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vickie Donating Member (663 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-05 10:16 AM
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The latest from the Reid/Bush dustup - Harry's hanging tough
From Harry Reid, "I want the boys at the White House, the girls at the White House, the men and women at the White House, everyone to understand, I haven't lost one wink of sleep over the attack yesterday," he said Tuesday

From Nevada's leading paper...

more... Even Nevada's other senator thinks the RNC has over reached. Apparently he knows Harry better than they do...

Although he sought to distance himself from the dispute, Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., signaled the RNC campaign may have gone too far. "I never like bringing any family members into anything," Ensign said.

hhhmmmmmmmmmmmm


WASHINGTON -- Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid on Tuesday said President Bush mentioned a Republican attack against him during dinner Monday evening at the White House.

But the Nevada Democrat said the conversation did little to reassure him that he and Bush will have a productive working relationship.

"We'll see what the future holds," Reid said. "We'll see if the president wants to unite, starting with the Democratic leader."

Reid wouldn't elaborate on his conversation with Bush, but a Capitol Hill source said Bush approached Reid privately during the dinner and told him he knew nothing about the Republican National Committee campaign.

The RNC on Monday mailed to about 1 million journalists, GOP donors and activists a 13-page document that labels Reid an obstructionist and says members of Reid's family have benefited from lobbying Congress.

The National Republican Senatorial Committee joined the fray Tuesday with a list of complaints entitled, "Harry Reid's Forty Days and Forty Nights of Partisanship." The list cites Reid's creation of a "war room" to organize Democratic attacks, his claim that Bush "has destroyed the economy of this country" and his calling Bush a "liar."

White House officials on Tuesday continued to reject Reid's call for the president to ask the RNC to halt its campaign.

Reid said he would not allow personal attacks to undermine his effectiveness.

"I want the boys at the White House, the girls at the White House, the men and women at the White House, everyone to understand, I haven't lost one wink of sleep over the attack yesterday," he said Tuesday.

The White House dinner occurred just hours after Reid urged Bush to halt the RNC attack during a speech on the Senate floor.

Sen. Gordon Smith, R-Ore., who also attended the White House dinner, said Reid and Bush got along very well. "They patched over things," Smith said.

Two other senators who attended, Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., and Richard Shelby, R-Ala., were tight-lipped.

"They seemed to be (getting along), but I wouldn't comment on details of a private dinner," Dodd said.

"You'll have to talk to them," Shelby said.

Although he sought to distance himself from the dispute, Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., signaled the RNC campaign may have gone too far.

"I never like bringing any family members into anything," Ensign said.

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., and Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., who chairs the Republican Conference Committee, declined to criticize the RNC attacks against Reid.

Reid said Tuesday that during last week's State of the Union address the president said he wanted to reach out to Democrats and be a uniter, not a divider.

"I'm beginning to think that those statements are just absolutely false," Reid said.

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northernsoul Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-05 10:19 AM
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1. Reid used to be a championship boxer
I think he's got no problem whatsoever with getting toe to toe when the situation warrants.

This guy may turn out to be a pleasant surprise for those of us who've been wanting to see some intestinal fortitude from Dem leadership for while.
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HereSince1628 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-05 10:25 AM
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2. "You've got to step into the pain..."
a memorible line from Million Dollar Baby, about how a boxer is required to do the opposite of what others see as natural.

Stepping into the pain is something that the membership needs to see Democratic leaders do. Maybe Reid understands.
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CWebster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-05 10:28 AM
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3. santorum.
The ethical thing to do would be to stop at nothing to destroy him.
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itzamirakul Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-05 10:36 AM
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4. Maybe the RNC attack is a good thing...
If the attacks on the Democratic leadership coninue to grown, especially personal attacks on their families, then maybe more of them will grow spines and begin to fight back in kind instead of continuing to ba accomodationists and bowing their heads and taking the blows.

It's time for more of them to speak out and tell OUR side and call a damned spade a spade instead of all this mealy-mouthed rhetoric.

At least this got a rise out of Reid and another lie out of Bush.
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FreedomAngel82 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-09-05 03:38 PM
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6. I'm loving Reid even more
He's doing great. And he's right about Bush working together and uniting. Remember in 2000 the whole "I'm a uniter not a divider" and on his first press conference and/or speech after November 2nd Bush said he'll work with those who share his goals which should've been a big warning sign that he is NOT going to work with democrats left. I LOVE how he calls Bush a liar. :loveya:
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