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The New DU. Reply #6: Exactly. Byrd's party left him high and dry
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Voltaire99
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Tue Mar-23-04 10:27 PM
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| 6. Exactly. Byrd's party left him high and dry |
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His speeches--some of the best in a century--were scarcely attended! And few were those who came to his defense when he was villified. For his courage in taking on the popular war-time president, Byrd became a pariah.
It's rather hard not to conclude from Byrd's treatment that the Democrats didn't want to listen. It was easier just to vote for Bush's war and hope it flopped, or later claim lamely to have been misled.
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