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RIP Robert Byrd
« on: June 28, 2010, 04:04:08 PM »
This is a big one

Age 92
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Re: RIP Robert Byrd
« Reply #1 on: June 29, 2010, 12:53:25 PM »
This is a big one.  Age 92
Virginia label to reissue Senator Byrd's 1978 bluegrass album:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100629/ap_en_mu/us_music_byrd_album_reissue

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Re: RIP Robert Byrd
« Reply #2 on: July 02, 2010, 06:41:46 PM »
“The choir of children sing their song.  They've practiced all year long.  Ding dong.  Ding dong.  Ding dong.”

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Re: RIP Robert Byrd
« Reply #3 on: July 03, 2010, 11:40:10 AM »
A TIME opinionist's harsh take on Byrd:

http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,2001187,00.html
not very well written.  I guess the crux of the article is to assume his changes of positions on issues were purely careerist in nature.  I'm no Byrd expert, but I think that seems a bit unfair.
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