Not long after BHO's swearing in, Senator Ted Kennedy was reportedly stricken with a seizure and collapsed. Less reported, however, was that 91 year old, ex-Klansman, Senator Robert Byrd fell ill also.
From USAToday's Obama blog, the Oval,
Senator Edward Kennedy, who continues to battle brain cancer, suffered a seizure today at the Capitol luncheon where President Obama and Vice President Biden were being honored. Another Senate veteran, Robert Byrd, was also helped from the room by medical personnel. read more...
According to a commenter on the Libertarian blog Hit & Run, in 1964, Byrd was quoted as saying, "I'll drop dead the day a black man can be president." If this is true can you say "comical irony?"
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