HOH’s One-Minute Recess: Byrd-Watching

By Emily Heil and Elizabeth Brotherton
Roll Call Staff
Oct. 6, 2009, 11:48 a.m.

If naming just about everything in West Virginia after Sen. Robert Byrd isn’t enough of a tribute, a Web site has cropped up allowing people to express their appreciation for the Mountain State Democrat.

West Virginia state Sen. Mike Oliverio created the Thank You Senator Byrd Web site to give West Virginians and others a forum for sharing love for the nonagenarian Byrd. The site features pictures of Byrd juxtaposed with that of a bald eagle, a creature who bears an uncanny resemblance to the Senator.

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