Posted on 01/06/2015 6:03:48 PM PST by mdittmar
In the minority after Republican gains in November's elections, Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois was sworn in Tuesday with a temporary gig: filling in for ailing Democratic leader Harry Reid.
Durbin, 70, said the Senate minority leader was "making a speedy recovery from his New Year's Day run-in with some exercise equipment."
With Reid on the injured roster, it fell to Durbin to lead his party's congratulations to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.
Durbin did so by quoting the late Everett Dirksen of Illinois, a Republican and former Senate minority leader: "I am a man of fixed and unbending principle, the first of which is to be flexible at all times."
The quip drew laughs at the start of the 114th Congress on a celebratory day when Durbin, along with 10 Democratic and eight Republican House members from Illinois, took their oaths.
Reid suffered a concussion, broken facial bones and three broken ribs in his mishap. Durbin, the assistant minority leader, will perform Reid's floor duties until doctors allow Reid to return.
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Lets be honest here.
Reid probably had a bit much to drink and probably fell down some stairs or something. The exercise equipment story is just lame. I wonder who came up with that shit anyway. lol
Liberalism is a disease.
His next excuse...”I tripped on my aspirin!”
Earlier I heard on the radio that Reid was “working from home”.
Why can’t they ALL work from home, ALL YEAR? Would save us all a bunch of debt. (there’s no such thing as saving money anymore)
I think his Mafia Overlords got to him as payback for him losing the Senate, or one of his scam real estate deals went south. Either way, big money is involved and Harry needed to be taught a lesson. Too bad he’s not sleeping with da fishes...
If he was really injured on “a piece of exercise equipment” I’m pretty sure we’d know more details.
My ONLY consolation is that I’m still young enough that all of these POSs will (statistically) be dead before I am and I can p*ss on their graves.
Yeah. I’m a LITTLE wound up tonight, LOL! It’s been a frustrating day...
Electronic evidence is far more potentially dangerous than personal contact over cocktails.
He’s so dammed old, he probably isn’t worth the effort.
He’ll be with the worms soon enough.
Why in the hell would someone that old even WANT to be in DC anyway?
Would you??
I know I sure as hell wouldn’t....
I I was around the 70-80 year old range, I believe I could find something MUCH better to do with what’s left of my life, because it’ll be over soon. Maybe the ones that stay there that long are working on favors for the kids, grandchildren, and generations beyond, ect...ect.
The interest rate is probably quite high.
“I am a man of fixed and unbending principle, the first of which is to be flexible at all times.”
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Which means “I will do anything to anyone for the right amount of money...”
Actually the “exercise equipment” was a German personal
trainer by the name of Hans who wasn’t near as queen as
Harry had thought.
Dick Durbin is no Everett Dirksen
“Who came up with that lame story?”
The same Liberal machine operatives that created the scenario that Vince Foster committed suicide, and other cover up fairy tales. Tales such as the cut on Bill’s forehead didnt come from Hillary throwing a lamp at him while upset with the Lewinsky’s he had been getting.
I think Reid mispronounced “Corleone” one time too many. He’s lucky he didn’t wake up next to a dead hooker.
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