On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 18:06:29 -0400, "NOYB" wrote:


"Dave Hall" wrote in message
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On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 15:09:04 GMT, "NOYB" wrote:

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.
SNIP

Having been born and raised in West Virginia and with basically all my
family still there, I can tell you that Byrd has NO concern regarding
his re-election while he is still alive. If he dies before the next
election there is a slight chance he won't be re-elected via write-in.
If he dies before the election but after the ballots are printed he
will still win. In WV they tend to elect Senators for life. As a
Libertarian/Republican that disappoints me, but it is reality.

So what you're saying is that deep down Byrd is a conservative?


Didn't say anything of the sort. I just found the concept of Byrd
having to do anything out of character specifically in order to get
re-elected quite humorous. And, yes, Byrd is quite conservative in
some respects and quite liberal, even socialist, in others. But
regardless of such labels he brings home the bacon (and various other
cuts of pork) to West Virginia. Most East and West coasters will not
quite be able to understand Byrd's type of liberalism as it has little
to do with big city issues, only slightly to do with racial issues,
and is rooted in depression era rural viewpoints - all of which is
quite foreign to the coasters.

The Other Dave Hall