Anyone who watched the move Casino should know that the coked up, whoring, shakedown artist politician (played by Dick Smothers) was based on Harry Reid, when he sat on the Nevada gaming commission. There is a scene in the film in which the politician denies Frank Rosenthal (in the film they call him Ace Rothstein played by Robert Deniro) and there is a big argument both in the hearing room and in the hallway in front of the press. That is almost identical to the video of the hearing in which Reid denies Rosenthal his casino license. In the film, Rothstein refers to the Commissioner as “Senator” which is a big giveaway as who whom this character was based on. Even though it is obviously Reid, calling a Commissioner “Senator” is just icing on the cake (the film was made some 20 odd years after all this).
If you watch the video of the hearing, and the scene in the film consecutively, Scorcese almost has the shot sequence and dialogue exactly as it appears on the original archive tape.
Also fwiw, the lawyer representing Rothstein in the film is played by the real life lawyer who represented Rosenthal at the casino license hearing - Oscar Goodman. He later went on to become Mayor of Las Vegas.
San. Pat McCarran (D-Nev.) was an American patriot who helped to rid the US government of Red spies.
Given that McCarron was an anti-communist, I would seek truthful sources on this man’s history rather than rely on the left who brand him as an anti-Semite and against immigration.
That is how they attack those who disagree with them. The man may indeed be an anti-SemiteFor all I know, but I sure as hell am not going to take their word for it. I would research it on my own.
By the way, I think he was most famous for what was known as the McCarran Rider, Which is legislation that required communist organizations to list their affiliations and membership.
Given what we know now about communist infiltration of the US government institutions through the 30s, 40s, and early 50s, we damn well should’ve been doing that.
I see this as another effort by the left to erase history. That’s all.
Dingy Harry International
Nevada, home of the one-armed bandit and now the one-eyed bandit airport.
In other news that Harry Reid airport commission is trying to acquire public land for a private, foreign companies to exploit.
In other news that Harry Reid airport commission is trying to acquire public land for a private, foreign companies to exploit.
How about the Jack Mormon Mob Commie who got his ass beaten?
A minor county’s commission should NOT have the power to force the WORLD to spend who knows how much money to implement the name change...and especially not to honor such a stinking pile of fecal matter as Harry Reid.
VOMIT!