'Good Riddane, Mr. Reid' - Romney Tells Reid He Has No Respect For Him

Twitchy -- In response to Romney’s willingness to meet with Trump, presumably about a potential secretary of state gig, Reid told the Huffington Post: “This is man who came out big-time against Trump. Oh, the things he said about Trump. Well, that’s great, that’s wonderful,” Reid said. “Either he wasn’t telling the truth, or he’s a person with no character. After having said that, to go and do homage to this guy he said awful things about, I don’t think that shows much character.” “Mitt Romney is somebody I had respect for,” Reid said, in a somewhat dubious assertion. “I have none anymore.”

In response to Harry Reid, Romney had some choice words of his own for scumbag Reid: "I was indeed very critical of Mr. Trump during his campaign. But now he has ben elected president and accordingly, If I could have helped shape foreign policy to protect the country I love, I would have been more than willing to do so." Romney said through a spokesperson. "As for Mr. Reid, I lost respect for him when he repeatedly lied about my taxes and later admitted to it cheerily. Good riddance, Mr. Reid. The Senate will be better served without you in it."

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Blog Author's Comments -- Too little, too late, Romney, but at least you are finally showing some character. It looks like President-Elect Trump helped Romney find his spine. Too bad he didn't have it in 2012. After Romney slammed Trump's tax returns I put him in the same category as Reid. Romney fought against Trump much more vigorously than he fought against Obama.

This is the Trump Effect. Expect more outright pushback from others in the future. It's time the right fought back. The Senate will be much better without Harry Reid in it. He is a lying, scheming unprofessional little person who will say and do anything in attempt to get his way. Reid shriveled up after he lost his control of the Senate. If only he would have retired years ago.

But, Harry Reid initiated the process of invoking the so-called "nuclear option," which changed Senate rules for the way the upper chamber considers certain presidential appointments. This is the only good thing he left for the GOP. And now it should help President Donald J. Trump. The nuclear or constitutional option is a parliamentary procedure that allows the U.S. Senate to override a rule or precedent by a simple majority of 51 votes, instead of by a supermajority of 60 votes.

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Harry Reid: A Democratic Senate Takeover is 'Fairly Certain'

Breitbart -- On Sunday, Senate Minority Leader Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) expressed his belief that a Democratic Senate takeover is a “fairly certain thing” on New York’s AM 970’s radio show “The Cats Roundtable.”

After discussing various 2016 Senate races, Reid said to host John Catsimatidis, “We need to pick up four [seats] to take the majority, and with the numbers I’ve given you, it’s going to be a fairly certain thing that we can do that.”

Reid also confirmed with Catsimatidis that he will not run again for his seat, saying that Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) will serve as the next Democratic leader of the Senate.

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Blog Author's Comments -- Harry is throwing his prediction out there to see if it will stick. Apparently that blow to his head he received from his exercise machine did more than corrupt his eye sight. I am hopeful that the only change Harry Reid will see in the Senate is more anti-establishment Republicans taking establishment Democrat and establishment Republican Senators seats. And if the Democrats are going to control the Senate, why is Reid retiring? But, if the GOP Establishment does not stop ignoring the will of Trump voters and continues their attempt to take him out, there could be problems with the Senate races.

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Harry Reid Cries About McConnell Shutting Down Debate In The Senate

Truth Revolt -- Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, notorious for repeatedly shutting down debate during his tenure, is now crying foul on newly-minted Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for… shutting down debate.

"I've never seen debate shut down as aggressively as when Sen. McConnell refused to allow Dems to debate their own amendments for just 1 min.

— Senator Harry Reid (@SenatorReid) January 26, 2015"

In his post on Reid’s “shameless” hypocrisy, HotAir’s Guy Benson laid out just how absurd the complaint from the “established liar,” “bizarre obsessive,” “remorseless slanderer,” and “exquisite hack” of a former majority leader is:

"This is rich. Richer, in fact, than Reid himself has become during his tenure as a supposed “public servant.” "The minority leader hopes Americans will forget that until very recently, he held McConnell’s title. For the full duration of calendar year 2014, Harry Reid permitted precisely 15 amendment votes on all legislation taken up by the United States Senate. Total. Prior to Reid’s tweet above, the new Republican-controlled Senate had already surpassed that number in one week, and had held 24 votes on amendments to the Keystone bill alone. Democrats (who’ve been praising the more functional system under McConnell) have taken to griping that the Republican majority is betraying its pledge to respect an “open amendment process” by trying to place some limits on endless offerings. They mounted a filibuster to block the latest cloture vote — a maneuver they railed against as ‘extreme obstructionism’ until roughly three weeks ago — in order to demand more votes on amendments. According to Senate sources, nearly 20 additional amendments will be debated between today and tomorrow, bringing the total to more than 40. On one bill. After Reid permitted 15 all year in 2014."

Benson also notes that Reid had the gall earlier this month to do an egregious about-face on his conveniently temporary anti-filibuster sentiments:

"Sen. Reid yesterday: "The filibuster is an indispensable tool of the minority"

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Blog author's comments - What Harry Reid is complaining about is too funny. This grumbling coming from one of the most wretched excuses for a human being ever to walk the halls of Congress. Reid has proven that he is the hypocrite we on the right always knew he was. Go away Harry, retire. Your present position as Minority leader of the Senate makes it much harder for you to help Obama continue with his destruction of America.

Harry Reid Says He Won't Attend Redskins Game Until Team Changes Name

Fox News -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he won't attend a Washington Redskins home game until the football team changes its controversial name.

In a letter late last week to the team's president, Reid called the Redskins name a racial slur that disparages the American people. The Nevada Democrat, who said he represents 27 tribes in his state, rejected Bruce Allen's invitation to a Redskins home game until the team does "the right thing" and changes its name.

"I will not stand idly by while a professional sports team promotes a racial slur as a team name and disparages the American people," Reid said in the letter. "Nor will I consider your invitation to attend a home game until your organization chooses to do the right thing and change its offensive name."

Reid said the matter is "personal" for him.

Last month, the Redskins responded to Senate Democrats who said the nickname is a racial slur, saying it is “respectful” to Native Americans and suggested the lawmakers didn't have all of the facts.

In a letter to Reid, Allen wrote: "Our use of `Redskins' as the name of our football team for more than 80 years has always been respectful of and shown reverence toward the proud legacy and traditions of Native Americans."

Redskins owner Dan Snyder has vowed never to change the name.

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Blog author's comments - Harry Reid promising not to attend Washington Redskins games has to be exciting news for Redskins fans. The games just got more desirable knowing Reid will not be at the stadium. I doubt very much if Reid would attend a game even if the 'Redskins' changed their name. So now Redskin games will be that much better with one less, arrogant, elitist, evil little man in the stands. But this is not over; Harry Reid does not like to lose. Hopefully Reid is the minority leader in the Senate after the 2014 elections.

Fifty Senate Democrats Urge NFL To Endorse Name Change For Redskins

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U.S. Patent Office Cancels Redskins Trademark Registration, Says Name Is Disparaging
Blog author's comments - In my opinion this ruling has Obama and Reid written all over it. 'The ruling does not mean that the Redskins have to change the name of the team. It does affect whether the team and the NFL can make money from merchandising because it limits the team’s legal options when others use the logos and the name on T shirts, sweatshirts, beer glasses and license plate holders.'

'In addition, Native Americans have won at this stage before, in 1999. But the team and the NFL won an appeal to federal court in 2009. The court did not rule on the merits of the case, however, but threw it out, saying that the plaintiffs didn’t have standing to file it. The team is likely to make the same appeal this time.'

UPDATE TO POST at 2:15 p.m. ET
Redskins Defy Trademark Ruling, Say They'll Defend Name

Harry Reid Calls Bundy Supporters 'Domestic Terrorists'

Las Vegas Review Journal -- U.S. Sen. Harry Reid on Thursday called supporters of Bunkerville rancher Cliven Bundy “domestic terrorists” because they defended him against a Bureau of Land Management cattle roundup with guns and put their children in harm’s way.

“They’re nothing more than domestic terrorists,” Reid said during an appearance at a Las Vegas Review-Journal “Hashtags & Headlines” event at the Paris. “I repeat: what happened there was domestic terrorism.”

The BLM shut down its weeklong roundup of Bundy’s cattle Saturday after an armed confrontation with militia members who had traveled to Southern Nevada.[...]

“It is an issue we cannot let go, just walk away from,” Reid said.

“There were hundreds, hundreds of people from around the country that came there,” Reid said. “They had sniper rifles in the freeway. They had weapons, automatic weapons. They had children lined up. They wanted to make sure they got hurt first … What if others tried the same thing?”

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Blog author’s comments - And people wonder why Democrats want gun control. It is so they can call out their Federal gun toting goons and subject the citizens they disagree with to their tyranny. Harry Reid is a evil, dangerous little man. Who are Bundy supporters terrorizing, government agents, and politicians trying to make land deals?

I agree that Mr. Bundy is grazing approximately 500 cattle on federal land, but he has been doing this for decades. Why make a big deal about it now, especially by sending government agents with guns? I don’t believe we will ever receive the real story. Reid said "I repeat, what happened there was domestic terrorism." Based on the definition of 'terrorism' and the fact that the only deaths were those of Bundy's prized bulls and the only destruction was to the Bundy property, it's a logical conclusion that the BLM agents were the so-called terrorists.

Reid said this is an "issue we cannot let go, just walk away from." I believe him, he does not like to lose. It would be a good thing for the country if Harry Reid was the minority leader in the Senate after this years midterm elections.

Harry Reid: The Desert Fox Of Corruption

Democrat Senator Defends The Koch Brothers From Harry Reid's Attacks

Politico -- Sen. Joe Manchin on Thursday strongly defended the Koch brothers from attacks by fellow Democrats, saying the wealthy and politically active businessmen are taxpaying Americans who are creating jobs

. “People want jobs. You don’t beat up people. I mean, I don’t agree with their politics or philosophically, but, you know, they’re Americans, they’re doing— paying their taxes,” Manchin said on Fox News’s “Fox & Friends.”

“They’re not breaking the law. They’re providing jobs,” he added.

When asked whether Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s attacks on the Koch brothers “helps or hurts the cause for the country and the Congress,” the West Virginia senator said it’s people in the middle that need to be reached.

“If you’re trying to rally the base, the bases have already been rallied. The right and left bases have been rallied,” Manchin said. “It’s us in the middle that have to start making something happen here in Washington to move this country forward.”

Manchin, who also served as governor of West Virginia, said harsh rhetoric from either side does little to help the country.

“Right, wrong or indifferent, whether you like the politicians, or not. There’s people who don’t like the extreme Democrat politics or extreme Republican politics, we got to start being Americans again,” the senator said.

A spokesman for Koch Industries said Manchin’s comments likely reflect what others, on both side of the aisle, are thinking and that “it’s about time” somebody spoke out.

“My guess is that Sen. Manchin has expressed a point of view that a lot other senators — Democrats, Republicans — have probably wanted to say and haven’t,” Steve Lombardo said.

A request for comment from Reid’s office was not immediately returned.

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Blog author's comments - The reason Harry Reid and others members of the Obama administration are trashing the Koch brothers is that they are afraid of losing the Senate and the Koch brothers are supportive of the Republican Party and use their money to help the GOP.

As Senator Harry Reid angrily rants and raves about the Koch Brothers, much of America is bored from having heard this performance too many times. Sen. Manchin offered some much needed sanity with his comments as opposed to Reid. And it’s time that Democrats take a good, hard look at what has become of their agenda for the midterm elections. Rather than focusing on solutions for the country the dominant talking points in 2014 for the left concerns blaming others, covering up scandals and slandering GOP donors. But Reid never mentions the large amounts of money the Democrats have received from liberal George Soros for years.

Reid could not handle losing his job as the leader of the Democrat controlled Senate. And if the GOP should win control of the Senate and maintain control of the House Obama would be a lame duck president his last two years in office. So Reid will do and say whatever he feels is necessary hoping that the low-information voters will believe him and remember what he said when they go to the polls in this year's midterm elections.

Reid: Koch Brothers Are 'Un-American'


Charles Koch: I'm Fighting to Restore a Free Society

Audio From The Rush Limbaugh Show -- Barack Obama, Negotiate...

Obama Saying He's Willing To Negotiate Is A 'Total Crock!'


I Agree, What Obama Says In The Above Audio Is Not True.
Obama Stressed To Congressional Leaders He Will Not Negotiate Over Shutdown, Debt Limit
Obama Hands Over Negotiating Power On Govenment Funding And Debt Ceiling To Harry Reid

Romney's Tax Rate Equal to What Obama Paid Last Year

Weekly Standard -- According to a statement released by the Romney campaign that summarizes the rate of taxes the Republican presidential nominee paid between 1990 and 2009, the rate at which Mitt Romney paid taxes is approximately equal to what President Barack Obama paid last year.

"Over the entire 20-year period, the average annual effective federal tax rate was 20.20%," the Romney campaign states, based on a summary of Romney's taxes from the firm Price Waterhouse Cooper.

President Obama's tax rate in 2011 was only marginally higher, at 20.5 percent.

The president and first lady reported a joint adjusted gross income of $789,674 last year and paid $162,074 in federal taxes, or about 20.5%, according to the tax return released Friday by the White House. That income keeps the Obamas in the top 1% of taxpayers," the Los Angles Times reported earlier this year.

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Blog author's comments - Mitt Romney released his 2011 tax returns yesterday. He paid $1.9 million in taxes. What did not make many of the news reports is that the Romneys gave just over $4 million to charity - 30% of their income. Barack Obama "The Great Redistributor" donated just 1-5% to charity before running for president.

Time To Show Us Your Tax Returns Harry Reid
What's The Chance Harry Reid Will Apologize For His Lies About Mitt Romney?

There he goes again: Reid says Romney might not pay any income tax

Washington Examiner -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., revived his suggestion that Mitt Romney has avoided paying income taxes in recent years.

“For all we know, Mitt Romney could be one of those who have paid no federal income tax,” Reid said on the Senate Floor this morning. “Thousands of families making more than a million dollars a year pay nothing in federal income taxes. Is Mitt Romney among those?”

Romney’s 2010 tax return shows that he paid an effective income tax rate of 13.9 percent. Romney says he’s never paid less than 13 percent in taxes.

But Reid, who was speaking apropos of Romney’s remarks about the “47 percent of Americans” who pay no income tax but receive government benefits, never misses an opportunity to accuse Romney of avoiding taxes.

The Nevada Democrat has claimed in recent months to have an anonymous source who told him that Romney paid no taxes for a decade. When pressed to provide evidence for that accusation, Reid grew irritated with the reporters who questioned him.

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Blog author's comments - Harry Reid will continue this game about Romney’s taxes until the November election. This is yet another reason the Republicans need to win control of the Senate...to remove the power from this deceitful little man. How do we know that Harry Reid is not a member of the KKK? See how that works Harry?

Reid's strategy is if he repeats this untruth about Romney often enough, many non-thinkers will believe him and vote for Obama. What else do the Democrats have? They cannot run on their record for the past four years.

Harry Reid's Bogus Claim Concerning - Mitt Romney's Taxes

The shocking truth that Harry Reid can't deny
Investors Business Daily -- The word's out. Have you heard about a mysterious phone call from one of Happy Harry Reid's political cronies from the mortifying days in 1974 when Paul Laxalt waxed him for the Nevada Senate seat that changed the course of Reid's life forever?

It's a pretty shocking story, and one that the powerful Democrat has understandably never explained through all these years. It's haunted him though those early devastating political losses for the Senate and the Las Vegas mayor's office, the defeats that turned him into the bitter, cynical political mumbler he's become at age 72. [...]

Anyway, the Senate leader is now employing one of the oldest tricks in the political book, one that seems to have become a standard tactic for terrified Democrats this cycle.

Reid told reporters the other day that Republican Mitt Romney, who's threatening the political futures of many comfy folks in Washington now, has not paid income taxes for the last decade. Reid repeated the charge of this felony on the Senate floor Thursday. The Romney camp vehemently denies it.

Now, Harry says he's in possession of this information because an old business crony of Romney's, whom Reid won't name, made that statement in a phone conversation that Reid won't document. In fact, Reid has no proof whatsoever that what the unidentified caller allegedly said in that unverified conversation containing the unsubstantiated claim has any merit at all.

Reid didn't have time apparently to mention an accurate report that 36 Obama White House aides are $833,000 behind in their taxes, according to the Internal Revenue Service. Nor did Reid explain how the IRS has somehow overlooked a decade of missing tax returns from a multi-millionaire who's this administration's main political opponent.

Entire column...

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Blog author's comments - Harry Reid with another lie, this one concerning Mitt Romney and his taxes. He said he was told Romney has not paid income taxes for ten years by an anonymous source - because there is no source.

Reid did not "explain how the IRS has somehow overlooked a decade of missing tax returns from a multi-millionaire who's this administration's main political opponent." This is another diversion by the Democrats to take the focus off of Obama and what he and his entire administration have done to the economy in less than four years.

The Democrats don't have anything to run on...they cannot run on Obama's record. They believe if they continue to repeat a lie - after a while some people will believe them.

The Democratic Party will do anything to secure a second term for the worst president in the history of our country, so he can continue to do what he has done during this term.

Outrageous: Harry Reid repeats Romney tax slur on the Senate floor


Mitt Romney: It's Time for Harry Reid to "Put Up or Shut Up"

Harry Reid - Government Jobs Have Priority

Reid signals government jobs must
take priority over private-sector jobs
The Hill - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Wednesday indicated Congress needs to worry about government jobs more than private-sector jobs, and that this is why Senate Democrats are pushing a bill aimed at shoring up teachers and first-responders.

"It's very clear that private-sector jobs have been doing just fine; it's the public-sector jobs where we've lost huge numbers, and that's what this legislation is all about," Reid said on the Senate floor.

Reid was responding to recent comments from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who accused Democrats of purposefully pursuing higher taxes as part of the teacher/first-responder bill, S. 1723, so that Republicans would oppose it.

McConnell said the bill was meant to fail in order to give Democrats an issue to run on in the 2012 election, but Reid said the Republicans are simply trying to defeat President Obama any way they can. The legislation Reid is defending is part of Obama's jobs package.
Entire column...

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Blog author's comments - If the private sector is “doing just fine” then why are so many Americans unemployed, many of them long-term?

Does Harry Reid not understand that it is private sector jobs that allow government jobs at both the Federal and State levels to exist? It is obvious that this bill was meant to fail just as the 'American Jobs Act' was. To give Obama and the Democratic Party an issue to run on for 2012.

Our only salvation for the country is that after the November 2012 election - Barack Obama is no longer the President and Harry Reid is not the Senate Majority leader.

Bureau of Labor Statistics -- Unemployment Statistics by State.

McConnell To Reid - Let Senate Vote On Jobs Bill

Reid blocks attempt by McConnell
to vote on president's jobs bill
The Hill - In a lively spat on the Senate floor Tuesday, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) attempted call up President Obama’s jobs plan for an immediate vote in the upper chamber.

However, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), who supports the legislation, blocked the vote. Reid used a procedural maneuver called "filling the tree," which allows the majority leader to say a piece of legislation has had all of its possibilities for amendments.

McConnell had tried to offer the president's job package as an amendment to the China currency legislation, which was being debated in chamber. By "filing the tree," Reid blocked that move.

“What I am trying to do here today by requesting this vote on the president’s jobs bill ... is to honor the request of the president of the United States that we vote on it now,” McConnell said. “He has been asking us repeatedly over the last few weeks that we vote on it now.”

“I think the president of the United States, whose polices I generally do not support ... is entitled to know where the Senate stands on his proposal that he has been out talking about ... and suggesting that we are unwilling to vote on it," he said. - Keep reading...

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Blog author's comments - Harry Reid won't allow a Senate vote because he knows he does not have the votes in the Senate to pass the 'Jobs Bill'. The Democrats in the Senate will not support this tax hike. Many are up for re-election in 2012. They are protecting their jobs.

Mitch McConnell, this is what I have been waiting for...good move! It doesn’t really matter if the MSM ignores it, it’s on the record, no denying it. The MSM will still blame the Republicans.

McConnell - tell the media -"we tried to follow Obama’s will, but unfortunately, some members of the Democratic Party won't listen to reason. Obama said, over and over "pass this bill", but Reid continues to block a vote."

Almost simultaneously, after Reid said no to an immediate vote in the Senate, the Obama campaign sent supporters an e-mail titled “They won’t even vote it.” “President Obama is in Dallas today urging Americans who support the American Jobs Act to demand that Congress pass it already,” the e-mail read. “Though it’s been nearly a month since Obama laid out this plan, House Republicans haven’t acted to pass it.”

Obama and Reid are playing a game. They both knew this would not pass when he called the Joint Session of Congress to announce it, with no details. They will continue to hammer the GOP for not passing the bill, hoping that the voters will eventually believe them and place the blame on the Republican Party.

Reid blocks Senate vote on Jobs Bill (video)

Harry Reid - Stimulus Bill Was Good For Country

Reid on the Stimulus - "There are people that have written about this, it's not just me saying it." "We're told by these experts had we not done this, nationwide the unemployment rate would be 16%."



Sorry Harry, I don't believe you. You will say and do anything to win the election. The only job you care about is your own.

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Blog author's comments - Hopefully Sharron Angle will defeat Harry Reid in Nevada on Tuesday. I believe the majority of the people in this country would like to see him gone. I will never understand how the folks in Nevada continue to support him.

Harry! Obama told us that the 'Stimulus' would keep the rate of unemployment under 8%. I was surprised that Reid did not once again blame George W. Bush for the entire mess he and the Obama administration have created.

Harry, please go away.

h/t: HAP

Early Voters Having Problems - Voter Fraud?

Nevada Voters Complain Of Problems At Polls

fox5vegas.com - LAS VEGAS -- Some voters in Boulder City complained on Monday that their ballot had been cast before they went to the polls, raising questions about Clark County's electronic voting machines.

Voter Joyce Ferrara said when they went to vote for Republican Sharron Angle, her Democratic opponent, Sen. Harry Reid's name was already checked. Ferrara said she wasn't alone in her voting experience. She said her husband and several others voting at the same time all had the same thing happen.

"Something's not right," Ferrara said. "One person that's a fluke. Two, that's strange. But several within a five minute period of time -- that's wrong."

Clark County Registrar of Voters Larry Lomax said there is no voter fraud, although the issues do come up because the touch-screens are sensitive."

Lomax said voters need to have faith in the system. "This election, I think, more than ever," he said. "The two sides are very fractured and each side is suspicious and we're caught in the middle."

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Blog author's comments - Does this story surprise anyone? You should expect it. Harry Reid is very desperate and his supporters will do whatever is necessary to save him.

Do the Dems know how to play this game? You betcha! They have their lawyers lined up and ready for the recounts and law suits which will follow the election of November 2. It could be months before some candidates will know if they have won or lost.

The Democrats will get away with as much as they can, and it will be quite a lot. Nevada is not the only state where voters are having problems. Republican voters have reported the same difficulties in North Carolina.

Don't go wobbly now folks, go to the polls and rid Washington of as many Democrats and RINO's as possible. It's time to save ourselves and take back our country.

My guess as to what Harry Reid's response would be.

News From Harry Reid - He Saved Us!

Harry Reid Saved Us From A Worldwide Depression
Reid takes credit for saving us. What is he talking about? You are right Harry; you don't give us any comfort or solace. You could if you would just go away.

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Blog author's comments - Notice the smile? Even Reid doesn't believe this. He could save a nation of people from depression...by losing.

People in Nevada, you can do all us and yourselves a huge favor by dumping this pathetic little man on November 2.

Video via: breitbart.tv

Harry Reid - The Illegal Aliens & National Security

A Leftist Wish List vs. National Security
Ask Heritage - One of the foremost responsibilities of the federal government is to ensure the security of our nation. It is right there, in the Preamble of the Constitution. But Harry Reid ignored it. He continues to push the Senate Bill FY 2011 National Defense Authorization Act. This legislation is necessary to fund the defense of the United States and its interests abroad. The House already passed their bill in May. But Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) would rather talk about amnesty.

Why is Reid doing this? One only need look at the polling data. Reid is in a dead-heat reelection battle with State Rep. Sharon Angle (R). That is why Reid bypassed usual Senate procedure and included “the DREAM Act” in the defense bill.

The DREAM Act creates a “path to citizenship” for illegal immigrants who entered the U.S. before the age of 16, have lived here for 5 years, and either serve in the military or attend college. But the bill also prohibits the government from deporting anyone who has filed an application for the program. This essentially gives amnesty to anyone who applies regardless of whether they actually qualify for the act’s protections.

By itself the Dream Act is terrible policy. Forcing this measure into the defense authorization bill is just shameful.

This is not the first time Reid has pulled this stunt. Last year’s defense bill, The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010, expanded federal hate crime laws. What did that have to do with national security?

Reid’s hijacking of the defense bill for his reelection purposes is exactly why the American people have such a low approval of Congress. - Entire column

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Blog author's comments - Harry Reid is a disgrace. How can anyone living in the state of Nevada vote for this man?

Reid wants what Obama wants. To buy a voting block of illegals by giving them amnesty. The Democrats are arrogant enough to believe no one is paying attention to whatever underhanded trick they try. Even when discovered, few in the MSM will report it.

Illegal aliens are just that - Illegal! This is only one reason why the Republicans must gain power in the midterm elections. This has to stop. Expose the harm Obama and the Democrats have already done. Obama cannot be allowed to be a two term President.

My wish is to see Harry Reid defeated by Sharon Angle and for the GOP to win a majority in the House, which would take away Nancy Pelosi's power.