Posted on 03/29/2015 6:20:27 AM PDT by libstripper
Harry Reid sustained what sound like serious injuries on New Year’s Day, allegedly while exercising. This is the complete statement that was issued by his office:
On Thursday, Senator Reid received treatment at University Medical Center in Las Vegas for injuries sustained in an accident he suffered while exercising at home in Henderson.
A piece of equipment Senator Reid was using to exercise broke, causing him to fall and break a number of ribs and bones in his face.
Senator Reid will return to Washington this weekend and be in the office Tuesday as the Senate prepares to reconvene. His doctors expect a full recovery.
Senator Reid was first brought to St. Rose Dominican Hospital in Henderson by his security detail. He was then transferred to UMC for further testing, where he was admitted overnight as a precaution.
(Excerpt) Read more at powerlineblog.com ...
Looks like a left overhand punch nailed his eye...
Harry got the message.
I still think it was either ValJar or Pumpkin Thighs.
Was the machine named Guido?
If it came from Harry, it was a lie.
Period.
In 40 years of using all kinds of equipment I have never experienced or seen a failure that has resulted in the type injury he exhibits. (I don’t recall any injuries period.) I have, however, experienced and seen the results of a beating. This is what his injuries look like. I’d say he had a falling out with a supporter who was disappointed at something the Senator did or failed to do. This is why the Senator is retiring.
Harry Reid, 75, breaks ribs and facial bones in second ‘exercise’ accident in the last three years
live like an animal, die like an animal...
In the twenty years of using the Air Force gym equipment...I’ve seen two serious injuries.
The first was on the walking-machine treadmill...guy was running along on it and simply took the wrong step...stumbled and it threw him back against the wall. It was bad enough that they called an ambulance for him but I don’t think he broke anything.
The second episode was some cabling weight machine device....cable came off.
The way I look at this...he could have strictly the eye/head injury, or the rib injury but not both....simply doesn’t fit any type of scenario. So I’m buying the mafia story entirely. I think Harry realizes the impact of the situation and probably hasn’t been back to Nevada since that day. I don’t think of the significant Democrats who might run...upon looking at Harry’s situation...care to take up the job either. It’ll be a 2nd tier Democrat who ends up running.
Thank you for your direct testimony. I’ve less experience with exercise equipment than you do but, in my more limited experience, have not seen anything that could cause that type and extent of damage. Indeed, over Memorial Day weekend in 1988 I had a bad motorcycle accident where a wheel wobble sent me and my bike in two different directions at about 65 m.p.h. and my injuries were no where near as bad as Reid’s.
That right side on the Face reminds me of some results of some Boot stomping I saw when I was younger. Harry always brags about what a great Boxer he was. I wonder what happened.
Thank you also for your direct testimony. Now it’s quite clear he didn’t have an “exercise accident.”
“Why isn’t he suing the manufacturers of the equipment?” How many accidents are caused each year by this equipment? Has the EPA made them put a warning label on them? What are the statistics? What is the name of the manufacturer? People need to be warned against using this type of equipment. It might put the company out of business. Is Harry the only victim? It appears this is the second time he has had an accident. I think after the first incident I would find some other way to exercise. Harry has a history of imaginary friends telling him things. Perhaps this story is one he imagined because the truth would be unflattering.
As Hinderaker notes, the really remarkable thing about this story is the complete incuriosity shown by every MSM investigative reporter in America....about the Senate Majority Leader showing on New Years Day up at a Vegas hospital claiming essentially that he ran into a doorknob.
Maybe Guido believed in the constitution or wanted the filibuster rule reinstated. Anything can happen.
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