DUmmies finally admire a devout Mormon ("Dingy" Harry Reid, RIP at age 82)

[Ralph Wiggum]

Drunken Irishman (34,800 posts)


Harry Reid, former Senate majority leader and Democratic kingmaker, dies at 82

Source: The Nevada Independent

Harry Reid, who rose from abject poverty in rural Nevada to become one of the most influential state and national leaders, died on Tuesday, sources confirmed to The Nevada Independent. He was 82.

Additional details were not immediately available.

Read more: https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/harry-reid-former-senate-majority-leader-and-democratic-kingmaker-dies-at-82

Star Member brush (38,873 posts)

4. R.I.P., Harry Reid. He was a good Democrat and he acted and voted like it.

Atticus (12,000 posts)

15. R.I.P. Harry was a scrapper who was not afraid to get his hands dirty

or his nose bloody.

You never had to "interpret" something he said. He was honest and blunt. If he said it he meant it, whether it was a promise or a threat.

He made us proud to be Democrats.

LoisB (1,870 posts)

17. Oh, no. A quietly great man I always thought. Worked hard for us but never tooted his own horn.

Rest, Leader Reid, you have earned it.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142846047

A memory from the wayback machine:

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh raised $2.1 million for children of fallen Marines and law enforcement officers on Friday by auctioning off a letter from Senate Democrats denouncing him for a remark about “phony soldiers.”

Philanthropist Betty Casey purchased the letter on eBay, which said it was the most expensive item ever sold for charity on the online marketplace.

The letter, signed by U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and 40 fellow Senate Democrats, expressed outrage over what they described as Limbaugh’s “characterization of troops who oppose the (Iraq) war as ‘phony soldiers’.”

Limbaugh denounced the note as a “smear letter,” saying the remark he made on his radio show referred to soldiers who falsified their military service.

Regardless, Reid, speaking in the Senate, saluted Limbaugh for raising the money on behalf of The Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Foundation, which helps children of Marines and law officers killed in the line of duty.

“What could be a more worthwhile cause?” said Reid, urging support for the fund-raising drive shortly before bidding closed.

“I strongly believe when we can put our differences aside, even Harry Reid and Rush Limbaugh, we should do that and try to accomplish good things for the American people,” Reid said.

Limbaugh, in his posting on eBay, did not appear conciliatory with Reid, who is referred to as “Dingy Harry.” On his radio show shortly after bidding closed, he identified Casey as the winner.

Casey is with the Eugene B. Casey Foundation, which said in a statement it bought the “smear letter” to demonstrate its belief in free speech and support of Limbaugh.

Limbaugh said he was matching Casey’s bid by contributing another $2.1 million to the foundation, and urged Reid and other Democrats who signed the letter to do the same.

Reid spokesman Jim Manley declined comment on Limbaugh’s challenge, but said: “Senator Reid is happy something good came from Rush’s outrageous comments.”

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-politics-limbaugh/reid-limbaugh-spat-raises-2-1-million-for-children-idUSN1930617020071019

[DefiantSix]

Good riddance "Whore House" Harry. Enjoy your special spot over the coals...

 

[USA4ME]

His worldview was wrong and he made the country weaker and less free by pressing his failed ideology.

Adiós!!

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[dutch508]

Well, good.

[Muddling 2]

Well, good.

Is this the "quietly great man" that chose to stand in the Well of the Senate and lie about Mitt Romney's taxes so he couldn't be sued for slander?

[Drafe Hoblin]

Drunken Irishman (34,800 posts)

Harry Reid, who rose from abject poverty in rural Nevada

only to discover he had a limited IQ. 

[DefiantSix]

Drunken Irishman (34,800 posts)

Harry Reid, who rose from abject poverty in rural Nevada

only to discover he had a limited IQ.

He was already fully aware that there had not been one single scrupulous thought to ever cross between his ear canals - even accidently - in as long as he could remember.

Look up "corrupt bastard" in the dictionary, and Dingy Harry's picture will be there next to it, like somebody threw up right in the book.

[SVPete]

Is this the "quietly great man" that chose to stand in the Well of the Senate and lie about Mitt Romney's taxes so he couldn't be sued for slander?

I make a habit of not speaking too much ill of newly deceased people with whom I disagreed, so this is as far as I'll go (from another thread): Reid fought for power, by all means fair or foul, the former mainly when convenient. IOW, he was a perfect DUmp icon.

Hopefully his family and friends find comfort in each other.

[Mr Mannn]

Can you really be a devout mormon and be best buddies with the mafia?

[SVPete]

Can you really be a devout mormon and be best buddies with the mafia?

Your "And be" list is very incomplete. IMO, Reid was to the LDS church what Joe Kennedy Sr. & Sons were to the Catholic Church, maybe to a lesser degree.

[Delmar]

Maybe now that he's dead the true story of how he got his eye poked out will be revealed, I never believed that BS broken Thigh Master story.  My money is on the mob.

[Ralph Wiggum]

Is this the "quietly great man" that chose to stand in the Well of the Senate and lie about Mitt Romney's taxes so he couldn't be sued for slander?

And someone can correct me if I'm misremembering, but Dingy Harry never was asked to provide any evidence.  Yet the lapdog media ran with that story ad nauseum as if it were absolutely true.  Sometimes the accusation is stronger than the evidence, or lack thereof.

[SVPete]

IIRC, it was (supposedly) defective resistance bands rather than HilLIARy's obviously unused second-hand Thigh Master.

[Drafe Hoblin]

Maybe now that he's dead the true story of how he got his eye poked out will be revealed, I never believed that BS broken Thigh Master story.  My money is on the mob.

His brother sucker-punched him after they got him out of police-custody for DWI.

The brother's mug-shot was on Twitter and other sites the next day or so, with a scuffed-up face.  Presently came the announcement that Weid 'fell' against a workout-machine.  You don't get a black-eye by falling against a workout-machine.

[FlaGator]

I'm not much for dancing on the grave of the dead because I am sure everyone has done some good in their life but I can't say that I'll miss old Harry much. Not much at all.