“Ted, Ted, my dear friend, I love you and miss you,” Mr. Byrd said

Botany

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Tue May-20-08 08:31 PM
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“Ted, Ted, my dear friend, I love you and miss you,” Mr. Byrd said

As he opened debate on the Iraq spending bill, Senator Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia, at 90 the only current senator to serve longer than Mr. Kennedy, was distraught. “Ted, Ted, my dear friend, I love you and miss you,” Mr. Byrd said in halting remarks on the floor.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/20/washington/20cnd-kennedy.html?hp

Hang in there Ted you have to be there for President Obama. I'll drive you there
myself.

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Tue May-20-08 08:37 PM
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1. That was moving. Poor Sen. Byrd.

We have seen it with elderly relatives. You can only lose so many of those important to you in life before you lose it, and Byrd was completely traumatized today. His mention of his late wife in this context was especially heartbreaking.

As someone who remembers the Nixon-JFK election in 1960 as a 9 year old, and all that came after, I haven't been able to wrap my arms around this news today just yet.

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CountAllVotes

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Tue May-20-08 08:39 PM
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3. I remember too

and it brought up that god awful memory of the deaths of JFK, RFK and Martin Luther King.

It was a sad and tearful day for me as well. I cried right along with Senator Byrd I admit.

:(

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CountAllVotes

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Tue May-20-08 08:37 PM
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2. I hope Ted Kennedy lives

to see the inauguration of President Obama in January 2008.

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Botany

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Tue May-20-08 08:40 PM
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4. Ted will be there one way or another Ted will be there.

The old lion still as some fight in him.

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CountAllVotes

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Tue May-20-08 09:07 PM
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6. he is a very strong man and from a lineage of fighters

I believe he will live as well for he must "pass on the gavel" on to President Obama officially. :)

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Tue May-20-08 08:40 PM
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5. God, that was a heartbreaking speech.

Good thoughts and prayers to the Old Lion.

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Wed May-21-08 06:29 AM
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7. Nice. nt

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