I’m calling out. I feel a presence in the room from the spirit world. One of the dearly departed. I hear a voice. It’s faint, but I think I hear a name. Is that you Democratic Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia? Oh Joe Manchin we have made a contact with the revered Senator Byrd!! Yes, Robert? You have something to say to the living, especially Joe Manchin? On what subject? The U.S. Senate filibuster! Oh Joe, you are about to receive the blessing of the longest serving senator in the U.S. Senate!!!!
Oh damn. Senator Byrd, how can this be??? I was just watching Lawrence O’Donnell’s show last night, and Lawrence stated that Joe Manchin REVERES you Sir! This can’t be right!
I turn to Joe Manchin and assure him that something is wrong. Surely dying has befuddled poor Robert Byrd’s brains! Byrd so loved the U.S. Senate, and he was never wrong or changed his thinking while serving in that august body!
Oh this dying thing has really screwed up Robert Byrd’s thinking! Or maybe my connection to the spirit world is not working properly. Let me check my Wifi connection. Serioulsy, it’s not like Robert Byrd called out publicly against Republicans on the filibuster!
CBS Leads with Byrd's 'Shame, Shame' in Story on GOP 'Delaying Tactics'
WTF? Shakes snow globe that acts like phony crystal ball. What’s this shit about calling out “Shame, Shame?” Senator Byrd?!!!
Centering a Friday night story on how, as anchor Katie Couric explained, "Republicans are doing everything they can to block" the "health reform" bill, "including delaying tactics in this race against the clock," CBS put front and center Senator Robert Byrd's "shame, shame" admonition of Republicans.
Reporter Nancy Cordes began her story by showcasing the aging Democrat: "As he was wheeled into the Senate chamber shortly after 1:00 AM, 92-year-old Robert Byrd made it clear how he felt about being pulled out of bed to vote." CBS showed a wide-shot of the Senate chamber with the area around the wheelchair-bound Byrd lightened with his words on screen as viewers heard the matching audio picked up by a nearby microphone: "Shame, shame."
Hold on Senator Manchin. I am calling my internet service provider! Stage whisper to Senator Byrd, “This is not what Joe Manchin wants to hear! And he is paying for this little seance! Who were you calling out shame to? It was the DEMOCRATS for being too partisan! Correct?!!”
Suddenly a very loud voice shouts in the room, “I WAS DIRECTING MY IRE TOWARD SENATOR MITCH MCCONNELL YOU IGNORANT, LYING, TWO BIT CON ARTIST!”
Falling over in my chair like Snoopy. Senator Byrd! That is no way to talk to Joe Manchin!!!
Manchin is looking at me darkly and tells me he wants a refund for this seance. I assure him that really isn’t necessary. After all, it’s not like any of this is in the public record or can be Googled! I also remind Senator Manchin that most of the rednecks in WV don’t have broadband, so no worries. Besides, just tell your consituents that this is “fake news” and Byrd was a communist, if Byrd decides to make another ghostly vist to the hollers in WV.
Oh, and I don’t take IOUs or checks Senator Joe Manchin.