the better because he has some major personality disorders that prevent him from doing so. I'm not saying that to sound mean but that's just the situation. We all really know it. Even folks who support him except they won't admit it.

So, yeah, I've had my issues with Byrd over the years but am really enjoying this man stepping up and saying things that would get a lot of Senators whacked by the RNC...

Bobert

Subject: RE: BS: Another Byrd Bullseye
From: Don Firth
Date: 05 Mar 04 - 01:45 PM

Doug, haven't you ever looked back on something you did when you were young and thought, "Boy, that was pretty stupid!" You haven't? Wow! One in 6 billion!

Don Firth

Subject: RE: BS: Another Byrd Bullseye
From: Walking Eagle
Date: 05 Mar 04 - 01:49 PM

There are lots of otrher things, but I'd like to address them all at once. Please ask more questions.

Subject: RE: BS: Another Byrd Bullseye
From: DougR
Date: 05 Mar 04 - 02:01 PM

Walking Eagle: you talkin' to me?

DougR

Subject: RE: BS: Another Byrd Bullseye
From: katlaughing
Date: 05 Mar 04 - 02:41 PM

Would you have preferred that he remained in the KKK, Doug? Stick to his beliefs? Be conservative, as it were?

Subject: RE: BS: Another Byrd Bullseye
From: Walking Eagle
Date: 05 Mar 04 - 10:40 PM

Yep Doug, I am. He's shown a few other character flaws over the years that us WVA folks know about, so I was just looking for a little direction via more questions as to what you'd like addressed. I'm not asking to be mean or anything. I'm not going to attack you like some other folks here have done.

Subject: RE: BS: Another Byrd Bullseye
From: LadyJean
Date: 05 Mar 04 - 11:12 PM

I've said it before and I'll say it again, Byrd is the word!
According to my friend from Charleston, he plays a wicked bluegrass fiddle too.

Subject: RE: BS: Another Byrd Bullseye
From: Bobert
Date: 06 Mar 04 - 08:51 AM

Yeah, and if there's one thing that Bush has earned it is the Bryd. Actually more like 30 million to go with this one...

Yo, Walking Eagle. You still live in Wes Ginny?

Bobert

Subject: RE: BS: Another Byrd Bullseye
From: Greg F.
Date: 06 Mar 04 - 08:52 AM

There ya go again (as Ronnie RayGun was wont to say) using the words "thought" and "Doug" in the same sentance.

Subject: RE: BS: Another Byrd Bullseye
From: Hollowfox
Date: 06 Mar 04 - 05:15 PM

(Just to keep it musical) I thought he was more of a traditional mountain style fiddler.   The American Folklife Center in the Library of Congress recorded his playing over a series of sessions back around 1976 or so.

Subject: RE: BS: Another Byrd Bullseye
From: Walking Eagle
Date: 06 Mar 04 - 08:57 PM

No Bob. Bred, born, and reared there though. Boone and Kanawha Counties.