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…and Rest in Peace, Harry Reid
A tough day all around. Veteran Nevada political reporter Jon Ralston announced Tuesday night that former Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid has died at age 82.
Reid served as a US Senator from Nevada for 30 years, retiring in 2017. He led the Senate Democrats from 2005 until his retirement and was the Majority Leader from 2007 to 2015.
Prior to that, Reid was a city attorney for Henderson, NV, a member of the Nevada State Assembly, Lieutenant Governor, and Chairman of the Gaming Commission. Before being elected to the Senate, he represented Nevada’s 1st District in the US House for two terms.
Reid had long been a thorn in the side for Republicans, famous for bare-knuckle politics beneath a mild-mannered demeanor. He is survived by his wife, Landra Gould, and their five children.
Rest in peace, Senator.
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His passing deserves notice. I have no further comment.
“Word on the street is” that he’s burning in Hell. As an agnostic, naturally I have no comment.
My grandmother: “If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all.”
Me: . . .
“If You can’t say anything nice about anyone else, come sit next to Me.”
RIP.
Rest in Peace. I have other things I could say, but with his Reid’s passing, this is not the time.
Eh, what happens up there isn’t merely “bare-knuckle politics” or “thorn in the side”. It is willful lying and corruption; it has been destructive of our country. I see no reason to afford him and others like him any respect or well wishes even in death. We can note the event without any sappy wispyness.
Rawr.
Concur. But it can be done tactfully.
I expect a well attended funeral. Many will want to make sure the son of a bitch is really dead.
Moar Rawr!
The Lyin’ of the Senate!
When Harry Reid was pressed regarding his brazen, outright lie claiming Mitt Romney hadn’t paid any taxes for several years, Reid smiled & said, “But it worked, didn’t it?”
That’s who he was.
John Madden will be missed. Great coach, broadcaster and man.
Any enemy of America can burn in hell.
We don’t owe him even that much, but I’ll go along anyway.
So long to the Searchlight Strangler. Rush referred to him as Dingy Harry. Once on Bill O’Reilly Dennis Miller started his rant on Harry with, “With no due respect Senator Reid”. A vile politician.
De mortuis nihil nisi bonum.
Will Mittens suggest that Reid’s corpse lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda, because comity?
De mortuis nihil nisi bonum, indeed.
Therefore, hic respondet nihil.
Yeah, I didn’t have anything else either.
“Embalm, cremate, bury at sea. Take no chances.”
The man was an ongoing threat to my way of life. He was a corrupt man, who enriched himself at our expense l
I refuse to pretend to be nice for a man I consider a monster.
To paraphrase Abe Lincoln: I tremble for Harry Reid when I reflect that God is just. . .
He was perhaps one of the most corrupt individuals to be elected to the Senate.
Definitely not a fan, and that’s an understatement. But I wish all departed souls well. May he rest in peace.
I do hope Mitt Romney is asked to speak at his service.
Vicky the Goat will be inconsolable.
Normally I don’t speak ill of the dead, but this man lived an unmitigated life of complete corruption, and he did more to put this nation on a downward slope than any else in our history except for Pelosi. Good riddance.
Actually, not a “tough day all around”. Serial liar, fraud and corruptocrat dead at 82.