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Published Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010 | 2:31 p.m.
Updated Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010 | 4:05 p.m.
First Lady Michelle Obama said today that Senate Majority Leader Harry "has no need to apologize" to her for his racially insensitive remarks about her husband, the New York Times is reporting.
In a roundtable interview with a small group of reporters the first lady added her voice of support for the majority leader.
"Harry Reid has no need to apologize to me because I know Harry Reid," Michelle Obama said. "I measure people more on what they do rather than the things that they say."
Reid contacted President Barack Obama and black leaders from his home in Searchlight on Saturday after the senator was quoted in a new book as Obama would do well in the 2008 election as a "light-skinned" African-American, "with no Negro dialect."
The comment unleashed a furor of criticism and calls by Republicans for Reid to resign as leader.
But the African-American community in both Nevada and Washington has largely defended Reid as a champion of Civil Rights, despite his poor choice of words.
Some have noted that Reid's comments were made as he was working behind the scenes to support the first African-American get elected to the White House.
The president swiftly came to Reid's defense on Saturday, saying he accepted Reid's apology "without question."
Michelle Obama's comments in the Times can be read here.
Yep, you gotta judge the man on his actions. Reid has been a proponent of civil rights and helping the disadvantaged, which is more than you can say of most of his critics.
Thankfully Ensign kept his mouth shut because he knows better.
The examples of hypocrisy just keep coming; meaning, comments can come from the democrats, (individuals or groups,) that are offensive or questionable with no problem, yet when any other one or group says something similar, they're hacked to death. The wonderful world of politics.
Harry's actions are that of a demented power hungry man. Judge that!!!
Well of course, being a Democrat means never having to say your sorry about anything.
You've milked it, righty's.
It's all over.
Go back to bitching about the health-care reform.
Does this mark the second occasion that Michelle is proud of her adopted country?
Mikegino: thanks for saying what needed to be said. The day the Obamas, Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi are run from Washington will be the next day I'm proud of my country.
As a former Vegas resident, and frequent visitor to family, I'm hoping from afar that voters won't be fooled by the attacks on Reid. Sure, the language was unfortunate, but fair-minded folks understand what he was saying, and it was in the context of supporting the Obama campaign
Reid has much power and authority in Congress; he is in a position to continue to do much good for Nevada and the rest of us. I hope the voters don't shoot themselves in their feet by turning him out.
I'm not fooled and I know that Harry Reid is nothing more than an over paid corrupt Politician.The sooner this loser is out of the Senate the sooner the smell he talks about will dissipate.
Reid: We won't smell the tourists anymore
12/02/08 11:00 AM EST
The Capitol Visitors Center, which opened this morning, may have tripled its original budget and fallen years behind schedule, but Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid found a silver lining for members of Congress: tourists won't offend them with their B.O. anymore.
She should just shut up.