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Reid clarifies exchange with reporter after conservatives pounce on remark (Video)
The Hill ^ | 10/02/13 | Jonathan Easley

Posted on 10/02/2013 7:06:05 PM PDT by mdittmar

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) sought to clarify comments he made in a testy exchange with a reporter on Wednesday, after conservatives pounced on what they portrayed as a serious government shutdown gaffe.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Nevada
KEYWORDS: cancer; children; deathpanels; evil; extremist; greedy; hardhearted; harryreid; meanspirited; nevada; reid; reporter; senile; zombie
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To: Gene Eric

[ “This is — to have someone of your intelligence to suggest such a thing maybe means you’re irresponsible and reckless.”

I missed that part. Was that direct to Dana Bash?

That arrogant,wussie bastard Dingy said it to the woman reporter who asked him a simple question.


61 posted on 10/02/2013 8:55:37 PM PDT by Islander2
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To: mdittmar

Does his bicycle have the backpedal option installed?


62 posted on 10/02/2013 8:55:42 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (IÂ’m not a Republican, I'm a Conservative! Pubbies haven't been conservative since before T.R.)
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To: Colonel_Flagg
Harry Reid has been allowed to act like an absolute and utter jackass...

Well, he is a leading democRAT. And their mascot is...?

63 posted on 10/02/2013 8:55:59 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (HEY RATS! Control your murdering FREAKS!)
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To: mdittmar

Reid still hasn’t defended his penchant for little girls...


64 posted on 10/02/2013 8:56:25 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: mdittmar

Doesn’t Harry deserve to live in the Ritz-Carlton?

Sort of warms your heart.


65 posted on 10/02/2013 8:57:25 PM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: mdittmar

A poster needs to be made. Have it split down the middle or even diagonally with Bash on one side and Reid on the other. Then have the each one captioned with:

“If you can help one child who has cancer, why wouldn’t you do it?” (for Bash)

“Why would we want to do that?” for Reid.


66 posted on 10/02/2013 9:02:41 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (IÂ’m not a Republican, I'm a Conservative! Pubbies haven't been conservative since before T.R.)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

67 posted on 10/02/2013 9:04:50 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (IÂ’m not a Republican, I'm a Conservative! Pubbies haven't been conservative since before T.R.)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Make sure the pic of Reid is of him with the scowl of contempt.


68 posted on 10/02/2013 9:06:45 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (IÂ’m not a Republican, I'm a Conservative! Pubbies haven't been conservative since before T.R.)
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To: Colonel_Flagg
I think it’s little short of amazing that Harry Reid has been allowed to act like an absolute and utter jackass...

It's not an act.

69 posted on 10/02/2013 9:07:44 PM PDT by SeaHawkFan
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To: lurk
Uh, hello conservatives, but it isn’t the responsibility of the Fed govt to ever help anyone with health problems.

Let’s not criticize Hairy for his comment; let’s empower the churches, neighborhoods and families to do the lifting for the poor and hurting and not expect it from the govt.

In a just world, all the research and treatment would indeed be private. Nonetheless, Harry Reid has indicated that he is willing to hold young cancer patients hostage rather than get a piecemeal NIH funding bill through the Senate. #senilepriorities

70 posted on 10/02/2013 9:12:15 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Major brain damage at UMES, but no property damage!)
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To: mdittmar

The Atlantic Wire is trying to save Reid.

Come On, No. Harry Reid Doesn’t Hate Kids with Cancer
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2013/10/come-no-harry-reid-doesnt-hate-kids-cancer/70134/

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“In the video, it’s clear that Reid was responding to the point brought up by Schumer — why fund kids with cancer, while ignoring, say, other vulnerable kids, or other populations impacted by the shutdown? Why choose? This has been the Democrats’ stock response to variations on this question, usually from Republicans on the House floor. But Reid’s answer, with a testy tone and a follow-up insult to a reporters’ intelligence, caught on. This is how the exchange was picked up by Buzzfeed:”

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“The fact that the talking point works is, in part, Reid’s own fault. Reid has a long-documented history of saying mean things, including to reporters like CNN’s Bash. And while Reid’s comments are abrasive, their status as a chess piece in a game for public sympathy is at best disingenuous. Of course Harry Reid doesn’t hate kids with cancer. That’s not even what he said. Even though that point should be obvious, he’s since defended himself by saying the remarks were taken out of context.”


71 posted on 10/02/2013 9:19:37 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (IÂ’m not a Republican, I'm a Conservative! Pubbies haven't been conservative since before T.R.)
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To: mdittmar

Dana Bash later said that in asking the question she was “playing devil’s advocate”. In other words, Bash was apologizing for straying from the socialist plantation.


72 posted on 10/02/2013 9:29:58 PM PDT by Praxeologue
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To: mrsmel

It is now official...

It is on record, filmed, recorded..
HARRY OWNS THESE REMARKS

AND WE WILL CREAM HIM WITH THEM IN 2014 and 2016...

trust us Harry...we mean what we say...


73 posted on 10/02/2013 10:21:44 PM PDT by haircutter
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To: Kennard

Wow. She was “playing devil’s advocate”. That’s our unbiased, impartial media for ya. I bet if anyone looked, we’d find little 666’s on their scalps.


74 posted on 10/02/2013 10:26:15 PM PDT by mrsmel (One Who Can See)
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To: Kennard
hummn and I was just beginning to sorta like the chick, Dana..

but....HARRY'S REMARKS ARE A PRIME EXAMPLE FOR TERM LIMITS, AND AGE MATTERS...

HARRY REID SHOULD BE MADE TO R E S I G N...NOW

75 posted on 10/02/2013 10:28:15 PM PDT by haircutter
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To: DManA

There will be a 90-minute special tonight entitled, “What Harry Reid said and what he really meant to say and why the hater-GOP racist Cruz-bots want him to kill him,” on all networks and cable station.


76 posted on 10/03/2013 2:18:14 AM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Dick Obama is more inexperienced now than he was before he was elected.)
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To: mdittmar

“So what if I don’t want to cure a kid with cancer? The GOP wants to kill everyone’s grandmother.”


77 posted on 10/03/2013 2:22:07 AM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Dick Obama is more inexperienced now than he was before he was elected.)
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To: SeaHawkFan

Well, that’s a good point. He’s just rarely been so brazen about it.


78 posted on 10/03/2013 7:24:19 AM PDT by Colonel_Flagg (My PV2 is my hero.)
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To: mdittmar
It is past time to start boycotting Las Vegas and Reno, until those controlling those cities and casinos get rid of Reid.
79 posted on 10/03/2013 10:20:26 AM PDT by Grampa Dave ( Boycott Reno & Las Vegas until those in control there, remove Reid from the senate!)
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