Sounds like a low battery to me. Harry must have forgotten to plug it into the recharger the night before.

Two comments:
1) Twenty bucks says he didn’t type that speech himself, and
2) by the 4 minute mark, I counted 6 confirmed naps, with two more as possibles…

…at about minute 8 (yes, I got that far and further) he quotes some who say we need to “surge” in some manner in Afghanistan, but he says “surge” suspiciously… then says, ominously, “surge. where have I heard that term before?”… Hmm, I don’t know, Senator Byrd, might you be referring to the tactic that finally brought some peace and stability to Iraq? If so, why are you saying “surge” so ominously? Don’t you like military success?

You are a Dem, of course, and since you’re the only member of the Senate who was a member of the KKK, perhaps it’s just that you don’t like that we’re helping brown people, hmm?

n/t

That’s how far I made it. Holy Dead Man Walking, Batman!

conveniently seem to forget about his valiant service as a member of the Sons of Liberty.

The rhetoric is so blatant, is it not?

looked and sounded this way before he left the Senate. It is a crying shame a grown may his age would be so egotistical that he wouldn’t let go and give some other younger person an opportunity to represent West Virginia. May God have mercy on his KKK soul and may he burn in hades an hour before the devil knows he is there. However, since this fiasco in Afghanistan has totally become a political war now with rules of engagement which the US troops can not win, NOT ANOTHER US SOLDIER, SAILOR, AIRMAN OR MARINE OR CIA AGENT BE LOST THERE! We don’t have the money to fight and win there. The Chinese are going to win economically there while we use their money to die and protect them. Bring the troops home; we need them here. There is a domestic enemy we need the military to take care of here at home and WE NEED THEM NOW. Bring them HOME, bring them all home. From SW Asia, NE Asia, Europe, the Mid East and everywhere. We need them to clean up the communists in our country before it is too late.

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and I saw him talking and had to immediately turn it…I couldn’t be reminded of the mistake this state makes over and over again.

but the reason he gets the cool chair, and the reason no one interrupts his rambling, is that he is a United States Senator. Looking at him, it’s easy to imagine that that fact has slipped his mind.

In any case, ‘Byrd’ seems to have lots of questions; there’s lots he does not know – or has forgotten – about what’s happening in South Asia.

Perhaps one of his staff can remind him that he is not only a US Senator, he is in fact, one of the most powerful members of the Senate. He can call hearings. He can summon witnesses.

Interestingly, General McChrystal is reportedly hoping to testify about his troop request. He is expecting to. If the person writing ‘Byrd’s’ speeches wants answers to these questions, it could probably be arranged for ‘Byrd’ to sign a letter requesting McChrystal come and testify before the Appropriations Committee.

Then it’s just a matter of keeping ‘Byrd’ upright and awake through an entire hearing.

I think it is because he is not very lifelike.