Comments on: Could Byrd be in Trouble? http://poliblogger.com/?p=7220 A rough draft of my thoughts... Thu, 08 Dec 2024 05:27:48 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: stringph http://poliblogger.com/?p=7220&cpage=1#comment-69186 stringph Sat, 04 Jun 2024 13:44:03 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=7220#comment-69186 Why is this any more than sheer age discrimination? Did you say the same thing about the President in 1984? Why is this any more than sheer age discrimination?

Did you say the same thing about the President in 1984?

]]> By: Dr. Steven Taylor http://poliblogger.com/?p=7220&cpage=1#comment-69170 Dr. Steven Taylor Sat, 04 Jun 2024 03:11:50 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=7220#comment-69170 I wholly agree--they stay far, far too long. It is one of the reasons I am in favor of some form of term limits. I wholly agree–they stay far, far too long.

It is one of the reasons I am in favor of some form of term limits.

]]> By: Buckland http://poliblogger.com/?p=7220&cpage=1#comment-69169 Buckland Sat, 04 Jun 2024 02:59:08 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=7220#comment-69169 I hope he'll go, I wish a lot of Washington that are past the "sell by" date decide that it's time for someone with more intellectual vigor to take the job. We're always to believe that the famous among us aren't subject to the same ravages of age as us mere mortals. That this senator or that business leader is just as sharp at 85 as they were at 50. With good enough support staff the illusion can be maintained almost indefinitely. So as a native West Virginian (though I haven't lived there in over 20 years) I would tell Senator Byrd it's time to go. Just as I would have told Strom Thurmon a few years back or Senator Hatch today. Go while the world remembers someone who understood his causes and fought for them, not someone that functioned only with the guidance of staff. I hope he’ll go, I wish a lot of Washington that are past the “sell by” date decide that it’s time for someone with more intellectual vigor to take the job.

We’re always to believe that the famous among us aren’t subject to the same ravages of age as us mere mortals. That this senator or that business leader is just as sharp at 85 as they were at 50. With good enough support staff the illusion can be maintained almost indefinitely.

So as a native West Virginian (though I haven’t lived there in over 20 years) I would tell Senator Byrd it’s time to go. Just as I would have told Strom Thurmon a few years back or Senator Hatch today. Go while the world remembers someone who understood his causes and fought for them, not someone that functioned only with the guidance of staff.

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