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Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid gestures during a Capitol Hill news conference, Thursday, April 6, 2006, where Senate Democrats and Republicans announced they were close a compromise on immigration legislation. From left are, Senate Majority Leader Bill First of Tenn., Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Sen. Mel Martinez, R-Fla.
Published Friday, Aug. 13, 2010 | 1:33 p.m.
Updated Friday, Aug. 13, 2010 | 4:06 p.m.
Republicans are calling Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid a hypocrite today because he once introduced legislation that would have denied citizenship to children of illegal immigrants.
Some Republicans have been pushing to change birthright citizenship for children born in the United State to parents who came here illegally. Reid’s opponent Sharron Angle said this week that Congress should get involved in the issue.
Reid has been strongly critical of those efforts, saying Republicans have “either taken leave of their senses or their principles” for pushing for a constitutional amendment.
But in 1993, Reid introduced legislation that would have denied citizenship to those children.
In 2006, when that 1993 proposed legislation was used against him during a debate on immigration, Reid delivered a speech on the Senate floor denouncing his own bad decision.
“I do want to tell … my friends in the Senate, that is a low point of my legislative career, the low point of my governmental career,” Reid said.
Reid said he introduced the legislation at the request of a “group of people (who) came and talked to us and convinced us that the thing to do would be to close the borders between Mexico and the United States.”
Since then, Reid has been a forceful advocate for comprehensive immigration reform that would include a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants. He also is a strong supporter of the Dream Act, which would allow children brought to the country illegally to earn citizenship and a college education.
It's true. Reid changed his immigration position. http://bit.ly/aLqAh7
Atta boy Harry. You keep telling those legal American Hispanics how stupid they are for not being able to determine which party to support. I guess you feel you can just pull on the puppet strings of these people as you do with Barry Husain OMoron. You have to ask yourselves, can all criminals be rehabilitated or do some become habitual offenders?
lmao. Time for a change like Obama says. Sharon Angel, 2011 people. Let's get some new blood out there in congress.
gbigs:
I haven't forgotten the Health Care Bull but perhaps Angle could re-introduce this after Harry is tossed..
This is a very good idea..
http://24ahead.com/blog/archives/004901....
anthonyjoevegas
When Reid was the Tancredo of the 90's then reinvents himself to pander to the hispanics..I think it is time for someone new..someone who can be trusted to be who they say they are without apology..and without pandering
So, Reid said in 2006 it was a mistake. So there's no hypocrisy in maintaining his new position in 2010.
It's also that thing about "two wrongs don't make a right"....
Given all the experts on hypocrisy in the GOP, you'd think they'd know it better.
Maybe they just haven't spent enough time analyzing John McCain.
It is stunning to me that Senator Reid believes this was his low point. From my point of view healthcare reform was the lowest point. Senator Reid participated and facilitated backroom negotiations with members of his own party to secure votes. He disregarded the majority of his constituents when he voted aye.
Harry Reid is 1000 times better than Sharron,
"ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST", ANGLE.
Not even close, Angle is nuts.
Only crazy, far right, republican wack-jobs,
support crazy Angle.
SAVE SOCIAL SECURITY,
VOTE HARRY REID.
redi should reintroduce that bill.
Oh, I see xtra....When you change your mind for honest reasons, and explain them...it's pandering? (oh, of course, it has to be because it's...those evil Hispanics...)
Listen, the biggest panderers out there are Republican politicians bowing before the altar of the Tea Party. And that includes Angle.
Though in her defense she does seem to honestly believe the wacky things she says.
No HYPOCRISY - from the article:
Since 2006, Reid has been a forceful advocate for comprehensive immigration reform that would include a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants. He also is a strong supporter of the Dream Act, which would allow children brought to the country illegally to earn citizenship and a college education.
Mr. Senate Majority Leader,
We accept your apology and forgive you for this horrible legislation.
Now it's time to go out there and show the Reno Psycho what a hard left uppercut feels like!
GIVE 'EM HELL, HARRY!
What's in the GOP DNA that attracts so many wackos and neo-fascists? I give you Marg Baker, running for the Florida legislature:
"I was just a little girl in Miami, and they built camps for the people that snuck into the country because they were illegal," Baker said. "They put them in the camps and they shipped them back. We can do that. We can do E-Verify. We must stop them."
In an interview with Salon (where she might have had an opportunity to clarify in a good way)), she elaborated:
"We can ship them out to the middle of the country and put up high walls and leave them there," said Marg Baker, the middle-aged real estate broker vying for the Republican nomination in the state's 48th district, north of Tampa.
Compare and contrast:
In 2006, Harry Reid apologized for making a HUGE mistake in scapegoating and demonizing immigrants in 1993.
In 2010, Sharron Angle refuses to apologize for taking money from xenophobic hate groups that advocate the round-up of immigrants, forbidding women from working outside the house, and instituting the death penalty against "homosexual sodomites". She also refuses to apologize for her own actions in the 1990s, when as a leading figure in the Independent American Party, they opposed anti-discrimination laws for "homosexuals" and engaged in the ugliest anti-immigrant xenophobia.
Sure, no difference there!
I would still vote for him over that WHACK JOB Sharron Angle!
Angle is out of her mind.
A total nut-job.
She's the last person on earth that Nevada
needs.
ANGLE WANTS TO KILL SOCIAL SECURITY.
SAVE SOCIAL SECURITY.
VOTE HARRY REID.
Reid just called the Senate back into session to pass a $600 million (paid for) addition to provide more border security. Agents and unmanned aircraft.
Obama has done MORE in terms of real border security, including number of deportations, than ANY previous President. With Reid's backing. And NOT A WORD of acknowledgment of this from ANY Republican. You hypocrites.
Which doesn't mean the Dems don't want the DREAM ACT passed. But it does mean that the Republican
demonization of Reid over immigration is just a lot
of hot air.
I knew this man is unbalanced!!! Nevada if you vote this insane man is again you deserve what will happen if it's not to late already. Wake up you stupid Liberals! If you could just stop hating for one day maybe your brain would take an enima. He is an embarrasment to not only nevada but America as well. Enough with these NUTS!!
Teamster just to let you know the DEM witted Libs have already sold Social Security not only yours but our childrens. It's Unions that have put this country in a hole. Vote Angle to help save us.
Harry Reid is getting more done than any
Majority Leader in history.
HARRY REID IS AWESOME!
Republicans have proven to be the most
incompetent idiots on the face of the earth.
Angle lives in LALA LAND.
SAVE SOCIAL SECURITY,
VOTE HARRY REID.
You can kiss Nevada bye-bye if a nut-case like Angle is elected!lol
Just look at Reid's record. You can't tell the difference between him and Obama. Voted for TARP, Health Plan ,Cap and Trade ,not protecting our borders, big contracts to unions ETC. We are at a crossroads and we need a change . If we elect people like REID < PELOSI > RANGEL>BOXER then we deserve what we get.
'THE VIRTUES OF TWO MEN'
Virtue ethics is an approach to ethics that emphasizes the character of the moral agent, rather than rules or consequences, as the key element of ethical thinking. This contrasts with consequentialism, which holds that the consequences of a particular act form the basis for any valid moral judgment about that action, and deontology, which derives rightness or wrongness from the character of the act itself rather than the outcomes.
Consequentialism: Mr. Ensign, I'm innocent, so send me money for my defense fund, the liberal group CREW is out to get me. Please, will someone show me the virtues in such an act as this, when he is not taking responsibility for such dispicable behavior.
Deontology: Senator Reid, "Reid delivered a speech on the Senate floor denouncing his own bad decision." He recognized the gravity of his action and took the most appropiate and honorable step to rectify the issue. Show me the "HYPOCRISY" in this man's actions.
Can anyone not see the difference in the virtues of these two men?
Better yet, I have not heard Ms. Angle explain her change in positions on a number of issues; this in my mind shows a lack of virtues or in your on word "HYPOCRISY".
VegasExile.......
You greedy,anti-union fools are what ruined
our economy.
We union workers built this great country
and you greedy republicans sent our jobs to
COMMUNIST CHINA, thanks alot.
Our Social Security went with them.
It all backfired in republican faces.
Alzheimer's?
Unlike the majority of Republicans, Reid has not only a brain, but also a conscience. He admitted his error, which is what a real man does. As for his opposition, they are too busy hiring undocumented immigrants at 10 cents an hour to mow their lawns to have consciences.
Harry Reid was correct in 1993. He's just cow towing to the Democratic Party now.
Throughout this week, news outlets have carried the story that illegal aliens have 60,000 babies each year, in Texas alone, all without health insurance, i.e. at the cost of those hospitals' other customers and at the cost of the taxpayers.
No figures have been given for Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico or Arizona were given, but you've got to bet that proportionally the number will be the same.
As I have said many times before, with Nevada's real unemployment rate at close to 20%, I am sick of eating in restaurants, especially major casinos' restaurants, where everyone speaks English with a heavy accent.
I believe in American jobs for Americans first.
And as to the "anchor babies", many countries in Europe would deny them citizenship too. Undoubtedly proving, once again, that Europeans (other than the French, who are over-run with Muslims) are smarter than Americans about keeping their cultures and economies intact.
Hypocrisy is the lefts middle name.
I hope as many hispanics see this that saw his outrageous comments earlier this week. Let's see you explain this one, Harry.
Well YEA he changed his mind, once he saw how many VOTES this would guarentee for him! Bad Reid...Bad Senator...http://aBadReid.com
Time for a change. Bye-Bye Harry.
At least now Promise Breaker Ensign is not the only hypocrite embarrassing Nevada. The question for Harry Reid is what he really thinks of Hispanics and minorities. Reid thought Obama could win the presidency because he was a light skinned Negro (as though U.S. voters would have a problem with a dark skinned Negro), and this past week he asked how anyone could be Hispanic and Republican. In other words, Reid believes everyone with a bit more pigment in their skin thinks like a Democrat and is pro-immigration reform (a euphemism for amnesty) and dependent on big government welfare to feed their herd of ninos. Reid may be the most racist fellow on Capitol Hill.
There is no shame in changing your position on an issue and admitting you were wrong, Indeed, it is an indication of good character. You have my vote, Mr. Reid.
The Socialist Party of America announced in their October 2009 newsletter that 70 Congressional democrats currently belong to their caucus.
This admission was recently posted on Scribd.com:
American Socialist Voter--
Q: How many members of the U.S. Congress are also members of the DSA?
A: Seventy
Q: How many of the DSA members sit on the Judiciary Committee?
A: Eleven: John Conyers [Chairman of the Judiciary Committee], Tammy Baldwin, Jerrold Nadler, Luis Gutierrez,
Melvin Watt, Maxine Waters, Hank Johnson, Steve Cohen, Barbara Lee, Robert Wexler, Linda Sanchez [there are 23 Democrats on the Judiciary Committee of which eleven, almost half, are now members of the DSA].
Q: Who are these members of 111th Congress?
A: See the listing below
Co-Chairs
Hon. Raul M. Grijalva (AZ-07)
Hon. Lynn Woolsey (CA-06)
Vice Chairs
Hon. Diane Watson (CA-33)
Hon. Sheila Jackson-Lee (TX-18)
Hon. Mazie Hirono (HI-02)
Hon. Dennis Kucinich (OH-10)
Senate Members
Hon. Bernie Sanders (VT)
House Members
Hon. Neil Abercrombie (HI-01)
Hon. Tammy Baldwin (WI-02)
Hon. Xavier Becerra (CA-31)
Hon. Madeleine Bordallo (GU-AL)
Hon. Robert Brady (PA-01)
Hon. Corrine Brown (FL-03)
Hon. Michael Capuano (MA-08)
Hon. Andre Carson (IN-07)
Hon. Donna Christensen (VI-AL)
Hon. Yvette Clarke (NY-11)
Hon. William "Lacy" Clay (MO-01)
Hon. Emanuel Cleaver (MO-05)
Hon. Steve Cohen (TN-09)
Hon. John Conyers (MI-14)
Hon. Elijah Cummings (MD-07)
Hon. Danny Davis (IL-07)
Hon. Peter DeFazio (OR-04)
Hon. Rosa DeLauro (CT-03)
Rep. Donna F. Edwards (MD-04)
Hon. Keith Ellison (MN-05)
Hon. Sam Farr (CA-17)
Hon. Chaka Fattah (PA-02)
Hon. Bob Filner (CA-51)
Hon. Barney Frank (MA-04)
Hon. Marcia L. Fudge (OH-11)
Hon. Alan Grayson (FL-08)
Hon. Luis Gutierrez (IL-04)
Hon. John Hall (NY-19)
Hon. Phil Hare (IL-17)
Hon. Maurice Hinchey (NY-22)
Hon. Michael Honda (CA-15)
Hon. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (IL-02)
Hon. Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX-30)
Hon. Hank Johnson (GA-04)
Hon. Marcy Kaptur (OH-09)
Hon. Carolyn Kilpatrick (MI-13)
Hon. Barbara Lee (CA-09)
Hon. John Lewis (GA-05)
Hon. David Loebsack (IA-02)
Hon. Ben R. Lujan (NM-3)
Hon. Carolyn Maloney (NY-14)
Hon. Ed Markey (MA-07)
Hon. Jim McDermott (WA-07)
Hon. James McGovern (MA-03)
Hon. George Miller (CA-07)
Hon. Gwen Moore (WI-04)
Hon. Jerrold Nadler (NY-08)
Hon. Eleanor Holmes-Norton (DC-AL)
Hon. John Olver (MA-01)
Hon. Ed Pastor (AZ-04)
Hon. Donald Payne (NJ-10)
Hon. Chellie Pingree (ME-01)
Hon. Charles Rangel (NY-15)
Hon. Laura Richardson (CA-37)
Hon. Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34)
Hon. Bobby Rush (IL-01)
Hon. Linda Sanchez (CA-47)
Hon. Jan Schakowsky (IL-09)
Hon. Jose Serrano (NY-16)
Hon. Louise Slaughter (NY-28)
Hon. Pete Stark (CA-13)
Hon. Bennie Thompson (MS-02)
Hon. John Tierney (MA-06)
Hon. Nydia Velazquez (NY-12)
Hon. Maxine Waters (CA-35)
Hon. Mel Watt (NC-12)
Hon. Henry Waxman (CA-30)
Hon. Peter Welch (VT-AL)
dnegri
Please list one wacky thing that Angle has said? Reid ia pandering. In his apology, he said he lost an election and then he saw the light..and that light was he needed the hispanic vote.
What he wrote in 1993 was the honest Reid..what you see now is a pathetic, senile old man who is the tool of any liberal left wing special interest group that will keep him in power.
dnegri
Angle stated that the liberals were substituting State for God..
This is stated all over the web in many different ways..
Here is a quote I swiped from a poster on the American Spectator. This person states it most succinctly..
"but if you're like me and live in NYC among the liberal elite it fits perfectly with their mindset. It comes from an absolute belief in the righteousness of the cause and a sincere viewpoint that conservatives have no real empathy or sympathy for others who are less well off, suffer from emotional or physical problems or who otherwise need help. In other words, they see liberalism, as now defined, as a substitute for Judeo-Christian beliefs related to charity, equality, kindness, etc. Their church is the government and they expect it to act similarly, providing relief and sustenance to the masses."
The original article is here:
http://spectator.org/archives/2010/08/12...
xtra,
American Spectator is like a filthy joke.
Do you honestly think anyone except your fellow teabaggers would use the link and bother to read that right-wing trash?
Last Throes
I read everything..
The only thing I think is filthy is a closed mind..and a nasty attitude..so you are a very dirty boy..
I support a constitutional amendment that stops children of illegal immigrants from obtaining citizenship. Only children of people legally in the United States are Americans.
Reid supported Nevada state Constitutional admenment to ban gay marriage.
Plus he supported DOMA which allows Nevada to ignore gay marriages from other states.
He has never said that he regreted those positions.
Also, therefore, those are not the lowest points in his political life.
That sounds like "I was for it before I was against it" tripe that most all politicians spew daily. Proving that you must watch their actions and not their lying mouths. Vote every one of them out, hold those replacing them accountable. No more lifetime politicians. They work for us.
xtra,
You want one crazy thing that Angle said? How bout a bunch?
"I believe that God has been in this from the beginning and because of that when he has a plan and a purpose for your life and you fit into that, what he calls you to he always equipped you for."
"You know, I'm a Christian, and I believe that God has a plan and a purpose for each one of our lives and that he can intercede in all kinds of situations and we need to have a little faith in many things."
"I'm hoping that we're not getting to Second Amendment remedies. I hope the vote will be the cure for the Harry Reid problems."
"I would say that my positions are very representative of mainstream America."
"There's nothing wrong with our health care system."
"I'm not going to earn anything from people who are there to badger and use my words to batter me with."
"We wanted them to ask the questions we want to answer so that they report the news the way we want it reported."
"We need to have the press be our friend."
"You can make more money on unemployment than you can going down and getting one of those jobs that is an honest job but it doesn't pay as much." (Unemployment is $10 an hour, max, FYI).
"Government doesn't really create jobs. A part-time job is not a job. People want a job that that has benefits, that has a future, is really something they can count on to pay their mortgage."
"When you have God in your life... he directs your path."
"No, government shouldn't be doing that to a private company. And I think you named it clearly: it is a slush fund."
"Today I actually softened because I was being held accountable for every idle word."
"My grandfather wouldn't even take his social security check because he said he was not up for welfare."
lmao...
sweet, sweet, sweet justice.
Wait a minute, Jon Ralston, Harry's most effective, unpaid employee must have been asleep, why else would the pathetic left leaning Sun print an article even slightly against their leader, Hapless Harry! Bet it will be another 20 years until they do it again!
Rusty, Reid is Mormon and believes 99% of what you just posted.
How about you attack him.
Hammer Angle into the ground for her constant misspeak-athon, but you can't have it both ways on religion. Harry is just as nutty.
Rusty: I DID NOT VOTE FOR ANGLE..But I will vote for her in the general..This is a objective post of what I see about a politician who is not my first pick:
1) The first two paragraphs are standard Christian Doctrine..Depending on the poll, 79-93% of Americans can understand and (probably) agree with her statements.
2)The third (second amendement)is a humorous statement.
3) The fourth paragraph is an opinion. It is not wacky to believe that a certain set of views are mainstream.
4)The health care system..most Americans polled believe the health care system is the best in the world.
5)Paragraph 6 8 About the Press. I agree she has been unfairly battered. The LVS aka Reid Re-Election Campaign Headquarters is very biased toward her. I hesitate to believe anything I read about her in LVS.
6)**You can make more money on unemployment than you can going down and getting one of those jobs that is an honest job** The Waitress at the local cafe is making $4 an hour and tips. I met some people who are managing a motel for some legal East Indian immigrants who qualify for a low interest loan, tax breaks and other benefits. The Americans are being paid a motel room and $7 a day. Angle is in touch with reality on this issue.
7)** Most people want a job that has benefits*.. (what is wrong with that statement?)
8)*When you have God in your life*...That is standard Christian Doctrine
9)I agree..*it is a slush fund*
9) The last two paragraphs (statements) are "filler" talk..chit chat..what a politician says before they actually start talking..
RUSTY..it appears to me that there is a large amount of this "wacky" that is labeled as wacky because it is Christian. It may be political suicide to continue bashing Angle for her very Standard Doctrinal Statements...her faith sustained her through breast cancer, I think I heard that ..
Did Harry borrow Robert Byrd's regret speach concerning the Klan?
RustyShackleford....... GREAT POST.
xtra must be living in LALA Land, along with
crazy Angle.
Teamster
Many times I have thought to answer your posts but there is nothing to answer. The statements 'crazy angle" and "lala land" are not rational or logical arguments that summon any response from me except "Ignore"
See for youself what illegal immigration is doing to this Country, this has absolutely nothing to do with racism.
Arizona Rancher Murdered by illegal aliens
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Or-TG8Ff......
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opzxNvMsQ......
The rebuttal for anything Reid is Angle is a lun, I have grown to expect it. The fact of the matter is Reid has this on his record, waited 13 years to rebuke it, then tries to change the subject. Nothing new for me, honestly if he would have stayed like the Harry Reid of 1993 I might support him today, looks like he's lost his way living in Washingon DC after all these years being a parasite on Nevada.
teamster: Still supporting Flip flopper Reid? His new name should be old Flipper, Harry goes with the flow, and it's time for him to flow out of that office
RUSTY
I will explain the "second amendment" joke to you..
According to Rasmussen most Americans believe that the system is rigged..voter fraud, gerrymandering etc...
Angle is making a joke..I will rephrase it..
"I hope that the system works. I hope we can vote them out..before someone breaks out the trundle carts and the guillotine."
Angle said it best
"I'm hoping that we're not getting to Second Amendment remedies. I hope the vote will be the cure for the Harry Reid problems."
If xtra and pmontg53 both think Angle is the
answer to our problems, they're completely out
of their minds.
What an ignorant society we have turned into
when some people think that crazy, radical
teabaggers are the answer to our problems.
VERY SAD.
Reid's foot will forever be stuffed in his mouth. How some of you people support this clown is beyond me.
There you go Ried,, anything for a vote... Anyone that proposes a bill to grant citizenship to illegal immigrants and a college education for those deserving of it is as crazy as a pooh house rat or someone named teamster.... What about the real citizens of this country that cannot afford a college education... Reid is full of pooh and I think he should stay in the pooh house he grew up in Searchlight...
teamster been working lately... If not call Reid and I am sure he has a POSITION for you...
asleep.....
Harry is tough as nails, that's why you
republicans are scared to death of him.
Harry will win by a landslide.
Harry is a Flip Flopper- his got to go.cares more for non citizens, pandering for the hispanic vote, he should care about all Citizens. What a shame.
GIVE THESE GREEDY REPUBLICANS HELL, HARRY.
Folks Just read the post put up by Teamster. He is a Reid supporter if that doesn't make you vote for Angle nothing will!! Teamster go cash your food stamps in and watch Obama speeches on You Tube. Can you buy Kool Aid with food stamps. Sheeple!!
Keep talking talking stupid, VegasExile.
I'll be right here when Harry wins.
Yep 'n' yup, free denunciation for everyone, ...uuhhh, officer, I have seen an illegal immigrant and I know where he's hiding... uuhhh, officer, please evict this illegal immigrant from my property, so that I don't have to pay him his salary after he has finished his work for me.
Hadn't there been a European country with a strong tradition in denunciating people of different beliefs/origin ...and in killing millions of them later on.
Wasn't Einstein German?
Now let's check out Angle's little campaign tour bus. We'll find out whether or not she is hiding any illegal immigrante inside of it and what she is doing inside of her bus.
Let's check out Harry's property afterwards.
There's no smoke without fire,
No storm without rain,
Sharron might have reached higher,
if she had had a brain.
She only wants fresh banana,
to have fun in her bus,
como ninguna putana,
before she's off to buzz.
There's no smoke without fire,
No storm without rain,
Sharron might have reached higher,
if she had had a brain.
She only wants fresh banana,
to feel the heat in her bus,
como ninguna putana,
complaining 'bout all the fuzz.
There's no smoke without fire,
No storm without rain,
Sharron might have reached higher,
if she had had a brain.
She only wants fresh banana,
to make it hot in her bus,
to splish-splash over her pillow,
and testify 'bout her lust.
There's no smoke without fire,
No storm without rain,
Sharron might have reached higher,
if she had had a brain.
She only wants fresh banana,
to make it tall in her bus,
como ninguna putana
creates a rainfall of lust.
Sorry, officer, let me report no illegal immigrants in this little campaign tour bus, only some fresh banana everywhere.
Let's check out Harry's office, club, home et al right now.
Maybe some mighty mighty bank group from that European denunciation country could provide some info4you2see, mmhhhhhh...
Reid supported Nevada state Constitutional admenment to ban gay marriage.
Plus he supported DOMA which allows Nevada to ignore gay marriages from other states.
He has never said that he regreted those positions.
Also, therefore, those are not the lowest points in his political life..
The fourteenth Amendment still stands today, subject to the jurisdiction thereof, all children born to parents who owed no foreign allegiance were to be citizens of the U.S.politically and not merely under its laws or borders.
This was back when Harry was 'of the people, for the people'. That extra paycheck Harry, was it greed before need?
I must say that I am shocked that The Sun has actually printed anything negative about Harry Reid. Perhaps they should research a little further - there will certainly be more to print. . if this publication chooses to do so.
So far, the only statements which have come from the Reid campaign are critical of Mrs. Angle. It would seem as though he would be using his valuable "free press" to tout his own achievements. Anyone thinking this through at all would realize that he can't - because a large percentage of the people of NV don't consider his actions what he has done FOR them, but instead, what he has done TO them. Bye-bye, Harry!
Those casinos/hotles need that cheap labor that illegals/immigrants provide. Can you imagine where hotel rates would be without 'em? IT would kill the Vegas economy!
If Reid is forgiven for changing his position on citizenship for children of illegal immigrants, then Angle should also be forgiven for changing her position on what a U.S. Senator's role is in job creation for Nevada.
Did all of you republicans forget who caused
the massive damage to our economy?
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OF GREED.
Sharron Angle runs on the same platform that
George Bush ran on except the fact that she
is even more extreme than Bush.
Are you people thinking at all?
Republicans are still running on the same
platform of total failure that got us into
this mess.
We are NOT going backward.
SAVE SOCIAL SECURITY,
VOTE HARRY REID.
Maybe Harry Reid will change his mind again before election date?
How does one actually make contact with him, instead of his flunkies? I would really like to remind him that he was elected to SERVE Nevada citizens, not pander to a certain group that encourages, assists and protects illegals.
BushDepression.... We wouldn't have almost 200,000 people in the unemployment line. Casino owners do very well, they just don't make the mega bucks right now.
Just remember what the law is on employing illegals.
No one seems to notice that this push to revoke the 12th Amendment (and deny citizenship to US-born children of illegal immigrants) came out of the woodwork at precisely the time that the "Dream Act" (grant citizenship to the minor children of illegal immigrants) was gaining attention and momentum. Now there is no talk whatever about the "Dream Act", only about revoking the 12th Amendment. Nipped in the bud by a clever political ploy.
Reid is just a human pile of Dog excrement(liberals, that means "Poop").
Teamster Alert!!!
He is as close to a bot as you can get. He posts the same things a lot. He does not work for a union. He is on this site all the time. He works for the democratic party and for Harry Reid. Pay no attention to his posts!!!!
Hello people,Reid wants amnesty now, he needs the votes.Reid is Obamas point man ,a vote for old man reid is a vote for Obama and his policies.
This for teamster,Your union sucks ,freakin theives on the backs of everyone else,I knew Tony Pro and Hoffa two crooks , I bet you love that socialist Obama too. your a imbecile.
JGM I believe you are talking about the 14th amendment.
The 14th amendment does not need amending, it is fine as is written It needs to be enforced as does our immigration laws.
The Dream Act didn't pass the snuff test in the House in '07 and hasn't even made it to the floor since then.
anthonyjoevegas teamster is the resident comedian, he has given me some of the best laughs the past 4 yrs.
He used to post 1 line comments like
"the republicans suck",
"The republicans shouldn't be allowed to breath",
"the republicans don't wear uderarm deodorant so that's why they stink".
He's been a joy to watch and listen to as he's been growing up. His comments have been getting longer and longer.
The improvement in his sentence structuring has pulled the attention of all of the editors here at the Sun to take notice.
I remember(choke) when he passed his apprentiship classes and became a Journeyman teamster(cough), never been so proud in my life.Now all he wants to do is put down the republcans commenting on the suns articles online.
He is the man(let everyman put assunder)!
Let games begin! "You throw mud at me and I'll throw mud at you." Voters are so tired of this on both sides of the isles.
Reid supported Nevada state Constitutional admenment to ban gay marriage.
Plus he supported DOMA which allows Nevada to ignore gay marriages from other states.
He has never said that he regreted those positions.
Also, therefore, those are not the lowest points in his political life...
If you are illegal and I can get a reward...look out! I'm gonna make some money!
Can we at least agree on one thing?
The immigration laws should be enforced.
If there is no change to the 14th amendment, then the illegals should take their children with them when deported. We hear all the time about families being torn apart. Who's fault is that? What kind of parents would leave their children behind?
These are the same people that come to the US solely to take jobs from citizens and fleece the tax payers. Having all these children born in the US gives them a free ticket for everything. Anyone thinking that this isn't done on purpose? Think again.
DEPORT ALL ILLEGALS, EVEN THEIR CHILDREN!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Harry Reid needs to get the hell out of congress! He needs to go retire! Amnesty for illegals is just a horrible idea! Rewarding people for breaking our laws? The ultimate in stupidity. Why can't a bank robber use the same excuse? "Well, i did it for a better life!" Robbing a bank, like encroaching our borders, are both federal crimes. The illegals are breaking into our country without authorization, instead of doing it the legal way, by knocking on the door. You've seen the videos of them running across. It's like it's the boston marathon out there.
This article doesn't surprise me. People who defend harry are just going to say "Big deal. He just changed his mind about the illegals, sometime in the last 17 years."
If you vote for Harry Reid, you are hurting all Nevadans. (I am talking about the legal ones, not the illegal filth.)
I don't keep up too much with politics. I only know that Sharron Angle's views are very controversial. I can only imagine the voters who made her win the primaries REALLY had a problem with Sue Lowden's views. It's sad that we don't have anyone who could win against Reid. I wish for a miracle, because i hate the illegals. They're lame! They suck! But they'll stay if Harry wins in November. Ridiculous! I'll still hate them, even more, if Harry wins the election.
Here is an example of Harry Reid and those who just don't get it;
30 YEARS AGO construction in the U.S. paid $25 per hr. and workers in meat packing plants made $20 per hr. NOW AFTER 3 decades of progress where the Americans were
pushed out the front door and ILLEGALS brought in the back door, LOOK at the great
achievement; construction pays $12.5 per hr and meat packers pay $8 per hr. This is how illegals destroy our country one job at a time.
As a democrat I urge everyone not to vote for Reid.
Angle is the only choice, even though she is a fruit cake. She won't have any influence over anything in the senate anyway. I don't think they'll even let her speak.
Besides that, we need her "NO" vote when it comes to Obama's amnesty for illegals.
Too bad that Mickey Mouse isn't on the ballot. He would have been my choice over the other two.
Reid supported Nevada state Constitutional admenment to ban gay marriage.
Plus he supported DOMA which allows Nevada to ignore gay marriages from other states.
He has never said that he regreted those positions.
Also, therefore, those are not the lowest points in his political life......
Well I'm a naturalized citizen from Mexico and I am for this point of view. My family worked hard to do the right thing and be legal. They love US and worked hard and paid their taxes, same as myself. I'm sick of my so call "raza" being lazy and taking advantage of the US. They can apply for citizenship, it takes a while but anything worth wild is worth waiting for.
richka321 ....I couldn't have said it better.
America is not a great country anymore, thanks to the hate of it's "citizens".
America's shame:
Kill Native Americans
Kidnap Africans to sell into slavery.
Segregation of African Americans.
Put Asians into camps during World War II
And, persecution of hispanics
TEAMSTER, What's the matter buddy. You as a self proclaimed Union Liberal seem distured, I have counted and read your postings and have determined the obsessive posting of your fanatical Love for Mr. Reid. I think you personify the "SQUEAKY WHEEL MENTALITY OF THE LEFT", constantly protesting, spinning things any sane man would consider the truth is only a conspiracy to you, Like Hillary" statement about "The Right Wing Conspiracy" But DNA pretty well stopped that spin in it's tracks and TRUTH conquered once again. Mr. Teamster is something bothering you that you can't deal with?, Your deep rooted hate of this country and constant challenging of people who you think don't like you. I think it's your way of trying to finally for the first time in your empty and meaniless life, to feel like you have a part in social status by being the brainwashed and tragically sad droid of Liberals, the obnoxious little Squeaky Wheel that you are. I think You Mr.TEAMSTER PERSONIFIES WHAT THE SO-CALLED DEMOCRAT PARTY HAS EVOLVED TO. John F. Kennedy would be shocked at the corrupt Culture that has permeated Congress. JFK today if he came on the scene would run for Office as a Republican or perhaps an Independent. Because of just one sentence he gave at his swearing in January 20th 1961. And So My Fellow Americans: "ASK NOT WHAT YOUR COUNTRY CAN DO FOR YOU, ASK WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR YOUR COUNTRY" This profound statement is the absolute opposite of the democrat/socialist agenda. This statement would repel a Liberal to the degree Holy Water repels vampires. I fell your pain and I can only imagine the thoughts that go through your tormented mind. I will pray for you and your unrequited love for HARRY. May God truly bless you and give you the wisdom to see the light and points you in the direction of a love and caring for Nevada. I have lived in many States and cities and Las Vegas and Nevada after having a Senator in Office for decades and this town and State being in the condition it's in should be fired/replaced. In the private sector he would be! I want Hope and Change and that means in the words of the richest woman in Congress Mrs. Nancy Pelosi "Drain The Swamp" you didn't think I was going to use her statement "You Don't Need God, You Have Us Democrats" did you? If Harry by chance gets voted in again I'm sure he'll legalize Gay Marriage so don't completly lose hope. Just remember in the immortal words of President Ronald Reagan "Concentrated Power Has Always Been The Enemy of Liberty" Vaya Con Dios, Teamsturd PS "DUMP HARRY"
I just can't take Harry Reid for 6 more years. Or, any Reid for that matter....
IP- you said "America is not a great country anymore, thanks to the hate of it's "citizens".
America's shame:
Kill Native Americans
Kidnap Africans to sell into slavery.
Segregation of African Americans.
Put Asians into camps during World War II
And, persecution of hispanics".
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Pmontg53- Your first post= Why do you feel that the Citizens of this country hate someone? This is not about hate; it's about right and wrong.
Second Post= illegal aliens are killing and kidnapping all races of American Citizens. You want to also see this Nation destroyed, since that is the way that you feel, why don't you go to a country of your choice; anywhere but he U.S.A.
VegasExile........
I feel sorry for you, you're one confused
individual. I speak the truth, even though
you and many republicans can't handle it.
I love my country and the state of Nevada.
What Idon't like is what you greedy republicans
have done to it.
You greedy republicans sent all of our good
jobs to COMMUNIST CHINA.
You crazy republicans lied us into war with
Iraq, over 2 trillion dollars worth.
Now you crazy teabaggers want to put a nut to
replace our great Harry Reid.
You crazy republicans are out of your minds.
Just hilarious, a union guy criticizing greed.
logic.......
You greedy republicans are anti-American.
Republican GREED trashed our economy.
@richka321, Babyboomer:
Sorry to say that, guys:
'She (Angle) won't have any influence over anything in the senate anyway. I don't think they'll even let her speak.'
So why the hell should anyone vote for her?
To have her (Angle) ridiculously sitting in the senate doing nothing but wasting the taxpayers' money?
Not all the voters here are millionaires, like the two of you seem to be. And guess what:
Most voters here care about not wasting the taxpayer's money on some clown like Angle, but they want the politicians going into senate to do the right thing. Therefore Angle has to go back to Circus Circus, but without monthly paycheck from the taxpayer's money.
lp where did you ever come up with this persecution of hispanics?
Well lip it seems to me you have this all backwards. We have given up jobs for hispanics and illegals. I believe you people have taken advantage of the american citizen so much you've found out that the more you whimper and cry, the more attention you get.
Sad example of a human being.
You'd think we'd be treated like royals for not chasing the illegals back to their country of origin.
They feel they get more if they take advantage continuously.
Selfish strain of people.
All you cowards can speak poorly of Angle or Reid. But none of you have the strength, ability, or desire to serve this great state on Nevada. They are both humans beings and care enough to serve.
Reid's time is up. Sharon Angle in November. P.eriod
Chuck-Norris...
Millionaires? That's really funny. I'll bet you have more money than I do.
As I stated, I am a democrat and the decision to vote for Angle didn't come easily. Of course I would vote for Senator Reid if he would respect and represent the wishes of the majority of Nevada citizens.
Just read the article again that we're posting to. Senator Reid will not do anything to stop the flow of illegals and changed his mind (again) about citizenship for children born to people illegally in this country. He will do absolutely nothing toward agressively enforcing deportations of illegals.
Yes, Angle wouldn't be my choice for US senator or any other public office either. She is a joke and will not be a factor in the senate. The one thing we can count on though, is her "NO" vote on the so called immigration reform (amnesty).
I suggest you look up Congressman Ted Poe, TX and read the many pleading speeches he made on the house floor concerning the border war and it's victims. If that doesn't convince you that we need to clean up our country, then nothing else will. As for "wasting tax payers money", that is wasted on both Reid and Angle.
And don't even think that I have a racist bone in my body. Illegals in the US are from many countries and should be dealt with according to federal immigration laws.
TEAMSTER, You can validate who caused the economy to tank. C=span video tapes proceedings of the Congress. Go to You Tube Waters, Franks, and many more Dem witted Liberals berating Republicans questioning Frank Raines the head of Fannie May. The truth awaits your tormented soul. Go watch, listen, and if you still have the same opinion seek help!FAST
Teamster: We Americans are being discriminated against right here in our own country: Senator Reid Voted NO on having English as the official Language of the United States Government, now an American Citizen almost have to speak Spanish in order to get a job, look in the news papers under Jobs, see how many ads say " must be bilingual", You can't even get a job in the Culinary Union unless you are Hispanic. Still Voting for Flip Flopper Reid? You might be a Teamster, but you don't speak for all Teamster union Members, There are some Teamsters who will be voting for Sharron Angle
pmontg53...I am a teamster. Long time union officer. I am voting for Angle. I think Reid is just too scary.
Sorry pmontg53 and Calthompian but NO union
man in his right mind would ever vote for
an anti-union republican.
If you do, you deserve to lose your job.
VegasExile......
Everything Bush touched turned our economy
into crap. You are in serious denial.
Bush tax cuts.
Bush deregulation.
Bush Iraq war, to name a few.
Yes, Bush made the mess.
So teamster, you are votlng for anti-american pro-illegal Reid.
Why do you think you are being so patriotic?
Republicans are pro-illegal, Who do you think
are hiring them?
Add to that, republicans sending our jobs to
COMMUNIST CHINA.
Republicans are pro-COMMUNIST.
I fight for American jobs.
teamster you are talking about the bait-and-switch parties?
Teamster, All the Liberals can do is blame someone else. FACT: Democrats ruled the Senate & House of Representatives in 2006. In 2006 the economy was great then the wacko Reid, Pelosi, agenda was being forced down the throats of Americans. Bush was a lame duck President who couldn't get any bill through Congress if he wanted. The housing bubble burst because of Fannie Mae who sold high risk loans to Wall Street, Rep. Waters, Frank, Senator Dodd and more were in bed with these rip offs Country Wide, Franklin Raines and many others. Dodd even said we need to do more to get houses for people who can't afford them. This mixed with 8 years of hate from the Dem wits because of the fallicy that Al Gore got cheated out of the Presidency. I bet we could all be getting free massages if Gore had gotten elected, but I regress has left America with a lying community organizer who wants to ruin America. So Sad! Fortunatly come November we are going to take the first step to bring America back, We are going to get America off her knees and return our Country to what she was created to be by our founders and put the Democrats where they belong being lobbyist Ha Ha Ha!!! NO MORE DEMS NO MORE DEMs. We are going to kick out the Liberal Union butt kissers in the Culture of Corruption, and Drain The Swamp!!!! YAHOO!!!
Bring America back to what it was? You mean when the Dutch bought Manhattan? Or before the Europeans even got here? Hahaha! What utter nonsense!
VOTE FOR HARRY REID. Dems are on the side of those Americans that have several jobs for more than fourty hours a week and still not enough to have an apartment or a home. Dems are on the side of those without health care. They are trying to invest in the future. The Dems are on the side of those living from Social Security. Dems are making comprehensive laws. The Dems did not give the power to big companies to lobby and fund elections, that was just decided by the Republican affiliated judges in the Court. But that is probably normal to project all the bad things that you do yourself on someone else.
JUST VOTE FOR HARRY REID
Greenjay- You sound like a baby demdo chick that was hatched by Harry Reid, and nursed by Nancy Pelosi, can you imagine what you look, and sound like? When you look in the mirror; you look like lipstick on a puck"
Greenjay- Sorry, you probably didn't deserve that, I'm just frustrated; been trying to reach the Nevada Unemployment office for the past 3 non-working days. What I want to call Senator Reid is probably not legal, Teamster have the nerve to go on and on about how good Senator Reid is, and talks about Union this or that, Teamster is one damn fool, American Workers are being replaced by illegal aliens, and he continues to suck up to Reid, Bush is not the President of the United States, Obama is, who promised to turn things around, get a comprehensive bill of immigration passed in his first year in office, What a lie, just like his Senator Reid the Flopper.
Calthompian - Good to hear that you will not be supporting Senator Reid, American Citizens from all parties, and races should look at what is happening to this country, we are very quickly being overran, our government seem to care about what's going on in other countries, more then what's going on in the united states. This teamster guy is probably a small business owner, who used to be a teamster, but now employs illegal aliens. I can't see a real American Union Man or Women supporting Harry Reid. As a Culinary Union Member; and U.S Citizen, I see firsthand what the Union is doing to American Workers, I guess the Union will have a rally just before the election to help get Harry elected. Americans aren't buying it. Vote for Angle
Pandoring then and Pandoring now... That's all he does and when he gets lucky we can't afford it.
Look around! Just look at Vegas!. The jobs, the road system, the corruption, the housing, the crime, the education system. Mr. Reid has been in Washington for decades and if you think he has benefitted Las Vegas you have either never lived anywhere else or you have issues. Liberalism is a mental disorder. There is no choice "Anybody But Reid" Now that I think about it, Have you ever met a Happy Liberal? Angle may not do much good but at least she won't or can't cause anymore harm. Plus as a rookie Senator who brought down the King of the Congress. She will be treated like royalty In D.C. Wake Up Last Chance Nevada!!! You cannot afford 6 more years of the Liberal agenda heading your way if Harry is re elected.