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lsanderson ([personal profile] lsanderson) wrote2009-12-18 05:40 pm

Alzheimers?

Poor, poor, poor senator St. John McCain is apparently suffering from Alzheimer's disease. Please send me all of your money and I will be sure to forward it to him.

During the course of the frenzied floor debate, then-Sen. Mark Dayton (D-MN) spoke in favor of an amendment offered by Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) that would have restricted Bush’s constitutional powers to wage war against Iraq. After a minute and a half, Dayton ran out of time, prompting this exchange:

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator’s time has expired.

Mr. DAYTON. I ask for unanimous consent that I have 30 seconds more to finish my remarks.

Mr. McCAIN. I object. More


And just yesterday, he wuz saying"McCAIN: I’ve been around here 20-some years. First time I’ve ever seen a member denied an extra minute or two to finish his remarks. … I just haven’t seen it before myself. And I don’t like it. And I think it harms the comity of the Senate not to allow one of our members at least a minute. I’m sure that time is urgent here, but I doubt that it would be that urgent."

[identity profile] cakmpls.livejournal.com 2009-12-19 01:40 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm starting to think we need an upper limit on age in Congress, and it should be about 60. And I say this as a 62-year-old.