Senator Robert Byrd: "I look forward to serving you for the next 56 years and 320 days,"

[kpete]

Robert Byrd, the Music Man
By David Weigel 11/18/09 10:10 AM

As Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) celebrates his milestone today — he has served in the House and Senate longer than anyone else, ever — let’s take a moment to remember his work with the fiddle.

U.S. Senator Robert C. Byrd Video Montage
VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTL4lec5H50

Byrd becomes longest-serving Congress member

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"I look forward to serving you for the next 56 years and 320 days," Byrd said in a statement marking the occasion. His only regret, Byrd said, was that his late wife, Erma, was not there with him.

"I know that she is looking down from the heavens smiling at me and saying congratulations, my dear Robert — but don't let it go to your head," Byrd said.

It was unclear whether Byrd would be able to attend Wednesday's session.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5glKaImPfLJaz4oyCrL4WFEbutcRwD9C212O84

Senate Remarks by Robert C. Byrd

February 26, 2003
"Tell the World the True Cost of War"

This is a dangerous and damaging game the Administration is playing with the American public. Glossing over the cost of a war with Iraq may make it easier to win short-term support. But without any serious attention to costs, the American people cannot be engaged in a fulsome public discussion about the eventual wisdom of undertaking this war. Public support cannot be sustained to accomplish our post-war goals in Iraq if the nation has been misled about the duration and difficulty of such a conflict. We cannot treat the citizens of this nation as if they are children who must be fed a fairy tale about fighting a glorious war of "liberation" which will be cheap, short and bloodless.

http://byrd.senate.gov/speeches/byrd_speeches_2003february/byrd_speeches_2003march_list/byrd_speeches_2003march_list_3.html

[ddeclue]

1. At which point he will be 147 years old?

:shrug:

[Gidney N Cloyd]

2. It could happen.

[LuvNewcastle]

3. Good for him.

I'm glad he broke Strom's record.

[meow2u3]

4. Next record: oldest living senator

Watch Sen. Byrd live to be 101--one year more than Strom Thurmond. I look forward to seeing him live to be 100--at least!

[Hubert Flottz]

5. K&R

That's our Bobby!