Lately, I find it awfully hard to rip on Sen. Byrd. In a hope to get
re-elected next year, he's made a very sharp turn to the right. He's a
co-sponsor of the "Small Business Health Fairness Act" (fka--association
health plans), and is a strong supporter of placing conservative judges back
on the nation's courts.

From his memoir, "Child of the Appalachian Coalfields":

"One's life is probably in no greater danger in the jungles of deepest
Africa than in the jungles of America's large cities."

"In my judgment, much of the problem has been brought about by the
mollycoddling of criminals by some of the liberal judges who have been
placed on the nation's courts in recent years."

"The high court's share of the responsibility for our increasing lawlessness
lies in two areas -- its zeal for bringing about precipitous social change,
and its overconcern for the rights of criminals and its underconcern for the
rights and safety of society,"
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Maybe he and Zell Miller can get together for drinks and figure out how to
bring the Democratic Party back into mainstream America.