Posted on 04/14/2016 1:50:40 PM PDT by jazusamo
Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Thursday he wishes he could stay in the Senate “'til I drop dead," even though he is not seeking reelection in November.
"Well, I wish I could stay here 'til I drop dead, but I want to be remembered for my first 34 years, not my last six," Reid said in an interview with The Takeaway podcast
. "I want everyone within the sound of my voice here today to understand what a joy it's been, an honor for me to serve in the Senate."
The Nevada senator reflected on his unpopularity among some of his colleagues but expressed no regrets.
"I have been somewhat envious of my friends who go through this institution and everyone kind of likes them, but I would rather be who I am," he said, recalling the flak he received for saying the U.S. lost the Iraq War. "I have to be candid. I think I sleep much better at night knowing not everyone agrees with me. "
Reid, 76, announced his retirement after a serious eye injury at the beginning of last year, but he said he has been thinking about ending his Senate career for a long time.
Reid began his 34-year career in Congress with the House in 1983 but didn't stay there long. He won a seat in the Senate in 1986. He served as the Senate Majority Leader from 2007 to 2015, until Republicans gained the majority.
Reid's departure has created a hotly contested battle for his seat, with Republicans hoping to win and keep the Senate after the next cycle. Sharron Angle, a Tea Party Republican, will face off against Rep. Joe Heck in the primary. On the Democratic side, Catherine Cortez Masto, a former state attorney general, will run against Black Lives Matter activist Allen Rheinhart.
Are you allowed to say bad things about the living?
It’s too bad he hasn’t already gotten his wish. There’s still time.
I share his wish, I just have a different schedule in mind.
I thought Sharron Angle was donne.
Which from the look of him could be any minute now.
Yikes, Sharron Angle is giving it another run for Senate?
She wins the GOP nod, we can kiss that seat good-bye.
Ha! If he’d do it right before the recess maybe they’d find him mummified when they go back in session.
Feel the LOVE on this thread, brothers and sisters! Feel the LOOOOOVE!
Ohhhh yes. After the Senate, they’re just another lonely old person with nothing to do. But rich. Very rich.
Hey! Me too!
We do too. How does noon tomorrow sound?
We all share a variation of your wish, Har.
Many Americans wish that old dingy have his wish fulfilled ASAP!
The Founding Fathers never thought politics would become a career for greedy and corrupt politicians.
We need term limits badly.
I am surprised he knows he is going to die.
It is one of the few times he has been correct.
I don’t wish death on anyone, I’m saving it for the cluntons.
Yep...Lotsa love, emotion or something. :-)
Dingy Harry, the Mormon Mafioso.
Hell, I’ve been wishing that for years but he won’t cooperate.
Given the mood of the country toward politicians of both parties Harry’s dropping dead might be on a gallows on the capital mall. These times echo France in 1789 and the same kind of revolution might be coming here.
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