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Published Friday, March 5, 2010 | 10:48 a.m.
Updated Friday, March 5, 2010 | 11:47 a.m.
Harry Reid on Senate floor
Sun Coverage
Republicans are blasting Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid for his awkward expression of the better-than-expected unemployment report out this morning showing 36,000 jobs lost last month.
Analysts were expecting as many as 75,000 jobs would be lost during February but the unemployment rate held steady at 9.7 percent.
"Today is a big day in America. Only 36,000 people lost their jobs today, which is really good," Reid said. "Unemployment rate around America has not changed. Prognosticators thought it would go up and it has not."
Republicans jumped on the comments, broadcasting an audio snippet to news outlets and the blogosphere.
"Senator Reid's 'big day,' unless you're one of those 36,000," read a headline from the Republican Senate communications shop.
Republican Danny Tarkanian, the former UNLV basketball player who is among those hoping to run against Reid this fall, called Reid "hard-hearted."
"There are the remarks of a hard-hearted man," said Tarkanian, who launched a list of Reid gaffes on his Web site. "Whatever Reid claims, he is no longer the hardscrabble boxer from Seachlight ... just another callous, soul-less politician from Washington."
Reid's office hit back at Republicans for taking the words out of context and rooting for failure.
"Only those Republicans who would root for failure would refuse to acknowledge any progress at all," said Reid spokesman Jim Manley. "Senator Reid knows there is much more work to do, which is why he led passage last week of the latest in a series of jobs bills that will create or save more than a million jobs.”
Reid himself moved quickly to repair the damage during a speech on the Senate floor as he scolded Republicans for playing politics rather than talking "like adults" about the economic situation.
"People should start betting on the success of this country, not the failure, as some have done," Reid said.
Reid reminded that a year ago, the nation was losing 750,000 jobs a month.
"If you compare where we were last year to where we are today, if you compare before the Recovery Act to where we are now, there's no question we stopped a terrible situation from getting even worse," Reid said.
He said he was well aware that "the unemployment rate is still too high" in Nevada and elsewhere, and more needs to be done to right the economy.
"I encourage my Republican friends to remember this critical context before their political reflexes lead them to make claims they know to be false," Reid said. "I warn them once again this country has no place, no patience for those who root for failure."
Reid's comments came after a productive week in Congress, as Democrats led passage of several bills aimed at helping the economy.
Both chambers have now passed Reid's $15 billion jobs bill that would give tax credits for hiring unemployed workers, and other small business breaks. The Senate also overcame a prolonged Republican objection to pass a 30-day extension of unemployment benefits and Cobra health care subsidies that President Barack Obama signed into law.
Friday's unemployment report showed the jobless rate held steady at 9.7 percent, even though a survey of economists by Dow Jones Newswires predicted as many as 75,000 jobs would be lost because of the poor winter weather that curtailed business.
The figures suggested the job market is slowly healing but that significant hiring has yet to occur.
Harry, admit it, you and The One are trying to destroy the country.
Get a grip, and take the comment in context, the interparty prejudice isn't productive.
I assume that the warm-hearted Republicans currently bashing Reid are moving immediately to ensure that the 36,000 newly jobless Americans can maintain their health insurance coverage?
Hey torklugnutz - Did you have the same sympathy for Bush when all the dems were piling on him???
I thought not.
Not a bright statement by Senator Harry reid
Review Journal: Economy flexes strength; retail sales surge, factory orders rise
http://bit.ly/bEyBJd
GOP grossly distorts Reid's jobs comments
http://shar.es/m3RX7
People who are unemployed, whether they receive unemployment benefits or not, and are able to keep posting leftwing/Marxist/Democrat propaganda on this website, need to get a job of some kind and get with the program once more.
My God, this is America, the land of Big Capitalism, where everyone pulls their weight, except the crippled, the widow, the orphan, etc.
Even though I don't care for Mr.Reid he was doing this for shock value...remember he is a lawyer...
It will be "good news" in November when Harry packs his bags and joins those 36k workers that recieved their "good news" via the pink slip....what a joke.
O' Danny Boy
From the Wall Street Journal...
The American economy shed 36,000 nonfarm jobs in February as
the unemployment rate held at 9.7 percent, the Labor
Department said Friday, a more positive report than expected
given the series of winter storms that shut down much of the
East Coast.
This is what Harry Reid was referring to when he made that statement. Any resepctable business person would have known better to take the bait the GOP left for someone like you snacth and run with.
I would expect more of a potential leader of the great state of Navada than to be lead around with a ring in his nose like some common stock animal.
I'm not the biggest fan of Senator Reid, however, it was an awkward statement which basically paraphrased what the Wall St Journal reported (thanks Vikings).
Tarkanian's rant is completely exaggerated and desperate. Heartless?? Yikes. Talk about hyperbole.
Reid may have tripped over his own words, but in my estimation, Tarkanian is this story's bigger buffoon.
So this is all they have? Conveniently chop off the rest of what Harry Reid had to say about fixing the unemployment problem?
http://mediamattersaction.org/factcheck/...
So what do Republicans want to do to help those 36,000 people? Oh yeah, they want to take away their unemployment benefits and deny them health care! And we're the "hard-hearted" ones?
Time to vote for the tea party party teabag.
The mind-set of any politician to make such a statement would be the same as, "Only four Americans were killed today. It's a good day!" This demonstrate just how detached our politicians are from reality and the 'real world'.
An Independant
"Today is a big day in America. Harry Reid lost his job today, which is really good"
The 36,000 should try and have themselves declared "unborn fetuses", so that the Republicans can pretend to care about their well being.
Harry Reid is a Searchlight bound...
I wonder what Tarkanian's reaction was to Ensign's "no" vote on the extention of unemployment benefits.
I think he's ready for the big one. Too bad no one took me up when I was offering ten to one, dollars to donuts.
Harry Reid is upping the idiocy ante today, as he giddily reports that it's a good day in America because only 36,000 people lost their jobs last month.
Why don't one of you know it all Liberal elitists inform us how the unemployment rate remained the same at 9.7%, but 36,000 more jobs were lost.
As usual, the republicans lie, misrepresent and ignore good news.
Economists were bracing for a much worse report, and when Wall Street heard the news, the Dow soared. Wall Street thought it was good news.
But the lying republicans take Reid out-of-context in order to portray his words in a way they weren't intended.
What else do we expect from the lying republicans? Do they not agree that a better-than-expected report is good news? The economy is stabilizing after a long drought. The Bush MiniDepression is starting to lift, thanks to the efforts of the Democrats in Congress and the White House.
Republicans are desperate to make things look worse. Doom and gloom is their reelection strategy.
I'm Tiger Woods and I say "I only missed 4 putts today. That's good." Or I'm Peyton Manning and I say, "I only threw 2 interceptions today. That's good." Harry Reid says "Only 36,000 lay-offs occurred (rather than the normal 75,000), that's good." What idiot could take this out of context? Oh, you say they're brain-dead Republicans, AND from Nevada? Okay. Now I understand.
In the lager context the the bipartisan cooperation between Republicans and Democrats have produced more thought without labels and progress towards economic recovery on many fronts.The inclusion of GOP initiatives on the stalled health-care reform discussions is a positive sign that there are many resources and ideas to be cultivated from leadership examples from diverse cross sections in the community from finance to corporate CEO's.All who have shown their commitment to the community and economic recovery.Any out of context comment is (from either side) easy to cast in a negative light in a hotly contested election year.
Ever notice that the so-called "experts" are always surprised at whatever economic news is released..."more than expected - less than expected" etc.
I've been unemployed for way to long. Wish I could get a job as one of these experts.
Ried was wrong - republicans seen and took advantage of another political opening just as dems did when they criticized everything between 2000 and 2008.
Lastly, congress approval under 20%, President's approval falling for the most part. Hundreds of billions spent and unemployment still about twice as high as it was for most of 2000-2008.
These people obviously do not know what they are doing.
It is all taken out of context. It will be good news to him no matter what so long as one particular individual doesn't lose his job....
The american people are smart enough to see right through all the stupid republican retoric. We are not stupid thank you very much. Let us not forget that our wonderful homewrecking senator ensign voted against extending jobless benefits for all of those unemployed.
Nothing worse than an unemployed Marxist-Democrat believing that by evading work, and collecting unemployment benefits continually is good for the country and not a burden on hard-working, tax-paying folks like me.
"Only four Americans were killed today. It's a good day!"
When 100 were lost the day before, and 1000 the day before that- it IS a good day.
No one says the loved ones of those 4 lost should celebrate. I'd still feel bad for them. But I'd also know it could have been MUCH worse.
Reid opens mouth and insert foot again. Get him and the others out of there in November and let anybody else have a go at it. It can't get any worse.
The idea that a senator who guided the stimulus and jobs bills to passage wants people to lose their jobs, especially when he is up for reelection, is ridiculous. The only people who want job losses to rise are those who think it helps them politically. These are the people who are hard-hearted, possibly because they have never had to work a day in their lives, possibly because they think going to church on Sunday absolves them of violating every teaching of who they claim to worship, and possibly because they are disgusting excuses for human beings.
What a JOKE this man is.. get the nails out.. ready the coffin.. He Just doesnt get it..
The economy was losing 500,000 jobs per month when Obama took office. Reid must have left that part out...
GDP grew in the 3rd and 4th quarters, jobs are always lagging the numbers recovery in each recession. Those thinking about long-term recovery, know the enviroment will be a big winner in the conversion to biofuels & biopower -- saw a cool site; Balkingpoints ; incredible satellite view of earth
And now's the time I like to break out a great graph:
http://i.imgur.com/tQX67.png
Red = Bush
Blue = Obama
Red = headed in wrong direction
Blue = getting better
This is why Reid will probably keep his seat. Those that hate him regardless of the facts or reality don't matter.
Harry is right. It's certainly better, even a NutJob has to admit that...but they won't.
Edgewise it right; NOTHING Harry says makes a difference to the haters. They just react to every single statement he makes with something contrary.
I guess the haters didn't read this part;
"I encourage my Republican friends to remember this critical context before their political reflexes lead them to make claims they know to be false," Reid said. "I warn them once again this country has no place, no patience for those who root for failure."
Why doesn't the right get THAT???
For those of you who don't think Tark or Sue can actually defeat the most powerful man in the Senate...I have two words for you: Chic Hecht.
It'll be really good when your not re-elected and your son is not elected either. It will be really good when you both leave the state. They have brought disgrace to Nevadans.
So when will the political suits,...thought to be and sold as smart people who run for office, get elected,...play politics then rule the country going to figure out that shipping jobs overseas, pushing jobs out of the country and creating endless numbers of unemployed going to realize that none of them pay income taxes and by contrast end up collecting welfare and government aid? Its stupid Republicans,...stupid Democrats and it adds up to two parties of stupid politicians.
Too many rich guys and girls run for office so they can feed at the corporate trough, take bribes and get richer at the expense of every American. Campaign reform,...taking the dirty money out of politics and attracting the not so damn rich to government sure can't hurt.
We need more common sense provided by the common man to run this and rid ourselves of the silver spoon elite who pretend to know how to govern, and we need to do it now.
I have facts for those who think and arguments for those who reason. Let me make clear what is foremost on my mind and what the focus of this rant will be: Sen. Harry Reid is an opportunist. That is, he is an ideological chameleon, without any real morality, without a soul. My message is clear: Statements like Reid's above does not accurately express the feelings of most of us here. He's not your average scornful recidivist. He's the deluxe model.
Being the analytical sort that I am, I would have to say that if I seem a bit quarrelsome, it's only because I'm trying to communicate with Harry on his own level. If we let him calumniate helpless Americans, who's going to protect us? The government? Our parents? Superman? Probably none of the above. That's why it's important to expose Harry's malversation.
Pointing out that Harry wants to pit the haves against the have-nots is like pointing out that garbage attracts flies. Surprised? You shouldn't be, because his thesis is that counter-productive yobbos aren't ever invidious. That's absolutely nutty, you say? Good; that means you're finally catching on.
I don't wish to psychologize here, but Harry's campaigns of malice and malignity may have been conceived in idealism, but they quickly degenerated into vainglorious, pompous stoicism. I frequently wish to tell Harry that his perceptions reek like rotten eggs. But being a generally kind person, however, I always bite my tongue. I am not a robot. I am a thinking, feeling, human being. As such, I get teary-eyed whenever I see Harry take credit for others accomplishments. More reliable sources, however, tend to agree that if you've never seen Harry threaten the common good, you're either incredibly unobservant or are concealing the truth from yourself.
What if we collectively just told Harry's supporters, "Sure, go ahead and inculcate careless goals. Have fun!"? That would be worse than uncontrollable; it would blitz media outlets with faxes and newsletters that highlight the good points of his raving apologues. Documents written by Harry's supporters typically include the line, "Free speech is wonderful as long as you're not bashing Harry and the maledicent schemers in his socialism movement." In reality, Harry is currently limited to shrieking and spitting when he's confronted with inconvenient facts.
New laugh for the day...
Harry Reid giddily reports that it's a good day in America because only 36,000 people lost their jobs last month.
Why don't one of you know it all Liberal elitists inform us how the unemployment rate remained the same at 9.7%, but 36,000 more jobs were lost.
As usual, the republicans lie, misrepresent and ignore good news.
Economists were bracing for a much worse report, and when Wall Street heard the news, the Dow soared. Wall Street thought it was good news.
But the lying republicans take Reid out-of-context in order to portray his words in a way they weren't intended.
What else do we expect from the lying republicans? Do they not agree that a better-than-expected report is good news? The economy is stabilizing after a long drought. The Bush MiniDepression is starting to lift, thanks to the efforts of the Democrats in Congress and the White House.
Republicans are desperate to make things look worse. Doom and gloom is their reelection strategy.
The Dow rose 122 points today. Wall Street is smart enough to see this is good news.
The republican liars deny reality.
Has Harry Reid lost all touch with reality? America has lost 4 million jobs since the Stimulus Bill passed. Maybe if he was one of the 36,000 American's who lost their jobs, he wouldn't think it was such a "Great Day"
There are some things you just do not try to put a political spin on. Reid's comment is one.
That is funny.
Saying people should not put a political spin on a Harry Reid political spin.
Is he really that far out of touch with reality? Someone like that does us no good in the senate. We need to vote him out ASAP, no matter who gets in, it will be better than him. I've been a loyal democrate my whole life, but I'm voting against him and I urge other Nevadans to do the same. He is destroying our country and our state, and he either doesn't care that those numbers he quotes are people, or he is so drunk with power it doesn't matter to him anymore. Dirty Harry must go.
From Reid's March 5 floor speech:
REID: Unemployment compensation -- today is a big day in America. Only 36,000 people lost their jobs today, which is really good. Unemployment rate around America has not changed. Prognosticators thought it would go up; it has not. So, we need to extend -- there are about 15 million people in America out of work. These extended unemployment benefits will help millions of those people.
Audio Beck played cropped and distorted Reid's comments. The audio Beck played appears to be from a seven-second YouTube video promoted by Andrew Breitbart and right-wing bloggers, which includes only the following portion of Reid's statement: "[T]oday is a big day in America. Only 36,000 people lost their jobs today, which is really good." The video cuts out Reid's explanation that the "good" news is that unemployment and job losses were lower than expected.
Kevin Sandoval aka ksand29 lambasted for calling Republicans "liars" four times in one posting...
"As usual, the republicans lie, misrepresent and ignore good news."
"...the lying republicans take Reid out-of-context in order to portray his words in a way they weren't intended."
"What else do we expect from the lying republicans?"
"The republican liars deny reality."
Nice talk there Kevin... Please grow up...
LarryVegas, you've been caught lying, only this week.
You claimed that Nevada was in debt a billion dollars to the federal government for unemployment extensions. We aren't.
You claimed that the extension was an unfunded mandate, which it isn't. The funding for the extension was a part of the stimulus package.
Stop lying and I'll stop calling you a liar.
If Harry Reid wasn't already finished in politics, he soon will be.
Celebrating the loss of 36,000 jobs in the American economy in February may be one of the most clueless political statements ever seen...
Old Harry is suffering from a terminal case of political foot in mouth disease. In November we need to send this national disgrace back to Seachlight permanently.
The economy is growing again. Two straight quarters of GDP growth, the DJIA is above 10,000 again, industrial measures are positive, etc. The Democrats' hard work on getting the economy back on it's feet is working.
The republicans who got us into this mess are now stomping their feet and whining that the recovery isn't coming faster. Well, when the stimulus passed, most economists understood that we needed more money, but the republicans demanded a smaller stimulus.
We shouldn't have listened to the republicans. Not then, and not now...
Lowden increases her lead over Reid...
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of likely voters in the state finds Sue Lowden, ex-chairman of the Nevada Republican Party, with a 51% to 38% lead on Reid.
Those that support Senator Reid and Obama hear no evil, see no evil and speak no evil. A democratic majority in the house and the Senate and a democratic president that has blamed Bush for just about everything is now blaiming the snow for unemployment. Remember when a man threw a shoe at President Bush it was on the evening news well on Friday scores of Islamic students staged protests outside Jakarta's parliament and other protests against Obama were held in at least three other major Indonesian cities where students were throwing shoes at large pictures of Obama's head. If the media had a story about this I missed it until I flipped on Drudge..... The liberals are always claiming the conservatives are taking everything out of context. Unemployment, banks failing, cities counties and states going bankrupt, foreclosures at the highest rate in history, Home prices depreciating faster than ever and Obama creating a 10 trillion dollar deficit..... Things are so bad that when you hear only 36,000 people lost their jobs some people think things are improving but not any of the 36,000 I would bet.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/35726656
Eight months into the much-touted recovery, the economy should be adding jobs not just losing jobs at a slower pace," University of Maryland economist Peter Morici wrote in an analysis.
"No study of economic history could yield a conclusion other than that the US economy (walks) along the precipice of a double dip recession."
"Staffing industry executives told Reuters after the numbers were released that while the trends were encouraging that workers will be added as the years go on, real job growth is likely even then to be slow and will have only a marginal impact."
Dean Baker: Jobs report is "strikingly good." The New York Times reported:
Yet compared to the monthly losses of more than 650,000 jobs a year ago, and against a backdrop of recent news that increased the possibility of a slide back into recession, most economists construed the report as a sign of improvement.
"It's strikingly good," said Dean Baker, a director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, who has been notably skeptical of signs of recovery in recent months. "It's much better than it had been looking."
Stuart G. Hoffman: "We're finally going to reach the turning point." The Times reported:
"We're still losing jobs in the economy, but it's down to a trickle," said Stuart G. Hoffman, chief economist at PNC Financial Services Group in Pittsburgh. "We're finally going to reach the turning point where we go from job losses to job gains."
Alan Levenson: Economy "moving toward resumption of job growth." The Times reported:
Alan Levenson, chief economist for T. Rowe Price, an investment firm, said that "If you recognize it as one frame in a movie, it is one in which we are moving toward resumption of job growth."
Chris Rupkey: Jobs report is "good news." Dow Jones reported:
The jobs data came as a relief for many market participants as economists had expected a poor reading due to stormy weather on the East Coast last month, which the government said may have temporarily hit payrolls and work hours. Chris Rupkey, senior financial economist at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd. in New York, said he expected a job gain of 70,000 for March, saying that the economic recovery is "tilted in the V-shaped direction after today's good news."
One of most painful lessons ever been through. From 1920 until today you may lose all but finger nails. It time to nail this downward cycle.
University students, new strike against poverty.
Come Nov. the # is going to be 36,001 out of a job.
Not too bad, huh Harry???
What Republican Liars? I have not seen any report of Republicans lying.
Another thing, while the US was losing jobs by the bucket-full last year - why do libs conveniently forget the "why" behind it. The housing market crashed because of to much over-leveraging by investors lead by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
There was no serious oversight because the dem congress of 2006 didn't want it.
Anyway, I think the point is, that when dems finally get power, they invariably will put their feet in their mouths.
Lastly, about lying: why aren't dems concerned about Obama's lies when he said the healthcare was to important to pass on a vote of 50+1. Something this major was never passed in such a way and if socialized healthcare is so great - why go to such extremes?
Rich
Unemployed since Obama was elected except for a 4 week temp accounting assignment for 10 bucks an hour.
36,000 or 500,000 - there are still no jobs after hundreds of billions spent
Liberals can spin it as they can, but Sue Lowden increased her lead over Harry Reid...
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of likely voters in the state finds Sue Lowden, ex-chairman of the Nevada Republican Party, with a 51% to 38% lead on Harry Reid.
Let the people decide...
Putting his head up his rear and speaking out of it as usual.... See ya Harry,, have a great retirement in the big city of Searchlight......
Underemployed workers (either no job, no job and even up on finding a job, part-time work or working at job that is far below skill level) is at 16.8% which means nearly 1 out of 5 people you bump into the street are underemployed.
In other news, Reid is jumping up and down in pure joy.
"...the Southern Nevada Index of Leading Economic Indicators tailed off in February to 125.78, indicating that local economic recovery is at least four to six months away, a UNLV economics professor said.
The index fell from 126.38 in January and from 127.23 in February 2009 as six of 10 category series showed negative change from a year ago."
In other news, Reid is jumping up and down in pure joy.
Obama Adopts Bush Plan to Hide Outsourced Job Data.
"Manufacturing jobs here, for example, have fallen faster since 1979 than in Canada, Germany or Japan. Compensation for those jobs dropped here in 2008 but jumped in South Korea and Australia.
Soon, however, Americans may be spared the demoralization in these numbers: The White House wants to shutter the unit that produces them."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/con...
In other news, Reid is jumping up and down in pure joy.
Just another accurate statement, like Obama's statement about prioritizing college savings, taken out of context by hate-talk radio types.
This is why we need the fairness doctrine
lmfao @ SilverStater! :D
I guess it will be interesting come November when Reid has to stand up and say at the close of the election:
Its a very good day - only one person was laid off today
however, his friends and family then reminds him:
Harry - do you realize the person who was laid off today was you.....
And Harry says - but it doesn;t matter; I get 100 per cent unemployment pay; we just call it retirement pay from the senate. We take care of our own. We know unemployed are just lazy so we call it something different for my type of person.
And you wonder why all these so - called senators and leaders haev no idea what it really feels like to be unemployed, educated with a collage degree, and many years of excellent work service...and still unable to find a job. Harry - get a life.
The Senate election is as good as over. Everyone knows Reid will never get re-elected. He simply did not do his job, and now its to late. So folks like larryvegas, who are probably moved here from some where else or retired, will never feel the impact of Nevada putting a total dim wit in the Senate, Sue Lowdown, to go along with Ensign. My guess, you think things are bad now, wait to these two become our representatives. Hopefully when Ensign is indited, by then we can at least replace him with a Senator with a brain and substance behind him, Republican or Democrat, it wont matter then because Nevada will be irrelevant again as far as the national political scene. One thing for sure, with Reid gone Yucca mountain will be back open, and Nevada can once again assume its role as the nations garbage pit..
Here's another tidbit of observation:
When republicans screw-up, conservatives will let him/her know of it and may vote that person out because they become to liberal or whatever.
Why don't libs ever just say, "my guy screwed up and should go!"
Maybe Reid shouldn't go because when he talks he's a goof, but look at everything and make an Honest judgment.
Bad is bad and this bunch is really bad and have no idea what they are doing.
The only state in the nation that would allow such a "man" to be in office 27 years. He could have gotten your state billions when they wanted to stick yucca here in the early 80s. But no. Thats what you Nevadans for keeping a boxer/lawyer in office for so long.Nevadans you are responsible for the mess your state is in. Keep voting party and see what else happens. In 10 years it will be the broke and on its way out state not the silver state.
C'mon GOP you gotta do better than that, taking a statement out of context is bottom feeding. You don't stand a chance if this is all you have.
Fine folks of Nevada..Please...please...get rid of this guy...please
Reid is just kissing up to Obama by praising what he has done. In my opinion, all Obama has done is create more government jobs, but hasnt affected the private sector gains and losses at all. The market is doing that regardless of him.
As to Reid, who listens to him anyway at this point. We need some new blood who will do something other than use the salary we pay him to win his re-election.
If they want to be elected again for the same or another office, I think they should have to step down, stop drawing pay, and THEN run on their own nickel.
Two of Harry Reid's Republican challengers have again crossed the 50% threshold and now hold double-digit leads over Harry in Nevada's U.S. Senate race.
One big hurdle for Harry is that most Nevada voters are strongly opposed to the health care legislation championed by Reid and President Barack Obama.
"It is despicable that members of this esteemed body would question the integrity and the weight of a sitting president during wartime ..."
Harry Reid
SOURCE: The New York Times
Maybe if politicians think before speaking they would do better. Better than expected news is not always good news.
Harry! Wake up and smell the coffee! Think before you speak. What is worse is that you write up your comments and then read from them and still don't understand what you are saying. Oh, and by the way, when you had to rush thru to get the so-called STIMULUS bill through we were told then that if it is NOT passed unemployment will go up over 8% and you passd it and here we are at 9.7%....WOW!
Reid is a senile liberal old fool, interested only in his re-election. He will lie to his grave to push the democrat party socialist agenda.
Unemployment is at over 20% in Nevada.
We dont want his man-boy 2700-page socialist healthcare reform legislation.
Harry Reid will beat any lying, greedy
republican these dirt bags throw at him.
Republicans ruined our economy.
THEY LIE.
So teamster...Republicans destroyed this economy and your only answer is we need liberal "SOCIALISM"? Weird.
Ilovecoffee:
"The 36,000 should try and have themselves declared 'unborn fetuses', so that the Republicans can pretend to care about their well being."
Funny. Scientists find a single celled organism and call it life on some far off planet. EPA finds a one celled organism, calls it life, and makes it illegal to draw drinking water from the puddle it lurks in.
But a human fetus, with a heart beat, skin, hair, fingers, hands, feet etc etc is just a FETUS? Not life? Interesting perspective.
About Harry Reid's comment:
I am one of those who was laid off this month. March 27th is my last day. I guess I am truly happy more were not laid off but come on now Senator, it was "...a good day today."? Wow. I guess these were 36,000 jobs that your stimulus package was not able to "SAVE OR CREATE"? Can I have my tax money back for your failure to SAVE OR CREATE my job? Actually keep it as you will need it when you are jobless in NOV 2010. Who am I kidding though, your millions earned off of my back are gonna save you from NEEDING a job huh?
You republicans sent all of our jobs to
communist China, remember?
You support the communist worker over the U.S.
worker and have the nerve to call Democrats
Socialists. What total BS.
LOL, "Incramentalism" doesn't even know how to spell their own username, yet wants to give us lessons on the definition of life?
Pick up a dictionary; you may get incrementally smarter by looking through it.
For those of you that think that Harry Reid can't loose in November, I have 2 words for you---
TOM DASCHLE--Daschle's loss in 2004 resulted in the first ousting of a majority or minority leader since 1952.
Using ksand99 rules, Reid lied.
He said, ""only 36,000 people lost their jobs today, which is really good."
36,000 people in the USA did not lose their job in one day in Feb, 2010.
Reid did not tell the truth.
He lied.
Teamster,
A republican was in office when Nafta was signed.
Do not fotget the House and Senate was controlled by Democrats who signed the bill into law.
Take the Garmet industry for one.The Garmet industry in the 80's was 80 percent made in America.Unions and greed forced companies to send much of the plants overseas to keep their prices competitive.
In watching a documentary on the History Channel
showed the change in the garmet industry and why they shifted overseas.
Do not get me wrong Unions are good to a certain extent but for the most part played a big part in the mass exodus to foreign markets.
I do not support NAFTA at all but a couple of reality points that have pushed trade overseas.
As far as Harry Reid,this guy has way to much focus on Healthcare he has helped waste a years worth of time on a bill the the majority of this country does not want.
Time that could have been spent planning an economic recovery and helping small business start rehiring people.
For example why not create a bill that would allow encourage buisness to build and create jobs in the clothing industry and help give tax breaks and low intrest loans for those companies to open.I mean something would be a start.Instead this guys (Reid,Pilosiand The One)
keep trying to force healthcare bill that will cost tax payers billions down the road.Oh tha's right their plan is to use the money from the bailout of 2008 and 2009 to help pay for this bill.What Happens when the banks pay this back and that money is sucked up by the healthcare bill.Who pays for it then.The healthcare bill is another disaster waiting to happen.
We have to first start creating jobs or this will never end.The we must pay of the debt to foreign countries as fast as posible.Creating jobs will help this matter greatly.Small development would help also.
Harry Reid HMMMM!!! You need a class in Intelegence 101!!! Whoever writes your speaches Mr.Reid do they have someone proof them? I understand what you are trying to say but their is a better way to say it.
Mr Reid your best bet for re-election is to resign as the Majority Leader and come back to Nevada and work on what Nevada needs from the Federal Government.I really believe Mr Reid thinks he is a shoe in when it comes election time.
Mr Reid obviously does not listen to polls.What I find amazing is the business I am in I meet alot of people on a daily basis.Being fairly new to Nevada (1 year)I hear alot of derogatory comments about Harry Reid and Nevada politicians.
Both Republican and Democrate,but most of the time they are bashing Harry Reid.Jim Gibbons I do not know what to say about him other than virtually useless.Especially after the budget reform he has pushed for.Education should be the last area to have cuts.
Nevada is a very vulnerable state right now and alot of the politicians here do not show their concern early enough to help.
Nevada is a could be and might be a state of complete change.The Tea Party is quickly rising into a strong political force and people are looking for drastic changes and the canidate that is going to represent them.The Tea Party is showing signs of that being their agenda and maybe the Tea Party is what our country needs to wake up the Democrate and the Republican Parties.
The One campaigned on "Change" and I have yet seen any bills be passed to create "Change" in this country.It takes time for things to chang I know but What bill has been passed that will create change in the next 3 years.
Our President campaigned on "Change" with no platform in place to create change and he has so far put himself in a position of ONE and Out.
I wish the President would do one last speech and layout his Platform for Change and the go to work for the next three years instead of his constant Media Hog attitude.
President Obama had a great opprotunity to be not only the first African American President but also one of the Greatest Presidents in American History and he has done nothing but focus on Garbage Projects that will in time label him the Worst President in American History.
I had great hope that President Obama would
actually create change in this country.I did not vote for Mr Obama but I still saw the posibility
of him gathering his troops by the boot strap and start working on Recovery and implimenting bills that would show the effort of change in the near future.Instead bipartisenship is so far
from reality it is a fantasy.
This young President has allowed the old political dogs to control him and his lack of experience is to blame and not having a preformed platform and agenda.So far he has proven to be a great speaker but has no guts to stand up against the old dogs and do the right thing.
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This is why I say watch out for the Tea Party. These guys are sick and tired.They will stand up against the old dogs and help run them out of office.I predict that change is comming but I believe it will come because of Obama's lack of strength when it comes to the old dogs.Maybe our President needs to pal up with the younger politicians and send a message to the old dogs that he is going to make a mark and truley start creating change.President Obama is a smart man and deep down inside knows what this country needs.
rodtig....
The teabaggers are the old republican dogs.
THESE NUT CASES ARE ANTI- OBAMA, PERIOD.
THEY ARE HARD-RIGHT REPUBLICANS.
OUR JOBS ARE STILL IN CHINA.
Good post there rodtig, but you are wasting your time with teamster. The teamster can only write the max of seven words per line and five lines per post.
Besides, the teamster is so partisan that he can't comprehend anything other then liberal rants...
Rotig-great posts.
The ones who need to watch out for the tea party are the republicans. They certainly are not going to siphon from the democrat base and will only take the repub leaning indeps.
Democrats should love them.
The Democratic Party has already lost a good percentage of their previous base. By best estimates, the Democrats are down to about 30% and maybe lower.
The November elections will determine the damage that the far left Liberals have done to the once proud Democratic Party.
The recent interim elections in New York, Virginia and New Jersey show a real deterioration in the Democrat base...
Great point Larry, the extremes have hurt them. As some in the republican party have hurt them. My point is that the tea party may really hurt the republicans and their timing may magnify their effect.
Maybe we need the Wig Party back.
larry can't handle the truth.
Distraction is his only tool but everyone sees
right through it.
Teamster,
They say I am wasting my time with you and they are probably right.The one thing you may want to do Is watch the news and or to the History channel .com and look for a show about the Clintons and you might just learn what happened and why we are in such a deep recession.
Their was even a House inquiry about why Greenspan and the rest of the Clinton private 4
let some warning signs go and not act on them If they had listened to one lady this recession would already be over and tens of thousands would have never lost their jobs.Then in 2008 Mr Greenspan was called back to testify and he admitted he was wrong in not heeding this warning.
The Tea Party is not made of the old dogs it has such a movement that the old dogs are trying to get in with them the Tea Party is smart in aligning with some of the old dogs to gain more power ut that is all The Dems must beware also because the Tea Party is campaigning on facts and is bringing the light on several sujects that the Dems and reps are avoiding.
rodtig- seems a lot of people refuse to understand this is a bipartisan mess.
rodtig.....
Teabaggers are extreme right-wing radicals.
Do your homework.
Dick Cheney, Tom Delay and Sarah Palin back
the teabagger movement.
Extreme right-wing republicans are teabaggers.
That's the truth, like it or not.
"The recent interim elections in New York, Virginia and New Jersey show a real deterioration in the Democrat base..."
Actually, NY-23 proves that the Democrats have retained their base, whereas the Republicans have fractured.
Yes they are and McCain is one of those rouge Republicans also.They do not care for the platform that the Republicans have built over the past years and are fighting back.The United States needs a party strong enough to fight the extremme left wing liberalist/socialists who is currently in the Oval Office right now.
Believe it or not I really do not lean towards to one party or the other.
Teamster how do you feel about Welfare? Do you feel it is right that you can have 10 children not have a job and receive a government check of 5000.00 a montrh and receive another 1200.00 in food stamps/EBT.this allows them to never have to work.Linden Johnson was the orchestrator of Welfare and ir was ment for temporary relief for the less fortunant now look at it.Welfare costs billions every year and all it has done is be an enabler/a way out of working.
I commend those who had to get on welfare but chose to go to work and get off.Welfare is a great thing for the elderaly and people who are not able to work and I support it for those people.But now it has been poluted by the lazy and the elderaly and phsycally and mentally disabled are suffering.Welfare was the first sign of socialism in this country and socialism has been growing.The government controls people through these handout programs and the healthcare bill is another step towards Government controll and socialism
Harry Reid is one of those politiians for personal gain and control and does not loo out for his people He has no clue what the average joe goes through and forgot where he came from
Teamster you really need to wake up and smell the roses The Extreme Democrates want to hold this country down so they can impliment there socialist ideas they buy their votes through federal handouts.
Reid what are you thinking! Our state needs help,
- Mark Szczygiel