"When a guy shows up at a Las Vegas emergency room on New Year’s Day with severe facial injuries and broken ribs, and gives as an explanation the functional equivalent of 'I walked into a doorknob,' it isn’t hard to guess that he ran afoul of mobsters. Yet the national press has studiously averted its eyes from Reid’s condition, and has refused to investigate the cause of his injuries. To my knowledge, every Washington reporter has at least pretended to believe Reid’s story, and none, as far as I can tell, has inquired further."
Writes John Hinderaker, who inquires further.
What happened to Reid is not just a matter of curiosity. Everyone knows that the Reid family has gotten rich, even though Reid has spent his entire career as a public employee. It is known that a considerable part of his fortune came from being cut in on sweetheart Las Vegas land deals that included at least one person associated with organized crime as a principal....
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What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.
There, someone was going to say it sooner or later.
Interesting how if it involves a conservative, it is always sooner, and if a liberal, always later.
The chief thing about Reid is the press, which never ridiculed the obvious fraud in everything he said.
Obama is a similar case.
Looks like the smackdown a Pimp would lay on a guy who didn't come up with the cash.
Whether it was a Pimp of women or young boys is hard to tell from the wounds.
I am Laslo.
"Whether it was a Pimp of women or young boys is hard to tell from the wounds."
I'm not necessarily saying Reid likes to sleep with prostituted women or young boys. He may just like the thrill of running out on the check.
I am Laslo.
"I'm not necessarily saying Reid likes to sleep with prostituted women or young boys. He may just like the thrill of running out on the check."
I bet sometimes he doesn't even ejaculate.
Until the prostituted women or young boys pee on him.
I am Laslo.
This conjecture (Reid roughed up by Mafia thugs) is made easier to believe by issues like the recent Secret Service misbehavior.
I don't know and don't care. Reid is an awful person who has sucked at the public teat more than long enough. If Mafia thugs are the reason he's leaving, so be it.
And I'm not saying that the reporters do not cover Reid's actions because they, too, like to sleep with prostituted women or young boys. It is just a plausible theory.
I am Laslo.
Those biker bars and gay bars must not be confused. It can be dangerous to mistake one for the other,
Note to the deleted commenter: If you don't like what other people are saying, say the valuable thing that you are sorry is not being said. Don't just say that other commenters are saying the wrong thing. What is wrong with what's being said and what is the right thing to say? Show. Don't just insult others.
Reid gets the "well, your uncle molests collies*," treatment because he's made egregious and false accusations about others, including that Mitt Romney paid no taxes, from the protected well of the Senate. And Reid greatly deserves this treatment and, likely, that left cross.
* Chevy Chase, Caddyshack
I would like to think that no organized crime would think it could get away with beating up the ranking Senate Democrat.
OTOH, maybe they know he won't go after them. They know why it was done and also know that Reid doesn't want the broader public to know why it was done. Seems like a good movie plot: The Secret Service or FBI investigates "an accident" and uncovers a secret world of corrupt politicians and mobsters...
Since the Dems with bylines can't be bothered (Left omertà does not even require payoffs), I guess we'll have to wait for the real journalists at the National Enquirer to figure it out.
My guess is he had an exercise accident when he ran into the fist of his personal trainer Luigi the Fixer as they were practicing some moves he could try on McConnell.
Sen. Pat Geary
Don't just say that other commenters are saying the wrong thing.
What? Commenters do that all the time here at Althouse.
I read the purportedly invalid comment before it was deleted and I took it to be an accusation that you troll your own blog. That's a valid criticism, IMHO, although I can see how it must sting.
Is that why you scrubbed the record so others cannot judge for themselves?
"I would like to think that no organized crime would think it could get away with beating up the ranking Senate Democrat."
That is why I think it was a Pimp: Pimps are more likely to wildcat.
Now, if injuries befall Reid's family and friends, THEN we know Organized Crime is making a point to Mister Reid.
On a side-note: while Organized Crime is involved in the prostitution of women I believe they don't cross the line to small boys.
Thus: Pimp.
I am Laslo.
The missing word between "crime" and "would" is because I was mulling over the right word. "unit" seems like it might mean a law enforcement group that targets organized crime, "syndicate" seemed trite.
I ended up forgetting about the gap when my oldest daughter came down stairs and I made her some breakfast. She also wanted to chat about if we should fly out to Seattle to visit the University of Washington or not. She would like to make the trip but thinks attending college 3,000 miles away might be a bit much.
Anyway, after all of that, I forgot about the missing word. I think I would go with "no criminal organization"
"What? Commenters do that all the time here at Althouse."
It's comment clutter and it's detrimental to substantive conversation. I can't police all of it, but when it appears early on and looks like it's going to derail, I have a mind to delete it. I don't like to delete, which is why I put in the explanation.
"I read the purportedly invalid comment before it was deleted and I took it to be an accusation that you troll your own blog. That's a valid criticism, IMHO, although I can see how it must sting."
Really? How do you "see" that? If a comment had significant power, even as a criticism of me, I wouldn't take it out. I'm taking out de-railing lack of substance and clutter. The idea that I would use my power to delete to deal with comments that "sting" me is are real misunderstanding of how my feelings work.
"Is that why you scrubbed the record so others cannot judge for themselves?"
As noted, obviously not.
All the deleted comment said was that other people were saying bad things.
And please don't respond to this. Get back to the Reid topic or I'll have to weed this stuff out too.
Reid's broken exercise band is being stored by the DNC in a locker with Lois Lerner's disk drive and Hillary!'s e-mail server.
Isn't the lack of curiosity on the part of the media curious?
Here is how it went down:
Meet 'Tony'; Senator Reid's Occasional 6'2", 225lb, Taciturn Exercise Instructor
Aren't they supposed to put a dead hooker in his bed?
Once Reid lost control of the Senate the lost his control of the graft.
Must have lost it when he was in debt to the loan sharks big time.
These guys have long memories and long reaches.
"Aren't they supposed to put a dead hooker in his bed?"
Maybe that is at Reid's request: there is nothing about the man that says he wouldn't be into necrophilia.
Other than the inability to receive a golden shower.
So maybe he requires two hookers, one of which is alive and thus able to urinate.
Call me sentimental, but if the hookers are a woman and a small boy I hope the small boy is the one who is still alive.
As they say: pimpin' ain't easy.
I am Laslo.
Has any reporter even thought to ask Reid whether he's planning to sue the manufacturer of the exercise equipment? Any machine that could cause such serious injuries when used as directed is obviously horribly unsafe and should be taken off the market. It seems to me Reid would have a moral obligation to sue - if, of course, he's telling the truth about what happened. Has he even told us what brand it is, so we can avoid it? Put up a one-star review on Amazon? These are questions a competent press that really wants to know the truth would ask.
You're funny Ann. Yes, it was I who derailed the substantive conversation about Reid skipping out on paying the pimp of young boy prositutes by writing "Ann, you have cultivated a classy group of commentors on your blog."
But I get it. The easiest way to grow a blog readership is to troll right wing conservatives. Though it is intellectually lazy.
Reid's a Mormon. Maybe the Danites are still in business.
Ann, your troll baiting for right wing haters might make you some extra cash through your Amazon portal, but it does make you look like an unserious person.
"And you! A law professor!!!"
Exercise machines can be used by people of all abilities but a couple of things come to mind:
1. These machines may be used by old and weak people but are strong enough to stand use by really strong people.
2. Reid is rich--he would not own some off-brand piece of crap equipment. Top-line stuff is durable.
OTOH
3. There are devices where you put your foot in one end and pull the other end with your hand. These seem like an accident waiting to happen. If your foot slips out of the handle, the end will whack you in the face. This does not explain the cracked ribs though.
Is 'Laslo Spatula' a "right-wing conservative"? I'd like to see the evidence. Are filthy-minded clowns all on the far right these days? Or is Harry Reid such an obviously decent and holy man that only a "right-wing conservative" would dare make dirty jokes about him? Only a left-wing progressive could possibly believe that, and even then only if he was "intellectually lazy" or unusually stupid.
My friend got busted in the mouth at Sears trying out those old exercise bands that have two handles linked by long springs - they put their foot in one end, and you can guess the rest. Here is one for a CHILD: http://www.amazon.com/Plastic-Handle-Detachable-Exercise-Expander/dp/B008X0MMFA
Reply to Weevil- there are clowns on both the right and left. (Though, I would argue more on the right, the proof being that hucksters live Cruz, Bachmann and Palin are taken as serious presidential contenders in the Republican Party.)
Ann trolls the easy ground on the right. She knows very well that if there is a nefarious story behind Reid's injuries, reporters, no matter their political preferences, would uncover it. It would be the story of the year and would be career defining investigative journalism.
Let's just be glad he's going. We'd prefer he just resign now. It used to be that if a House Speaker or Senate Majority Leader lost the majority in an election, they resigned out of a sense of honor and making way for others.
You mean "trawls".
--your troll baiting for right wing haters --
Hahahahah Looney tunes.
I see. 'Once bitten, twice [deleted]' is just a stupid leftwing troll making the usual dishonest leftwing arguments.
Examples of dishonesty:
1. Lumping together actual clowns like 'Laslo Spatula' with politicians he prefers to think of as 'clowns' because he disagrees with their policy positions (Cruz, Bachmann, Palin).
2. Pretending that Bachmann and Palin "are" right now "taken as serious presidential contenders in the Republican party". (At least he didn't mention Gingrich or Buchanan.)
3. Alleging that Ann "knows" that the press would gladly uncover any nefarious Reid activities, without bothering to answer my question: have they even bothered to ask him whether he's suing the manufacturer? If not, are they too stupid to think of such questions, or too 'respectful' to even want to know the truth about a Democrat. I don't know whether Ann "knows" that they would gladly dig up dirt on Reid, but I don't know any such thing. I'm old enough to remember what "spiking" a story means, and how some very juicy stories were in fact spiked and had to be reported by the likes of the National Inquirer.
It's always amusing when an obvious troll accuses others of trolling - what I like to think of as 'projectile commenting'.
To my knowledge the press didn't even report the manufacturer and model of the alleged unsafe equipment. Did it even exist?
Harry Reid is scum. Of course, the Democrats don't care. They never do.
Once written, twice, the reason that Reid gets the snarky treatment is that Reid has a long history of, shall we say, rather snarky comments himself. Commenter Tom expressed it rather well:
Reid gets the "well, your uncle molests collies*," treatment because he's made egregious and false accusations about others, including that Mitt Romney paid no taxes, from the protected well of the Senate. And Reid greatly deserves this treatment and, likely, that left cross
Consult the thread about Reid's greatest insults.
Palin and Bachmann were taken serious as presidential contenders. As were Gingrich, Buchanan and many other political hucksters on the right. Remember Pat Robinson was considered a serious candidate within the Republican Party during the 1988 primary.
The left has a few (Kucinich comes to mind) but they are few and far between and are viewed as being on the fringe.
I see that not even Dr. Weevil's sly reference to the National Enquirer was not able to pierce the merciful veil which Once Written's mind has cast over the memory of John Edwards.
I was kind of incredulous when the story first came out. It was hard to imagine how all those injuries came from an exercise machine, but no alternative occurred to me. Getting beat up makes more sense.
Has any reporter even thought to ask Reid whether he's planning to sue the manufacturer of the exercise equipment? Any machine that could cause such serious injuries when used as directed is obviously horribly unsafe and should be taken off the market. It seems to me Reid would have a moral obligation to sue - if, of course, he's telling the truth about what happened. Has he even told us what brand it is, so we can avoid it? Put up a one-star review on Amazon? These are questions a competent press that really wants to know the truth would ask.
I've seen Reid's eye (didn't know about the ribs that went with it until now) and didn't really care to pay attention. I thought the background joking about a mob message was a little silly. Until now. Because it's absolutely true--if he's never going to see out of his right eye again, then he should sue. That doesn't strike me as a frivolous lawsuit.
Those corrupted by Power cannot help but degrade others; many choose to also degrade themselves, in private, as perhaps a form of penance.
Example: putting a cigar in a young employee's genitalia would be considered by most to be an act of degradation through abuse of Power.
Harry Reid's hidden desire to have people urinate on him shows the subconscious need to degrade himself in his self-awareness of his corruption.
With this in mind, I bet there is an entire 'Golden Shower' subset in the Halls of Congress. An enterprising reporter might want to ask some prostitutes some questions. Perhaps.
I am Laslo.
I look at Harry's injuries.
And I say, "You go Guido!"
Couldn't have happened to a nastier guy than Harry Reid.
Any curiosity about Harry Reid's "freak" accident will be ridiculed as crazy conspiracy theories of right-wing nut cases. So, of course no main stream media will ask any questions about what happened. The obvious actions would be to ask see the equipment and what broke and to investigate if other people had suffered similar freak accidents from exercise equipment. These issues would be investigated if a conservative suffered the same injuries.
An honest commenter would have replied to my points without trying to evade them. 'Once bitten, twice [stupid]' said the named politicians "are" taken seriously, and now insists that that's OK because they were once taken seriously. He makes sure not to mention that in a democracy anyone who can win votes has to be taken seriously, even when they are as stupid and evil as (e.g.) Obama, both Clintons, and of course Reid, none of them fringe candidates. Worst of all, he fails to respond to my main point, that it is deeply dishonest to lump together as "clowns" literal clowns like 'Laslo Spatula' and metaphorical clowns like various politicians. Nor does he apologize for lumping together all the "right-wing conservatives" who comment here with 'Laslo Spatula' who seems to be an apolitical clown.
I have a couple of questions for 'Once bitten, etc.', who seems to think he (she?) knows a lot about this site, though I don't recall ever seeing that pseudonym before:
1. Under what other names have you posted here?
2. Who sent you? Why do you come to this horrible site? Are you paid to post here? If so, by whom?
Has any reporter even thought to ask Reid whether he's planning to sue the manufacturer of the exercise equipment?
A reminder that Reid's four sons and one son-in-law are all attorneys in NV. And, yes, at least some of them make their money selling influence and the like. The one I knew was extremely well liked around the office. I liked him, and we would joke about having so many lawyers in our families.
My partner remembers the Reid family visiting them when she was growing up. Her Roman Catholic family were honorary Mormons from the size of their family living in a part of Las Vegas with a large Mormon contingent. The Reid kids were a little younger, but not that much. This was, of course, before Reid senior was elected to the Senate. She also knows him a bit from his earlier fund raisers.
Which gets to my second point here, that he is apparently tight with trial lawyers. Last year, "patent reform", that would have provided attorneys' fees to parties who were alleged to infringe, but win at trial (i.e. "losing plaintiff pays") was defeated at the last minute, and that defeat was apparently primarily at the hands of Harry Reid. It was horrible legislation, being pushed by big high tech infringers like Google, Microsoft, Apple, etc. (but esp. Google). It felt like the sort of forces behind it that we had fought (and lost to) in the fight for the AIA (America (Dis)Invents Act). We were getting no traction in Congress, until, all of a sudden, the legislation was dead, with evidence of Reid's involvement all over it. And why would the trial lawyers want that? Because it would have made contingency fee patent infringement litigation far, far, harder, if not close to impossible.
The main stream media do not consider Hillary Clinton censoring and destroying all her emails written when she was Secretary of State to be a significant issue.
I think we can assume that he was also told it was time to retire or at least he got that message.
Reid who is an immovable object with a perfect blocking record is reported to have said, " You should have seen Senator Cruz."
I am paid to post here by the Parallex Corporation.
"The main stream media do not consider Hillary Clinton censoring and destroying all her emails written when she was Secretary of State to be a significant issue."
Except for a college basketball coach who's former basketball program is being investigated by the NCAA, Tennessee coach Donnie Tyndall.
If someone from the Mafia took the brass knuckles to Harry Reid, then I want to vote for the Mafia party.
The studied incuriosity of big media regarding the personal lives of those on the left is detestable.
Wasn't Harry Reid a boxer when he was young? Maybe he was attempting a return to the ring.
Reid is past his sell by date. What use is he to Satan anymore.
Bob Ellison said...
like the recent Secret Service misbehavior.
If Mafia thugs are the reason he's leaving, so be it.
The Hispanic female who is his chosen replacement is from another connected Los Vegas family.
"Hospitality Industry" as they say in Vegas.
Was it mafia? Don't know. I do know that they have been around Vegas for, like, ever. But, the Nevada Gaming Commission was and continues to be somewhat successful in keeping them out of management and ownership of casinos. Not completely - I always thought that it was interesting that Steve Wynn, with well known mafia ties, could get a gaming license (apparently through his wife?), but Donald Trump could not. Still, the firm I was with in NV had one of the top gaming practices in the country, and Nevada seemed cleaner than almost anywhere else. (I worked with them writing patent applications on games and casino related inventions).
My partner grew up in Vegas through the 1960s and 1970s. She grew up knowing of, and often even having met, the major figures at the time there. So, on CSI, she inevitably knows who or what underlays the plots there (where the names and facts have been changed a bit). Even dated some of the mafia kids. But, mostly, that is gone. Still, when she says that she knows people who can have your knees broken, or plant you in an unmarked grave in the desert there, I find her credible. They just don't have as much power as they used to.
What I do find credible is that organized labor was involved. Vegas is highly unionized (Reno apparently less so). And, they were always Reid's biggest backers (even more than the trial attorneys). In his last election, he was able to pull out a victory by getting all of the casinos and their unions together on his side (apparently the casinos usually tend to split ideologically, and are often at odds with their unions, but Sharon Angle had pissed them all off). My partner's father and first husband were both in unions there, and it was just the way that it was. Pretty much everyone you meet working in the casinos, all of the workers building the casinos, etc. are all union members. And, yes, I suspect that whatever remains of the mafia is more involved in the unions there than in ownership or management of the casinos.
I fully expected my senator, Amy Klobuchar, to rush to the fore and author a bill limiting the elasticity and force of any exercise equipment. And apply it retroactively, of course.
The fact that she didn't do it means that something funny is going on.
"I would like to think that no organized crime would think it could get away with beating up the ranking Senate Democrat."
More effective to have him wake up with a dead prostitute, but I have to imagine in Harry Reid's case it was much more satisfying to break his face.
This is my exercise machine!
It is highly recommended by Harry Reid and Once Written, Twice Mocked.
From Urban Dictionary:
Mexican Baptism:
When one is pissed on by a mexican as a baby
"The women left her baby outside for a minute when she had came back she found her baby covered in piss her baby had recieved a mexican baptism."
Is it too much to imagine that this baby was not indeed Harry Reid?
Mexico IS close to Nevada.
Maybe the new trend towards open borders hinges on Reid's acquiring greater access to young immigrant Mexican boys to piss on him.
They also do gardening.
I am Laslo.
A Pimp upon not being paid.
Not saying it went down with Harry Reid like this, but it would fit the facts as we know them.
I am Laslo.
Wasn't Harry Reid a boxer when he was young?
And a fighter by his trade.
Lie lie lie,
Lie lie lie-lie, lie lie lie,
Lie lie lie,
Lie lie lie-lie, lie lie lie, lie-lie lie-lie, lie.
Dr Weevil said...
"...it is deeply dishonest to lump together as "clowns" literal clowns like 'Laslo Spatula' and metaphorical clowns like various politicians. Nor does he apologize for lumping together all the "right-wing conservatives" who comment here with 'Laslo Spatula' who seems to be an apolitical clown."
Perhaps a poll is in order.
Is Laslo a literal clown?
Is Laslo a "right-wing conservative"?
Is Laslo an apolitical clown?
Does Laslo wear big red floppy shoes?
I'm sure Althouse could find appropriate questions.
I am Laslo.
If it wasn't organized crime he was beaten up by someone for being a complete and utter a hole. Sometimes its the simple explanation that makes sense.
With due respect for Lazlo, I suspect cash rather than sex as the source. A pimp would have so much leverage with Reid that a mere assault seems less useful, though fun for the pimp.
The notion of Harry Reid mustering enough force to snap an exercise band is laughable.
"a mere assault seems less useful, though fun for the pimp."
It is the kind of "fun" that can brighten a pimp's entire day.
Sometimes a pimp just wants a day brightened.
I am Laslo.
Once written, twice... said... [hush][hide comment]
You're funny Ann. Yes, it was I who derailed the substantive conversation about Reid skipping out on paying the pimp of young boy prositutes by writing "Ann, you have cultivated a classy group of commentors on your blog."
But I get it. The easiest way to grow a blog readership is to troll right wing conservatives. Though it is intellectually lazy
Back off brother, you already been spanked a little, you about to unleash the hounds of feminine hell. You are no match, you just a fool.
It was me.
Reid said: "Don't you know who I am?!"
And I replied: "A creepy old perv who's about to take a tumble down the stairs?"
I read some of the Caro books about LBJ. His Silver Star medal was bogus, he won election to the Senate by means of massive electoral fraud, and he made tens of millions of dollars by corrupt means with his radio stations. None of these facts were an issue in his VP or Presidential runs.......I don't know the circumstances of Reid's injuries. I do know that the press in the past has been silent and/or complicit about far more blatant instances of malfeasance than a punch to the face.
I wonder if the Caro books would have been written had not LBJ not run aground of the left in Vietnam. Similarly, I wonder if Bill Cosby would not still be an esteemed elder statesman had he not dared to criticize young black men for making bad life choices......If Reid should cone out against gay marriage or for the bombing of Iran, reporters would investigate his injuries with more assiduity and late night comics would mock his quirks with sharper barbs.
With luck and persistence Harry's troubles may yet see the pages of the Drive-bys. Rush Limbaugh referred to Reid's "accident recently. http://dailycaller.com/2015/03/27/limbaugh-on-reid-i-dont-believe-for-a-minute-he-was-injured-on-exercise-machine-audio/
I have a feeling that the same people who caused Reid to fall into his exercise machine suggested that this may be the time to spend more time with his family. Being a Senator doesn't involve heavy lifting or good eyesight.
It's not just the exercise machine band - it's falling. The band is supposed to have snapped and that caused him to fall and hit something. And he may be prone to falls.
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2015/01/ok-so-what-really-happened-to-harry-reid.php
Dick Durbin offered a more detailed version of what happened to Reid:
“So, he was stretching these straps and one broke and tossed him like a slingshot against cabinets, built-in cabinets,” Durbin told reporters. “He crashed into it with his face and the side of his body.”
If the objection is that the exercise band should not have snapped, well, somebody could have tampered with it. The exercise bicycle had been recently moved to a new house from his old house. You could say that maybe somebody was setting up an accident, but the results would have been unpredictable.
There does have to be something that would prevent a lawsuit, but that could be an amateur repair job.
Also, anyway, there's time to sue so he could wait to see what happened.
Sammy Finkelman said...
It's not just the exercise machine band - it's falling. The band is supposed to have snapped and that caused him to fall and hit something. And he may be prone to falls.
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2015/01/ok-so-what-really-happened-to-harry-reid.php
Dick Durbin offered a more detailed version of what happened to Reid:
“So, he was stretching these straps and one broke and tossed him like a slingshot against cabinets, built-in cabinets,” Durbin told reporters. “He crashed into it with his face and the side of his body.”
If the objection is that the exercise band should not have snapped, well, somebody could have tampered with it. The exercise bicycle had been recently moved to a new house from his old house. You could say that maybe somebody was setting up an accident, but the results would have been unpredictable.
A really, really bad fall seems reasonable. And after the pain and suffering, a legitimate evaluation of his life results in realization that it might be time to enjoy the family, or something.
I could see maybe one of his employees hiding a problem from him. Breaking the band and then "fixing" it.
Dick Durbin offered a more detailed version of what happened to Reid:
“So, he was stretching these straps and one broke and tossed him like a slingshot against cabinets, built-in cabinets,” Durbin told reporters. “He crashed into it with his face and the side of his body.
Dick Durbin is apparently not very sharp on physics.
Frank Sinatra saved my life once. A bunch of mafia goons were beating the hell out of me in a parking garage in Las Vegas. Then I saw Frank approach the thugs. He held up his hand and said, "OK Boys, I think he's had enough."
The lack of media interest in this story is remarkable. The guy looked like he was beat up, and he offers a barely plausible exercise explanation. The press says okay, let's move on. I don't think there has even been any disclosure of when he arrived at the hospital. I suppose there might be a 10% chance he is telling the truth and, if not, I suppose it will come out someday what really happened, or at least that is was not as claimed.
"The left has a few (Kucinich comes to mind) but they are few and far between and are viewed as being on the fringe"
Anyone viewed by the left as "on the fringe" meaning the left fringe, is really out there.
Actually, the commenter sounds a bit out there, as well.
OK, I've waited long enough.
Now maybe the consensus is that all sensible people should ignore Once . . . twice, but I am compelled to refute his claim that the Democrats haven't had any Presidential hopefuls, except for Kucinich, as bad as Palin, Bachmann, Gingrich, Robertson, or Buchanan. How about:
Jesse Jackson
Gary Hart
George McGovern (nominated!)
Jimmy Carter (elected!)
Al Gore
John Edwards
Howard Dean
Wesley Clark
Paul Wellstone
Barack Obama (elected!)
As for the hit on Reid, following the cui bono approach, the most likely perps are the Senate Democrats. They have a decent chance of getting a majority in the 2016 elections, and the last thing they want is to be saddled with Reid as their prospective majority leader.
Ha Ha, The Godfather.
Yes, you should just repeat Al Gore and John Edwards over and over again.
FWIW, seems to me a fall hard enough to break multiple ribs and mess up a face like that would probably also damage the left arm, hip, and legs as well. Think about it.
@ the Godfather - You forgot Slow Joe! And Bernie Sanders is a name bandied about for 2016. Al Sharpton, and Dennis Kucinich!
Maybe Mitt was training for his Holyfield bout and sparred with Dirty Harry and beat the bejeezus out of him. That is what I like to think happened.
""Anyone who saw Reid would say that he looked like he had been beaten up by a guy with a hard left, maybe using brass knuckles...it isn’t hard to guess that he ran afoul of mobsters.
Indeed. Let's give credit where credit is due.
Sen. Pat Geary
The parallels are pretty striking...
It was not reported , but Reid was testing a new rubber band exercise machine called the catapult. Apparently he stationed himself on the wrong side of the machine.
Well, I do know something about physics: a snapping band can't fling things. When the band snapped Reid certainly could have fallen, but he couldn't have been flung into anything with any force other than his own weight. Durbin either misunderstood what he was told, or he was told something false.
Harry Reid is old. A fall could be very bad for him, especially one that is totally unexpected. I didn't think the story is so implausible that mobster roughing up a sitting Senator is more likely. Quite the other way around actually.
Whether or not someone roughed up Reid, perhaps the most important thing is that we have reached a point where we cannot simply dismiss out of hand the implausible notion that one of the United States' wealthiest and most powerful politicians has been roughed up by mobsters.
It has come to this. The Senate Democratic leader, one of the most powerful men in Washington, has serious facial bruises and when someone suggests he ran afoul of mobsters we cannot dismiss that as absurd.
Say this was 'pub Senator with questionable associates. What are the odds that both the FTC and FDA would already have opened an investigation? Injuries like that are potentially life threatening. "We have to do it for the children!" Toys have been banned for less. Imagine the counter-suit where the manufacturer then gets to depose Mr. Reid under oath. Good fun. Where's my popcorn?
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