Posted on 10/11/2006 11:21:50 AM PDT by Prost1
WASHINGTON - Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid collected a $1.1 million windfall on a Las Vegas land sale even though he hadn't personally owned the property for three years, property deeds show.
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In the process, Reid did not disclose to Congress an earlier sale in which he transferred his land to a company created by a friend and took a financial stake in that company, according to records and interviews.
The Nevada Democrat's deal was engineered by Jay Brown, a longtime friend and former casino lawyer whose name surfaced in a major political bribery trial this summer and in other prior organized crime investigations. He's never been charged with wrongdoing — except for a 1981 federal securities complaint that was settled out of court.
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"Hey Harry, you better put some ice on that." Sen. Clinton
looks like a chain gang waiting for their trash stickers.
So quiet, we won't ever know. What sort of legislative concession are we talking about here? Ending the death tax, or maybe naming OCtober National Be Nice to Your Tax Attorney Month.
We have all the luck... :(
That's a huge personal campaign contribution!
The land was environmentally protected. There was an endangered tortoise living on it. Reid pulled a few strings in Washington and got his buddy the developer full rights to build mega houses and golf courses.
Democrat corruption really pays, doesn't it? Will Reid have the decency to resign like Mr. Foley?
Need to read this article. Reid is in big trouble.
Damn that Rove!""
I sure hope Reid is in big rouble... I live in Nevada, and Reid is a first class SNAKE.
Even the appearance of impropriety...blah blah blah
Does someone have a list of the democrats calling for Reid to resign?.....Oh, there are none.
Well, well, well.....look at that list and it's still real early! LOL
This story would be HUGE....if it was Bill Frist instead of Harry Reid.
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Date: 2006-10-11 11:44:23
PostID: 219171677
Title: (politics) re: Reid Got $1M in Land Sale
NOW THAT'S HOW YOU BRING ABOUT AN OCTOBER SUPRISE.
ROVE, YOU MAGNIFICENT BASTARD!
Now get ready for the lefties to want this article censored. Because as we all know, they are the party of morals and tolerance.
ROFLMAO!!!!!
Merry Fitzmas.
" Culture of Corruption ! "
Oh hush...better late than never!
Yes indeed!
you said: "Need to read this article. Reid is in big trouble."
What planet do you live on, there is a D next to Reid's name. So two things won't happen, any traction by the MSM, and any action by the "ethics" committee
I lived in Nevada for over thirty years and snakes seldom affect anyone. They also keep the rodent population down.
Reid would be better compared to a parasite.
Hastart OWES Reid. Now is the chance for him to get even.
No doubt she would sacrifice the entire election for the Dems just o get a little more power for herself.
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