Sen. Robert Byrd-Playing & Singing

[MrRyant1]

What song is he playing here ? Its so epic

[MoonshineDelight]

Lay it down Senator!

[TruegrassBoy]

Wonderful fiddle playing!

[terriblefez]

I don't care if he ate babies.  If he was a good senator and didn't push baby-eating legislation it's still a win for me.

That clip was great.

[madaboutpolitics]

@terriblefez He DID push baby-eating!

[timej31]

1:57

[timej31]

A pure racist through and through.

[bobthefreak09]

@timej31 yeah, but he could sure play the shit out of a fiddle!

[TruegrassBoy]

@timej31 What the Hell are you talking about. You must be one of those "haters".

[TruegrassBoy]

@timej31 You're a liar and a hater. Shut up!

[badkarma1967]

this man did more for our state than anyone ever has and ever will

[TruegrassBoy]

I wish all our Senators could / would do like Senator Robert Byrd.

[madaboutpolitics]

@TruegrassBoy YEAH!  They should all lynch black folks just like Robert Byrd!

[TruegrassBoy]

@madaboutpolitics What are you? Some sort of nut case? Take your hate somewhere else Bigot!

[madaboutpolitics]

@TruegrassBoy I'm not a bigot. Unlike Robert Byrd I don't judge people based on the color of their skin.

[sean2015]

@madaboutpolitics I'm not a war monger. Unlike George W. Bush I don't judge a country based on the amount of its oil reserves.

[TruegrassBoy]

@madaboutpolitics bigot

[madaboutpolitics]

@TruegrassBoy I'm not a nutcase, nor a hater. You're thinking about Robert Byrd again. He was the KKK member...not me.

[madaboutpolitics]

@TruegrassBoy That's right....Robert Byrd was the bigot....not me.

[TruegrassBoy]

@TruegrassBoy I notice you don't mention real bigots like your friends the Rev Farrakan or Al Sharpton.

[madaboutpolitics]

@TruegrassBoy I don't like Sharpton or Farrakhan and especially don't like Obummer....oh...you do understand that Robert Byrd and Obama were members of the same party don't you? OH...and Al Sharpton ran as a Democrat.

[phylmom]

Jimmb-most of those presidents were assholes. Nixon, Reagan, the Bushes??? And Clinton when he tried to take away the Senate's prerogatives. Byrd stood up for the legislative branch. This country will be worse off for his loss.

[madaboutpolitics]

@phylmom The Obamunist is the biggest asshole yet. Robert Byrd didn't give a rat's tale about this country. The only thing he ever cared about was getting himself reelected.

[madaboutpolitics]

@phylmom Byrd supported Socialism just like Obummer and Clinton. How do you think he bought his votes?

[sjstern]

A former member of the KKK and he's one of the only politicians you respect? Do they breathe air on your planet?

[jimmbo13]

@sjstern I dont dislike him for that...it was a youthful mistake. I dislike him for his self righteousness and posturing and intransigence, as testified by most Presidents who dealt with him.

[ibydkwtsf]

RIP <3

[bobloser123321]

The man playing the stand-up bass is my grandfather :D

[gravyfury]

I think this guy is a political train wreck.  (well was) but I give credit where credit is due. This is good stuff and has a lot of pop and personality.

[tripharmonica]

yes sir, that's good old time country fiddling - look at the smile on that man's face! i have an entire LP of his and its a good'n.

[emncaity]

I don't get it. I've done serious political writing for years, paid attention to Byrd for at least two decades, knew all about his previously racist stances and his renunciation of them, etc.--and I have no idea how I missed the fact that he not only did this, but was this good. It so happens that I played in a couple of Irish traditional bands and done a bluegrass thing or two, and I'm telling you, this is damn fine--dead on pitch every time, great feel for the tunes, the whole thing. WOW.

[sksepulv]

Watching this is a sad reminder that many of those elected to serve these days are "small" men and women compared to many of those elected in the past. Those elected now are either shills for Wall St., Big Oil, Big Pharma, Big Corporations. Others are so narrowly partisan, they cannot put their politcal games aside to do what is in the best interest of the People of the United States. Rest in Peace, Senator Byrd. You are a man of a better era. May you find peace in the arms of an angel.

[dadlilgrl61575]

RIP RCB. You were the greatest. Thank you for what you did for West Virginia and thank you for what you did for this country.

[mjp179]

A man of the people, RIP

[emncaity]

@mjp179

You said it.

A hundred years from now, if we still have a country, history books will recall his speech on the use-of-force resolution for Iraq. Read it and think about how many people have been killed--including civilians in Iraq--and if it doesn't stop you cold, please don't bother to vote next time around.

[dsf3g]

Attention Democrats: this is how you can win in the South... probably the only way you will, these days.

[anniala]

HOLY POOP.

[pjcourt49]

Yee-haw! We will miss Senator Byrd.

[juanReneBetancourt]

this man was a hero; there will never be another like him.

[Italiangladiator4u]

Music makes us all more human--even politicians. :)

[HotCuckas]

That was BARBARIC!!! RIP Senator Thurmond.

[richshaw91]

Excellent stuff. RIP, Senator Byrd, and thanx for being a family friend.

[lfox57]

I LOVE This guy also. He was Awesome RIP

lfox

[DarkMagus1985]

RIP Senator Byrd



[toltec13]

Damn, what was awesome!!!

[MrMendicant]

LOVE this guy!

[moffbombadil]

Oh, how I wish that our Senate leaders could still do things like this. He's a man of a bygone era.

[madaboutpolitics]

@moffbombadil Yeah....I always vote for people based on their fiddle-playing skills. Who cares if he can help balance the budget or if he used to be a Klansman? What difference does any of that make? Oh...yeah...and if he can protect our borders from hordes of illegal aliens or defend us from foreign enemies...just as long as he can play the fiddle.

[KevinCarbonara]

@moffbombadil Yeah, and call people white niggers. That was my favorite part of the bygone era.

[SumNJFella]

He's one of the few politicans that i respect