Sen Byrd hospitalized

[greenbriar]

90 years old

lethargic and sluggish and fever


as reported on KO


Best wishes

[greenbriar]

1. gee

mine was first ;)

[smokey nj]

2. I hope he'll be ok.

[greenbriar]

3. me too

when his wife died I had a bad feeling that he would not be long for this world. People who love like he and his wife did, miss their spouse terribly

[lonestarnot]

10. Ahhh.

:cry: :(

[proud2BlibKansan]

4. So sad

He's a great man.

:patriot:

[greenbriar]

5. yes

and I hate it when that punk insanity calls him names

[proud2BlibKansan]

6. He is so wonderful in Body of War

Tomas is the star but Senator Byrd is on fire!

Hey I was in Wichita this weekend and thought of you. :hi:

[greenbriar]

8. do anything interesting?

did you have hail damage today?

[proud2BlibKansan]

12. We had our state progressive caucus meeting

I should invite you to join. http://www.ksprogressives.org/

I drove by a middle school close to where we were meeting and thought about you.

No we didn't have any hail. Just dark clouds and a little rain. I love June but I hate this weather. :hi:

[greenbriar]

13. I am interested...

what middle school did you drive by?

[IndianaJones]

7. time to retire and take it easy I hope. nt.

[L. Coyote]

11. Time to kick some Bush ass and stop his illegal war!!

Robert Byrd knows this is not the time to take it easy!!

[L. Coyote]

9. U.S. Sen. Byrd in hospital for observation

http://www.reuters.com/article/middleeastCrisis/idUSN02443441

WASHINGTON, June 2 (Reuters) - Sen. Robert Byrd, the oldest member of the U.S. Senate and a fierce opponent of the Iraq war, was taken to a Washington-area hospital for observation on Monday after a caregiver noticed that he was lethargic, a spokesman for the West Virginia Democrat said.

Byrd, 90, was at work in the Senate earlier in the day and had gone home where his caregiver grew concerned about his condition, spokesman Jesse Jacobs said.

"She took his temperature and discovered that he had a fever. It was significant enough that his doctor suggested he go into the hospital for observation," Jacobs said.

Byrd was expected to be kept overnight, the spokesman said.

As chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Byrd has been one of several leading Democrats in Congress trying to bring the Iraq war to an end by tying troop withdrawals to war funds. Unlike many of his fellow Democrats, Byrd opposed the 2003 U.S. attack on Iraq from the outset. .............