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| '''A YouTube mash-up of Sen Ted Stevens “series of tubes” speech:''' | | '''A YouTube mash-up of Sen Ted Stevens “series of tubes” speech:''' |
| <youtube>_cZC67wXUTs</youtube> | | <youtube>_cZC67wXUTs</youtube> |
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− | '''Sen. Robert Byrd “big daddy” speech:'''
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| Instead, he became the laughingstock of the Internet and saw his words lampooned mercilessly on Jon Stewart's Daily Show, in The New York Times and everywhere in between. | | Instead, he became the laughingstock of the Internet and saw his words lampooned mercilessly on Jon Stewart's Daily Show, in The New York Times and everywhere in between. |
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| Less noticed but even more illuminating as to the threat posed to aging senators in the YouTube era was a speech by Sen. Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va., at his home state's Marshall University in August. Crowing about his ability to deliver federal funds to his home state, Byrd, 89, seemed to veer off script. | | Less noticed but even more illuminating as to the threat posed to aging senators in the YouTube era was a speech by Sen. Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va., at his home state's Marshall University in August. Crowing about his ability to deliver federal funds to his home state, Byrd, 89, seemed to veer off script. |
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| "Our efforts to construct this facility and create a stronger foundation for a biotech industry here in West Virginia began -- where? With a visit to my office, yeah, yeah, yeah man, yeah man, a visit to my office, yeah …" | | "Our efforts to construct this facility and create a stronger foundation for a biotech industry here in West Virginia began -- where? With a visit to my office, yeah, yeah, yeah man, yeah man, a visit to my office, yeah …" |