Steve Forbes Finds Silver Lining in Senator Byrd's Death, Tweets It, Clarifies

Forbes is crying because the bush tax cuts for the rich are coming to an end.
They did not create any jobs but allowed the rich to pocket even more. Really too bad.

You cannot use Robert Byrd in a conversation that implies politicians will do whats right. West Virginia will vote for any democrat thats put in front of them, they actually believe the democrats stand with them, and yet their son's and daughters are scattered all across this country because WV cannot deliver adequate jobs for them after high school/college. My parents were lifelong democrats and they would say things like "republicans are only for rich people, or democrats will do things for the poor people" After having to leave WV to find employment, it didn't take me long to realize my parents were wrong. So Steve Forbes in my opinion was right, and I will not apologize for my life long distrust if Sen Byrd and his ally Sen Rockefeller.

Years ago,I, like many people, dismissed Senator Byrd as an anachronism of the old Southern style conservative, barely disguised racists with little meaning for the modern world. After having read his short ,but compelling book about the S en ate, I realized that whatever his youthful indiscretions, he now was the fading symbol of what had made the American political system the strongest and fairest in the world. His grasp of , and horror of , the hijacking of the Senate by petty politicos is illuminated by his udying awe and respect for our greatest treasure, the Constitution. I fear that there are no longer sufficient voices to turn back the tide of splinter politics and its crippling effect on our government. May Senator Byrd find rest and comfort as he joins his unlikely closest friend, the late Senator Edward Kennedy. The country is diminished by the loss of these two ardent supporters of our liberty .

Forbes without his inheritance would be brown bagging it at your local Walmart.

Senator Byrd is a classic example of why we need term limits for every politician,
Democrat, Republican or Independant. We need term limits for every politician
in the United States. Also there should be term limits for the Supreme Court.
Why should anybody be appointed to any office for life?!

It is really a shame that Malcolm Forbes' son evidently didn't inherit his father's graciousness and tact along with his dad's publishing empire and money.

omg, I am speechless. Tacky and Classless. I do not know the senator or his views, but he does represent our country, we should respect our elders and those who have given their time.