National Security Must Come Before Politics
Nov 1, 02:55 PM | Harry Reid
This past weekend, we witnessed the indictment of the I. Lewis Libby, the Vice President’s Chief of Staff and a senior Advisor to President Bush. Libby is the first sitting White House staffer to be indicted in 135 years. This indictment raises very serious charges. It asserts this Administration engaged in actions that both harmed our national security and are morally repugnant.
The decision to place U.S. soldiers in harm’s way is the most significant responsibility the Constitution invests in the Congress. The Libby indictment provides a window into what this is really about: how the Administration manufactured and manipulated intelligence in order to sell the war in Iraq and attempted to destroy those who dared to challenge its actions.
As a result of its improper conduct, a cloud now hangs over this Administration. This cloud is further darkened by the Administration’s mistakes in prisoner abuse scandal, Hurricane Katrina, and the cronyism and corruption in numerous agencies.
And, unfortunately, it must be said that a cloud also hangs over this Republican-controlled Congress for its unwillingness to hold this Republican Administration accountable for its misdeeds on all of these issues.
Let’s take a look back at how we got here with respect to Iraq Mr. President. The record will show that within hours of the terrorist attacks on 9/11, senior officials in this Administration recognized these attacks could be used as a pretext to invade Iraq.
The record will also show that in the months and years after 9/11, the Administration engaged in a pattern of manipulation of the facts and retribution against anyone who got in its way as it made the case for attacking Iraq.
There are numerous examples of how the Administration misstated and manipulated the facts as it made the case for war. Administration statements on Saddam’s alleged nuclear weapons capabilities and ties with Al Qaeda represent the best examples of how it consistently and repeatedly manipulated the facts.
The American people were warned time and again by the President, the Vice President, and the current Secretary of State about Saddam’s nuclear weapons capabilities. The Vice President said Iraq “has reconstituted its nuclear weapons.” Playing upon the fears of Americans after September 11, these officials and others raised the specter that, left unchecked, Saddam could soon attack America with nuclear weapons.
Obviously we know now their nuclear claims were wholly inaccurate. But more troubling is the fact that a lot of intelligence experts were telling the Administration then that its claims about Saddam’s nuclear capabilities were false.
The situation was very similar with respect to Saddam’s links to Al Qaeda. The Vice President told the American people, “We know he’s out trying once again to produce nuclear weapons and we know he has a longstanding relationship with various terrorist groups including the Al Qaeda organization.”
The Administration’s assertions on this score have been totally discredited. But again, the Administration went ahead with these assertions in spite of the fact that the government’s top experts did not agree with these claims.
What has been the response of this Republican-controlled Congress to the Administration’s manipulation of intelligence that led to this protracted war in Iraq? Basically nothing. Did the Republican-controlled Congress carry out its constitutional obligations to conduct oversight? No. Did it support our troops and their families by providing them the answers to many important questions? No. Did it even attempt to force this Administration to answer the most basic questions about its behavior? No.
Unfortunately the unwillingness of the Republican-controlled Congress to exercise its oversight responsibilities is not limited to just Iraq. We see it with respect to the prisoner abuse scandal. We see it with respect to Katrina. And we see it with respect to the cronyism and corruption that permeates this Administration.
Time and time again, this Republican-controlled Congress has consistently chosen to put its political interests ahead of our national security. They have repeatedly chosen to protect the Republican Administration rather than get to the bottom of what happened and why.
There is also another disturbing pattern here, namely about how the Administration responded to those who challenged its assertions. Time and again this Administration has actively sought to attack and undercut those who dared to raise questions about its preferred course.
For example, when General Shinseki indicated several hundred thousand troops would be needed in Iraq, his military career came to an end. When then OMB Director Larry Lindsay suggested the cost of this war would approach $200 billion, his career in the Administration came to an end. When U.N. Chief Weapons Inspector Hans Blix challenged conclusions about Saddam’s WMD capabilities, the Administration pulled out his inspectors. When Nobel Prize winner and IAEA head Mohammed el-Baridei raised questions about the Administration’s claims of Saddam’s nuclear capabilities, the Administration attempted to remove him from his post. When Joe Wilson stated that there was no attempt by Saddam to acquire uranium from Niger, the Administration launched a vicious and coordinated campaign to demean and discredit him, going so far as to expose the fact that his wife worked as a CIA agent.
Given this Administration’s pattern of squashing those who challenge its misstatements, what has been the response of this Republican-controlled Congress? Again, absolutely nothing. And with their inactions, they provide political cover for this Administration at the same time they keep the truth from our troops who continue to make large sacrifices in Iraq.
This behavior is unacceptable. The toll in Iraq is as staggering as it is solemn. More than 2,000 Americans have lost their lives. Over 90 Americans have paid the ultimate sacrifice this month alone – the fourth deadliest month since the war began. More than 15,000 have been wounded. More than 150,000 remain in harm’s way. Enormous sacrifices have been and continue to be made.
The troops and the American people have a right to expect answers and accountability worthy of that sacrifice. For example, 40 Senate Democrats wrote a substantive and detailed letter to the President asking four basic questions about the Administration’s Iraq policy and received a four sentence answer in response. These Senators and the American people deserve better.
They also deserve a searching and comprehensive investigation about how the Bush Administration brought this country to war. Key questions that need to be answered include:
o How did the Bush Administration assemble its case for war against Iraq?
o Who did Bush Administration officials listen to and who did they ignore?
o How did senior Administration officials manipulate or manufacture intelligence presented to the Congress and the American people?
o What was the role of the White House Iraq Group or WHIG, a group of senior White House officials tasked with marketing the war and taking down its critics?
o How did the Administration coordinate its efforts to attack individuals who dared to challenge the Administration’s assertions?
o Why has the Administration failed to provide Congress with the documents that will shed light on their misconduct and misstatements?
Unfortunately the Senate committee that should be taking the lead in providing these answers is not. Despite the fact that the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee publicly committed to examine many of these questions more than 1 and a half years ago, he has chosen not to keep this commitment. Despite the fact that he restated that commitment earlier this year on national television, he has still done nothing.
At this point, we can only conclude he will continue to put politics ahead of our national security. If he does anything at this point, I suspect he will play political games by producing an analysis that fails to answer any of these important questions. Instead, if history is any guide, this analysis will attempt to disperse and deflect blame away from the Administration.
We demand that the Intelligence Committee and other committees in this body with jurisdiction over these matters carry out a full and complete investigation immediately as called for by Democrats in the committee’s annual intelligence authorization report. Our troops and the American people have sacrificed too much. It is time this Republican-controlled Congress put the interests of the American people ahead of their own political interests.
Comment
- Give ‘em hell, Harry!
— patriotboy Nov 1, 03:23 PM # - First time in 25 years Harry Reid forces closed session!
The Bush administration lied and we all know it. Now lets get started on those impeachment hearings… :-)
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— No Gibbons Nov 1, 03:24 PM # - Thank you Senator Reid for telling the truth to the President and the U.S. Senate. I am proud to be a citizen of Henderson, Nevada. Please keep up the excellent work. We need you. “Give ‘em hell, Harry!”
— Susan Lewin Nov 1, 03:26 PM # - Re: calling a closed session today!
Do you have any idea how proud we are of you Sen. Reid?
I hope you can feel the energy being sent by all of us who are so thankful and grateful that you’re out there fighting the good fight!!
The name of this site is most fitting!
Give ‘em hell Harry!!!
Frist said “Bring it On” – well thank you for answering the call!!
Sincerely, jen
— jen Nov 1, 03:26 PM # - You make me proud to be a citizen of this country Mr. Reid, someting I have not been able to say for a long time. Give the repukes HELL!!!
— Josh Michael Nov 1, 03:28 PM # - Thank you, Senator Reid, for showing the Republican majority and the Bush Administration that the people of the United States, those to whom they must account, now demand that accounting.
— watertiger Nov 1, 03:28 PM # - Thank you, Sir! Please do not let up the pressure. I want my country to be one that my children can be proud of.
— Mary Louise Ray Nov 1, 03:31 PM # - Thank you, Harry Reid. You make us proud today. Keep fighting for us, please! We really need you.
— Jenny from the Blog Nov 1, 03:32 PM # - Excellent job, please continue to fight for the American People.
— BlakNo1 Nov 1, 03:32 PM # - Keep giving them hell, Harry! Do not give up—we need your leadership now more than ever to get this country back on track!
— Ariadne Nov 1, 03:33 PM # - Well played, Senator, well played.
Lets keep at them every day until they can face and recognize reality.
Give them Hell, or we’ll get it !
— Vigilant Nov 1, 03:35 PM # - Give them Hell Harry
Thank you, it’s about time and (LONG OVER DUE)
that this corrupt administration is challenged.
Thank You again for showing that the Dems
are going to stand up for the American people
of this country.
Thanks for going to a closed session I hope
ALL Dems stand up, so that the American people
know that we are not going to take it anymore.
Let the Dems that don’t help you. Know that the elections are coming and we have no problem of replacing them with a GUTSY DEM and we WILL rid ourselves of this cancer we call the Republican party in the 2006 elections.
Respectfully,
R Lenzen
AZ Democrat
— Rosemarie Lenzen Nov 1, 03:36 PM # - Masterful! Thank you for saving our country!
— jules Nov 1, 03:37 PM # - Thank you and good luck. As all grade-school students learn, but as this administration and Republican Congress seems to have forgotten, our brilliant constitution was intentionally written to provide checks and balances. In that way, the Founders thought, the power of government could be kept in check.
Without the true exercise of those checks and balances, we are all lost—and doomed to live under the very totalitarianism the Constitution protects against.
I fear for our country.
— JMC Nov 1, 03:38 PM # - Thank you Senator Reid! Whatever your strategy, keep it going for as long as it takes to get the truth out into the national consciousness. We are behind you.
— JeffCO Nov 1, 03:38 PM # - Thank you! If you continue in this vein, America might yet be saved. P.S.—I’ve got a line on some folding chairs in case you run out.
— joycamp Nov 1, 03:39 PM # - THANK YOU SO MUCH HARRY! GO GET EM!!!
— Omaha lib Nov 1, 03:40 PM # - You sir are my hero.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Keep fighting.
Also, Thank you for telling it how it is re: Pat Roberts. As a Kansan, I am very very upset about his conduct placing party before our national security.
— Jack from Kansas Nov 1, 03:40 PM # - Thank You for closing the senate session today Sir…it was the right move for America. We, the people have waited for way to long to have sen Roberts hold those oversight hearings and it is time to take strong steps to make him hold those hearings and hold them IN PUBLIC.
I hope Sen Durbins statement that the majority should be prepared to face this call for a closed session every day until they ‘face reality’ and hold those hearings was NOT an empty threat.
if it takes going into closed session to make the gop hold oversight hearings…CLOSE THOSE SESSION Sir.
we are with you on this.
— KnotIookin Nov 1, 03:41 PM # - Thank you senator. Please keep up this fight, it is key to the revitalization of the democrats in America.
— CarolineF Nov 1, 03:41 PM # - Mr. Reid,
I have watched this with the utmost attention. I think the Democrats have acted so ulgy about any and everthing the President has tried to do that all of you should go into hiding. For you and your fellow Democrats to say the things you have said about the President, Rove and Libby just shows where your brains are at. The same place Bill Clinton, the president who did more to distroy this country than any president in America. Shame on all of you.
Patricia Steward
— Patricia Steward Nov 1, 03:41 PM # - You rock!! Please don’t stop fighting for the American people. Please find the truth!
— nathalie Nov 1, 03:42 PM # - Woo Hoo! Way to go, Harry. Go for it, Senator! We’re with you all the way.
— reggiesmom Nov 1, 03:43 PM # - Wow… seems we are ALL united on the war in Iraq!
:-)
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— No Gibbons Nov 1, 03:43 PM # - OT: Here we go Rule 21 invoked in the Senate, thanks Harry you piece of crap.
How about you start representing the majority of what Nevadans feel and not what a majority of the American Left feels.
What a pathetic embarrassment Harry Reid is turning out to be for all Nevadans.
Drowning people thrash worst before slipping under the water forever….
Harry is demonstrating a similar behavior today by running around the backs of the other leaders of the Senate and calling this secret session.
That’s today’s Democratic party and I am so glad to have left it after the 2000 election.
Actions beget reactions – Harry should be aware of what he may be bringing down on his party.
Go to Hell, Harry.
— jcrue Nov 1, 03:45 PM # - Mr. Reid,
I have watched this with the utmost attention. I think the Democrats have acted so ulgy about any and everthing the President has tried to do that all of you should go into hiding. For you and your fellow Democrats to say the things you have said about the President, Rove and Libby just shows where your brains are at. The same place Bill Clinton kept his, the president who did more to destroy this country and the morals of this country than any president ever elected. Then you have the outstanding Ted Kennedy making his stupid remarks, and everyone remembers what he did. Joe Biden was absoutely horrid when talking to John Roberts. And the guy who stole the papers from the Library of Congress, you democrats never mentioned him, and he did it for your party. Shame on all of you.
And God help us if Hilary Clinton is elected, the lowest of the low.
Patricia Steward
— Patricia Steward Nov 1, 03:46 PM # - Mr. Reid,
I have watched this with the utmost attention. I think the Democrats have acted so ulgy about any and everthing the President has tried to do that all of you should go into hiding. For you and your fellow Democrats to say the things you have said about the President, Rove and Libby just shows where your brains are at. The same place Bill Clinton kept his, the president who did more to destroy this country and the morals of this country than any president iever elected. Then you have the outstanding Ted Kennedy making his stupid remarks, and everyone remembers what he did. Joe Biden was absoutely horrid when talking to John Roberts. Shame on all of you.
Patricia Steward
— Patricia Steward Nov 1, 03:46 PM # - Thank you! Brilliant!
— Satori Nov 1, 03:47 PM # - You bring tears to my eyes Senator Reid. You’re quite a graceful dancer but throw mighty punches too when needed. Thank you sir.
Bob Carstensen
Texas Progressive
— Bob Carstensen Nov 1, 03:48 PM # - Thanks Sen. Reid for standing up for our democracy. I’m going to contact my FL Sen. Bill Nelson and ask him to back you up all the way.
— Jeanie in Jax Nov 1, 03:49 PM # - Senator Reid,
Thanks for standing up to the corrupt Republican power structure! Keep up the great work and give ‘em hell!
— Mickey Leibner Nov 1, 03:50 PM # - Patricia Steward Nov 1, 04:46 PM
Go fetch a crying towel.
— No Gibbons Nov 1, 03:51 PM # - Senator Reid:
THANK YOU!THANK YOU!THANK YOU!THANK YOU!THANK YOU!THANK YOU!THANK YOU!THANK YOU!THANK YOU!THANK YOU!THANK YOU!THANK YOU!THANK YOU!THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You have my support and I’m sure I’m speaking for MANY MANY others when I say so. Don’t give up! We’re with you. We are behind you. We support you. And we thank GOD for you. Don’t take no crap. Give em’ HELL!!!!!!! And if you want to run for Pres. after they frog march these criminals out of the White House, you got my vote!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
— Melissa Harris Nov 1, 03:52 PM # - Give them Hell Harry
Keep up the good fight and know that millions
of Americans trust you judgement and know that
we have a voice of integrity and good moral
fiber on our side.
I am truly grateful that I left that corrupted
Republican Party after I saw what they did
in 2000’
God Bless You
C. Hampton
— C. Hampton Nov 1, 03:52 PM # - Thank you Senator Reid. We must hold this administration accountable.
— K. Hastie Nov 1, 03:53 PM # - People here in the office are just estatic right now that-
finally-somebody is taking the ball and running with it.
You see all of this positive feedback? Bask in it, but learn from it also. Keep it up until you get what we need in this nation—answers. Don’t stop for anything. Go!
— Tom Nov 1, 03:53 PM # - Senator, I’ve got to admit that I had my doubts when you were chosen as minority leader. But by gum, you have really stepped up to the plate this time. Thank you for being the opposition. We need this.
— RhetoricalRubberneck Nov 1, 03:54 PM # - This goes on and on. Fine solders: “Hack”, Gen. Karpinski, Gen Burns (was it?- a mustang booted for a minor infraction), Hammes, etc. Smeared, booted, insulted by the chicken hawks. I’m not a flag waver or even a vet, but I am enraged at abuse of our soldiers. Low grade body armor and use of (even armored) Humvees as combat vehicles- these are abuses too, of the worst sort as they put folks in mortal danger, as are all those folks Americans and and foriegners who had contact with Ms. Plame. In 50 years of following politics, I have never seen anything like this level of mismanagement and corruption.
— dan stabel Nov 1, 03:55 PM # - Thank You & God Bless You
— bdm Nov 1, 03:55 PM # - Thank God! Finally a Democrat with a spine! We need to keep doing this until those idiots in the White House get the message. I just saw Frist in a furror over this. He said it was “un-gentlemanly”.... pretty good for another Republican nominee for the slammer. Now is the time for Democrats to stand up and fight. We have taken enough for way too long.
Give’em Hell Harry! You have my complete support.
Seattle John
— John B. Nov 1, 03:55 PM # - Oh Senator Reid, last friday October 28, 2005 Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald made me once again proud to be an American. Today, November 1, you made me feel the same way. It’s been a long time coming. Today I’m also proud to be a democrat.
Thank you so much
— hester reik Nov 1, 03:55 PM # - Oh, here come the trolls, on cue. Well dig this, theater lovers…Harry Reid has turned on the house lights and the Chimpy Show is OVER!
— jules Nov 1, 03:57 PM # - Dear Senator Reid:
Thank you for caring about our country. Each and every other elected representative needs to be reminded that America comes first – not the elephant; not the donkey.
I hope other Senators decide to listen to the majority of Americans on Iraq, healthcare, and fiscal responsibility.
— Beau Jarvis Nov 1, 03:59 PM # - Thank you Senator Reid. Hold the Bush Administration accountable Sir you have my support.
— Marilyn Conner Nov 1, 04:01 PM # - Thank you, Sen Reid, from the bottom of my heart. You have no idea how much this means to me and people like me. Thank you very much! You have restored my faith in my country once again, today.
— Bob P Nov 1, 04:01 PM # - Senator Reid, you are the man! I wish with all my heart that my two Senators would show half the backbone that you have shown today. Alas, that’s not likely to happen in KENTUCKY. God Bless You!!
— gregariousred Nov 1, 04:05 PM # - Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, Harry for standing up for the American people. It is way past time to make the Bush thugs and the repugs answer for their crimes.
— BeckiB Nov 1, 04:05 PM # - THANK YOU SIR! My husband and I are soooo proud today to be members of the Democratic Party! Give’em HELL Harry!
— Lisa D Nov 1, 04:06 PM # - Thank You Senator Reid for your leadership! Thank youThankyouThankyouThankyou!! Your actions today have brought happiness to my heart.
— Eunice Hedding Nov 1, 04:08 PM # - Bravo!!!!!
It’s about time we Democrats demand an accounting of what the Republicans under George Bush, Dick Cheney and Karl Rove have done to this country.
— Mark Koppel Nov 1, 04:09 PM # - Thank you Senator!
Peace.
— T McCarthy Nov 1, 04:11 PM # - best newsI’ve had for 5 years. Keep up the good work and don’t back down. About time dems got some guts. YEAH HARRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
— patricia licopoli Nov 1, 04:11 PM # - THANK YOU SENATOR REID!!!
— Caton Ajax Nov 1, 04:12 PM # - Amen Harry
— Timothy Kistner Nov 1, 04:13 PM # - Senator Reid:
Thank you. I am contributing to the DNC today with a note that your patriotism is what motivated me. Thank you!
— Ord Avg Guy Nov 1, 04:14 PM # - Thank you for taking strong action to get the attention of the Republican-controlled government. Absolute power and absolute corruption on the part of the Republicans. Thank you for trying to get answers to how we were led to war by lies.
— H N Hilton Nov 1, 04:14 PM # - It’s about damn time. Harry’s actions have restored my hope in the Democratic party.
I am sick of being jerked around and treated as a non-citizen by this Republican cabal!
Harry has just convinced me the Democrats are worthy of some of my hard earned money.
— Eric Myers Nov 1, 04:14 PM # - Thank you for your bold move today in the Senate. Please keep it up…and get our country back to something I can recognize. A nation not just interested in avoiding criminality, but upholding honor.
— Joey Nov 1, 04:15 PM # - Thank you Senator Reid. Don’t back down until we know the whole truth. You go!!
— Deborah Palmer Nov 1, 04:16 PM # - Thank you Senator Reid!
Hold this administration accountable at every turn. No surrender!
I am proud to be a Democrat today.
— Michelle Nov 1, 04:16 PM # - THANK YOU!! Don’t stop, if you have to shut down the Senate, make the Republicans answer for everything they’ve done to this country!
— Jamison Nov 1, 04:17 PM # - Thank you Senator Reid!!! Don’t let go for even one day!
— Bret in Philadelphia Nov 1, 04:17 PM # - Thank you for stopping business as usual to bring the american attention back to this incredibly important issue. I almost never write to my elected officials, particularly rarely to offer praise, but in this case, some praise is justly deserved!
Thank you,
Brandon
— Brandon Nov 1, 04:17 PM # - Thanks for your actions today Senator Reid. The time is long overdue for holding this administration accountable.
DISSENT! DISSENT! DISSENT! and FILIBUSTER when required – it’s the American way as per our founders!
(And by the way Patricia, get over yourself. This is worse than Nixon’s Watergate and furthermore it makes ‘Monicagate’ look like a musical comedy – Clinton did NOT get anyone killed in a criminal war.)
— Sybil Disobedience Nov 1, 04:17 PM # - Thank you Senator! You bring hope that someday we might know the truth about the Iraq War. We can’t wait until all the players grow old and write their memoirs which will cast themselves in a favorable light. We need to know what intelligence was given to the White House and Senate leadership, and whether or not it was “cooked” before it got to the White House Iraq Group or if it was cooked after it went through the WHIG.
— dave Nov 1, 04:18 PM # - Senator,
Once again, I’ve been made proud to be an American, and it feels as good as I knew it would.
You’ll hear a few harsh comments, of course, but I’ve got a hunch that more Americans will be mentioning you at their Thanksgiving tables than not.
I’ll beat that rush, and give you my thanks, today.
Gregory Coyne
Chicopee, Massachusetts
— Gregory Coyne Nov 1, 04:19 PM # - You did something WONDERFUL today and I would like to thank you. I have been A republican for years, and I am SO ASHAMED of this Administration.
— mc Nov 1, 04:19 PM # - I have been a Nevada resident for 32 years. You are representing me and all other Americans who want the Republicans to keep their word about investigating pre-war intel and how it was used and/or misused to justify the USA invasion of Iraq. I am proud that you and the other Senators are finally standing up to those who have not undertaken Phase II of the investigation into pre-war intel.
All Americans deserve the truth about the run-up to the war. Today’s closed session to discuss this critical issue is necessary. I applaud your actions, and I encourage you to take whatever action you must to ensure that Americans are told the truth.
Thank you! Today’s closed session gives me hope that our country will learn the truth.
— Betty Nov 1, 04:22 PM # - God bless you Senator Reid for putting the interest of the majority of Americans first! We’re behind you all the way – all Americans should want to know what else this White House lied about in leading us into this war in Iraq and sacrificing over 2000 American soldiers’ lives. The lies have got to be investigated beyond Scooter Libby and karl Rove. Our government has no credibility as long as it is stained with liars at the very top of the chain.
— Jamie Whitaker Nov 1, 04:22 PM # - Give’m hell Harry!
They are despicable!
Gloves off!
— Al Saavedra Nov 1, 04:23 PM # - THANK YOU SO MUCH HARRY. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
— Rebecca Michelle Depue, Dallas, TX Nov 1, 04:23 PM # - You’ve done an amazing thing here, Senator, and all over America there are proud, grateful hearts. By saying what millions and millions of us have wanted to say, you’ve given us the first reason to feel proud of our government in a long, long time. The other comments will confirm that this is so bold, so stunning and so RIGHT… well, there aren’t words enough to thank you.
— nashvillian Nov 1, 04:23 PM # - thank you , wish you were my senator. Please don’t ever back down. You have restored my fiath in the dem. party.
— Jackie Nov 1, 04:23 PM # - Excellent!! Our country desrves Phase II.
— fracas_futile Nov 1, 04:23 PM # - Thank you Harry! We love you! This administration must be held accountable for its deception and the thousands who have died as a result.
— Judy Newman Nov 1, 04:25 PM # - Thank you, Harry!!
— Marty King Nov 1, 04:25 PM # - Thank you, thank you Senator Reid.
It is with a feeling of joy, relief and anticipation of the future that I’m watching the news now.
Finally truth, justice and clarity are starting to shine their lights onto our political process. Keep up the great work – and I don’t want to see my Senators until the doors are open again and the truth is forced from this corrupt administration.
Sincerely,
Sue Henshaw
— Sue Nov 1, 04:25 PM # - Thank you Senator Reid—
I too, fear our democracy is in peril. We cannot let this administration ontinure to go unchecked!
Please continue to demand answers to the source of the corrupt intelligence that brought us to war. One of the principal claims (yellow cake from Niger) was based on a forgery.
We need the truth. Nothing less! Twenty-five members of the US armed forces have died in the past week alone.
Don’t let up! We are behind you. If you need us to turn out in numbers, count me in.
Joan Jacobs
Takoma Park, MD
— Joan Jacobs Nov 1, 04:25 PM # - Thank you Senator. Today I am proud to be a Democrat have you press the issue. For too long this administration has played the bully and not gotten called for it. Thanks for standing up and making it a fight!
— Thomas Nov 1, 04:26 PM # - Dear Senator Reid:
Today you and Senator Durbin have earned the admiration and trust of millions of Americans who want their country back.
We are so tired of the lies, half-truths, and deceit courtesy of George Bush and his gang of pillagers of the American soul.
Please keep up the pressure until this dam of disinformation breaks.
You are doing the right thing, no matter what anyone says.
— James McCarty Nov 1, 04:27 PM # - Senator Reid and other Democratic Members of the Senate who went into closed session today:
Thank you! Many, many of us Americans are looking to all of you, our elected representatives, to stand up to this administration and its controlled congress NOW. Use whatever means…including shutting down the U.S. Senate to not only ask the tough questions but to demand ANSWERS. We are outraged that we were “duped” into going to war; worn out from the never ending corruption of the Republican Party; the clever diversions…blah…blah…blah… and WANT OUR DEMOCRACY BACK! GIVE EM HELL HARRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! P.S. I’m reaching into my pocketbook right now to support the Dems and celebrating their newfound backbone.
— Linda P. Riskus Nov 1, 04:27 PM # - Major family values are telling the truth, admitting when you are wrong, and learning from mistakes. I am so proud of Harry Reid, calling for stronger values from the leadership of our American Family.
— Paul Claxon Nov 1, 04:28 PM # - You float like a butterfly and sting like a bee! Your left hook stunned Bill Frist, the republican party and the extreme right that sheepishly support this war. This second they are clumsily stumbling around the ring wondering what day it is!
Sen. Frist Says Closed Senate Session is a “Slap in the Face”
Senate Majority Leader Frist Says “I Can’t Trust Senator Reid”
Well done Harry!
Give em hell!
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— No Gibbons Nov 1, 04:29 PM # - thank you Senator Reid for standing up for America. Its about time we protect our country from the men without conscience who rule our fragile democracy
— Philip Wilson Nov 1, 04:30 PM # - Thank You Senator Reid!!!!!!!!!!
— Colleen Nov 1, 04:30 PM # - Thank you, Harry, for finally standing up to these liars!! I hope this is only the beginning of a LONG battle with the Dems fighting back…we’re so tired of silence. Thank You!!
— JoLayne Nov 1, 04:31 PM # - Good job taking control and demanding answers on how we all were led into a wrongful war and perhaps irreparable damage to our reputation in the world. By the lies about Iraq, we are subspect in everything we now try to do in the world. I need not even mention that with our own government leaking information how much damage has been done to our own safety. Mr. Bush says his job is to keep the American people safe and he’s doing a poor job of it.
— Teresa Nov 1, 04:32 PM # - Thank you and God blessyou! Please keep the pressure on. Mary of Iowa
— mary Nov 1, 04:32 PM # - w00t w00t
— Alonso Nov 1, 04:34 PM # - Thank you Sen Reid.
Last Friday Mr. Fitzgerald made me proud of my government for the first time in years.
Today you have done the same.
Only if people of good consience stand up and demand answers will we dig out from under the avalance of lies that has killed two thousand of our countrymen and so damaged our country’s security and reputation.
Thank you and keep up the good fight; people everywhere are praying for you.
Ed
— EddyKilowatt Nov 1, 04:34 PM # - THANKS HARRY YOU ROCK.
— tfm Nov 1, 04:35 PM # - Finally, I can find a Democrat who is taking the Republicans to task! I am confident most Democrats want a full court press, every day and every night, against our current corrupt and worthless leadership. Don’t slow down, don’t stop!
Harry, I hope you make a guest appearance during Howard Dean’s 50 state strategy conference call meetings (on November 15th.) We need people like you to fire us up, and remind us to not put up with lies and deception on a daily basis.
I want a T-shirt with this sites’ logo!
Give ‘em hell, Harry!
Dan Watson,
Bristol, Indiana
— Dan Watson Nov 1, 04:35 PM # - Senator Reid: Thank you so much for your action today. Today you were my voice, and the voice of so many millions of Americans, demanding accountability from Mr. Bush and his administration. We are SICK over this nightmare of a war and how we were misled into it.
— Kathy in Massachusetts Nov 1, 04:35 PM # - Bravo, Senator!!! And bravo to Senator Durbin, as well!!
Thank you and God bless you!! Please don’t stop until America knows the whole truth and nothing but the truth!!!
— Patricia Acha Nov 1, 04:35 PM # - YOU MAKE ME SICK
— js Nov 1, 04:37 PM # - Harry Boy – I love you! Thank you so much for the courage of your conviction and for being the voice for so many of us who have been awake and aware and onto these thugs for a long time. God Bless you!
P.S. I put a filibuster on my x-mas list;)
— teresa Nov 1, 04:37 PM # - Senator Murray and Cantwell are standing by you sir.
— Jacob Metcalf Nov 1, 04:38 PM # - YAY!!!
Thank you Senator Reid! This is the type of bold action that America needs. The Republicans in Congress are doing a grave misservice to the country by not questioning the motives of the administration. You posited this beautifully. Keep up the fight, please! Make them answer these questions and We the People may someday know the truth about what has happened in the past 5 years. Thank you, Harry!!!
— Eric Torrey Nov 1, 04:38 PM # - “YOU MAKE ME SICK
— js Nov 1, 05:37 PM ”
Don’t get mad. Accept this complimentary crying towel.
— No Gibbons Nov 1, 04:39 PM # - Thank you, Senator Reid, for making truth-telling a priority in the Senate. Keep on doing what you’re doing.
— Kimberly in Minnesota Nov 1, 04:40 PM # - Thank you Senator Reid!
Now, give ‘em hell!
— Sandra Coomer Nov 1, 04:40 PM # - Sen. Reid:
YOU GO HARRY! Having a closed-door session with the senate is a good start. The American people deserve the truth and nothing else should move in D.C. until the dems request is met. Dems are behind you all the way – make Bush and his cronies answer the questions about the run up to the Iraq war. We all know if Cheney knew about Wilson’s wife, Bush knew. Bush cannot sneeze without Cheney there to wipe his nose. Don’t allow them to change the subject in the news media, because that is their way to try and get the American people interested in some other “GOP urgent matter”. I for one am sick to death with all these scare tactics. If it isn’t a terrorist attack, it’s the bird flu. Give me a break. Get those dogs out of the White House
Joyce
— Joyce Stripling Nov 1, 04:40 PM # - Thank You, Sen. Reid.
— gumchewer Nov 1, 04:40 PM # - GREAT JOB HARRY!!!!!!!!!!!!
— mary Nov 1, 04:41 PM # - Thank you Senator Reid!! I know that you will catch a great deal of heat for this, but you will also catch a great deal of support. The rational people of this great nation have been looking for a leader to counter the madness and excesses of the current administration. Thank you for countering the red herrings and endless spinnings that have been going on in the aftermath of Patrick Fitzgerald’s announcement on Friday. Thank you for bringing the focus back to the day’s most important issue. May God Bless you and bring you strenth for this fight.
— mark Nov 1, 04:41 PM # - Harry Reid is my hero! Don’t let up, Harry. Make ‘em take notice and acknowledge how far off track they’ve taken the country. Then make ‘em do something about it. It’s time to clean (white) house.
Give ‘em hell!
— Lynett Nov 1, 04:41 PM # - I want to add my Thanks for your expressing so eloquently in your pre-session comments the disgusting and immoral tactics of the current administration and the corrupt Reublicans in charge of the Congress.
Give ‘em hell, Harry!
— David Berry Nov 1, 04:42 PM # - Harry Reid – “The Libby indictment provides a window into what this is really all about, how this administration manufactured and manipulated intelligence in order to sell the war in Iraq and attempted to destroy those who dared to challenge its actions,”
— No Gibbons Nov 1, 04:43 PM # - BRAVO. SOCKO, BOFFO!!!! DO NOT LET UP!!!!! THESE DRAGONS MUST BE SLAIN (metaphorically). THE REPUBLICANS WILL ONLY SPEAK THE TRUTH IF THEY ARE SHOT UP WITH TRUTH SERUM.
From a Massachusetts admirer
— Arlene Jacobs-Gamer Nov 1, 04:43 PM # - I am PROUD to be a Democrat today, Senator Reid.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
The American people have waited too long and deserve answers about the Bush administration’s bogus claims for the Iraq war.
A country that begins a war of aggression based on lies is no democracy I want to be part of. Thank you for helping to restore the integrity of our great land.
— Dean Nov 1, 04:45 PM # - ROCK AND ROLL!!! Bless you, Senator Reid. I’m making a donation to the DSCC today.
— Patricia Puzzo Nov 1, 04:45 PM # - Good start, Senator! Keep it going! Thank You.
— Bill Binder Nov 1, 04:45 PM # - Thank You Senator Reid. Its good to see the Democrates stand up and fight. The only way to stop a bully is to hit them back!!!!
— Jeffrey Malluck Nov 1, 04:48 PM # - Dear Senator Reid,
Excellent job today forcing the Senate to discuss the Administrations’s intelligence misuse leading to the Iraq war.
The CIA Leak case is much more than Scotter Libby’s indictment: It is about an administration that was not only willing to lie, manipulate and twist the facts to fit a seemingly pre-determined agenda to send America to war against Iraq, they were willing to compromise our intelligence services and National Security in order to accomplish their pre-determined goal.
Hundreds of Billions of taxpayer’s dollars have been wasted and over 2000 brave soldiers have died over what seems to be a bunch of lies. Meanwhile, Osama Bin Laden, the culprit of the 9/11 attacks, remians free. This iis inexcusable.
Good to see that Democrats still have cojones! As soon as I read the news, I could not help but to make a contribution to the Searchlight Leadership Fund. Albeit a small contribution, I am happy to be a part in helping you making America proud again.
Good luck and keep up the good work for America.
— Juan Rivera Nov 1, 04:49 PM # - please keep doing this—it’s the only way to get the country (and democracy) back on track.
— Austin A Nov 1, 04:51 PM # - As a resident of Tennessee I haven’t had any representation in the Senate for a good long time, so if you don’t mind I will consider YOU my honorary senator for the duration.
And may I say you came a lot closer to making Bill “Catkiller” Frist weep and go boo-hoo than I’ve ever managed with my best efforts, so I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Cheers and keep givin’ ‘em hell!
— L. A. Chambliss Nov 1, 04:51 PM # - Absolutely fantastic! Finally someone had the guts to stand up and give this Congress the spanking it deserved.
This – the lies and the sleazy illegal activities by the White House – must be addressed, and not simply glossed over with the latest press releases and WH talking points.
— stefan Nov 1, 04:52 PM # - Senator Reid: I have watched closely your leadership of the Democrats in the Senate since you took the Leadership position. It has been a priviledge to see a master at work. Thank you for your leadership and I am looking forward to the future.
— Jeanne Fischer Nov 1, 04:53 PM # - Harry,
You rock. You STAND UP FOR US! I contacted one of my Senators (the weaker philosophy one of the two), Mike Dewine, and demanded he step out of the rubber stamp mentality or he will not win re-election next year!
REPUBLICANS ARE SCREAMING LIKE ANIMALS BECAUSE AS PSYCHOLOGISTS SAY, WHEN YOU’RE GUILTY, YOU BECOME ANGRY AT THE FACTS BEING PRESENTED!
I tried to donate $5 but you won’t allow anything under $10 online, that’s unfortunate SOMEONE CORRECT IT TO $5, surely you can still get use out of my $4.50 after charges!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
— dallan Nov 1, 04:53 PM # - Great job, Senator.
Thank you.
— John K Nov 1, 04:53 PM # - Fabulous! Keep pressing for answers. Even my Republican husband is starting to get sick of what is going on in this country. Thank you.
— IdahoDem Nov 1, 04:54 PM # - cafepress.com/bushgetablowjob
YOU WILL CRACK UP AND BUY A STICKER, I HAD TO GET IT!
— dallan Nov 1, 04:55 PM # - Bravo. Bravo. Bravo.
Made a donation to Searchlight today.
Thank you for your courage. And thank you for speaking for all Americans today.
— garethkeenan Nov 1, 04:55 PM # - Thanks for finally showing the corrupt bullies on the other side of the aisle that Democrats are ready, willing and able to fight back. You’ve got the majority of Americans on your side as you demand answers. Keep it up!
— Jeff Otchis Nov 1, 04:56 PM # - Thank God for Senator Reid!
— Jay johnson Nov 1, 04:58 PM # - I just looked up your site today just to thank you for what you did in the Senate.
Phase 2 is right on the money.
GO GO GO
— Dan Glassoff Nov 1, 04:58 PM # - Dear Senator Reid,
Your action today made me truly happy. Thank you for trying to refocus the attention of the nation on the critical question of our time. And thank you for acting like the leader of the opposition party! Is there any way you could convince some of your fellow Democrats to find ways to stand up to the Republicans as you have?
— bwise Nov 1, 04:58 PM # - Beautiful use of the closed session. Make them listen to the truth. Thanks for putting the real issues back into the spotlight. Keep it up.
— Sdisbrow Nov 1, 05:01 PM # - Thank you, Senator Reid. Thank you for representing all Americans.
— Connie Nov 1, 05:01 PM # - Thanks for standing up for truth and accountability to the American people. When politicians return to serving the people above a political party, the country will be on the right track again.
— Michael Turner Nov 1, 05:02 PM # - Thank you, Senator Reid for standing up for truth today. My favorite Representative, Dennis Kucinich, has been working so hard for the truth about Iraq for years. I am so happy the Senate is finally willing to help.
— Gail Heyn Nov 1, 05:03 PM # - Bravo!
Thank you for speaking for us all today.
Do whatever it takes. Don’t back down!
— Allison Nov 1, 05:04 PM # - I do wonder when the phrase “manufactured and manipulated intelligence” gets translated into what it really means: “LIED”.
— stefan Nov 1, 05:05 PM # - Reid, it’s finally time to shut the whole goddamn thing down.
Question Pat Roberts directly on his involvement in white-washing phase 1….
Why did Libby order Pat to white-wash it?
What was behind the white-wash?
Why the fuck didn’t we HEAR about the Niger forgeries, Curveball, and report on false-flag where Saddam wanted to get Uranium from Russia?!???
WHY DIDN’T WE HEAR ABOUT THE “INTELLIGENCE & FACTS BEING FIXED AROUND THE POLICY” ?!
Lets see if you can do it!
Pat Roberts white-washed phase 1. By order of Scooter Libby and Dick Cheney, heads of the PNAC based Israeli think-tank.
So how about calling him out? Rockefeller & Roberts whitewashed it. It’s high time we find out what REALLY happened on 10 downing street…
The whole damn country is “After Downing Street”...Lets find out why they lied, and how they lied.
— nick Nov 1, 05:09 PM # - Thank you Senator, great job today.
— Omar Packard Nov 1, 05:09 PM # - Thank you, Senator Reid. There can’t be business “as usual” until this is resolved. We depend on people like you to lead the fight against corruption, lies, and deception.
— utahgirl Nov 1, 05:09 PM # - Fantastic move! I really appreciate your guts in standing up for we the people. We deserve answers; and we need you to fight for us!
Thank for your leadership!
— D Fred Nov 1, 05:10 PM # - Senator : Are you hereby announcing your support for Cindy Sheehan To Run Against Senator Rodham-Clinton in New York if not for The Presidency….Your warm embrace of Dick Durbin’s, Charles Shumer’s, Barbara Boxer’s Hate is yet another reason this Independent will not return to The Democrat Party….Is it now Fillibuster in Lieu of Election Victories…...Yikes !!!!.
— Brad Nov 1, 05:11 PM # - Way to go Harry Reid!!!! Give ‘em Hell!!! Shut down the corrupt bastards every day.
— K. Ron Silkwood Nov 1, 05:13 PM # - Give ‘Em Hell Harry!
Thank you for standing up for the Democrats of this country and demanding the tough answers that we are all entitled to. Your actions today should make all Democrats proud!
— Mike Nov 1, 05:13 PM # - Thank you for bringing some LEADERSHIP to the Democratic Party and standing up for the American people and well as our ethical integrity. Don’t stop now… keep the pressure on!!!!
— AZ Democrat Nov 1, 05:14 PM # - Thank you Senator Reid, for standing up for our people and our nation. Bless you. Stay strong, stand your ground no matter what, do NOT waver. We are here, we are behind you, and you have our undying support as long as you continue to fight.
— Stef Nov 1, 05:16 PM # - Brad,
If President Bush was up for election today he will lose hands down. Why should we let him force his radical right wing agenda upon us when the majority of America no longer supports this Presidents agenda or the radicals that surround him? Look at support among African-American’s… A whopping 2%. That’s right… 2 PERCENT!
We’d be fools to let Bush stumble around unchecked!
Thank you Harry Reid!
— No Gibbons Nov 1, 05:16 PM # - Thank you Senator Reid. I’m a pro-troops, pro-life and pro-choice democrat and you made me proud of my party today. I’m tired of letting the crooked, lying, cheating party of obstructors frame the agenda for our democracy. I hate to see us stoop to the depths that the cons do, but we need to stand up to bullies. You did so brilliantly today! Bless you for it.
— sue Nov 1, 05:17 PM # - Thank you so much for showing some well needed leadership today. Keep up the great work! Give ‘em Hell, Harry!!!
— Steven McHugh Nov 1, 05:17 PM # - Thank you thank you thank you! We need leadership and we got it today! I’m proud of my democrats today! DON’T BACK DOWN!!!!!
I happen to be stuck with two of the worst senators, Coburn and Inhofe, so I’m adopting all of you who are finally standing up to this illegal and immoral administration.
Give ‘em Hell Harry, we’ve got your back.
— Teresa Nov 1, 05:17 PM # - You go boy!!! Don’t let up. Frist wants to slam the democrats by saying we have no values and no convinctions while they murder our soldiers and cloak themselves in false patriotism!
— Melanie Nov 1, 05:19 PM # - Thank you, Sen. Reid. Thank you for standing for all of us who are sick of the lies, the deceptions, and the criminal misconduct of the current administration. Thank you for being our voice as we demand answers and accountability. Keep fighting the good fight, sir; we have your back.
— georgia_dem Nov 1, 05:20 PM # - What an amazing day. What an amazing speech.
— Marcia B Nov 1, 05:21 PM # - If Dick “Richard” Cheney deliberately falsified intelligence, and co-ordinated his White House Iraq Group to feed bogus intel estimates into the CIA…..estimates based on reports from the American Enterprise Institute, a neo-con nest of extremist Likuds….
Then Vice “President” Cheney should not only be impeached, but convicted in the Senate. Further he should be indicted for the role he played in destroying Brewster Jennings….
And finally sent to a maximum fortified prison. War Crimes or not, he should be convicted.
If the President knowingly was a part of this, even if not directly involved, he should be impeached for his incompetence or complicity or both. It’s time to tear apart this little game of cat and mouse and throw down the gauntlet…..
— nick Nov 1, 05:22 PM # - THANK YOU!!!
— Nicole Dahl Nov 1, 05:23 PM # - FIANLLY!
This is the first time in a LONG time that I’ve felt the American people are getting some representation. THANK YOU for your courage and integrity! Now let’s just hope that the rest of our democratic representatives will grow a spine and stand strong with you against the Bush mafia.
Impeach, Impeach, Impeach!
— Nicole Kenney Nov 1, 05:23 PM # - I’m proud to be a Democrat today! You give’em hell, Harry, and we will back you up all the way. Push them to the wall on this. There are more than 2000 of our brothers and sisters who are dead and we demand to know WHY. The corrupt Bush administration WILL be held accountable.
— Daryn DeZengotita Nov 1, 05:23 PM # - You go girl!
— John W Nov 1, 05:24 PM # - Thank you, Senator Reid. You have no idea how much this means to me. I’ve been watching my country being destroyed and all I’ve wanted is for the Dems to fight back. We are in a crisis and we need your help.
— Chris M Nov 1, 05:24 PM # - Thank you Senator Reid. I am proud again to be an American for the first time in 5 years. I don’t have a Senator (I live in DC) so I’m adopting you; Give ‘em hell!
— Gene Nov 1, 05:26 PM # - It looks like the Democrats finally found their balls.
— mkc Nov 1, 05:27 PM # - Thank you Senator Reid for standing up for the American people. How clever the republicans THOUGHT they were about trying to change the subject from the big news on Friday. I for one, am sick and tired of being lied to by this Administration. We deserve better than this. We deserve leaders with honesty and integrity such as yourself. I thank god for people like you and we will stand with you Mr. Reid.
— ladyluck Nov 1, 05:27 PM # - Thank you Senator Reid! Keep up the great work and GIVE EM HELL!
— Lee Frankl Nov 1, 05:28 PM # - Senator Reid you are awesome. Thank you for your courage and service. It is surely time for some answers. Thank you for demanding them.
— Nancy H. Sutphen Nov 1, 05:29 PM # - Today was a great day for all of us. I am so proud of you, and don”t let them keep fooling the people . We want the truth which we have been denied, government to stop using the slimey tricks to give to the corporatations and take from the disabled, poor, students, enviroment. Continue to give them hell Harry as they have been doing to middle class.
thank you / Dorothy Trigg
— dorothy trigg Nov 1, 05:30 PM # - Senator Reid;
Your actions have made me proud to be an American for the first time in 5 years. Somewhere, the souls of Jefferson, Paine and FDR are smiling on you, sir, for your patriotism this day. Huzzah!
— David Robertson Nov 1, 05:30 PM # - Harry, you deserve a standing ovation, kudos, chocolates, free drinks on the house, and big fat kiss!
Thank you for standing up this incredibly corrupt and immoral administration. Keep going, because you are a shining example of what a good American is!
This country is in an incredible crisis because of the lies used to get us into “Bush’s Folly” and then lie about doing it, and the administration wants to keep up the status quo? I think not!
GIVE ‘EM HELL, HARRY!!!
— pam heath Nov 1, 05:31 PM # - You have my gratitude, Senator Reid, and you have given all of us more confidence in the Democratic Party! I am so proud of you and thank you for holding their (GOP) feet to the fire! It’s time they were held responsible for the crisis this country now finds itself in, and serious as it is, they are still spending time on the mainstream media lying. I want representatives that have integrity. The Bush Administration and Republican representaties DO NOT REPRESENT ME! You do sir, and for that I am ever grateful!
You are a good man. I wish you always the best. Keep up the good fight!
— Kaye Nov 1, 05:32 PM # - Thank you Harry!
Thank you for your courage to care about our country. These are sad days.
— Mimi Nov 1, 05:35 PM # - Dear Harry,
Thank You. I am thinking seriously about joining the Latter Day Saints and you make me proud to be an American!
Regards,
markiemayers
A
— mark mayers Nov 1, 05:37 PM # - Thank you Sir!
Keep asking the hard questions.
Demand answers.
All I want is the truth.
Diane B.
— Diane B. Nov 1, 05:39 PM # - Alright Harry! You’re making democrats proud!
Has anyone noticed that all the posts from the conservative critics have either been poorly written, extremely weird or both?
— Kevin J Nov 1, 05:39 PM # - Kevin,
They are punch drunk from Harry’s left hook. :-)
— No Gibbons Nov 1, 05:42 PM # - Thank you, Harry! Thank you, Democrats! I’m proud and now hopeful. In two weeks we can start to impeach, right?
— Watching Nov 1, 05:43 PM # - Thank you, thank you!!
Please, Senator, don’t let up, don’t give in. Our democracy CANNOT SURVIVE without accountability. This is our country you’re fighting for.
— Linda E Nov 1, 05:46 PM # - This temper tantrum is beautiful. The best course is to ignore you and let you bang your fists on the floor. Eventually you will fall asleep on the living room floor with the snot and tears drying on your red, squinched-up face.
— Dale Nov 1, 05:48 PM # - Senator Reid, thank you for calling the Republicans bluff. We Americans do need truthful answers, not lies. I’m glad that someone at the top of the chain does realize and feel for the troops and their families enough to start saying, “Listen, enough is enough.” I know many troops who want to come home and they know they were lied to to be put there and they are being lied to in order to be kept there. Let’s bring the boys home at least. And if the republicans that support this war believe that we should keep it going…let’s suit them up, drop them in the middle of Iraq and see if they feel differently after being on the other side of the IED.
— EM Nov 1, 05:48 PM # - Thank you Senator Reid from the bottom of my heart for your courage and leadership! My heart has been heavy so long, it feels good to see you fight for us! We’re behind you 200% !
— Kathie Nov 1, 05:48 PM # - Wow! Thank-you so much Harry! Thank-you for demanding the truth. Be aware that your enemies live, yea thrive in darkness and abhore the truth. The more light you shine on them the more vile and UNGODLY they will become.
God Bless You!
Randall Ford
Oklahoma City, OK
— Randall Ford Nov 1, 05:48 PM # - Dear Senator Reid:
Listen to the names:
William Fulbright
Frank Church
Wayne Morse
**********
HARRY REID
**********
Yes, you are up there with the great independent Senators who stood up for this country on important issues of foreign policy and national security—who were willing to reject the majority and stand up for the truth.
Do not curse the darkness; light a candle.
YOU JUST LIT A BLOWTORCH.
Keep it up!
Professor from Oregon
— Professor from Oregon Nov 1, 05:48 PM # - Go, Harry, go!
If you guys keep this up, I’m sending $$ your way.
— liberal Nov 1, 05:52 PM # - I’m too impressed to come up with an original comment, so…
GIVE ‘EM HELL, HARRY!
— sagra Nov 1, 05:53 PM # - Thank you, Senator Reid.
Those who are upset at any investigation should remember that truth is not afraid of the light.
The truth is what the American people deserve, and it is Congress’ duty to keep the light on the Presidency.
Republican or Democrat should not matter; Integrity and Sincerity are what the people need from their leaders. When our leaders speak, we should not have to wonder at the truth of their words, or the motivation behind their actions.
ALL public servants should be held to the highest ethical standards. Asking for answers is not unpatriotic; it is the single most patriotic thing we can do for our country.
Thank you again; and please keep looking for answers, no matter what it takes. We, the people, are depending on you.
— Cherizac Nov 1, 05:57 PM # - Harry, you don’t disappoint! Give em hell for all of us out here in the West, where we don’t like lyin’.
— jan wright Nov 1, 05:57 PM # - Harry Reid, you have stunned me out of silence.
Keep up what you started. Please give classes in guts to the silent senators!
The Iraq War is wrong! The lies they told were wrong! Our silence is wrong!
— Proud Cali Dem Nov 1, 06:00 PM # - Nice move, Senator. The American people have been awaiting the return of a spine in our Democratic representatives – I hope this is the start of a new trend.
Kate
Chicago, IL
— Kate Nov 1, 06:01 PM # - Thank-you. By taking a stand you are giving hope to many of us. It is long past time to hold accountable those who would use us to hold on to power, instead of work for us, the people. Take the fight to them and don’t let up until we have answers and many more indictments!
— Karen Boe Nov 1, 06:02 PM # - I couldn’t be happier to hear the news that you are finally holding these lying, corrupt warmongers’ feet to the fire. Don’t let up, the majority of the American people are behind you! The only poeple that could possibly be against a true investigation are those that support falsehood, thuggery, and the destruction of the American Democracy that we all cherish. People like Patricia Steward, above, and the others that have come here to voice opposition to your attempt to shed some light on how this administration does business. We will all be indentured servants to corporate interests if these jerks have their way! I am going to give some money to the Dem party for the first time ever! Thank you SO very much!
— Kristina Knight Nov 1, 06:03 PM # - Senator Reid, you are wonderful! Perfect timing, following up on the first phase of Fitzgerald’s investigation. Keep it up…I actually feel good about things for a change. For a change!
— Penny Kohn Nov 1, 06:04 PM # - Thank you, Harry!!! We have been waiting for our Democratic leaders to stand up to this administration and demand answers to how we got manipulated into this war. This is the most important issue to face this country in my lifetime. Kathy
— Kathleen Johnson Nov 1, 06:04 PM # - So, any bets on how long it will take for Senators to start leaking information about a closed-door session devoted to investigating leaks?
— SobekPundit Nov 1, 06:04 PM # - Thank god we got rid of that wimp Tom Daschle. Harry Reid is the man.
Now, please, Harry, for godsakes follow though and make sure the investigation is not a whitewash.
Ask the tough questions and keep asking them until they get answered.
— The Fool Nov 1, 06:05 PM # - Well, Harry,
From me comes a “Thanks” and an “It’s about damn time!”
I just caught the USA Today article on this—
“Sen. Trent Lott, R-Miss., said Reid was making “some sort of stink about Scooter Libby and the CIA leak.”
A former majority leader, Lott said a closed session was appropriate for such overarching matters as impeachment and chemical weapons — the two topics that last sent the senators into such sessions.
In addition, Lott said, Reid’s move violated the Senate’s tradition of courtesy and consent. But there was nothing in Senate rules enabling Republicans to thwart Reid’s effort.”
Courtesy is easy when you’re the unchallenged Goliath in the room, but courtesy didn’t help David.
Let’s consider this a first stone, and one well-deserved.
The idea that impeachment and chemical weapons are deserving of a closed session while the actions that took us to war pre-emptively, unilaterally, and not as a last resort, costing the lives of more than 2000 American soldiers and countless Iraqi civilians are not so deserving is absolute idiocy. And were he handy, I’d tell that to Mr. Lott’s face.
Somebody needs to remind him that there are people coming back in flag-draped coffins that no one wants to see. Americans don’t want to see it because it saddens them. The Bush Administration doesn’t want Americans to see it, because they regard the war, as everything else, a PR issue that must be “managed”.
Thank you, Mr. Reid, for not allowing Republicans to duck this. It’s too important to the very heart of Democracy—acting on real, substantial and unvarnished information—the type of information, it appears, that was not made available for consideration.
— illbefrank Nov 1, 06:05 PM # - Senator,
I don’t have much money, but I just threw a little bit towards your Searchlite fund. I will continue to dig as deeply as I can into my pocketbook (which, unfortunately, will make nobody rich) as long as you continue to lead the Democrats in the same manner you did today. Bravo Senator, I’m beginning to be proud to be a Democrat again.
— Mukkapazza Nov 1, 06:06 PM # - “Now, please, Harry, for godsakes follow though and make sure the investigation is not a whitewash.”
I second that!
— illbefrank Nov 1, 06:08 PM # - Can you please shut down the Senate more often? The less you guys do to mess things up the better. Don’t just do something, stand there.
— Dale Nov 1, 06:08 PM # - “So, any bets on how long it will take for Senators to start leaking information about a closed-door session devoted to investigating leaks?”
Too late. Reid already leaked it.
— SobekPundit Nov 1, 06:09 PM # - Thank you for demanding answers!!
Frist and Co. and are a bunch of shameless cowards who will do anything to stay in power—including, and maybe even especially, keep the American people from learning the truth about Iraq and this bush government.
Thank you for demanding the truth!!
— dee Nov 1, 06:10 PM # - THANK YOU HARRY!
This isn’t a Democrats vs Republicans issue, this is a fight for Truth, Justice, and The American Way.
America has been under attack for the last 6 years, and not by foreign terrorists! If we expect to keep the freedoms and rule of land provided us by our forefathers and the Constitution of the United States, then we’d better be ready to fight for it right here at home. NO ONE is threatening our FREEDOM and way of life more than the Bush Administration. How long are we going to take it? I feel a total betrayal every time I look at my daughter and friend’s children – for their future here in our own country.
And Patrick, how on earth can you say a democrat administration, such as Clinton’s, ruined this country? Are you deaf, dumb, and blind? As it seems most party-line Republicans are?! All Frist can do is, like all good Republicans, is offer slogans. And Democrat Scare Tactics?!! PLEASE!!!!! That’s the Bush/Cheney MO. I’m surprised they’re not getting down to even more childish schoolyard bully statements like “I know you are but what am I?” The Republicans are an embarrassment to this country. They all need a “time out” permanently.
Signed,
Former Republican – Registered Independent
— Terry W Nov 1, 06:12 PM # - Thank you, Senator! Don’t let up!
— Keith Cable Nov 1, 06:12 PM # - Finally, someone has the guts to confront Bush’s cronies and call for the truth about the war.
— Ellen Nov 1, 06:12 PM # - “The United States Senate has been hijacked by the Democratic leadership,” said Majority Leader Bill Frist. “They have no convictions, they have no principles, they have no ideas,” the Republican leader said.
Would somebody please keep beating the drum on our Counterterrorism plan (worked out with Albright and others) and demand the Repubs show us theirs? Where are their ideas for defeating terror? Or is it just to invade and rebuild every hostile country?
They’re going to keep beating the drum that we “have no ideas”. We need to keep developing plans and beat a louder, more consistent drum showing them ours, and demanding they put up, or shut up.
— illbefrank Nov 1, 06:15 PM # - Boycott Dominos Pizza and call their corporate headquarters at 800-468-4726 and make the demand that George W Bush withdraw the nomination of Samuel Alito and nominate a moderate to the Supreme Court or that you will boycott Dominos pizza. Dominos pizza CEO David Brandon supports the antiabortion movement. Pass the word.
It appears time for an economic revolt against the companies that fund George W Bush and the Republican Party. Go call and email these companies and tell them you have had enough of the actions of the Republican Party and you will not take it anymore.
http://www.hoflink.com/~dbaer/petitions.htm
— buckfush Nov 1, 06:17 PM # - I don’t care for the Democrat’s plan of entering into dhimmitude. I’d rather fight the terrorists.
— Dale Nov 1, 06:18 PM # - It appears time for an economic revolt against the companies that fund George W Bush and the Republican Party. Go call and email these companies and tell them you have had enough of the actions of the Republican Party and you will not take it anymore.
http://www.hoflink.com/~dbaer/petitions.htm
— buckfush Nov 1, 06:19 PM # - What else can I say? Thank you, thank you, thank you. Call them on their dangerous nonsense at every available turn.
You have my wholehearted support.
— Jared Pierce Nov 1, 06:20 PM # - Dear Senator Reid,
You have my full, whole-hearted support for your action today in the Senate. This Administration must be held accountable for its decision to invade Iraq and its manipulation of the facts to sell its decision to the American people. We deserve to have the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth when we are asked to support sending our sons and daughters to sacrifice their lives on our behalf. Please. Don’t give up until the facts are known. Our trust has been broken in our govenment – someone has to care.
— Therese Fenwick Nov 1, 06:20 PM # - Thanks for the advice Buck. Does anyone know of a pizza place that serves pizza with aborted lumps of tissue on them? Them’s mighty tasty.
What are you ewwwing about. It’s not like its a human being. Just a blob of tissue.
— slaughterinthewomb Nov 1, 06:22 PM # - Thank you, Sen. Reid!
I live in Tennessee, so that stinky Bill Frist is my Senator. Quel drag. It was amusing to see him blubbering on TV this afternoon.
I hope we can someday get to something resembling the truth about this godawful war.
— hamletta Nov 1, 06:23 PM # - Thank you Senator Reid. That was very eloquently expressed, and covered all the bases. I wish you’d think about running for president.
— Mary Ann Crysler Nov 1, 06:24 PM # - Senator Reid,
thank you for hte Monkey wrench. watching sen. Frist andhis ilk have attacks of the vapors was wonderful. Keep the pressure on. The damage done to our national security in a time of war is appalling, and the republican response is repulsive and in my opinion, treasonous.
— theRoaringGirl Nov 1, 06:26 PM # - Go Harry! Dems must fight back really really hard. Don’t let one little lie get by in the press or any place else. Get those other timid Dems doing something
— jillaurie crane Nov 1, 06:27 PM # - Brilliant move Harry. Shutting down the government is great. The last time this was tried, the president ended up having an affair with an intern and was impeached. It worked so well the first time it has to work this time as well. We’re going to impeach Bush yet.
— Bob Nov 1, 06:27 PM # - Watching Frist throw a tandrum on the Hill today was so representative of the overall Republican attitude. When they don’t get what they want they throw tandrums. The Democrats have been the parents who have failed to discipline their children for fear of offending them. Thank You Senator Reid for finally calling out the republicans on their bad behavior!
— Ryan in NJ Nov 1, 06:31 PM # - Senator Reid:
We are all SOOO PROUD OF YOU!!! Whoo-hooooo!!! Give ‘em Hell, indeed!
The MAJORITY of Americans now recognize we were sold this war on false pretenses, and that what Congress agreed to was stipulated over and over again on the specific reasons the Bush Cabal gave for going to Iraq—- nearly ALL of which have since been disproven.
Anyone looking at public sentiment today knows we want the truth and we want it now. Get out in front of the issue – give us leadership we can trust and that trusts us enough to tell us the TRUTH and let us decide what’s worth dying for.
God Bless You, Harry Reid. This mid-Ohio mother of two is quite proud of you!
— Anne Price Nov 1, 06:32 PM # - WooHoooo!!
Give ‘em hell, Senator. Excellent.
— David Johnson, Huntsville, AL. Nov 1, 06:36 PM # - Senator Reid,
We have one small request: please have the State of Nevada annex Mohave County Arizona so you can be our Senator too. It is good to see our Party standing up to the corrupt Bush Administration. Please don’t stop.
— Donald and Darlyne Davis Nov 1, 06:36 PM # - Thank you for confronting the Senate today about the investigation into the Iraq war intelligence. Keep up the good word. PLEASE RUN FOR PRESIDENT!!! We the people, the everday ordinary people of the US need someone to fight for us against the religious right and the most powerful people who try to control this world and its resources—like Bush and Cheney.
— Maria Whittaker Nov 1, 06:42 PM # - This combat vet thanks you, Harry, and all of the other Democrats who made this happen. It’s a beginning. Things will get rough, but it’s a lot less tough than what our servicemembers in Iraq and Afganistan are going through—remember that.
— Aaron Garza Nov 1, 06:44 PM # - Senator Reid – I used to have a husband that abused me. Republicans are like the controllers in an abusive relationship. They call all of the shots, they cast all of the blame on you, they are always the victims, and they assert all of the control. There is no room for dialogue and they are very very dangerous.
Those NeoCon abusers of our civil liberties, our fundamental rights, our beloved environment, and our future generations are like jerk husbands who need a restraining order thrown at them. Thanks for throwing it at them – shine the light on their hypocrisy. Use the rules of the game to beat them at theirs. And by all means, stand up for us.
Keep on standing up for us.
We’re behind you – keep doing your job.
Give ‘em hell! Jackie M.
— Jackie Marvel Nov 1, 06:45 PM # - Please organize a rally of the people against this right wing radical supreme court nominee-
Alito. He will keep women barefoot and pregnant and set this country back one hundred years. They are a minority and backwords and reationary. This is my country, our country too!!! They are the same as the Islamic fundamentalists in Iran for example!!! Pretty soon they will be wanting women to cover their heads as it says in the bible!!!! And to wear only skirts no pants. But more importantly they mess with my reproductive freedomwhich is one of the main things that separates this country from the backward Islamic fundamental regimesand they are gone!!! We cannot let them mess with the reproductive freedom of our society which makes this a better world for all-women, children and men of all races and classes!!!
— Maria Whittaker Nov 1, 06:45 PM # - You accomplished nothing this afternoon except excite some lefty bloggers for one day. I don’t really blame you for doing that after being stood up at the prom last week by Fitz. The senators will go home tonight. Alito will still be confirmed, and Bush will still be the president for three more years. You’re like the fresh meat in a prison rape scene. You can take it or you can fight and get ripped up. Its your choice but it will happen.
I’m hoping you fight.
— RCT Nov 1, 06:46 PM # - Rock on Reid! All of people know about the lies, now they need to be exposed at the source.
You can annex Maricopa County in Arizona too!
— Michael Nibi Nov 1, 06:47 PM # - THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. Keep up the great work. Get them to answer “where is Bin Laden and why are we in Iraq?”
— H N Hilton Nov 1, 06:47 PM # - THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU !!!!
Please don’t stop! Keep up the pressure and insist on the TRUTH!
— Katy in Illinois Nov 1, 06:48 PM # - Senator Reid – Thank you so much for your actions on the floor of the Senate today. If we Democrats hope to take back the Senate in 2006, I think we’ll need to see a whole lot more of the same. Thanks for getting it started today.
— DF Nov 1, 06:49 PM # - PLEASE RUN FOR PRESIDENT!!!!!!!!! We need someone who will stand up for the majority of the people in this country against the religious right and the small powerful clique of those who try to dominate the world.!!!
— Maria Whittaker Nov 1, 06:52 PM # - Do I hear Reid/Clinton or Clinton/Reid in 2008? Today you didn’t just make your constituents proud but the whole country proud. If this new website is all about sticking your toes in to test the water of potential Presidential candidacy, then I say just jump on in. Good for you, Mr. Reid.
— Brooke Nov 1, 06:53 PM # - Please get us out of Iraq!!! Let’s stop killing innocent Iraqi’s and making their lives a hell. Iraqi oil for the Iraqi people!!!
— Maria Whittaker Nov 1, 06:54 PM # - Excellent move today in calling a closed session!
And if they start stalling again,...
Hit ‘em harder!
Close ‘em down for SIX hours!
GO, HARRY! :-)
(“Consult with him?!?!? Consult with Him!?!” i.e., Frist…..[etc.]——I loved it! I watched it three times!)
— G Swan Nov 1, 06:56 PM # - To honor our commitment to Harry and the Democrats we should start boycotting any Business that we know for sure that is giving donations to Bush or the Republicans.
We stand mostly powerless despite the courage of HARRY. We do have honor and truth on our side.
It would be a small sacrifice on our part and it would give us the power we need to crush the treasonous Republicans into submission.
GIVE UM HELL HARRY!!!!
WE LOVE YOU HARRY!!!!
— gary jarvis Nov 1, 06:57 PM # - Excellent posts folks!
Call in to Bill Manders NOW and tell him you support Harry Reid!
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— Dirty Steve Nov 1, 06:58 PM # - Way to go Harry! This nation needs to see that the Democrats can put up a fight!!
Please find out how it is possible that a foreign interest group-the Iraqi National Congress and Ahmed Chalabimanipulated this country into waging a war that was in THEIR interests and not OURS by feeding us false intelligence-and with the full complicity of Cheney, Libby and the rest of the WHIGs. Thank you!
— Oscar Nov 1, 06:59 PM # - “PLEASE RUN FOR PRESIDENT!!!”
Oh, I couldn’t agree with that sentiment more.
— SobekPundit Nov 1, 07:00 PM # - Thanks for giving us hope that we still live in a democracy. Please continue to be our voice.
— Anne Spurgeon Nov 1, 07:00 PM # - Harry,
Your blog is on fire! As Howard Dean would say… The tea is in the harbor!
— No Gibbons Nov 1, 07:01 PM # - Thank you for forcing the Republican obstructionists in the Senate to listen to you and all of us!!
— lauri Nov 1, 07:04 PM # - Sen. Frist: “Senate Was Hijacked by the Democratic Leadership”...
No Gibbons: “The country was hijacked by Talabanized Radical Right Wing Republican Crooks, liars and chickenhawks”...
— No Gibbons Nov 1, 07:04 PM # - http://dailykos.com/story/2005/11/1/17822/9623
just a few thoughts from the people over at Dailykos.
Sheesh!
— Sue Nov 1, 07:06 PM # - I can see the light again. Thank you Harry for making a UNITED States of America a possibility again. Keep giving them hell!
— Mark Nov 1, 07:07 PM # - Thank you… thank you… thank you..
Finally we take the “defense” off the field and start playing “offense”....
Sen Reid… you will find that America is listening… keep on the offensive on the issue of the lies that brought us to a disastrous war, and on the Supreme court nomination… and on the deficit…
Tell your Senate Democrats to get on the field with you… we know who we are playing against.. so if your fellow Democratic Senators want to wear the same uniform… they had better show up and do it!
Damn the torpedoes… full speed ahead.
— JEFF PRICCO Nov 1, 07:09 PM # - THANK YOU so much for being the courageous voice for ACCOUNTABILITY in government. I am tired of the Republican excuses and lies to support their ugly, violent power grabs.
We need you to continue this kind of strong leadership calling for honesty, transparency, and democracy.
I am donating to you today because of your leadership.
— Anita Nov 1, 07:12 PM # - Senator Reid,
No offense, but the decision to close the Senate today was the first sign of a spine that Democrats have exhibited in the past five years. I hope this is the beginning of a trend.
Keep it up! The indictements of Abramoff, DeLay, Savafian, Noe, and Libby, are sure signs that the time has come to demand accountability from the White House, the Administration, and the Republicans in general. The stench coming out of the White House, in particular, needs to be investigated relentlessly.
Bush must be asked persistently why he is not firing Rove, when he said a year ago, that anyone in his Administration involved in the Plame leak would be fired. Of course, we all know he was lying, but that is not the point. Ask him, and ask him often! Put him on the defensive, and keep him there. Tenacity always pays.
As for Alito, I hope the Democrats will mount a filibuster against his nomination. The Democrats really have nothing to lose and everything to gain. We’ll see if the Republicans carry out their threat of using the nuclear option. I bet you that, ahead of the 2006 elections, a lot of Republicans will be reluctant to be seen as a bunch of bullies changing the rules in the middle of the game. Just look what happened to the Republicans’ popularity when they shut down the government in 1995!
Speaking of bullies, I enjoyed seeing Frist turning into a crybaby in the Senate this afternoon. That’s what bullies do, when others strike back, they run for their mommy, crying “it’s not fair”.
— Evil Progressive Nov 1, 07:14 PM # - Wikipedia:
Reid is a converted member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and a native of the small mining town of Searchlight, Nevada. His father was an alcoholic gold miner who committed suicide. Reid attended Basic High School in Henderson, where he had as a history teacher Mike O’Callaghan, who would play prominently in his future. Reid received his A.S. from Southern Utah State College in 1959 and in 1961 earned his B.S. from Utah State University. He moved to Washington, D.C. and worked as an officer for the U.S. Capitol Police while attending George Washington University for his degree, Reid graduated in 1964 and returned to Nevada to work as a lawyer in the state before entering politics, serving from 1968 to 1970 in the Nevada State Assembly and then being elected lieutenant governor in 1970, the same year his mentor O’Callaghan was elected governor. He served in that office until 1974, when he ran for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Alan Bible. He lost by fewer than 600 votes to former Governor Paul Laxalt.
Reid then served as Nevada state gaming commissioner from 1977 to 1981, a post which subjected him to death threats. Reid’s wife once found a bomb attached to one of their cars. A character in the film Casino played by Dick Smothers is based, in part, on Reid. An attempt was made by Jack Gordon (who would later manage and marry LaToya Jackson) to bribe Reid. Reid allowed the FBI to tape Gordon’s attempt to bribe Reid with $12,000, at which point Reid attempted to strangle Gordon, saying “You son of a bitch, you tried to bribe me.”
— No Gibbons Nov 1, 07:15 PM # - Thank you, Senator Reid. It has been a very long time since I have felt hopeful about where we can go as a country. Keep hittin’ ‘em. Hard.
— Patrick DeBusca, Jr. Nov 1, 07:16 PM # - Reid ain’t no punk.
— No Gibbons Nov 1, 07:17 PM # - Hey RCT:
Damn right!!!!
FUCK THESE STUPID FASCISTS; THEY’RE GOING DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!
“Boycott Walmart today: Take em’ out and FLUSH THEM OUT!” :http://www.robertgreenwald.org
— nick Nov 1, 07:17 PM # - Thank you so much.
— Amy Rice Nov 1, 07:18 PM # - Dear Senator,
Thank you for your courageous action today. Keep it up. See you at the next Tin Cup and Chuckwagon BBQ.
Best Regards,
Eric Hubbard
Reno, Nevada
— Eric Hubbard Nov 1, 07:18 PM # - Walmart boycott
— nick Nov 1, 07:18 PM # - Thank you so much. Your act today of going to a closed session AND telling America about the misdeeds of the Republicans has restored my faith in the Democratic party. Seriously, I was ready to divorce myself from the party I have belonged to all my life simply because I was sick of the Democrats sitting around with their collective tails between their legs and not saying a word about the corruption in the current administration. Now, I have my party back! Thanks!
— rikc Nov 1, 07:19 PM # - Beautiful!
I can’t explain how much good it did my heart to hear you and Dick Durbin stand up for America today.
Give ‘em hell, Harry!
— Hogfan Nov 1, 07:20 PM # - LONG OVERDUE, BUT THANK YOU….
I was thrilled to finally see Democrats standing up today against the corruption, intimidation, and stall tactics of the Republican leadership.
DON’T LET UP!!!
— Scott Nov 1, 07:21 PM # - Go, Harry, Go. I have always loved you. Loved it when you ‘read your book’ on the floor a year or so ago. You made an impact today. Gave the thugs some of their own medicine. I am not letting all members off the hook, I still believe the majority were in the wrong by giving away their authority to bushco, but this is a step in the right direction to take our country back. This country has been hijacked by the Neos, Wall Street, and K Street. A lot of informed citizens are onto the game and Frist and friends are so out of touch, they don’t know, when they point their finger, three are pointing back at them. Keep up the good work and thanks for doing what you did.
— malleckson Nov 1, 07:22 PM # - Thanks Harry:
All we want is for the Dems to fight. even if they lose! The time for compromise is over and the repubs are never going to respect the rules of the senate anyway. This ship of state started sinking on Nov 2004 (or perhaps when the Johns were the “best” we could come up with) and I intend to go down fighting. It is the least our Senators can do to join us in that fight. Use Wes Clark to attack the flanks since some of the Senators are “too polite”. And make sure someone puts a big ass cork in that fool Liberman before he gets on Fox tonight and apologises for you.
— Ken in Seattle Nov 1, 07:22 PM # - Nick,
I haven’t stepped a foot in wal mart in over 2 years. They are a threat to the future of this country.
— Flange Nov 1, 07:23 PM # - !!!Thanks so much!!. Since 2/03, many of us suspicioned – now the the facts are becoming known. The only way to save our country is for all of us to speak up, and your actions help lead the way. thank you Sen Reid for acting so bravely. These lies must be confronted. We’re behind you ~ Keep it up and don’t be scared. We support you!! Betsy
— Betsy Newnum Nov 1, 07:27 PM # - Thank you Harry!
You have made me happy to be an American again. Please keep after them and end all this secrecy and corruption in government.
I live in Tennessee and we need inspiration and help here.
— Barbara Nov 1, 07:27 PM # - THANK YOU and WELL DONE!!!!! Finally!!! Please continue to call the republicans on their lies, distortions and deceptions immediately. No turning back!!
— Sharron Powell Nov 1, 07:27 PM # - Atta boy!!!!
— Katy Meigs Nov 1, 07:30 PM # - Mere words can’t convey my pleasure at your actions today on the Senate floor. Great day for America! Please keep it up. We’re listening and we’re out here supporting you more than you know.
— Ralph Nov 1, 07:31 PM # - WAY TO GO HARRY. I work with MoveOn, Peace and Justice, NOW, and any other grass roots group that speaks for me. Now, finally, I can come back to the Democratic party. Now, finally you are speaking for me, for all of us. I am sure all the grassroots groups will be with you and our numbers are great, out goals the same. We are so proud of you. Keep us posted and thanks from the bottom of my heart for what you are doing.
— Sue Nov 1, 07:33 PM # - PLEASE RUN FOR PRESIDENT!!!!!!!!!
— Lou Nov 1, 07:38 PM # - If this was a closed meeting how does the media already know what was going on in the meeting.
And to the person who made the remark about Clinton, remember Wag the Dog? The next time we are bombed by terriost call Bill Clinton and if he is not to busy having _ _ _ _ _ _ _ with Monica he might just tell you it is okay it was just a firecracker.
Democrats are against any and everything Republicans are for. They should remember why they got beat the last time. Putting a person like John Kerry to run for office.
This will be my last letter to this site as I see all the people that write can not see the forest for the trees.
— Patricia Steward Nov 1, 07:40 PM # - Thank you sir! You made us all proud today!
— Kristian Ljungkvist Nov 1, 07:41 PM # - Way to go! Give ‘em hell!
— Matt Nov 1, 07:42 PM # - Dear Senator Ried
Thank you so much for standing up to the republican thugs today. I was so pleased and proud to wittness your action today in the Senate.Please keep challenging this lying criminal administration.
— Karen Sullivan Nov 1, 07:43 PM # - Good for you, Harry. Keep it up.
— kosophile Nov 1, 07:44 PM # - Tell it to Paul Hackett, Patricia.
He served in the Iraq war and the actual noble cause which was all bullshit.
He nearly got his head blown off by an Israeli militia in FALLUJAH
Go tell it to Paul Hackett, Patricia. YOU STINKING COWARDLY SLIME. Tell him how Clinton is just a dickless bottom feeder
Because Hackett, and every soldier like him has had it. They know the whole fucking war was a hoax, and they’re going to make it end.
Don’t like it? Go live in Iraq. >8-)
— nick Nov 1, 07:44 PM # - YOU GO HARRY!
I am from Texas and since I don’t feel like I have a Senator these days, I have adopted you. You’re my Senator and I am so proud of what you did today. You really kicked some butt and it’s about high time.
You got um on the ropes now Harry don’t let them up and keep on getting sideways with them.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
— Madeline Henshaw Nov 1, 07:45 PM # - Thank you, Senator Reid, for reminding your fellow Senators and your fellow Americans of what the Constitution demands of the legislative branch: that it act as a brake on the dangerous designs of the executive. Now more than ever, when the President and his advisors seem to think they don’t need the Senate for anything (cf. Condileeza Rice’s statement that the President could declare war on Syria without asking for the consent of the Senate), it is so vitally important that you remind the President that we, the people, still run this government, and that they lie to us at their peril.
Thank you, sir, for restoring my faith in the Democrats. Give them hell, now and as long as they continue to pull this nonsens
— Nora Nov 1, 07:45 PM # - Thank you for speaking for all of us today, Senator Reid. You made us so proud!!! Keep up the good work!
— jess in maine Nov 1, 07:46 PM # - “Democrats are against any and everything Republicans are for.” – Posted by Patricia
Harry Reid voted yes on no child left behind and voted yes to give Bush authorization to attack Iraq? Harry Reid voted yes on the Bush energy policy and bankrupcy bill?
Understand the facts before posting false accusations. Don’t be a dunderhead….
— No Gibbons Nov 1, 07:46 PM # - Thank you Senator Reid,
As I watched you today during your press conference, my despair and feelings of hopelessness gave way to some hope. Your courage and actions made my day, and I grateful.
Perhaps you don’t know how many of us there are just feeling utterly powerless while watching the current administration’s horror show unfold daily: the unjust war, with hundreds of thousands either dead, maimed, or otherwise suffering; the daily menu of newly passed bulldozer legislation against the people, plants, animals, and oceans of America, bullied through by deceit, greed, elitism and arrogance of the false majority created by false elections.
All my life I’ve been an optimist, believing in the best of humanity, and each person.
Mt whole worldview changed after the 2000 election, when something inside me nudged me at my conscience: “there’s something wrong here.” I began following and learning about politics, and, unfortunately it was a bad time to start learning. It’s been a pure descent into hell from there. My idealism shattered, my dreams now ever so fragile, at first a general disbelief, then an angry active fighting period, and nowadays a depression along with a deep sense of powerlessness.
Please know that these feelings do not come from my newly learned knowledge of our Constitution, but from the realization how far “THEY” have managed to destroy its inspirational ideas and concepts.
For months now I, like so many others, have observed our Democratic leaders under constant attack, their voices diminished and/or silenced not through honest discussion or genuine debate, but through lies, bullying, threats, and just plain out defiance of standard congressional rules and procedures. A Coup either already has, or still is taking place. You would know more than I do on this. I hope it’s the latter.
So many of us have been longing for the day when one or more of our Senators would finally rise and say “ENOUGH IS ENOUGH”, regardless of the risks and consequences involved.
Today I saw you, and your fellow Senators Rockefeller and Durbin, and my hopes (at least for today) were met 100%.
Today you brought me and thousands others like me a hint of hope.
It was the RIGHT thing to do. What, at this point, do we all have to lose? If not now, when? If not us, who? We, your constituents, write letters, support our local candidates, donate to the Democratic Party, and show up at the phone banks, or walk the districts – but WE CANNOT DO WHAT YOU CAN. Please let this be one of many days to come.
Thank you again. For today I am full of hope.
Gabriele Droz
— Gabriele Droz Nov 1, 07:47 PM # - Senator Reid,
Thank you for allowing me to finally exhale, I have missed the Democratic way of life and the Democratic way the government worked. To quasi-quote a blogger from DailyKos “I’ve felt mind raped, helpless, angered, exhausted and appalled by blatant lies, flip-flops, mean-spirited, arrogance and incompetence by the bush adminstration, the minority neo-cons, the “religious right” and everyone who does not question what is “right”. BTW, when the DEMOCRATIC PARTY become the LEFT. I thought (as far back as I can rember) during Kennedy, we were considered the RIGHT.
Again, I just want to thank you for saying what I have felt and still feel. I have questions, I want answers or resolutions or something besides “non-answers”.
— feelingbetternow Nov 1, 07:47 PM # - Senator, you have reminded me why I am proud to be a Democrat. You have given us all hope that the truth will out. Keep up the good fight.
— Chuck Hamblen Nov 1, 07:47 PM # - Thank you Senator Reid. We needed that. Rick Santorum is going down and Bob Casey will be there to work with you starting in January 2007.
PA Democratic Committee Member
— cats are fly fishn Nov 1, 07:50 PM # - Sir,
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
We really don’t need to throw another generation into the war machine…
— GeorgeM Nov 1, 07:50 PM # - Good job showing some Democratic backbone keep it up!
do not equivocate – do not excuse – do not retreat a single inch – and be heard!
— Dr. Pangloss Nov 1, 07:51 PM # - Thank you, Senator. Thank you.
— mcjoan Nov 1, 07:57 PM # - Dear Senator Reid,
I just want to thank you for standing up for all Americans today in your move to close the Senate down to force discussion of the war issues. We need Democratic leaders to make bold moves and bold statements that leave no doubt about the ability of Democrats to lead this country out of the messes that Republicans have created. There are millions of us waiting for the chance to “take our country back!” Today gives us hope. The people need to hear the VISION of the Democratic party. We need to know that there is hope and a way “back to the future”!
Thank you for all that you do!
— MNnice Nov 1, 08:01 PM # - I applaud Senator Reid and strongly advocate that other Dems in the Senate follow suit or get out of the way…. The time has come to stop the criminal enterprise running this country. I will continue to solicit and encourage the DNC to “Give ém Hell’’.
Thanks for reading and heeding.
A patriotic American watching and waiting.
— jo solnick Nov 1, 08:01 PM # - The only thing I can say is “its about time”. Thank you Senator Reid for doing what you did on the Senate floor today. The American people should know how this Administration has lied, lied and lied some more just to justify this war.
— J Hobbs Nov 1, 08:03 PM # - Frist said. “But this is the ultimate. Since I’ve been majority leader, I’ll have to say, not with the previous Democratic leader or the current Democratic leader have ever I been slapped in the face with such an affront to the leadership of this grand institution.”
Keep slappin’ him Harry!
— Sam S Nov 1, 08:03 PM # - Please continue to give ‘em hell, Senator. I made a donation on your ActBlue page to thank you for what you did today. I encourage others to do so as well.
— katerina Nov 1, 08:04 PM # - THANK YOU HARRY REID for mounting an oppostion to the naked ambition of the ruling class!
— Barbara Nov 1, 08:06 PM # - Thank you, Senator Reid,
for standing up for America and Americans against the gang that has taken over our country’s government. Millions of Americans are proud today, and we will back you up!
Paula Kuttner
— Paula Kuttner Nov 1, 08:06 PM # - Go Harry! You are the anti-Frist!
— ce Nov 1, 08:07 PM # - Dear Sen.
With a son having just returned from his second tour in Iraq and another about the start his first, I say I am so proud of your efforts, sir! I travelled to your beautiful state, visited your offices last campaign season and your staffers RAVED about you. “Harry who?” Sorry. Now I know better. Now, the HISTORY BOOKS will know better.
Thank God for patriots like you sir. Reminiscent of a great newsman: “We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. When the loyal opposition dies, I think the soul of America dies with it.” – Edward R. Murrow
You, sir, have saved our very souls!
— Maura S Nov 1, 08:08 PM # - I am not from the ‘Show Me’ state, but I have certainly adopted a show-me attitude after 5 years of spineless Democrats kowtowing to the belligerents in the party of regressives, sometimes known as the party of Lincoln, though he wouldn’t claim them these days.
This is a good start and I applaud you, Senator Reid. Keep up the good work. Ratchet up the pressure. Turn the screws until they yell ‘Uncle!’.
Just remember—- ‘you got to kick at the darkness until it bleeds daylight’.
— Sleepless in Seattle Nov 1, 08:09 PM # - i think Harry Reid deserves a promotion to Senate MAJORITY Leader
— james Nov 1, 08:11 PM # - Thank you! I’m sending you a donation, because doing the right thing ought to be rewarded. It is good to see a fighting Democrat standing up for what is right!
— pondside Nov 1, 08:12 PM # - Harry,
You’re the greatest!
— Coral Nov 1, 08:13 PM # - Thank you Mr. Reid,
Now please help my daughter have a free and equal future. We will support you and work as diligently as possible here in Florida to make it more democratic as well. Please keep up the good work; we have such a loooong way to go!
— Chris Nov 1, 08:13 PM # - Sen. Reid,
I want to thank you for your actions today in the Senate, forcing the Republicans to force the Senate Intelligence Committee to investigate how intelligence was used to promote the case for going to war in Iraq. I’ve been very depressed about the state of the Democratic Party and its seeming unwillingness to stand up and fight the actions of the Republicans in Congress and the White House. And this country is now in a terrible state because of it. We’re in a war that should never have been declared, our air and water are more polluted than ever, more people than ever lack health insurance, our children are starving, and countless thousands of people who were displaced by this season’s hurricanes are not getting the help they need. Yet the richest among us continue to get richer, all because of the policies of the Bush administration and a Republican-dominated Congress.
Please continue to make your case loudly and forcefully to the Senate and the media. Hopefully, all of the rest of our Democratic senators and representatives will follow your lead and rediscover their spines before it’s too late. I’m behind you all the way.
— Sue Nov 1, 08:15 PM # - GREAT WORK HARRY!!! You won me back. I will am still upset about the bankrupcy bill, but you really are a good and strong leader! Keep it up!!
peace, jon
— Jon Easton Nov 1, 08:16 PM # - Glorious day in the USofA! Thank you from the bottom of my heart for standing up for us!
By the way #189:
Impeachment and chemical weapons are indeed reasons for actions like this, and we have used naplam on civilians in this war, and BushCo will be impeached! So thanks for pointing out how very valid this closed session is.
Wonderful to see all the posts from fellow Americans praising Harry’s courageous action, and quite amusing to see the very few whining “Clinto-did-this” posts from the trolls!
— SKdeA Nov 1, 08:17 PM # - Congrats Harry!!!!!! You sure showed Chimpy McBushilterburton!!! He now knows not to mess with you.
Courage!
— Fred Nov 1, 08:18 PM # - Don’t let them change the subject!
The Harriet Miers nomination was just a placeholder until Fitzgerald was forced to wrap up the results of the grand jury. They threw Alito’s nomination in just in time to divert attention from the cooked intelligence – again.
It almost worked too. Both CBS and ABC evening news missed the closed session because it was displaced by the Alito nomination and the bird flu scare. NBC led with the closed session story but gave much more time to the “Fear” President terrorizing an audience with more allusions to “wild fire” very reminiscent of his “mushroom cloud” rhetoric.
Good Job, Senator. Don’t ever think we aren’t paying attention, because we are!
BTW: Why is it that anything that upsets Senator Frist and the Republican monopoly-on-power is an affront to America? Why is it that insider trading on his “blind” trust isn’t an affront to America?
Phase 2. Phase 2. Phase 2.
— Dean Nov 1, 08:19 PM # - I think this was a bogus attempt of the democrats to regain the power they lost. It seems the democrats can’t stand it and have to use every tactic to make trouble.
why can’t you all work together to get things done.
— Mary Cornay Nov 1, 08:19 PM # - tHANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART!!
— Peter Jackson Nov 1, 08:20 PM # - Way to go Harry. Finally, a Dem willing to fight for us. I linked over here from Daily Kos, stopping by at your blog AFTER I made a donation to your Take Back the Senate Fund. I’m sure you will put it to good use!!!!
— Jo Chase Nov 1, 08:20 PM # - Congratulations Mr. Reid (and those who support you in this effort), I was feeling depressed about our great country’s leadership and in one brilliant move you’ve reinspired me that all is not lost. Enforcing accountability for one’s actions is one of the most critical jobs of congress… I just donated this PAC for the first time in my life. If you keep up this type of leadership, I will donate every month. If you achieve results in holding the administration responsible for its actions, I will donate $2,000 immediately to your re-election fund and any other candidate/PAC of your choice. Keep it up!!
— Kevin Nov 1, 08:21 PM # - You have a friend, actually lots of friends, on Cape Cod.
Thank you for today. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Geez! Thank you.
— Carolyn Barnes Nov 1, 08:22 PM # - Thank you Mr. Reid! I have been so disheartened as I watch our very democracy slip way. Not so today! Bravo!! Drastic measures for desparate times are needed when only “stunts” are covered by our media.
Please be heartened and courageous as you go on and continue to provide needed oversight to an executive branch drunk with power. If you do not curb their momentum, I truly fear what they might be able to accomplish in 3 more years.
— Marta Reeger Nov 1, 08:22 PM # - Kudos, huzzah and other old-timey words are due you, Senator Reid. You rule.
#296. What weird alternate reality do you live in? I guess 2000+ lost lives is just part of the Democrats trying to “make trouble.” Well, I got news for you sister, you’re in for a LOT more trouble.
— Mark Nov 1, 08:22 PM # - Thank you Harry. As a parent of a soldier who has already been injured twice in Iraq (2 Purple Hearts), I want you to know that you have my full support in invoking rule 21. I demand the Bush administration and the republicans tell me why my son is being shot at. I repeat what I have said for two years: why Iraq, why now? Amnesty International lists over 100 nations that were worse dictatorships than Iraq. We know the truth. George Bush needs to say it out load and confess to his god and his citizens.
PS, you really need to run for president in 2008 Harry.
— Dennis Butler Nov 1, 08:25 PM # - Finally Harry, I moved to Ca. a lil while ago, but Voted for you while I lived in Vegas. Today you took the first shot, and hit the bullseye. Please don’t let this be just a one time thing. I finally have a lil faith in the Dems. Keep it up !
— Cranky Nov 1, 08:25 PM # - Senator Reid,
I would like to acknowledge your efforts today to restore the dignity and future of this country. It is a sad set of events that the very lives of this country’s citizens is dependent upon a single minority party. Yet that is the situation we face today.
I know it cannot be easy to face the obstructionism, hypocrisy, and ultimately, damage that the GOP Senate is inflicting upon this country while striving to maintain some degree of comity and cooperation with the majority party. I thank you, for myself, and for this country, for choosing to take steps to protect us from the wolves.
You were absolutely correct today. We deserve answers. We deserve accountability. We deserve a national legislative body which will fulfill its constitutional mandate to act for the good of the country, not a political party.
You have brought us hope, but I presume that it must not have been easy for you to go off the beaten path to force the GOP to assume some semblance of responsibility and professionalism. You made the right choice, and have illustrated your willingness and ability to put the good of the country over political considerations. We will remember this.
Again, thank you.
— NY Nov 1, 08:25 PM # - Thank you for standing up for America. This is the kind of stand we have been waiting for. This is an illegal war and for too long the Dems in Congress have been going along to get along. For the most part the Repubs have shown themselves to be corrupt by allowing this misadministration to walk all over Congress and its constitutional responsibilities.
This country is behind you, remember most people don’t speak up and speak out because they are held under economic terrorism by their big corporate employers and not so big corporate employers.
— Judi Nov 1, 08:26 PM # - Senator Reid:
Well alright! What a day for reality-based Americans!
Your move to forbid Bush&Co from changing the subject
from the falsified Iraq war campaign is EXACTLY what
political leadership looks like. We Democrats just need our
Elected Democrats to Put The Political Pressure On
And Keep It On!
WE ARE THE OPPOSITION PARTY NOW!
YOU MUST NOT APOLOGIZE!!!!!!!
THE JOB OF ACCOUNTABILITY MUST GET DONE
BY ANY MEANS AVAILABLE!
Dems don’t need to break any rules -leave that for GOP cheats.
JUST HIT THEM EVERY DAY WITH OUR AGENDA!
Screw their stupid talking points! We have our own,
and we’re Literate!
PUT THE PRESSURE ON AND WE WILL BACK YOU ALL TO KINGDOME COME!
Thanks for making my day . . .
(Tomorrow’s another day!)
— Nina Gianni Nov 1, 08:26 PM # - Haliburton!!!!!!!
No Blood For Oil!!!!!!
— wuzzarepug Nov 1, 08:29 PM # - OUTSTANDING job today! Brilliant, elegant, inspiring…
Thank you Harry for leading the charge! Don’t stop now, the time is ripe.
The repubs have been itching for a fight and I say: BRING. IT. ON.
Lead on Harry!
— Karen Nov 1, 08:30 PM # - Thank so much for giving us HOPE today. The American people deserve the truth. I was so inspired when you led the Democrats attack on the “silent” Bush Presidency. Take the fight to them and the other’s will follow.
Here in Kentucky if we speak out on any issue, and disagree with the Bush agenda, we are called non patriotic . YOU are the Patriot. Keep up the good work!!
Reid IN 08
— B Preston Nov 1, 08:30 PM # - Sir,
Thank you for the courage to stand up and demand action and answers
You have my full support!
— D Batungbacal Nov 1, 08:31 PM # - Great job! Keep it up! We’re behind you 100%
— Christopher S. Nov 1, 08:31 PM # - Thank You so much. The majority party has consistently shown its unwillingness to do anything about the myriad abuses perpetrated by this administration on the american people. You must continue to do all in your power to stand for what is right.
— George Barcos Nov 1, 08:32 PM # - thank you senator
thank you for making a stand
thank you for giving hope
thank you for being a patriot
give em hell harry
— Ellwood Nov 1, 08:33 PM # - At last! After almost five nightmarish years, I’m once again proud to be an American—a LIBERAL American, and a lifelong Democrat! Congratulations, today was brilliant. Keep the heat on those G.O.P. S.O.B.’s! Ever since Bush stole Florida they’ve been acting like they represent 99% of the U.S.A., but the better the country gets to know them, the less they like ‘em. The majority is with you, Harry. Keep up the good work!
— Wm. Charles Morrow Nov 1, 08:33 PM # - Great job! Keep the pressure on.
— nihil obstet Nov 1, 08:35 PM # - Well-done today: just the right time for the nation to take notice and for people to sympathize vicariously with the message. Now, perhaps there’s a way of finally also getting to the bottom of how Cheney and Enron crippled California’s economy and have contributed to national difficulties in general. I live in Michigan now, but I recall how absurd it was when those fake blackouts were going on in California because Enron was shutting of the power and Bush claimed that was evidence for why we needed to drill in Alaska! As though oil and electicity are the same thing! I think that Cheney’s credibility is finally being chipped away for the general public to see, and very soon it should be time to finally get to those closed secret energy meetings. It’s in the interest of the America people. Global climate change isn’t going away.
We are in the era now where the current hurricance season’s number and ferocity of storms transcends the 30-year oscillator. We’ve beaten all other years in record of storms and intensity. Yes, we’re in a more active natural cycle but this has been enhanced by the hotter waters as well from globla warming: here’ s my point—the economic impact of hurricanes is enough now to help make people who think with their pocketbooks realize that it’s really time for alternative fuels and at the very least fuel efficiency. The usual argument for postponing alternative fuels has been the idea that it would hurt the American economy. We’re now in the era where the economy is being hurt by the results of that overreliance on fossil fuels (well, the oil CEOs are doing well, but that’s not the American People). A real focus on alternative fuels could help revitalize ailing American companies and stimulate science in the private sector.
Anyhow, I just wanted to take this opportunity to emphasize that the same assertiveness that you demonstrated today needs to be maintained in other areas, and I think the majority of American people are ready to hear the truth and to be able to perceive the synergy of issues like National Security, the war in Iraq, energy economy, the global reputation of the USA (stop the torture-it will help stop inflaming anti-US sentiments). Kick the oil habit and the Middle East won’t be such an attraction to the USAthere will be less justification for American troops, and thus less fuss about Americans defiling Muslim sacred areas. Alrighty, once again, good move today: be firm and sustained, and help other Democrats see that a message of showing how the party represents the interests of the majority of the countryin fact all the country when it comes to security and loss of needless life-resonates. Politicians owe the public competence, intellectual honesty, and ethical consistency. I’m an independent by the way, just for the record.
— Jason Nov 1, 08:35 PM # - Way to go Harry! Now you must stop Alito. The holy grail of the Democrat party, Roe v. Wade, cannot be stopped. Women must be allowed to slaughter their children in utero. We will not stop until every child in America is killed. Go democrats!!!
— George Tiller Nov 1, 08:37 PM # - Good one today Senator Reid!! Take ‘em to the woodshed! It’s about time someone did!!
Give ‘em hell!
— BK McCann Nov 1, 08:39 PM # - Thanks, Senator Reid,
You make me proud to be a Democrat. Keep demanding answers.
— John Ascenzi Nov 1, 08:41 PM # - A former Bush supporter thanks you for what you did in the Senate today.
I am growing increasingly disgusted with this administration, and I applaud your efforts to expose the truth and hold people accountable.
— Karen Nov 1, 08:41 PM # - Senator Reid, don’t listen to Mary Cornay.
You go; we need to remind the Republicans that there are other ways of looking at the world, and steamrollering over the rest of us.
There has been in this country, for the last five years, a true tyrrany of the majority, and it is exactly the thing the checks and balances of the constitution, and especially the Bill of Rights, were established to prevent.
Please, carry the fight to them. Let them know that this is a big ol’ country, and we have something to say, and more important, we liberals have a long tradition of carrying the American dream to fruition.
Thank you, Senator.
— MC Nov 1, 08:42 PM # - Dear Senator Reid,
Thank you for finally standing up for those of us who have found this past year, especially these past few weeks appalling. It is refreshing to know that you have the guts to call the hand of the Republicans in the Senate. You have our support in every way. Keep it up!!
— anne kemper Nov 1, 08:43 PM # - Thank you, Mr. Reid. Are you positioning yourself for a presidential bid in 08? Because whether you are or not, you have just modeled the kind of action I have been looking for in a leader. I don’t always agree with your voting record, but I am just SO RELIEVED to have a Dem stand up and demand accountability. And thrilled to have someone making Frist squirm. It’s been so long since I had real hope (since about Nov, and even then I was more anxious than hopeful) that I’d almost forgotten what it felt like. THANKS AGAIN.
— Amy in Michigan Nov 1, 08:44 PM # - Hallelujah and Amen Senator Reid! Thank you thank you thank you from the bottom of this bleeding liberal heart for standing up for truth and justice. We need more of today’s kind of action. Let this be the first shot off the bow in the war to take this country back from the corrupt neocons. We are all behind you. Give em hell Harry!!!!!
— jen l. Nov 1, 08:45 PM # - Thanks so much Sen. Reid.
If you keep the Dems fighting like this for the remainder of Bush’s presidency I just may have to rethink my being an independent.
It is courage to stick to your convictions that is lacking the most in the democratic caucus. Hopefully this signals that the time of the wishy-washy democratic representatives has come and gone and now is the time of the fighting dems!
— William Diehl Nov 1, 08:48 PM # - THANK YOU SENATOR REID!
Please, let this be only the beginning…
Transform the Dems into a true opposition party that will stand and fight, and watch the waves of support gather at your back. You’ll wonder why you didn’t do this a long time ago.
— Angela Nov 1, 08:48 PM # - Thank you Harry! All I can say is better Late Than Never. Let the GOP rabble scream to the top of their lungs … but Hold Their feet to the Fire on PlameGate.
Hold the Fort on Alito. From what we know thus far he is divisive and NOT the Choice for Middle America.
I’m proud to see the Dems finally standing up and doing something positive – its been a Great Day in America Today.
— Paul - Houston TX Nov 1, 08:50 PM # - Superb job! The American people deserve answers. They also deserve the senators and representatives they elected to fulfill their responsibility of oversight. Keep up the good work.
— mandy Nov 1, 08:52 PM # - We love ya, Harry. Can you tell?
— carolyn13 Nov 1, 08:52 PM # - Thank you, sir, for your efforts to force a Senate investigation into Bush’s efforts to foment this war. Please don’t let up.
— Joe Buck Nov 1, 08:52 PM # - Thank you for taking this stand today Senator Reid. You’ve revived my faith a bit that American Democracy still lives.
— Kristy in Illinois Nov 1, 08:54 PM # - Man, what a week!
The Chicago White Sox swept the World Series, and you could see Babs Bush scowling behind home plate.
Fitzmas finally arrived Friday.
Now MY party is finally taking a stand for justice.
THANK YOU, HARRY REID!!!!!!!!
GOD BLESS YOU!!!!!
There is finally hope that our country can find its way home. I was beginning to despair that it was too late.
FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT
IT’S TIME TO TAKE OUR COUNTRY BACK
— John Gissy Nov 1, 08:54 PM # - Yes thank you Mr Reid…
I agree with some of your staffers who left comments.
We DO need a look at the evidence leading up to the war.
Especialy the WMD intelligence.
But that would go all the way back to 1991 and the first gulf war.
Then again in 1998 when your golden boy was in office with the soggy cigar.
So lets let it all hang out.
What did Clinton know?
What did Berger steal?
Why is “Able Danger” being silenced?
Why did Clinton pardon Mark Rich?
Lets clear the air.
Be carefull of what you wish for…...; )
— JP Nov 1, 08:55 PM # - I know it is only one day, but to this tired old Dem, one I will remember. Thank you so much for what you did for the Democrats, and the whole country today. Puts the ball back in their court, with the country watching! Nice move.
I’m sure they will counter, and they have the majority and so forth. I think now they know that the Dems don’t plan to back down anymore. Go for it!!
— Ken Jaukkuri Nov 1, 08:56 PM # - Thank you deeply, Mr. Reid, for refusing to stand for this administration’s continued stonewalling and lack of openness. The light must be shone on the pre-war run-up if we even remotely consider ourselves living in a democracy.
— Joe Nov 1, 08:58 PM # - A much more pleasing ratio of the Reality based community to brain dead freepers this episode, than the last time I checked in.
This has been a wonderful day in American politics.
Thank you, Senator Reid.
17:50 PST Cspan 2; Oh Boo hoo hoo, frist the cry baby blubbering boy.
I’m sure Senator Reid has a lot more from where that came from.
Now it’s time for the reality based community to take the truth to them, though they will think it’s hell.
You know what to give ‘em Harry.
HooAh.
— Snicklefritz Nov 1, 08:58 PM # - Give em’ hell Harry and you can bet your sweet bippy that the American people are behind you 110%! Thank you for standing up for all of us! We love you and God bless you!
— James and Kathleen Nov 1, 09:00 PM # - Thank you, Senator Reid! I am so proud of your actions today. We are with you all the way! Keep up the great work.
— Layla Nov 1, 09:01 PM # - Senator Reid, for the first time in YEARS I feel as if our country may be saved from these crooks and liars. Expose the truth about the war, expose the truth about Halliburton, expose the truth about their ugly ways to smear opponents, expose them NOW! Keep up this work – call a secret session every day if need be until the truth comes out!!! THANK YOU!!!
— Maya in Jersey Nov 1, 09:02 PM # - Senator Reid, you make me proud to be an American. You truly ARE our leader!
— Sherry in Virginia Nov 1, 09:05 PM # - Mr. Reid,
Today, I am proud to be a Democrat!
Your brave action in the Senate today is a breath of fresh air in this troubled time. Please, please continue to stand up for our country, for your grandchildren, my children and the many who have no voice.
This administration’s abuse of power must be stopped. The Iraq “War”/Invasion is wrong. They must be held accountable. Since the Republican Senate will not – you must.
Give ‘Em Hell!!
Jonathan
— Jonathan Nov 1, 09:05 PM # - I’ve read many posts above wanting Sen. Reid to be their Sen. As a long time resident and taxpayer in his district, I say you can have him… please take him. Beware that he will abandon you for the limelight to obstruct. He has definately lost touch with NV.
If an investigation is what you want then let’s have a COMPLETE investigation, not a half ass one. Our problems with terrorism did not start on 9/11. Come on..one man can’t be blamed for that. Let’s start the investigation with the first terrorist bombing of the wtc in ‘93. Let’s get to the bottom of the whole terrorism war because all of you want to only burn this Admin. It goes way back and I don’t think ANY politician should be excluded. I say let’s buckle the seat belts and start the investigations from the beginning.
— Jeff Nov 1, 09:06 PM # - Sen. Reid,
The tears of joy are threatening to short-circuit my computer as I write this.
I am overwhelmed by your courage and conviction. We have all waited so long for the truth. The pain of being lied to by our President and our Congress – every day, for five years, on every topic – is almost unbearable for those of us who consider ourselves true patriots.
Thomas Jefferson wrote of the need of the people to take back the government when the government starts taking advantage of its people. I am glad we can call you one of us.
— Matthew Nov 1, 09:06 PM # - Harry,
I haven’t seen this show of strength in a Democrat since Bill Clinton strongly proclaimed that he did not have sexual relations with that woman. I was proud to be a Dem that day and am proud again today. Beautiful man. Simply beautiful. Keep the attack dogs on their heels.
— Fred Nov 1, 09:10 PM # - 18:00 PST C-Span 2
Here’s the spin.
It’s all just a stunt to derail the Senate agenda in spending control.
Never-mind that the republicans control the Senate.
Never-mind that Al Gore shrunk the federal government during His Vice Presidency.
Never-mind that Bill Clinton did as He could for this nations economy, as one might expect of a Rhodes Scholar, and major in economics.
Boo hoo boy just excused hizself saying he had a lot of work to do. How to spin, oh have moicy- boo hoo hoo…
I want all of youze to contact your Senators, and tell them to get going with Senator Reid.
Senator Reid! Bully!, as Theodore Roosevelt might say.
HooAh!
— Snicklefritz Nov 1, 09:10 PM # - Hallelujah!!! Thank you, Thank you for your courage, honesty and tenacity for speaking up and speaking on behalf of me and many of my fellow Americans. We’re so proud of you. “Truth is the cornerstone of Justice.” Keep the faith, we’re behind you all the way!
“Let’s Roll!”
— Roxane Gardner Nov 1, 09:10 PM # - Sen Reid,
My deepest appreciation to you for your actions today. I am an average American, living in the Heartland who has been, like so many other Americans, watching our country and our constitution be destroyed. I have watched our family income go down over the last 5 years. I have worried about how to pay the bills. I have, like so many Americans, felt helpless and voiceless to defend myself and the middle-class. I have watched with horror as the Rebulican party has stripped the poor of much needed assistance and services – and they’ve done so without a pang of guilt.
It seemed as though we had passed the point of no return – until today. Millions of Americans owe you and the other Democrats in the Senate a debt of gratitude.
The truth must be told to the American people and you have forced open a door that has too long been closed by those that lied us into war, mortgaged our country and our children’s future, robbed from the poor to give to the rich and used hate and fear to divide this nation.
This is what an opposition party should be! Thank You!
— CNO Nov 1, 09:11 PM # - Thanks, Mr. Reid!
— blueinaredstate Nov 1, 09:13 PM # - Thank you for standing up for America today. Don’t let up! Save our nation from the cult that is the Republican party!
— Karen Nov 1, 09:16 PM # - Thank you for standing up for us by taking control of the Senate to address this vital issue.
Debbie
— debbie gordon Nov 1, 09:16 PM # - GIVE ‘EM HELL HARRY! YES! It’s about time we stand up and fight! No surrender until we get the truth! No surrender until Rove is indicted! No surrender until Alito is rejected or withdrawn! You have a lot of supporters here in California!
— Ben Carlile Nov 1, 09:20 PM # - Great timing, impressive display of moxie. Nice to see democrats demanding accountability and putting political muscle behind it. I’m completely impressed. Keep up the good work!
— drofx Nov 1, 09:20 PM # - Thank you Senator Reid. Thanks standing up for democracy. I stand with you.
— judith faulkner Nov 1, 09:22 PM # - Give ‘em hell Harry! We need to step up to the plate and present a leadership option, and today we found some courage and did just that. Bravo to your brilliant move – let’s bring accountability back to American government. Go Harry Go!
— Brendan Lowe Nov 1, 09:26 PM # - #343
Oh yes, lets have that investigation.
I want the greater public to know about the Clinton administration getting to the bottom of it, tracking them down in Yemin, having the hauled back to trial, and about their now living out the rest of their sorry ended lives in a United States Prison.
I want the public to know about Richard Clark gathering the counter terror principles together weekly, and more often if the situation was hot to do as well as could be done to thwart terrorist ops..
I want the public to know that the 09 11 01 crew made alot of mistakes that the Clintonian method of working the problem would have caught.
If the radical right rigging in Florida had failed, and Al Gore was elected, the Twin Towers of the WTC would be a continuing part of the New York City skyline, and the WTC would still look like the box the UN was shipped in.
A good investigation as you would like would blow the lid off your freeper mind, kool aid boy.
— Snicklefritz Nov 1, 09:29 PM # - Sen. Reid:
Thank you so much for publicly demanding accountability and executive branch oversight from the Senate Republicans. Please keep up the pressure. Keep the Republicans off-balance. They need to be made to understand that there will not be a day of business as usual until these issues are satisfactorily addressed.
I donated to the searchlight leadership fund. It’s money well spent.
— Randy Norwood Nov 1, 09:30 PM # - Thank you, Senator Reid. Maybe there is hope for our country.
— folderol Nov 1, 09:31 PM # - WOW! Along with finding an antidote for the Avian Flu, you are the much needed shot in the arm for the American people. Keep up the fight. Your true patriotism will shine a light upon the propagandists running our country.
— christina Nov 1, 09:31 PM # - Dear Senator,
Played strong. Done fine!
— Michael LaFave Nov 1, 09:31 PM # - Thanks so much for showing real leadership and in not backing down to the radical neocon right. I’m so proud of you today, Senator Reid.
— Sandee Janin Nov 1, 09:32 PM # - Thank you so very much Senator Reid. The last time I felt this hopeful about my country’s future was a year ago today—believing as I did that John Kerry would win the election. Please do not relent, do not back down. We’ve got your back.
— kcjhmom Nov 1, 09:32 PM # - Harry, your immature temper tantrum while throwing your hissy fit full of lies while on the Senate floor today embarassed me as a fellow Nevadan. Isn’t it time for you and Traitor Turban Durbin to resign?
— joro Nov 1, 09:34 PM # - What..did someone reinvent the wheel? Let’s all forget about and abandon the war & our troops and obstruct instead. Let’s pull out all of our troops now. Let’s fight these terrorists here. (I hope all of you are armed and ready). Let’s take our weapons away first. Let’s boycot US corps. and put people out of work. Let’s filibuster every nominee. Let’s close down the Senate. Let’s legislate from the bench. Let’s only investigate the GOP. Let’s have heated rhetoric. Let’s blame natural disasters on Bush. Let’s blame everything on one man. Have you all gone bananas?
— Jeff Nov 1, 09:34 PM # - Thanks for being a TRUE PATRIOT, Senator Reid!
From the beginning, I have been suspicious of the reasons given for going to war. PLEASE KEEP THE HEAT ON! Only the truth will set us free of this nightmare.
— Rosalind Nov 1, 09:36 PM # - Dirty HarrySlate ^ | November 1, 2005 | John Dickerson
Posted on 11/01/2005 5:50:12 PM PST by Roscoe Karns Free Republic
Reid was trying to thwart White House efforts to move past the Scooter Libby indictment. Yesterday, Bush had everyone talking about Alito. Today he unveiled a big program to prepare for a possible outbreak of avian flu. Reid wants to change the subject back. “The Libby indictment provides a window into what this is really about,” he said on the floor of the Senate today in regular session, “how the administration manufactured and manipulated intelligence in order to sell the war in Iraq and attempted to destroy those who dared to challenge its actions.”
To: Roscoe Karns
Time for the Repubs to ruin Reids life.
To: Roscoe Karns
Like I said on Friday…the rat children can’t deal with the fact that Fitzmas was very bad this year. They got a pair of socks instead of the hoped-for Playstation.
And they can’t handle it.
To: Roscoe Karns
Reid and the Dems remind me of a quote by Winston Churchill: “A fanatic is someone who can’t change their mind, and won’t change the subject.”
To: goresalooza
Fitzmas turned out to be Fitadan and forced the ‘Rats to continue their power fast.
To: Roscoe Karns
C’mon, everyone. Where’s your “compassion”? Dingy Harry is heartbroken. He has nothing. He serves a party that offers nothing. He’s bitter, angry and frustrated. He’s probably resorted to thumb-sucking. He might even be sleeping with a blanket. Let’s give him a break.
NOT! BWAHAHAHAHAHA! (snort) BWAHAHAHAHA!
To: Roscoe Karns
The gentlefolk who spent an amazing amount of their lives telling us about the Senate being the “saucer that cools” (blah blah blah) during the Clinton impeachment hearings threw a temper tantrum today because the two-year, politically driven investigation into what really happened when their churl, Valerie Plame’s boy-toy, lied about his CIA employment didn’t result in a witch hunt against Carl Rove or the “neocon conspiracy.” When the little brats didn’t get their way, they dragged the Senate out of the conservatory, right past the playpen, and into the pigpen. Reid and Schumer are petulant two year olds, and their true colors are finally showing through.
If they pull this stunt again, here’s what I want to see: Republican Senators demanding closed door sessions to demand investigations into: Hillary Clinton’s fundraising, Chuckie Schemer’s DSCC’s theft of Mike Steele’s financial records, Kerry & Kennedy outing a REAL undercover CIA agent on the floor of a Senate hearing room, Chappaquidick, New Jersey governors and senators, and Barbara Boxer’s existence. One a day between now and Christmas ought to do it.
— Porcius Nov 1, 09:39 PM # - Thank you so much for standing up and taking a stand. Your neighbors to the north, (Idaho), appreciate you! Don’t let up, we are with you.
— Stephanie Nov 1, 09:43 PM # - Mr. Reid, you begin to restore my faith in Democrats and Democracy. Rally the rest and infuse some of your spine into them. Our despair that Vox Populi was dead is lifting. The spirits of all true Americans soar on the words you spoke today. Thank You, Thank You !!!!
— Louis A. Alt and Barbara Alt Nov 1, 09:43 PM # - The true masterstroke today is when my favorite adopted Senator calls for closed session and in a heartbeat you hear Senator Durbin chime in with ‘I second that motion!’ The one-two punch nobody saw coming! Well played, sir. Give ‘em hell Harry!
— Gene Nov 1, 09:44 PM # - More Demmy Dirty Tricks
368 entries so far, most of them one liners with congratulations to the liar Harry. Same as the AOL polls that are driven by E-mails from the DNC with instructiuons on how to vote. Give it up Harry.
— joro Nov 1, 09:48 PM # - Great work, Senator!
Keep up the good fight – you can see that the smart majority are behind you all the way!
— Smart Voter Nov 1, 09:48 PM # - Hurrah for Harry
A great day for America
A great day for the Democratic party
Thanks to all the Dems!
— biobit Nov 1, 09:51 PM # - If you really believe that President BUSH lied – - THAT THERE NEVER WERE ANY WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION IN IRAQ AND HE TOOK US TO WAR SOLELY FOR HIS OIL BUDDIES—then read this…..
“One way or the other, we are determined to deny Iraq the capacity to develop weapons of mass destruction and the missiles to deliver them. That is our bottom line.”
– President Clinton, Feb. 4, 1998
“If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is clear. We want to seriously diminish the threat posed by Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction program.”
– President Clinton, Feb. 17, 1998
“Iraq is a long way from [the USA], but what happens there matters a great deal here. For the risks that the leaders of a rogue state will use nuclear, chemical or biological weapons against us or our allies is the greatest security threat we face.”
– Madeline Albright, Feb 18, 1998
“He will use those weapons of mass destruction again, as he has ten times since 1983.”
– Sandy Berger, Clinton National Security Adviser, Feb, 18, 1998
”[W]e urge you, after consulting with Congress, and consistent with the U.S. Constitution and laws, to take necessary actions (including, if appropriate, air and missile strikes on suspect Iraqi sites) to respond effectively to the threat posed by Iraq’s refusal to end its weapons of mass destruction programs.”
– Letter to President Clinton, signed by Sens. Carl Levin,
Tom Daschle, John Kerry, and others Oct. 9, 1998
“Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development of weapons of mass destruction technology which is a threat to countries in the region and he has made a mockery of the weapons inspection process.”
– Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D, CA), Dec. 16, 1998
“Hussein has … chosen to spend his money on building weapons of mass destruction and palaces for his cronies.”
– Madeline Albright, Clinton Secretary of State, Nov. 10, 1999
“There is no doubt that … Saddam Hussein has invigorated his weapons programs. Reports indicate that biological, chemical and nuclear programs continue apace and may be back to pre-Gulf War status. In addition, Saddam continues to redefine delivery systems and is doubtless using the cover of a licit missile program to develop longer-range missiles that will threaten the United States and our allies.”
– Letter to President Bush, Signed by Sen. Bob Graham (D, FL,)
and others, December 5, 2001
“We begin with the common belief that Saddam Hussein is a tyrant and a threat to the peace and stability of the region. He has ignored the mandated of the United Nations and is building weapons of mass destruction and the means of delivering them.”
– Sen. Carl Levin (D, MI), Sept. 19, 2002
“We know that he has stored secret supplies of biological and chemical weapons throughout his country.”
– Al Gore, Sept. 23, 2002
“Iraq’s search for weapons of mass destruction has proven impossible to deter and we should assume that it will continue for as long as Saddam is in
power.” – Al Gore, Sept. 23, 2002
“We have known for many years that Saddam Hussein is seeking and developing weapons of mass destruction.”
– Sen. Ted Kennedy (D, MA), Sept. 27, 2002
“The last UN weapons inspectors left Iraq in October of 1998. We are confident that Saddam Hussein retains some stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons, and that he has since embarked on a crash course to build up his chemical and biological warfare capabilities. Intelligence reports indicate that he is seeking nuclear weapons…”
– Sen. Robert Byrd (D, WV), Oct. 3, 2002
“I will be voting to give the President of the United States the authority to use force—if necessary—to disarm Saddam Hussein because I believe that a deadly arsenal of weapons of mass destruction in his hands is a real and grave threat to our security.”
– Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA), Oct. 9, 2002
“There is unmistakable evidence that Saddam Hussein is working aggressively to develop nuclear weapons and will likely have nuclear weapons within the
next five years … We also should remember we have always underestimated the progress Saddam has made in development of weapons of mass destruction.”
– Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D, WV), Oct 10, 2002
“He has systematically violated, over the course of the past 11 years, every significant UN resolution that has demanded that he disarm and destroy his
chemical and biological weapons, and any nuclear capacity. This he has refused to do” Rep.
– Henry Waxman (D, CA), Oct. 10, 2002
“In the four years since the inspectors left, intelligence reports show that Saddam Hussein has worked to rebuild his chemical and biological weapons stock, his missile delivery capability, and his nuclear program. He has also given aid, comfort, and sanctuary to terrorists, including al Qaeda members .. It is clear, however, that if left unchecked, Saddam Hussein will continue to increase his capacity to wage biological and chemical warfare, and will keep trying to develop nuclear weapons.”
– Sen. Hillary Clinton (D, NY), Oct 10, 2002
“We are in possession of what I think to be compelling evidence that Saddam Hussein has, and has had for a number of years, a developing capacity for the production and storage of weapons of mass destruction.” – Sen. Bob Graham (D, FL), Dec. 8, 2002
“Without question, we need to disarm Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal, murderous dictator, leading an oppressive regime … He presents a particularly grievous threat because he is so consistently prone to miscalculation … And now he is miscalculating America’s response to his continued deceit and his consistent grasp for weapons of mass destruction ... So the threat of Saddam Hussein with weapons of mass destruction is real
...”
– Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA), Jan. 23. 2003
SO NOW THE DEMOCRATS SAY PRESIDENT BUSH LIED, THAT THERE NEVER WERE ANY WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION AND HE TOOK US TO WAR FOR HIS OIL BUDDIES???
— joro Nov 1, 09:51 PM # - Thank you Senator for having the COJONES to stand up to the thugs in power. Democrats need to recapture the soul of this country and things like this may help us snap out of the collective coma the rethugs, the media and Big business have lulled us into…
Go get em’ Harry!
And get some of your fellow senators to stand up to these criminals.
(FRIST has some nerve criticizing democrats and you specifically!)
— Jeffrey Davis Nov 1, 09:52 PM # - Thank you Senator Reid! You are a hero to me after what you did today in the U.S. Senate. It needed to be done. Keep up the pressure.
— GS Nov 1, 09:55 PM # - ARREST JOE WILSON
Joe Wilson lied as was confirmed by the 911 Commission Report. Wilson lied that he was sent on his mission by Vice President Cheney. Wilson “outed” his wife as a CIA spy in his autobiography. Worst of all, Wilson lied about Saddam not procuring materials for his nuclear weapons program. Wilson’s lies contributed to the killing of almost 2,000 US soldiers. Folks, this is not a partisan issue. All Americans should demand the immediate arrest of Joe Wilson. He is a serious threat to all Americans.
— joro Nov 1, 09:56 PM # - Great work, Senator Reid!
We’re tired of the lies!
— SV Nov 1, 09:57 PM # - It’s about time that this administraition be held to account, we need to know what the hell happened, who betrayed our intelligence community, and how we were misled into an elective war. The republicans have been dragging their feet long enough, it’s time America know the real reason 2,000 of our fellow Americans were sent to die in a war we didn’t have to fight.
Give em hell Harry, we’ve got your back!
— James Mitchem Nov 1, 09:57 PM # - Thank you for reminding us all that the Senate is there for the people of this country, not the political machine. It is high time the Republican-controlled senate is reminded of this. They are there for ALL of us. Not just their supporters.
You made me proud to be an American today.
Wisconsin thanks you!
— Kelly Nov 1, 09:59 PM # - Good work. Remember that there are people out there who believe in what you are doing and will back the Democrats when the time comes and we are given someone we can believe in.
— wtgee Nov 1, 10:01 PM # - Senator Durbin, the whip from the great state of Illinois and the honorable Senator Reid, the leader of the minority party are representing those who gave their lives in this war, and those Americans that want the truth. The Raw Story has a list of reaquests that Senator Rockerfeller made to get to the bottom of this mess. It’s time for the lies and evasion to stop. Thank you for the courage and integrity that you both demonstrated, today and all throughout your tenure. I am proud to be a Democrat and today, proud to be an American.
— fade2bluz Nov 1, 10:03 PM # - Just stopped by to drop $25 in the Searchlight jar, and to thank Sen. Reid for today. We are emerging from the prison of our fears—and proving the old saying that the best way to turn elephants into mice is to turn on the lights!
— faber Nov 1, 10:06 PM # - Something I like about Leftie Radio, is they don’t screen the calls as the radical right noise machine does, so we hear the blathering minds of freepers such a Jeff.
Our troops are forgotten and abandoned as they are used as so much fodder by the bush league as it pursues the PNAC agenda.
Democrat Wes Clark has some quite good ideas for getting them home, and they are not about cutting or running.
Some Democrats talk about firearms control; the nabobs of the radical right use the issue to jack you around by your fear. Vermont Governor Howard Dean said of firearms control, it is different in New York City than in rural Vermont. I know you Jeff, would like to ignore that.
Filibuster the nominees? If the chimp sends up such ilk as has been seen lately, that’s the oversight job and charge.
Legislate from the bench? When Bill Clinton suggested Ruth Ginzberg, it was at the end of His asking Trent Lott for advice. In keeping with His understanding of the Constitution, President Clinton nominated with the advice and consent of Congress. Ruth Ginzberg (sp?) has adjudicated with far less activism than the rightie ilk of the bench.
No one blamed the shrub for a natural disaster, but for appointing an incompetent political hack to a position that requirers a high order of capability.
W Worst president ever, and the feted proof in the pudding is at long last getting shown.
— Snicklefritz Nov 1, 10:07 PM # - Hey joro…..
Let them spout their bile.
Rember, the greatest victory comes when the enemy THINKS they are winning.
I have a feeling the drug companys are going to make a huge profits on anti-depressants.
Besides, slow motion train wrecks are so much fun to watch.
— JP Nov 1, 10:09 PM # - Nice job! The American people deserve the truth.
We’re exhausted by whisper campaigns and dirty politics. We’re exhausted by lies and half-truths.
“You can fool all of the people some of the time and you can fool some of the people all of the time. But you can’t fool all of the people all of the time.”
We deserve senators and representativeswho are responsible to the American people.
Keep up the good work. The nation thanks you!
— Harold M Nov 1, 10:11 PM # - What can I say Harry? I am so proud of you. Thank you for demanding the answers we have all been expecting to hear. You speak for me!
— Mich Nov 1, 10:12 PM # - Harry,
As a former Republican, now Non-Partisan, who voted for you in 2004, please get out of the parisan bickering over why we went to war in Afghanistan and Iraq. We are there based on the information you, W and others had at the time. Bin Laden predicted in 2001, after we invaded Afghanistan, that all they had to do was keep up their efforts as the Americans would eventually implode on themselves in partisan bickering. I have no argument with the facts that WMDs have not been found, that there may have been a rush to act, etc. No argument. But we are there and you are leading the partisan bickering that seems to make the BL prediction come true.
Placing the blame is easy and obvious (W, Cheney, you, others convinced by the intelligence you all received at the time); please help find solutions to the problems that we face. Stirring up the pot on the short term basis does not advance the Democratic cause without realistic solutions where the Iraqi, Afghan and people win over the long term.
Respectfully,
Jonno Alcaro
— Jonno Alcaro Nov 1, 10:14 PM # - Godspeed Harry.
— dorsano Nov 1, 10:14 PM # - How did these words “The British Government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa.”
get in the President’s State of the Union speech? Colin Powell didn’t use them in his presentation before the U.N. because he didn’t feel that they passed the smell test
yet someone thought they smelled good enough for the president to use in the most important speech that a president gives each – and in that year, a speech on the eve of war.
The day Americans let the government jerk them around without holding the perpetrators accountable is the day that this is no longer America.
— dorsano Nov 1, 10:18 PM # - Snickle – You know me? I doubt it. Go on call me names, could care less. I have many friends in Iraq who have a much different opinion. All I hear from the secular left is cut & run..get our troops out now..how idiotic. Ginsberg doesn’t legislate? Spare me. What does Dean now about guns in NYC? In fact what does Dean know about anything?Call our President names I’m sure he doesn’t care either. Let’s have a COMPLETE investigation not a half ass one going only after the GOP. Let’s investigate Clinton and his cronies also. Are you for that or just a GOP investigation? Let’s open all the doors..I’m sure you’ll be surprised.
— Jeff Nov 1, 10:22 PM # - I’m old enough to remember the the Cuban Missle crisis. The evidence presented by the Kennedy administration to justify military action against the Soviet Union was overwhelming.
At that time, Charles DeGaulle had such trust in the U.S. that that he said he didn’t need to see the evidence.
The actions of someone in the administration have destroyed the world’s trust in the president, in his office and in United States.
Only partisan spin would claim that this shouldn’t be vigorously investigated.
— dorsano Nov 1, 10:23 PM # - Thank you Senator Reid. If this thread is any indication, you have provided a tiny ray of hope that our party might still have a spine.
— K. Leader Nov 1, 10:23 PM # - You sir, are a political genius. Thank you so much for what you did today.
Now more of the same, please!
— Patty Nov 1, 10:24 PM # - Hey Joro,
Get off the Kool-Aid. Get your facts right. Google them up. Read all versions and come up with some sensible analysis. That is, if you have the intellectual capacity to reason intelligently and form an opinion all by yourself, which, from your posts, appears to be highly unlikely.
Otherwise, crawl back into whatever illeterate, ill-informed, cave, you usually inhabit. There are blogs for your kind out there: blogs for mentally-challenged people who cannot absorb information more sophisticated than what the supermarket tabloids have to offer.
The same goes for Patricia Steward.
Kudos for Reid! It is high time that the political thugs who are running this country are exposed. The time of reckoning has finally come.
This White House stinks to high heavens. Let’s fumigate the pest out!
— Evil Progressive Nov 1, 10:24 PM # - Thank you so much for battling to restore the two-party system and break the logjam the Republicans have put up re: Iraq intelligence. We are so proud of you. Thank you!
— Cindy Nov 1, 10:25 PM # - #387
When one party takes it upon its self to hide, delay, and otherwise sweep under the rug the truth about lies told to further an un-American agenda with war, and all the horror that goes with it, it is the job of one such as Harry Reid, to lift that rug, and expose to the light of day, the evil doing in our nations name, with our nations treasure and human souls.
God Bless Harry Reid.
— Snicklefritz Nov 1, 10:28 PM # - things have been so dark since 9/11. this administration with its “patriot act” and “homeland security” sounded so germanic to me. nefarious. it seemed that whenever the democrats had an opportunity to question actions by this administration, they got “swift-boated”. ambassador wilson didn’t stand a chance.
it was looking so dark, so hopless. then along came fitzgerald, and then along CAME YOU!!! thank you for giving us hope again. thanks for giving us voice that has been lost too long.
— dianne gentrup Nov 1, 10:29 PM # - I was watching the news and my jaw hit the ground! I’m pleasantly shocked to see COURAGE back in the Congress again in the form of my favorite Senator! WAY-TO-GO! Don’t let up the fight, sir. I believe that the truth is due to all our servicemembers so that they know exactly what it is that they are (or aren’t) fighting for, what intelligence was behind the source of the orders, and what exactly led to the run-up to the war in Iraq. The people need to know!
— Leary B. Rivas, Jr. Nov 1, 10:30 PM # - WOW! Was I impressed or what. I about broke my leg getting to the television when I heard you on the floor today, Harry! Give em’ hell is right. Frist’s “righteous indignation” at being surprised is rolling on the floor funny after the baskets full of nasty tricks the Republicans have pulled in the Senate. They sure can dish it out, can’t they? But taking it is another story!
Keep telling the truth to power, Harry. Keep at it! Its way past time for the Democrats to show courage and decisive, consistent, dogged action to clean up this awful mess in the White House.
— Jan Nov 1, 10:34 PM # - Thank you for your attempts to shine a white, hot light on this most significant issue. I live in and love Arizona, but, I’m telling you, Nevada is looking like the best place one could live these days. Thank you Senator Reid…
— Lisa Nov 1, 10:49 PM # - Thank you so much for your action today. You are showing the kind of leadership the Democratic Party needs. I just made a contribution to your Leadership Fund, and I look forward to future efforts like you made today.
Don’t back down, don’t give up, keep those Republican idiots guessing and off-balance. And while you’re at it, keep speaking up for the best interests of the American people.
— Tom L. Nov 1, 10:50 PM # - Thank you, Senator Reid.
— K Nov 1, 10:51 PM # - Get ‘em Harry!
Connecticut is with you, pal! Great work, today!
— Matt K Nov 1, 10:53 PM # - Bless you, Senator Reid, for having the courage to stand against the anti-democratic thugs who’ve taken over our country. It’s time to take back our democracy! This war is a travesty, and anyone who fails to acknowledge the insidious lies and greed that led up to the Iraq invasion is either a) embarrassingly ignorant or b) completely without conscience.
You and your colleagues must continue to fight for and demand the answers we all deserve. No more concilliatory advances to the right: they don’t respect you, they don’t respect the people you represent, and they certainly don’t respect the rules of “polite” debate. NO MORE ACQUIESCENCE, NO MORE APOLOGIES. Fight to WIN!!!
Thanks to brave, honorable people such as you, Patrick Fitzgerald, John Conyers and Barbara Boxer, I’ve never been more hopeful that victory is possible.
We all of us must fight to win!
— Kira Nov 1, 10:54 PM # - I made my first political contribution ever after hearing about your closed session today. Keep kicking ass, Senator. We need more like you.
— brain Nov 1, 10:58 PM # - Senator Reid, thank you!!!
— Andrea Nov 1, 11:00 PM # - All I can say is keep up the great work! It is clear that the USA was misled into the war in Iraq. This was not just a mistake. It was a crime of the highest order, ruining our international standing and good will for the profit of the oil & weapons industries, and deeply undermining our National Security.
Your move today to force the Senate into closed session was brilliant. Please keep the heat turned up on Republican corruption and lawless arrogance. You will get a groundswell of support from the majority of Americans who are sick and tired of the direction Bushco has been steering us. That whole gang has to go, preferably to jail.
Also, now is the time to press ahead on uncovering the nasty illegal torture system. America must stand for decency. There is no excuse for torture or extrajudicial killing, ever. Rumsfeld must be called to account and taken down. His America is not the country I was raised to believe in.
Again, thank you for leading the Democratic Party in recovering its guts.
— Gary Politzer Nov 1, 11:01 PM # - Let fury have the hour
Anger can be power….
Thank you, Senator, and thank you to everyone who’s left supportive comments. Coming home at the end of my day to read all this has been beautiful.
I’m beginning to see a faint glimmer of light at the end of this long, dark tunnel we’ve all been in!
This feels good.
— Joe Strummer Fan Nov 1, 11:02 PM # - THANK YOU!
— Joan Nov 1, 11:03 PM # - Good work Harry! I’ve been waiting a long time for the Democrats to get mad and start fighting back hard against the Republicans and their utter disregard for democracy. You got the media’s, and the country’s, attention today, good work. But you need to do the same thing about voting reform otherwise you won’t take back the Senate and the House next year. The Republicans haven’t won a presidential election since 1988, they stole the last two. As long as we let private corporations count our votes the Republicans will retain control of Congress and the White House. Why don’t you call all Democratic representatives onto the Capital steps and have a big news conference about all the vote fraud that has taken place the last several elections? And tell the nation the Republicans are not letting bills like Rush Holt’s HR 550 get out of committee. Most Republicans will vote for paper ballots if these bills can get voted on.
— evan eisentrager Nov 1, 11:04 PM # - THANK YOU! I made a contribution to DSCC before I finished reading your fine speech. Keep up the superb work. Make them tell the truth.
— Kirby Krieger Nov 1, 11:14 PM # - Thank You Senator Reid! We will add you to the list of politicians standing up for us – Conyers, Boxer, Waters, and Tubbs-Jones. These have been dark days for our country ever since 5 people put this administration in power in 2000. Don’t let them continue to ride roughshod over us any longer. We’ve had enough – lying us into a war for their profit and oil, damaging our national security by outing a CIA agent for political gain, suppressing or taking away our right to vote and our civil liberties, abusing prisoners, passing laws to benefit corporations and the wealthy while undermining the poor and middle class, etc. Don’t let them totally win this one. As E. J. Dionne Jr. wrote in the Washington Post “Has anyone noticed that the coverup worked?” Well, we have to make everyone aware of the high crimes and treason they have committed. Anyone who thinks they didn’t out the CIA agent to benefit themselves and the Iraq war, and then try to cover it up until after the election, has their head in the sand. Don’t allow them to change the subject. Give ‘em hell Harry. The rest of the dems should take a lesson from you. Your grandchildren should be proud of you especially the one yet to be born. This is truly a gift to her. (Anyone who saw Boston Legal on Channel 6 tonight should send them an e-mail thanking them for a great story on the war in Iraq. They touched on everything we know is wrong about the war. I’m amazed and thrilled they actually put this on the air!)
— Cindy Nov 1, 11:17 PM # - We can only hope that Fitzmukah will bring more indictments, and that you will continue to fight for those of us living without representation. There needs to be accountability in Washington and we as a country should demand it. Thank you Harry for moving this country back in the right direction. DON’T GIVE UP THIS FIGHT!!!
— mainstream mike Nov 1, 11:17 PM # - Dear Senator Reid,
This proud former Marine thanks you, sir.
You are standing up for those serving their country, who have been treated like crap by this White House and this Republican Congress. They should be ashamed of the way they’ve treated our soldiers, except that they HAVE no shame.
Yeah, they LOVE to hide behind soldiers, and use them in their commercials. But they lie us into war, don’t prepare for the war… Then they don’t give us proper equipment. They get us KILLED and MAIMED. Then they cut our medical benefits for when we come home missing limbs, while rewarding Dick Cheney’s company with big fat wasteful contracts. It’s a sin against the soldiers and their family.
And they’re a bunch of chickenhawks, to boot—they love war AS LONG AS THEY AND THEIR KIDS DON’T HAVE TO SERVE. Wouldn’t want to get their own hand dirty, now.
Of course, you’re getting the usual rightwing / Fox News scumbags commenting here. Yeah, what else is new? Big deal. They’re a shameless bunch of Karl Rove / Rush Limbaugh wannabes. Ignore them. They’ve got nothing but lies and hate. And they’ve already proven that they’re TRAITORS to this country, to the sodliers that serve the USA, and to everything good and decent. These pro-treason, morally perverted chickenhawks can go to hell. (And when they die, they definitely will. The Lord does not take kindly to those who lie with so little shame, like the Fox New propagandists. They are the Republican version of the Soviet Union’s Pravda.)
God bless you, Senator Reid. My wife and I will say a special prayer for you tonight, and then—like we do every noght—we will pray for our soldiers who have been betrayed by greedy, power-hungry politicians who don’t give a damn about them.
SEMPER FI! And God Bless the U.S.A., the greatest country on earth!
— Semper Fi Nov 1, 11:19 PM # - A sincere Thank You Senator Reid. We all must not sit in silence.
— Shelley Waltz Nov 1, 11:19 PM # - Way to go, Harry! Keep up the great work in the Senate, and keep the pressure on the Neocons. Truth is on our side, let the truth be known.
— Nicholas Couch Nov 1, 11:26 PM # - Thank you for having the courage to meet “them” head on and insisting on the Truth!
We are behind you all the way. Please keep this going and keep the focus of the country on the important issues that will determine all of our futures.
— Honey Nov 1, 11:30 PM # - I got a new name for ya, Harry: “NEVADA HEAT”
Boy, oh boy, you had Frist sweating today.
It was a beautiful sight.
Keep up the fight for all of us.
You’re a true Patriot.
Thank You Senator Reid.
— John Moss Nov 1, 11:31 PM # - It’s nice to have an opposition party back again.
Now, let’s see if y’all can keep up the good work….
— eternally Nov 1, 11:40 PM # - Thank you Senator Reid! We are with you.
— Tom Hume Nov 1, 11:44 PM # - thank you harry- i swear to god i’d rather never voted again until today- i am so sick of seeing this administration pull these bonehead blunders, disaster here, cronies there, a lott of corruption and arrogance about it all in national reserve… but what was worse to me was the democratic benefactors of my vote happened to be as spineless to being bullied by the big kid on the block wouldn’t say nary word about shit that mattered to the country as a WHOLE. a couple of months ago i equated that a spineless democrat to be as undeserved for not having represented me to get my vote as the insane right wing that has offended and defiled this countrys respect and integrity. i first heard about what you did today from my wife who relayed it to me by phone as it happened until i could find a t.v. and watch it for myself and sir, YOU represent ME, you are what i think my democratic LEADER should be every election as i piss away my vote. i will vote again, if you are on the ballot it’ll definately be for you. thank you for standing up for us all as a WHOLE, we need the answers you seek , they are for the questions that WE have
— tall paul Nov 1, 11:45 PM # - Thanks, Harry!! Finally, a man has stood up for the people of the United States and said ‘we won’t take anymore!’ You’re a Leader—give ‘em hell, Harry.
— kdtji Nov 1, 11:46 PM # - Saw the whole thing on CSPAN. Thank you Senator Reid for standing up!
— SourcesAss Nov 1, 11:48 PM # - Harry – you make me proud – wanna move to Texas?!
— chef boyardee Nov 1, 11:49 PM # - Senator Reid,
Thank you SO VERY MUCH for what you did today, what you have done in the past, and what I believe you will do in the future to ensure that we reclaim our country from the Bush maladministration, which, as far as I have seen, intends to wreck this country on the shores of its shameful, selfish ambitions.
Please continue to stand up to them, to call them on their s***, and stop, wherever and whenever possible, their foul attempts top run us to ruin.
Today was one of the best days of my life, with respect to my beginning to see a glimmer of hope that my country will not be taken over and completely ruined by Bush et al.
Many, many thanks.
— Judith Jackman Nov 1, 11:50 PM # - Allah Akbar!
I performed two abortions in your name today. Thank you for your great work.
Allah be praised.
— George Tiller Nov 1, 11:50 PM # - Thank you Harry! Thank you thank you. Finally! I applaud you.
— Moon Nov 1, 11:53 PM # - You stood among the giants today. And all i can say is thank you. You stood up for us all.
— blueeyedpupil Nov 1, 11:58 PM # - Senator Reid,
I thank you from the bottom of my heart for standing up to the lying bastards of the Bush administration. GIVE THEM HELL!! It’s tempting to say “Don’t stop until the fires are burning them”; they certainly haven’t hesitated to order torture of the prisoners illegally held at Gitmo and Abu Ghraib—but we have more morals than they do and even perjurers and liars don’t deserve torture.
I’ve already written my senators (Cantwell and Murray, both D-WA) to ask them to support you in any way possible.
I can’t wait until the impeachment hearings begin. Thanks again.
— Julia Ziobro Nov 2, 12:05 AM # - The telephone mailbox is full, so I’ll add my thanks on the blog. THANK YOU! Someone has finally blown on the dying ember of democracy within our so called government.
Please, don’t let this moment slide by, as so many have. Bushco must be stopped – our beloved Constitution will not withstand 3 more years of their sculldodgery and carpetbagging.
Good on you, Senator. We’ll work on buying a backbone for the rest of the Dems who’ve been waiting for a leader.
I encourage you, and all officials representing the American people, to do something about your selective memory problems. It seems to be endemic in the halls, these days.
— Lori Martin Nov 2, 12:08 AM # - THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart for insisting that our government be held to account. You made me proud to be an American and a Democrat today!
— Pat Mattos Nov 2, 12:13 AM # - What was Sandy hiding and who put him up to it?
— Walter E. Wallis, P.E. Nov 2, 12:19 AM # - It was so great today to watch those republican thugs squirm. Just like picking up a rock and seeing the snake underneath wiggle and squirm for cover. Well there is no cover for you Repukes. You fucked with the wrong country this time. You fucked with America and we don’t take kindly to that. But I guess you can’t expect a bunch of CHICKENHAWKS to know anything about a real fight anyway. You’ll learn…...Keep it up Harry…...GIVE EM’ HELL…........
AND SQUIRM YOU LITTLE BASTARDS, SQUIRM!!!!!!!
— sweetm Nov 2, 12:30 AM # - Proud of you and proud for our country and what it stands for. Thank you. I can hardly remember the last time I was proud to be a Democrat and proud to be an American. Do what you have to do – we stand behind you.
— Cindy Nov 2, 12:34 AM # - Senator Reid;
Words cannot sufficiently express the thanks that I have for the upstanding leadership you have shown today.
I am not of your constituency, but certainly applaud those who are for selecting you as their representative.
Your actions of today transcend partizenship. It is an attempt to shed light on a number of questions weighing heavily on the minds of a vast majority of Americans.
Liberty cannot come without security, and Justice is equally important as a foundational tenet of this great society!
I applaud you and your colleagues, on either side of the aisle, who are championing this call.
— Elisa H. Nov 2, 12:35 AM # - It’s about time that we stop just going ahead with whatever Bush says. If he’s not a liar, he’s a fool—which is even worse! We cannot have a fool running this country…truth is, he has been running it into the ground.
It’s good to demand the truth. I don’t know if Bush is capable of telling the truth, but our demand for it must drown out the chorus of FOX News and other Bush cronies.
— Cynthbage Nov 2, 12:37 AM # - Keep giving’em hell, Senator, and push until you back them down. We have been waiting for this day, and thank you for expressing our frustration and concern. You are a hero. Remember Wayne Morse? Some of us have not forgotten what courage means. Thank you, thank you.
— Marty Carpenter Nov 2, 12:41 AM # - Thank you.
— JD Ryznar Nov 2, 12:44 AM # - Senator Reid,
I can only echo the sentiments I have read so many times here. You make me proud and give me hope. Democracy will survive as long as there are brave and honorable men like you. And good will triumph over evil!
Keep on “givin’ ‘em Hell, Harry”.
— brk Nov 2, 12:48 AM # - thank you! thank you! thank you!
— Julie Witz Nov 2, 12:48 AM # - Churchill once said during the battle for Britain that their fight against the luftwaffe was not the beginning of the end, but that it might be the end of the beginning. Many of us have felt that besieged by the evils of this administration.
But you, my friend, gave us hope today. Thank you for speaking out so eloquently and with perfect conviction. Thank you.
— Bit NOLA Nov 2, 12:50 AM # - Thank you for setting some distinct parameters for the difficult debates which loom in the future Senator Reid. Many of us have been waiting to see that spark you ignited today before we are ready to contribute funds for the work that lies ahead.
I hope you can convince the other democratic senators who are lurking somewhere in a safe, soft corner of that Capitol building that the only way out into the light is to show constituents a look at their new and improved backbone.
Many of the neo-republican, hate radio addicted, angry at everyone for everything, venom spreading partisans can only express their feelings like playground bullies. The only way to get their attention is with a soft voice and a swift action.
Today was perfect. Do it again every legitiment chance you get. Now that we know your capabilities, we’ll be expecting more and we’re right there beside you every step of the way.
— wrdr Nov 2, 12:54 AM # - I thought this site was a bit cheesy at the start – but I am changing my tune as it gives me the vehicle to thank you. I was incensed at the delay of Phase 2 last year, and for you to make this move restores a lot of hope in our party. You unquestionably raised many eyebrows in the press and all over this country. It’s obvious that you made Frist sweat as he lapsed into his “no ideas” tirade. SERVES HIM RIGHT. Way to go Harry. GIVE ‘EM HELL – again, again and again until everyone knows how we got into this mess.
Thank you fom the bottom of my Heart.
— Tom Wyka Nov 2, 12:54 AM # - Thank you, Sen. Reid. Your actions have restored a sober voice to the Senate, dominated by Majority Republicans drunk with power.
When you lie your way into war and unnecessarily and wrongly out a CIA operative for political retribution, you have abdicated your moral authority to govern and sacrificed the public trust on an alter to political opportunism, profiteering & gouging, cronyism and an extreme ideological philosophy which seeks to undue those very traditions which earned America the respect and admiration of the world in the first place – something we have lost under six years of Republicans and conservatism.
Today, Sen. Reid, you spoke for a nation hungry for real leadership. And you have given the Republicans notice that they will be held accountable for violating the public trust and leading the nation to war with lies.
They lied to you, Senator, to the Congress, to the entire country. This cannot be allowed to pass unaccounted; their must be reparations for such a dishonorable breach of the public trust, for there is little reason left to defer to the leadership or trust the Majority party leadership to govern responsibly.
— Jason Nov 2, 12:55 AM # - Thank you Harry!
Thank you for supporting all us chicken martyrs out here. Although we support the insurgents, we are unwilling to go over there and strap bombs to us and show our solidarity. You are a shining voice in the wilderness for us.
— Al Fuzzman Nov 2, 12:56 AM # - Thank you for your closed session—brilliant, and necessary. We can’t wait until 2008 to treat this cancer.
— anne Nov 2, 01:04 AM # - Thank you, Harry, for reminding this criminal administration and its cohorts in Congress that We the People own this country, and We the People will take our country back!
From the bottom of my heart, thank you, sir.
— Kelli Nov 2, 01:05 AM # - Don’t forget about the elections in 2006. Make some Noise!!!!
— Mark Nov 2, 01:10 AM # - Senator Reid,
Thank you – let’s keep the ball rolling to unravel this sludge and show honest Americans what the GOP and the Bush Administration have been doing for years – manipulating, coercing, forcing, rewriting, retelling, obstructing, lying, etc… The corruption of these times and the GOP calls back to the Gilded Age – disgraceful and disrespectful of the American people.
Ride on!
— steven Nov 2, 01:18 AM # - WELL DONE, Senator Reid!
I’ve watched C-SPAN every day for the past three years in utter DESPAIR over what this crooked bunch of lying despots has done to our country. Today, YOU began the long-overdue march toward the TRUTH about the Iraq fiasco.
That’s one hell of a start!
PLEASE, Good Sir, DON’T STOP NOW. We MUST find out where the SURPLUS went; where the MISSING BILLIONS in Iraq and the Gulf Coast are; whether our fellow Americans will have to choose between heat and food this winter (i.e. how to END the OBSCENE OIL PROFITS), and whether we can IMPEACH Mr. Bush and then TRY the entire administration for WAR CRIMES. (And that’s just for starters.)
You, Patrick Fitzgerald and Mr. & Mrs. Wilson are our BEST HOPE for undoing the incredible damage wrought by Bush and his Band of Republican Thieves. Rest assured that the majority of America is BEHIND YOU 100%. Keep it up!
— Michele Rutheiser Nov 2, 01:33 AM # - Hearing about this on my way home from work, listening to Majority Report – Air America Radio, I was elated!!! Finally a Dem willing and unafraid to step up to the bully Republican power machine and shut them down. The icing on the cake was watching and listening to Frist babbling on about nothing and Sanitarium…ooops…I mean Santorum looking hurt and wounded in the backround. Keep the pressure on, keep demanding the truth and the wall WILL fall!! Thank you Senator Reid!! Well done!!
Proud in Pennsylvania
— jerry Nov 2, 01:34 AM # - Thanks, Senator. Every time you nail those pompous hypocrites as well as you did today, I’ll donate to your fund.
— Jim Nov 2, 01:35 AM # - Brillian move, Harry! Absolutely brilliant!
Many of the people (including me) are rejoicing at the rising up of the downtrodden Democrats represented by your actions today. What a relief that that day has come. It has been so long in coming!!! I feel myself breathing more deeply, hope regenerating. PLEASE stay with it. The one thing oppressors can’t stand is being forced out of the shadows and being made to stand in the light of day. Hopefully, this is just the first moments of a resurgent and courageous Democratic party. Please don’t let it die aborning. You hold the future of this country and, in consequence, of this world in your hands.
— Donald Wertheimer Nov 2, 01:40 AM # - Thank You, sir – All that we dems want is the truth, and I find it most curious that the repubs continue to cover up, to evade giving us that truth.
Keep up the good fight, and know that most of America IS behind you. I am a vet for democracy (U.S. Navy 1968-72) – and I did not serve my country to have its leaders take us to war based on lies. Know that we are sick and tired of this crew in OUR White House.
Truth. Honesty. Accountability. Responsibility. We want these things back in our leaders.
— badgervan Nov 2, 01:43 AM # - Sen. Reid,
I was so happy to read of the action you took today in the Senate that my heart jumped in excitement!! It’s about time us Democrats stand up for what we believe in!
Tim S.
CT
— TIm S. Nov 2, 01:51 AM # - talk about obstruction of justice! you have lost your mind taking over congress this way. get on with the business we elected you for and not just grandstanding. i’m embarassed to have voted for you.
— suzanne Nov 2, 01:56 AM # - Dear Sen. Reid:
I just contributed to Searchlight, as are a number of loyal Kossacks from www.dailykos.com. I forgot to add a penny, but will next time.
Thanks again! We can’t wait for what’s next!
— Anne Nov 2, 01:59 AM # - 2,000 of our men/women soldiers have died in this “war”
Hundreds of thousands more have been hurt and maimed, whether the pain afflicted them has been physical or mental.
We have killed hundreds of thousands of Iraqis, many of them women, children, and men who have no political agenda. Those young men who are left (those with no political agenda) who see their babies die in their arms, or who hold their nieces or brothers in their arms, or their brothers or sisters, fathers or grandfathers…as they die from American bombs or gunfire. ”
WILL THEY NOT BE THE NEXT GENERATION OF TERRORISTS????
We have 18, 19.20 year old boys/women/men coming home and hanging themselves in some quiet place because they cannot deal with what this country has asked of them.
IT IS TIME THAT THIS COUNTRY EXAMINE OUR REASONS FOR THE WAR.
IT IS TIME THIS ADMINISTRATION BE INDICTED FOR ITS HEAVY HANDED MANIPULATION OF DATA THAT LED US TO WAR.
IT IS TIME THAT ROVE, CHENEY, and BUSH admit when they lied, what they lied about, and when they plan on telling US the TRUTH!
THANK YOU HARRY for starting this. There was a huge sigh tonight as millions of us found our balls are still there, still functioning.
— Jack Nov 2, 02:12 AM # - Jeff, you moron maybe its time for your rotten ignorant ass to go off to Iraq.
SINCE YOU SEEM TO LOVE THE COUNTRY SO BAD, GET OVER THERE. AND SHUT UP ABOUT YOUR PATHETIC WHINING SINCE REID’S DOING HIS JOB.
Once again Reid, I salute you. May we also uncover everything to do with Clinton’s support of the wars and what was really behind it….
— nick Nov 2, 02:19 AM # - Hey Harry thanks for “taking over congress” – I’m glad somebody did.
When the country elects people who think government can’t do much good, it’s not surprising that they don’t do much good when they govern
So godspeed, in all you do.
— dorsano Nov 2, 02:34 AM # - Dear Senator Reid,
I have been watching you for some time now and have to say I agree with most all the positions you take, in looking out for the average citizen. Your stand today against the tyranny of the few thugs currently destroying the country from within the White House was courageous and the best show of patriotism I have seen in a long, long time. In my opinion you are one of only a very few, and I must say the most honorable politician back there (I hold the bulk of them in very low esteem, given their self-serving agendas and obvious corruption). I would hope you would consider running for President of the US next time around.
I am also alumni of USU and LDS, and you have given me new hope in our country once again. May freedom finally bring down the despots, and I mean the worst hue of despots the world now has—Bush and his cabal of cronies.
Thank you for your courage and decency. You are the one bright light left anymore in our country’s leadership.
— jgriffin Nov 2, 02:45 AM # - Thank-you for your principled stand. You’ve made me very proud. Keep giving ‘em Hell, Harry!
Susan from Athens, Georgia
— Susan Nov 2, 02:47 AM # - Positive feedback here filled with love, intelligence and hope, while negative feedback filled with hatred, zero argument and blatant insults against those who really do care about the USA (the ‘insulters’ here express no love or care for this country in their posts, I notice).
That says something about which side I’m glad I’m on.
I’ve been waiting for this for a long time. Thank you, thank you, thank you Sen. Reid!
— msirt Nov 2, 03:15 AM # - Thank you Senator Reid!
Your actions today give me hope in the future of our country and remind me that it doesn’t always have to be “politics as usual”.
— Jody Nov 2, 03:19 AM # - I’m a registered independent in Florida. You make me want to change my affiliation to Democrat!
Thank you, sir. Thank you for your courage, your leadership, and for making me think that maybe, just maybe, the people may have a chance.
— extremeguy Nov 2, 03:25 AM # - Thank you Harry for standing up to the Republicans who are trying to cover up this administrations lies.
People like myself always questioned whether the intelligence was manipulated and or made up by Bush Co.
— Lomstradamus Nov 2, 03:30 AM # - Senate Goes Into Rare Closed Session
FOX News, by Sharon Kehnemui Liss
Original Article
Senate Goes Into Rare Closed
Posted By:Dreadnought, 11/1/2005 3:01:01 PM
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate went into closed session Tuesday after Democrats enacted a rare parliamentary rule forcing the shut down of the Senate so senators could speak in a classified session about the lead-up to the war in Iraq. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid demanded the chamber be closed so they could hold a secret session that they say was prompted by “misinformation and disinformation”...
Reply 118 – Posted by: Harmony1, 11/1/2005 9:31:47 PM
I don’t know why anyone is surprised; the DemocRats have always done their Dirty Work behind closed doors! The Clintons’ motto of Deny, Distract and Destroy has become the Mantra of the entire Leadership….I should say the Lack of Leadership …..of the DNC. With a Madman, Howard Dean, as head of the DNC and the Screeching Banshee Nancy Pelosi, who looks like an Anorexic Zombie who can’t close her eyelids …....add to that the Old Drunk Ted Kennedy, who got away with allowing Mary Jo Kopechne to drown….and Robert KKK Byrd….and Harry Reid, who has the look of a Nazi for sure with his cold blue dead-fish eyes….what do you expect? I might add, those are just the first few I thought of….there are many more!
They are Conspiring to Destroy and Oust a duly-elected President of the United States; this is Treasonous and should be considered a Threat.
Despicable and Low-Class Tactics…we need to SHOUT IT to the RoofTops about the Independent Investigation into Clinton Appointed Henry Cisneros being put on Web Site for Public Consumption….
Reply 116 – Posted by: god of irony, 11/1/2005 9:19:22 PM
Since he was elected majority leader to now, the only time Lott ever stands up is to fight the President. Had he asserted have as much energy toward the democraps, he would still be the majortiy leader.
Reply 117 – Posted by: Barlyk, 11/1/2005 9:22:42 PM
Lott, Spector, MAdKain, Snowe, Collins, the other one, oh Lincoln Chafee. These senators, maybe Linsay Graham, DeWine, Probably more are trying to be Sandra Day. Power is more important than principle. Voinovich is another. They are not with the program. But still Lott was never a man of message or conviction plus he is more worried about being able to afford to rebuild his house in MS. Please!
Reply 104 – Posted by: browneyes, 11/1/2005 8:27:24 PM
So many unfortunate & misinformed conclusions posted here. What happened today is in the Senate rules. # 21 says “any’ member may invoke it & only one “second” is needed. Why in the world would the Rs stay away when the vicious, slanderous statements of Reid’s were echoing in the chamber? He was sullying the President, the Intell. Comm. and the war itself. No Repub. knew this was going to happen. Imagine what posters would say if they had NOT participated! This all was a result of the Pres. changing the subject to Bird Flu, the Appointment of Alito and the Dems. want to focus on their hero Joe Wilson & the Libby indictment and thet’re PO’d that Rove is still employed. Logic says “Praise the Lord & pass the ammunition”
Reply 78 – Posted by: Daria, 11/1/2005 6:56:38 PM
Reid always reminds me of a stoned Jiminy Cricket.
They just can’t stand the fact that they’re not in power, can they?
— Porcius Nov 2, 03:43 AM # - Congratulations…and thanks! I had just about given up on the Democratic party, following 10 years of acting like a doormat. Maybe….just maybe, those of us who can’t buy our politicians might have a voice after all!! Keep fighting!!!
— R J Esposito Nov 2, 04:38 AM # - They lied, we know it, they know we know it and that is the reason for the cover up. “The truisms of Watergate are the same: it is not the crime, it is the cover up and, when there is a cover up, there is a crime.” JC, Conyers Blog
I can’t tell you how much I respect what you did today. It is time for the Dems to stick together, take no prisoners, and to let the chips fall where they may. Except for the right wing nuts, this majority of this country is scared to death at the damage they are doing to our country and the middle class. Debt, deficits, racketeering, job loss, loss of health care, states in trouble, public schools with not enough money, environmental destruction with more to come, tax cuts for the rich and loss of tax deductions for homeowners, a bankruptcy bills hurting people and small business; Roe v Wade soon to become illegal relegating the poor to back alleys and coat hangers once more, pharmacists refusing to do their jobs and getting away with it when they don’t approve of the drug, complete comingling of church and state – holy cow Senator Reid, enough is enough. We may not be able to stop them, but we sure as hell can go kicking and screaming. Please get the Dems in line including Pelosi and Hoyer and stand up to this group of thugs.
I want King George IMPEACHED, and the traitors hung. Give em Harry and make sure the Dems stay in line for a change.
— dkaltz Nov 2, 05:03 AM # - Harry for President in 2008!
What a great day for the Democratic party.
The republican party has had a monthful of bad days, but today thanks to Reid (and Durbin and Schumer too maybe), the Democrats had a great day!
It’s not just about watching the republicans self-destruct – It has got to be about calling them on their corrupt BS. Today was a great start. Kudos to Harry and all of those who are behind him. It’s time for the dems to stand up up and be counted. We are watching.
I rarely give money to democratic candidates, but I was moved by Reid’s words and actions! today and donated $10.01 to Bernie Sanders through Reid’s website. The .01 was to signal that I got the idea and the link to the site from daily kos.
— Mark Sanders Nov 2, 05:04 AM # - Thank You Senator for trying to get the thruth to the American people on how the Bush administration lied to us prior to the Iraq war.
Hopefully Phase 2 will be completed and will show how the intelligence was used by Cheney, Bush ect….
— James DeSisto Nov 2, 05:15 AM # - This was long overdue. We cannot allow obstruction in our government for the sake of political gain. We must put a stop to the crony culutre that dominates our landscape. One poster wrote about “morality” when she condemned Clinton’s Administration. That is nothing compared to one that has put the interests of big business ahead of the average American. We have lost so much under George Bush.
— Peter Nov 2, 05:35 AM # - WoHOOO!! Yeah, Baby!! Brave move on the closed session.
Now, for the Alito filibuster . . .
Much thanks to you and your second-in-command, Sen. Dick Durbin.
— christianleftie Nov 2, 05:39 AM # - Yep Porkieus, that shows the immature nonsense bullshit blather of the children in your ugly, putrid nazi-con group.
Go take your baby-talk complaints to the local bar, dumbass. And shutup with the clinton nonsense.
Every time you righty-drunk retards don’t get your way, you whine and complain about clinton over and over again….
WELL SHUTUP!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE DONT CARE ABOUT CLINTON!!!!!!!!!! ALL THERE IS, IS BUSH CHENEY AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Once again, lets get the show on and Reid I watched the whole thing and thank you doubly. Lets get the facts out, and hold them to the fire- Like they said in Britain….. we’re after downing street bush, and it’s high time you answer the fucking question. you lied. so lets find out why, once and for all
— nick Nov 2, 05:51 AM # - Thank you, thank you, thank you, Senator Reid for your brave stance in the Senate yesterday. Please keep fighting the good fight.
— Amy Liss Nov 2, 06:00 AM # - Dear Senator Reid,
your effort to hold President Bush and his administration accountable for all their lies and crimes is very good news, not only for the USA, but also for the rest of the world. If you will succeed in re-establishing honesty into US politics this will be a great gain for all of us, bringing us nearer to a world of peace instead of the never-ending greedy fundamentalist Bush’s wars.
Thank you
Michael, Germany
— Michael, Germany Nov 2, 06:05 AM # - Thank you Harry!
I’ve purchase a burka for my wife and know the direction to Mecca, anticipating you gaining control and surrendering to the terrorists. Welcome to sharia law. Welcome to the dhimmitude.
Allah Akbar!
Harry Akbar!
— Fred Nov 2, 06:14 AM # - Dear Jeff:
You come across as an impotent, scared little man who has to post the same garbage 20 times because you realize nobody is paying attention to you.
From that it appears you must be Freeper Jeff, the same guy whose Pro-War Rally with its less than 400 people and endless angry diatribe was such a bizarre display on C-Span.
You know, this tactic by Harry Reid would only work if the majority of Americans are angry over being misled into the Iraq war and are sick and tired of the lies of the Bush administration.
Oh, wait.
WE ALL ARE.
— Anne Nov 2, 06:37 AM # - I had given up hope that this administration would ever be held accountable for their dirty tricks and lies to the American people. Thank you Harry Reid for giving me hope.
— Vicki Fresolone Nov 2, 06:38 AM # - Thank you.
— Aaron Adler Nov 2, 06:59 AM # - Finally a nod to the truth! To say “thank you” is not sufficient. You are the hope of our nation – keep on pushing!
— Searcher Nov 2, 07:03 AM # - Halliburton!!!!
— Bob Nov 2, 07:06 AM # - Thank you so much for your wonderful actions yesterday. This was the best thing that has happened to our Party in years. You have all my gratitude.
— Mary Parrish Nov 2, 07:14 AM # - Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!
It’s about time some one gave em a dose of reality! Give em hell, Harry! Do not stop, just keep on pushing. Thank you for standing up for me and so many more!
— JDMND1 Nov 2, 07:33 AM # - Hooray! Finally someone with the brash courage and chutzpah of Harry Truman. This Harry has earned the right to share the battle cry of “Give ‘em hell, Harry!”
— leeann Nov 2, 07:57 AM # - Go Harry! That’s the stuff. Show the Republicans we’re past fed up with their stalling, lies, and refusal to do their jobs. We need oversight. We need answers.
I loved the spluttering of Frist about “a slap in the face” because you demanded answers and action. I loved seeing Pat Roberts pretending he was doing anything but blocking Part II of the Intelligence Report.
Keep it up, we have your back.
— DrLaniac Nov 2, 08:00 AM # - Thank you Harry!! Thank you for showing some spine and closing the Senate. Do it EVERY day until the Repubs understand that they do NOT have a mandate to ruin our country.
Please, please keep this up. But beware of their slime machine…..I am sure it is aimed towards you now. Also, please stay out of small airplanes…..we need you now, more than ever before.
— Virginia Nov 2, 08:21 AM # - Way to go Harry! I’ve been writing to my MD senators for months telling them they need to GROW SOME! Don’t back down now! I think it’s hilarious that Bill “I have a blind trust that’s not blind” Frist had the audacity to call you on “principles.” Someone needs to stand up to this administration and the republican controlled congress and let them know that we, the normal people in this country, are NOT happy with them. This is a great first step. Can we talk about Rumsfeld’s financial stake in Tamiflu next? Or how about why the “Christian” right is allowing this president to torture human beings? Don’t forget the Alito filibuster!
Keep it up!
— Melissa Nov 2, 08:22 AM # - I am so impressed and excited about what happened yesterday—I am experiencing a feeling I haven’t had since those crooks stole the first election—- HOPE. This is the first real sign of strength we (the Dems) have shown in … well I can’t remember how long. Thank you Harry and PLEASE keep the heat on.
— Brenda Enders Nov 2, 08:24 AM # - THANK YOU, Harry Reid!! It was the highlight of my day to come home and see that you stood up to the Repubs and demanded answers regarding manipulated intelligence leading to the war in Iraq. It is about time that someone held this administration accountable. You are a true hero.. Keep it up!!
— Sara De La Fuente Nov 2, 08:29 AM # - Keep the pressure on! We have been watching desperately for some sign of leadership from the Democratic Party. W is on the ropes. Don’t give him a chance to regroup. The nation is slowly beginning to wake up to the lies that got us into this war, keep digging for the truth!
— joellen Nov 2, 08:43 AM # - A bunch of us bloggers were so inspired by your courageous action that we organized a donation drive to your PAC (and many donated to the DNC and DSCC to say “WAY TO GO!!!) . Can you please let us know whether you are getting a big spike in donations? Also, can you please post something on this site that gives us some concrete ideas for other things we can do to help you??
We’ve got your back, Harry! Give em Hell!!
— Marge in NY Nov 2, 08:56 AM # - Let me add to the multitude my thanks. Mr. Reid, you make me proud of our party. You stood up for me, and when the time comes, I will stand up for you- I will donate money, and lend any support to your campaign that I possibly can.
We’re with you, as you can see from the hundreds of posts here. Please stay with us and continue to lead this party with the same courage and conviction you have been.
— Mary Nov 2, 08:57 AM # - Way to go Harry!! I am proud to call myself an American again. Thank you and keep up the good work!
Amy
— Amy Nov 2, 09:14 AM # - I giggled like a schoolgirl when I found out about the closed session. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
— Julie V Nov 2, 09:26 AM # - THANK YOU for your actions yesterday. I hope the rest of the Democratic party will join you in demanding answers for the American people. Keep it up!
Carmen Q.
— Carmen Quinn Nov 2, 09:29 AM # - And hell it is!! I was so happy, I yelled out loud. Thank you, sir.
— Doris Lane Nov 2, 09:41 AM # - Yes Senator Ried! You, and the Congressional 30s, are to be commended on FINALLY showing what you are supposed to be… the “opposition” party. Your base will come running! Moderate, independants, like me, are supporting you. I am no Democrat, but I am a loyal intelligent American! Thanks!!
T Loosli
— Travis Loosli Nov 2, 09:42 AM # - I have not been this proud to be a Democrat since Barak Obama’s speech at the Democratic National Convention. Thank you for giving us an opposition party and for showing the Republicans that we can play their game. I was also proud to see my Senator Chuck Schumer standing next to you, I hope to see Hillary their soon.
— Michael Siem Nov 2, 09:52 AM # - Thank you for your courage. We are with you.
— Rep Chip Shields Nov 2, 09:52 AM # - Senator Reid
Senator Frist is OUTRAGED, simply OUTRAGED that you stood up for truth and accountability.
Please continue to outrage these morons on a daily basis,
Paula D.
— Paula D. Nov 2, 09:53 AM # - Thank you…...from deep in the HEART of Texas…..For the first time, in a long time, I feel I have heard a fearless voice of TRUTH.
— DR Nov 2, 09:53 AM # - THANK YOU, Sen. Reid! I am so proud of you as a lawmaker, an American, and a Democrat! Your action and speech Nov. 1 has galvanized and united Democrats, exactly what we SO need! Continue, please to give-em-hell-Harry! – Valerie Sanford, Los Angeles
— Valerie Sanford Nov 2, 09:54 AM # - Good job Harry!
Frist whined and stomped his feet like a little kid, and then he folded like a cheap card table!
So go out there today and tear ‘em another one for me, big guy!
And tomorrow, get out there again and tear ‘em yet another one for me!
And the day after that… well you get the picture.
I wanna see Frist sporting so many posterior orifices that he’ll have trouble deciding which one to use in the men’s room!
— caerbannog Nov 2, 09:55 AM # - Senator Reid,
Although I’m not an American, I think that what you did was brilliant, and I applaud you.
— James Nov 2, 10:01 AM # - Dear Sen. Reid,
Thank you for bringing the neo-con sideshow to full-stop. You are a hero to all Americans of good will. You’ve inspired and energized the entire party. Give’em hell Harry, indeed.
Daniel Hoy, California
— Daniel Hoy Nov 2, 10:02 AM # - Thank you, Senator Reid.
It is time for America’s leaders to understand that integrity is the most powerful “weapon” that this country can wield in its fight against terror and for freedom.
We must know the truth about how and why we entered this war – and then begin to correct our mistakes.
Keep up the pressure!
— Virginian Nov 2, 10:06 AM # - Bravo! It’s about time someone called this corrupt administration to task! You have my support all the way! Keep going after them, Harry! You are a hero. Let Frist and the rest of the jerks throw a fit on the carpet. Keep hammering away and get to the truth! We, the People, deserve to know. You are a great leader and I thank you for spearheading this campaign! Give em hell Harry!! You rock!
— Judy C. Nov 2, 10:07 AM # - Thank you, Thank you, Thank you for making the other half of this country’s voices heard, it is a great moment in American history and may this continue to pick up steam and the dems can run with it all the way. I have never been more proud to be a Democrat, I was losing hope and have got it back.
— Jeremy Glotz Nov 2, 10:08 AM # - Dear Senator Reid,
If only Georgia had 2 Senators like you! I am so proud of your stance to call the Senate into a closed session to attempt to get the truth from this most corrupt administration. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for having the courage and conviction to do something about it. Please continue to inspire all of us. And continue to be a “thorn in the side of those corrupt morons.
I grew up in Missouri and I remember the original “GIVE ‘EM HELL, HARRY. You’re my hero for today.
— Sherry Shortt Nov 2, 10:13 AM # - Ya know, each time one of these neocons posts a vile, belligerent rant on this board, us Reid supporters should each pledge to send an additional dollar to the Searchlight Fund.
The more they rant and spew, the more it screws them!
— Linda E Nov 2, 10:14 AM # - Thank you Senator Reid! You’ve made our country safer with your actions. I pray that your courage will expose the lies that are responsible for the deaths of our citizens and the plundering of our nation’s wealth.
You won my trust and now my financial support.
Carol
Miami, FL
— Carol Nov 2, 10:16 AM # - Thank you Senator Reid! Finally the democrats showed some patience and some backbone. We must continue to pick our battles rather than just say no on every repub idea. Ignoring the Miers mess was the best thing we could have done. I’ve learned that if we give them enough rope, they will hang themselves. Let them have Alito – we need to keep the focus on the wrongdoing which hurt our country and killed over 2000 and injured over 10,000 of our friends and family. Anytime they try to pick a fight or change the subject, we need to come right back at ‘em hard on the issues of their lack of integrity, immorality, lies, and greed. God knows that they gave us enough ammo – Frist, Delay, K street project etc….
Thanks again Harry – we love ya!
— rain Nov 2, 10:18 AM # - You are a big fat liar! All you people are so politically charged that you do not even accept the fact that in 1999, in Clinton’s State of the Union address, even he admitted Saddam was not complying with UN inspectors. In 1998, Operation Desert Fox was ordered by Clinton because, and I quote, “Saddam Hussein must not be allowed to threaten his neighbors with nuclear weapons, poison gas or biological weapons (CNN.com, Dec. 16, 1998).” You can’t have it both ways. John Kerry voted for the war before he voted against it! Wake up you dopes! The American people know who is lying about WMD’s, it is you Mr. Reid and your party.
— proud republican Nov 2, 10:20 AM # - In fact, has anyone had the time to count up the number of these neocon’s messages? If someone has the time, if they can list how many you find (with the last post number so that we can keep track), that’s the amount I’m going to contribute to the Fund.
— Linda E Nov 2, 10:21 AM # - You are brilliant Senator Reid! Keep holding them accountable and demand nothing less than the truth!
Give ‘em Hell, Harry!
— Anita Nov 2, 10:25 AM # - Way to go, Senator Reid! You rock!
— greek goddess Nov 2, 10:27 AM # - Thank you, Senator Reid. Keep going.
St. Paul, MN
— Kat Nov 2, 10:30 AM # - Sen Reid
It is about time that someone with a powerful position had the courage to stand up to the aristrocracy that has taken over our country. Thanks.
To put the lives of men and women at risk for a personal agenda violates all religious and moral rules, and is tantamount to manslaughter or murder. So, by courageously attacking Cheyney and his perpatrators you are being pro-life!
— Mardys Nov 2, 10:33 AM # - BRAVO!
— JLF in Mich Nov 2, 10:47 AM # - YOUR NO HARRY TRUMAN MR. REID.
— Mike Nov 2, 10:47 AM # - Dear Proud Republican: Are you proud of the fact that your president has continually lied to the American people about Iraq? Are you proud of the fact that your president has run up the largest deficit in the nation’s history? Are you proud of the fact that your president is considered a moron by most of the civilized world? Are you proud of the fact that your president has given huge tax breaks to the wealthiest 1% of the nation’s people? Are you proud of the fact that your president has protected and given tax breaks to the oil companies so that we, the people, are paying through the nose at the pumps? Are you proud of the fact that the victims of Katrina, America’s poorest, were left to die while your president was at a fundraiser? Are you proud of the fact that one of your president’s advisers is under criminal indictment? Those facts are only the tip of the iceberg. Are you still a Proud Republican?
— Judy C. Nov 2, 10:53 AM # - This is what America needs. We are sick of Arabian horse judges, false Saddam-Al Qiada links, phony legislation that protects corporate interests, crony judges, and wars without end. You have chosen the time to stand up and we are all with you. All Americans will be better off when we have answers. We are not children.
— Moral Majority Nov 2, 10:59 AM # - Thank you so much for retrieving the agenda of the American people.
— Concerned Citizen Nov 2, 11:01 AM # - Nick – I am a very proud Vietnam Vet, NMCB6 thank you. I’ve already fought in a war for this country. What have you done besides post nasty hatefilled secular BS? And yes, I love this country very much and would fight for it again if I were younger. This is the same treatment we got when returning from Nam…disrespect!
Anne – first I haven’t posted 20 times and I’m not scared of a whole lot, especially posting my views. Second I don’t even know what a freeper is and I am not involed in any pro war rallies of any type. I’m a taxpayer in Sen. Reid’s district. He is my Senator and I think he is obstructing. He has forgotten his district here for the limelight. I think you got the wrong guy. I hate war, I’ve been there, however freedom does not come without it.
As I’ve said let’s have a COMPLETE investigation. Why are you opposed to that? The war didn’t start on 9/11.
Respectfully,
— Jeff Nov 2, 11:06 AM # - Senator Reid:
I must apologize for my student Mike. He said you were no Harry Truman. This is factually correct, but his use of the possessive “your” instead of the contraction “you’re” was inexcusable. In addition, it appears that he needs a lesson in government.
I will make him stay after school today and write a report detailing the differences between a Senate Minority Leader and a President. Thanks and good luck.
Mike’s Teacher
— Mike's Teacher Nov 2, 11:06 AM # - Jeff: What kind of disrespect are the troops being shown? I wholeheartedly support the troops. What I don’t support is the war in Iraq because it was waged under false pretenses. You’re right. The war didn’t start on 9/11. The war started behind closed doors about a year prior to that date—in the minds of Cheney, et al. Senator Reid is not obstructing. He’s trying to remove the obstructions in the Senate which have been put up by the Republicans. Sen. Reid is trying to get to the truth of the facts surrounding the U.S. invasion of Iraq. As to Nam, I supported the troops then, but I did not support that war. I admire your bravery and service to this country, even though I didn’t agree with the premises. I love this country, too, and I want it back.
— Judy C. Nov 2, 11:13 AM # - I am not a constituent of yours but am proud as hell that you are representing the majority of the people of this country who want answers NOW!! Keep the pressure on, keep “slapping people in the face”, if that’s what it takes to wake this nation up, then so be it. Thank You Sen. Reid and democrats.
— Maribeth Nov 2, 11:14 AM # - Admiration, appreciation, graditute from Wisconsin. Frist’s reaction was hilarious with Santorum pouting in the background. CAught with their hand in the cookie jar, and it’s all Daddy’s fault.
— Linda S Nov 2, 11:18 AM # - It’s about time the Democratic Party found some backbone. Thank you Mr. Reid!
— Frazier Nov 2, 11:24 AM # - Thank you, Harry!
It’s high time we hold this criminal administration accountable for their lies and deception at the expense of our soldiers. The American people have woken up and have seen through the BS. It’s past time our representatives in government do the same.
— GBC Nov 2, 11:27 AM # - GO! GO! GO! We’re with you Senator! Drag them to the truth kicking and screaming if you must, but drag these lying, working-class hating Republicans into the light of the truth. It is the only thing that will set us free, bring our boys home where they belong, and rescue our American Republic from the misadventures of the neocons! GO SENATOR REID! We’re all SO PROUD OF YOU!!
— Curtis Balls Nov 2, 11:32 AM # - Bravo, Harry! Keep punching until the truth is freed! You are a patriot and a hero!
— Judi Lowe Nov 2, 11:35 AM # - Dear Senator Reid,
Please get this statement published in the op-ed pages of as many newspapers as you can. This message has to get out! It is being buried by the media because the GOP changed the subject. You were not “Grandstanding” as the NYT editorial states while quoting Frist (under investigation by the SEC) ranting his nonsense.
Thank you for standing up for our democracy!
Kindest Regards,
Phyllis
— Phyllis Frazell Nov 2, 11:45 AM # - You have done Democrats PROUD. Continue the good fight, Senator. We need to rid the country of the insane criminal cabal that has taken over the White House.
YOU are the true Patriot sir. Not these cowardly, bullying braggarts who lead by intimidation and secrecy.
Keep letting in the light, Senator.
— F. Bongolan Nov 2, 11:45 AM # - Way to go, Senator!!!!!
What you did yesterday in the Senate made me extremely proud to be a Democrat!! The American people deserve the truth! And since the Republicans aren’t even making an effort to uncover it, (instead they’re participating wholeheartedly in the coverup) they left the Democrats no choice but to force the issue.
We Democrats are behind you all the way, Senator!!!
— Angie Smith Nov 2, 11:55 AM # - Thank you! Congratulations!
The Democrats wake up!
Keep it up!
Remember: the job of the Opposition Party is to Oppose!
Demand answers!
If you don’t get them, keep demanding!
If you still don’t get them, take it to the American public!
If wrongdoing has occurred (as I am positive it has), hold them accountable!
Impeach!
— Paul Schumacher Nov 2, 12:06 PM # - THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU
For FINALY STANDING UP AND SAYING WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT. I have been frustrated for so long as to WHY we (Dems.) have sat on our hands and did nothing. Have kept our mouth shut and voted along with them. IT BLOWES MY MINE WHAT GOES ON THERE IN WASHINGTON. I Sit at home and wounder if any one has a lick of common sense there somedays. WE THE PARTY NEED TO UNITE TO TAKE THIS COUNTRY BACK FOR THE PEOPLE. We need to stop making back room deals and acting like closet republicans. THE PEOPLE DON”T CARE because of the actions of both parties in washington. They both don’t know how to act. SO WE NEED TO CLEAN UP OUR ACT RISE ABOVE THIS BAD BEHAVOR SET A STANDARD OF ETHICS AND GIVE THE VOICE BACK TO THE PEOPLE AND THEY WILL INTURN GIVE US THERE SUPPORT TO ONCE AGAIN MAKE THIS A GREAT AND RESPECTED NATION. Keep up the great work you have started. I will do my best to try to help you in any way I can. THANKS AGAIN
— Robin Butler Nov 2, 12:12 PM # - Thank you, Senator Reid.
— Chuck Bernard Nov 2, 12:27 PM # - Well done, Senator Reid. Hopefully I mean, well begun. After this, maybe we can shift the conversation to secret prisons, the limits of executive privilege in neverending wars, and the shaming of the American people, its government and its military by the use of torture. Where are the indictments that stick here? Thank you, though, for getting the ball FINALLY rolling.
— Stacy Harvey Nov 2, 12:28 PM # - Thank you, Senator Reid! You make me proud to be a Nevadan and a Democrat. Keep fighting the good fight…
— ani Nov 2, 12:36 PM # - Bravo!
— Michelle Nov 2, 12:39 PM # - “I performed two abortions in your name today. Thank you for your great work.” Posted by –
George Tille
Harry Reid is Pro Life, Idiot.
— No Gibbons Nov 2, 12:55 PM # - Re: invoking Rule 21 on November 1, 2005;
Thank you!
— Richard Girard Nov 2, 12:57 PM # - That was SPECTACULAR!!! Could you keep it up? I loved it! It was the first REAL indication to me that my party will take down these fiends in power! Please, make the “personal affront[s]” to Frist a regular feature! And don’t wait so long on all the other dire matters they sweep under the rug. THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!
— cb Nov 2, 12:59 PM # - Well done, Senator Reid! If more Democrats were like you, the party and the nation would be better off.
Do it again!
— Mighty_Mezz Nov 2, 01:01 PM # - Exellently done. Keep the pressure on. This is what the Democratic party has needed to do for a long time.
— dc Nov 2, 01:04 PM # - Great Job!
— Peter Francis Nov 2, 01:06 PM # - Thanks, Harry. I’m going to see if I can get you appointed as an honorary third Senator from Massachusetts…
— Fred Nov 2, 01:13 PM # - Thank you, thank you. I only wish that Kerry had used a similar text when he ran for president.
— Michael McDonald Nov 2, 01:14 PM # - Honorable Senator Harry Reid,
Sir,
I wish express my admiration for your actions in finally taking the US Senate to task for it’s despicable lack of over sight of this administration’s treasons actions and policies.
You have restored my faith that our federal government may someday once again be of the people, for the people by the people of the United States of America. It is hard to find words to express the amount of gratitude I feel towards you for it. I can only say that you are a true patriot and one of the greatest statesmen to have ever honorably served your fellow Americans.
With the deepest respect,
Douglas Kilgore
— Doug Kilgore Nov 2, 01:16 PM # - God bless you. Thank you. You are an American hero and a true patriot. AND, IT’S ABOUT TIME!!!!! I cried out in sheer joy when I heard the news of your actions. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
— Anne Selten Nov 2, 01:19 PM # - I have not had much use for the democratic party as you have let pass a number of laws that only benefit those that need no benefit, and oppress those that need it most but in this instance I applaud you for doing what should have been done quite sometime ago. I find your party to be populated by a bunch wimps. The disengenuous claim that no one knew saddam had no weapons is belied by the statements of Hans Blix and Scott Ritter stating the fact that there were none. Why did you, as a group, not know this when I did, and I have no access to anything like the information you are privy to. Further, rescind the patriot act, disband homeland security they are both useless, ineffective behemoths meant only to control us. Witness Katrina. Further, razor wire atop chainlink fence and called a free speech zone-Is Not A Free Speech Zone at a Democratic convention for gods sake. I am proud of you Harry but I hold your party in contempt for their silence and complete, and I mean complete, lack of courage.
Burnie
— Burnie Nov 2, 01:19 PM # - Thank you, Senator Reid, for expressing the voice of the people! Keep Givin’ ‘em Hell!
— H Hofmann Nov 2, 01:29 PM # - Thankyou for making me proud to be called a Democrat and an American today. You have my full support and the support of many other Americans who want to protect our deocracy from fascism. Let’s keep the ball rolling!
— Erin Nov 2, 01:32 PM # - Harry when the history books are written thirty years from now, your name will be highlighted as the man that saved our nation from this corrupt and evil administration. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you!
— Lucretia Nov 2, 01:33 PM # - Finally!!! Thank you Sen. Reid. Keep up the pressure. Don’t let Frist brow beat you. I wonder if he was as good a doctor as he is a senator? God forbid!!
— Carolyn B. Nov 2, 01:45 PM # - Thank you Harry!!! We must know the truth about getting into Iraq, for now and for the future
— katy white Nov 2, 01:46 PM # - thank you for doing this – 2 of my brothers have been in iraq, a 3rd probably will be – i think it’s about time that we all get some answers about why we are in this disgusting mess.
— jz Nov 2, 01:48 PM # - Thank you, Senator Reid for having the courage to stand up and do the right thing. I normally vote Republican, but have become very discouraged by the direction of our current leadership and especially by all of the secrecy on the part of the Bush Administration. Please continue to hold the Republican Party accountable for its actions.
— Mike Mason Nov 2, 01:50 PM # - Thank you, Senator Reid, for bringing democracy back to the Senate Floor. Don’t give up and don’t let the Right Wing Conspirators stall the intelligence committee any further. This is just the beginning of an awakening of this country after a long, long, long sleep at the detriment of everything most Americans believe in.
I fear that the damage they have caused both abroad and here at home is too foregone, but if the Senate leadership can pull itself out of the fog of denial and the divisive partisanship that Bush the Divider, not “The Uniter,” has brought to the good people of the USA, then at least we can get back our pride and perhaps start changing our image. Let’s have a public inquiry into the conspiracy to go to war and the cover-up to the conspiracy to go to war, fashioned just like the Watergate hearings. It is the medicine that this country needs.
Nancy Leo
— Nancy Leo Nov 2, 01:50 PM # - Thank you so much for finally stepping up to the plate. The American public is fed up with the lies and manipulations that have led us to war and so many other disasters. While I have been dismayed to see most of the democrats sit by and let it happen, I am heartened by what I saw yesterday.
They must be held accountable and the media seems determined not to do it. Please do not back down! We are owed the truth.
— Holly Nov 2, 02:01 PM # - You mean…the Emperor…is naked?
Finally. Thank you.
jg
— Jef Golden Nov 2, 02:06 PM # - Thank you, Harry Reid! Keep pushing—the defensive and hostile reaction of Republicans reveals just how desperate they are to cover up the White House’s distortions and manipulations of the facts.
— K Nov 2, 02:06 PM # - BRAVO, Senator Reid. It is about time to get some answers to the questions many of us have asked for the last three years. Please hold this administration accountable for their actions! America deserves to know the truth behind this dispicable was!
— Chris Healey Nov 2, 02:12 PM # - Thank you Senator Reid. I consider you a national treasure.
— Jo Dodson-Boyte Nov 2, 02:15 PM # - Thank you Senator! It’s time to start yelling loud. No more pussy Democrats! Keep up the fight.
— Adele Yeager Nov 2, 02:22 PM # - Finally, a Dem with some passion and straight forward thinking. Your responses during your press conference were simple, honest.
Thank you.
— James Garry Nov 2, 02:28 PM # - By gosh, this Senator has “got starch”. What a welcome sight that was.
Thank you, Senator Reid.
— Anita Hinson Nov 2, 02:29 PM # - The element of surprise is always a valuable tool whether in a physical conflict or in the arena of ideas. I laughed my ass off watching Frist’s apoplectic “Harry kicked our ass and we didn’t see it coming” childish tirade. Senator Reid, you sir, are a brave Democratic patriot with a huge set of red, white and blue balls. Congratulations and thank you for a bright spot in an otherwise Republican smoke screen, neo-con fear filled news day.
— Lance Badger Nov 2, 02:31 PM # - Thank you Harry – You Made My Day.
— janette nocella Nov 2, 02:37 PM # - Great job Senator Reid but you must do more.
It isn’t enough to flush out the facts about Bush making up intelligence on Iraq.
[We all know President Clinton destroyed Saddam’s stock piles of WsMD in 1998 when he dropped over a million pounds of ordnance on Iraq in a 70hr. period during operation Desert Fox. And we didn’t need evidence of their destruction, Clinton’s word was good enough for us!]
You must uncover what really happened on 9-11 {wink wink}
You and I both know that it wasn’t 19 hijackers that flew those planes into the buildings, IT WAS BUSH!! He had those planes wired for remote control and he guided them in by radio control.
— Regniwthgir Nov 2, 02:39 PM # - Thank you, Senator. It’s time to take back our country!
— Mark Lawlor Nov 2, 02:49 PM # - Thank you Sen. Reid for taking a courageous first step.
Please stand your ground by not allowing the GOP to stop this rare momentum in the right direction. We have a right to know the truth about what we’re paying for.
— mstone Nov 2, 02:53 PM # - Dear Senator Reid,
Sir, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU for having the fortitude to stand up for the American people . Your courage to take the actions you did yesterday in the Senate has given me and so many more reason to hope that the lies and coverups that has gripped our nation for the last 4+ years will finally stop.
This war is without validity, unnecessary and nightmarish. It has cost this country billions and thousands of lives for America and Iraq. It is time for the truth be told about this issue and so much more. This administration is without honor or compassion, conservative or otherwise,
and has soiled America’s name with it’s criminal activities.
Keep it up and get the answers that are so badly needed. You and Mr Fritzgerald have become heros not only to me but to all of the rational, thinking and caring citizens of this country. We have been kept silenced for far too long!
Keep strong and stay the course!
Judi Satchell
— Judith A. Satchell Nov 2, 02:55 PM # - You made me proud to be a Democrat again with your actions yesterday. I congratulate you on your courage and hope this is the first step to reclaiming at least one house of congress next year.
In their pathetic excuse for a news conference Frist and company looked obviously confused and weakened. They lashed out inanely with nothing more than name calling.
By contrast, Durbin and Levin were quite eloquent, straight-forward and informational in theirs.
Please don’t stop with this one important move. Americans are ready and waiting for congress to resume its role of oversight.
— Tony Armstrong Nov 2, 02:56 PM # - #543 Then how can he be a Democrat? The Democrat party is the pro-death party. More abortions all the time is our motto. We must kick out Harry Reid if he refuses to acknowledge a woman’s right to choice. That trumps everything, even impeaching Chimpy McBushilterBurton. Today I will perform more abortions to spite Harry Reid.
— George Tiller Nov 2, 02:58 PM # - Thank you for standing up. Please don’t stop. You go!!!!! Senator Reid.
— Patricia King Nov 2, 02:59 PM # - You’ve made us proud today Senator Reid, very proud, now make us ever prouder FILIBUSTER Scalito. We are pissed and ready to fight, we are sick and tired of the Religious Right and it’s about time we do something about it. The Turn out at the mid-term elections will be huge if the democrats fight!! Please FILIBUSTER.
Also I belive I have found the Limbaugh of the Left, his name: Michelangelo Signorile, the most persuasive advocate for our views on the radio, funnier and smarter then any other lefty I’ve ever heard. Buy Sirius, tune to the OutQ Gay channel (106), Mon-Fri: 2pm-6pm trust me this guy is good.
— James86Darlington Nov 2, 03:08 PM # - Three cheers for Senator Reid and Senator Durbin. Don’t let up on this issue—and then go after the Katrina investigation, the Halliburton investigation, the Abu Graib investigation… Don’t stop until this administration is held accountable. Millions are behind you.
— Kathryn Hill Nov 2, 03:13 PM # - Harry.
Continue the investigation. Please find out why the Jews knew about 9/11 and stayed home from work. It has to be the Massad. Don’t stop until the answers come out. Bush must pay for his lies. No blood for oil. It’s so obvious the war was about oil. Look how cheap gas is today.
— Bob Nov 2, 03:37 PM # - Thank you Mr. Reid.
Your transparent stunt to deflect attention from your lack of ideas via invocation of Rule 21 will ensure that the GOP holds the reigns for yet another election cycle. Was this creative tantrum an idea derived from Rovian-spiked Boston tea or did you assemble this trial ballon with your own set of tinkertoys and balloon juice? Whatever the motivation, the Republican party is ever grateful for the continued flailing in lieu of novel, mature thought.
Your noble attempt to further sabotage the contemporary Democratic party, however, does have unfortunate consequences. Some of us would prefer more than a single party democracy so that we may avoid the incestuous and compromised assemblage that inevitably occurs when one party attains too much power. Your clumsy tactics, sadly, ensure that such a trend of GOP expansion will continue unabated since petty and disingenous pontification remains blatantly self-absorbed and wholly unappealing to most citizens.
Nonetheless, I wish you the best of luck tearing down from within so that a new set of more enlightened representatives will refill the rolls. You, Sir, are a patriot.
— AnonymousDrivel Nov 2, 03:38 PM # - But where have all the Democrats been throughout all this 5 year destruction of American prestige, wealth and integrity? We are now hated by every country in the world with a few exceptions. Even Canada despises us for failure to live up to promises. It’s about time the other party did something! We silent, frightened Americans are furious with all of you. Other Americans are living in a fantasy world, encompassing TV, movies, partying, and unfortunately drugs. Because we have lost pride in our country—we aren’t the good guys anymore!!!
Congress, and particularly this administration have the burden of this “new, hypocritical, corrupt, bankrupt and fearful nation” on your backs.
You made a start with this move, please keep it up. America, as I knew it, is almost gone.
— Pat Bartram Nov 2, 03:49 PM # - Thanks for finally getting off your ass and standing up to the lies and deceipt and mass-murder your administration is conducting at leasure. You would be more credible in your (extremely belated) moral outrage if you had mentioned the most innocent victims in this criminal endeavour – not your soldier boys selling snuff for porn, but the hundreds of thousands of iraqi civilians that have been maimed, tortured and killed by them for your country’s greed for global hegemony!
So give ‘em hell Harry, but get your moral compass straight or all we will see is a cheap politic stunt meant to put your name into the running (Reid/Clinton 2008? Yeah right, prove you’re worth it!)
— abouttime Nov 2, 04:13 PM # - Way to go Senator Reid! You’ve got my support.
— Mjoyce Nov 2, 04:21 PM # - You have given democrats around the country not only hope but an actual result, no to disrespect all the other democratic leaders but this was so monumental in my eyes for the country, I cannot wait for Nov. 14th
— anthony garcia Nov 2, 04:31 PM # - It is about time somebody stood up for the American people. Tens of thousands have died and the American people and people of the world should know why. The people responsible should be on trial with other mass murders such as, Sadam Husein.
— TERESA LADNER Nov 2, 04:31 PM # - Thank you for your leadership. Some of us Texans are 100% behind you.
— Victor Nov 2, 04:38 PM # - BRAVO!!!! It’s about time someone stopped the corruption and lies in this administration. How dare they endanger a CIA operative and cost her her job-
they should all lose THEIR jobs!!!!! I hope heads will role with this. The Republican Administration is killing this countryhere in Michigan the Big Three are going down big time. WE ARE WITH YOU ALL THE WAY-and if it goes to the top-impeach their asses.
— Judith (Reid) Van Dyke Nov 2, 04:39 PM # - Thank you so much Senator Reid for waking people up and shaking things up. You’ve got my support too!
— Maya Contreras Nov 2, 04:40 PM # - THANK YOU!
Also, what Saddam is now on trial? Will you also find out what happen to all the other Saddams the White House lead us to believe there were, just as the troops were entering Iraq? It was said there were 3 to 5 Saddam look alikes. Where are they… or was this another white lie coming from the house of white?
— Ruth Clark Nov 2, 04:41 PM # - Thank you for doing what you did on November 1st, Mr. Reid. You have given me faith in the Democratic party again. I thought it was asleep—you’ve shown me that it is not.
Please don’t back down from this president or his clones in the Senate. He and they are dangerous. Deliver us from their evil …
Thank you,
Carolyn N. from Atlanta
— Carolyn N. Nov 2, 04:44 PM # - Please keep after this Harry!! I worked so hard to get Bush out of office during the election by working for the Kerry campaign. When we lost I felt defeated and haven’t had any outlet to challenge this corrupt administration since then. I’m going to be anxiously watching where you go with this like nothing else since the election itself!!
Thank you!!! Thank you so much
Cliff & Kelly Snyder
— Cliff Snyder Nov 2, 04:59 PM # - THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU, SENATOR REID!!!! Thanks to you and all of the Senate Democrats for your bold initiative to end the corruption of the Bush administration and the Republican Party. Please do not lose your courage; do not lose sight of what is right; do not forget us. We are counting on you.
— Melissa M. Nov 2, 05:05 PM # - Nevada is lucky to have you. Americans are lucky to have you.
I am sick of these crazy Reich –Wing zealots trying to take over this country.
Harry, you have given me hope that someday we may reclaim our country from the wing-nuts.
I’d love to see these corrupt, immoral, wh*res to corporations, frog-marched to the pen.
— elaine Nov 2, 05:14 PM # - Mr. Reid
You and your liberal buddies are very entertaining. Obviously you are coming unhinged. You remind me of my wife’s pre school children when they’re told they have to come in from recess.
I grew up a democrat, and the party has left me. You fuss about 2000 soldiers who have died in a noble cause, and yet you and your liberal pro abortion friends have the blood of 3000 BABIES PER DAY ON YOUR HANDS.
On second thought, you’re not very entertaining. You are pathetic. I pray for you because it’s the right thing to do.
Larry
— Larry Nov 2, 05:17 PM # - Bravo!
— canichelouis Nov 2, 05:18 PM # - I don’t know where the Senate was when others of us in the country had plenty of access to information showing the build-up to the war was manufactured? Now we’ve all had to reap what the Senate sowed…especially the Iraqi people. They’ve been killed and injured in far greater numbers than our “mainstream” media reports.
GET OUT OF IRAQ. We morally owe Iraq the money to pay for rebuilding what we destroyed, but our presence in Iraq will do nothing but exacerbate the violence
— Brenda Barnetson Nov 2, 05:24 PM # - Okay, rally the cowards hiding under their desks, enlist their help, coddle them, do what ever the hell it takes to bring down this administration, a force of darkness, the likes of which I have never seen in my life, they are bad for people, animals, countries, and when you get down to where the rubber meets the road, they are good for nothing. If they want to experience the joy and and death of a war they wanted so badly they lied and subverted truth, commited treasonous acts anyone else would receive very long prison sentences for-send their sorry fucking asses over there and give them all jobs leading convoys out of Bagdhad in armorless vehicles they promised to fix. Let them experience the death and evisceration, the killing and slaughter of woman, children, all innocent, all DEAD for their resumes, to look good as a war president, to the obscene accumulation of profit. It is fucking disgusting. So tell the rest of the Goddamn democrats and anyone else who might qualify as human being to get off their asses and do the right thing and you all know what that is-nothing less than the removal of bush, and every last one his cabal.
Burnie
— Burnie Nov 2, 05:29 PM # - This makes Watergate look like a joke! Can entire administrations be impeached?
I and my entire family support you sir. Please back up what you have now started and don’t stop until the entire incident is exposed and these guys are fired. If there is anything we can do to help your cause, don’t hesitate to ask.
— Alfonse Nov 2, 05:36 PM # - Senator:
Didn’t that feel good???
Do it some more.
You cannot do it enough to suit me.
— masaccio Nov 2, 05:43 PM # - Thank you from the bottom of my heart for what you’re doing. Keep it up!
— Sheila Shives Nov 2, 05:45 PM # - Senator Reid, you opened the door to truth, walk through, many Americans will follow.Thank you. Laura Leuer
— Laura Leuer Nov 2, 05:46 PM # - Thanks for the birthday present-excellent job. Seeing Frist whine and throw a hissy fit had me in tears.
The act was backed up by TV appearances of DEMs giving their side. You need more of this to counted the rep hacks who get their message out (lies and all).
Another suggestion, you need to get the trolls off the site. Especially, if all they do is post 15 long comments from another web site.
— Judy Nov 2, 05:48 PM # - it’s about time you democrats got your genatalia back.
Hooray for Reid.
— Renee Nov 2, 06:03 PM # - Harry, you lost it and I love it! Pat Roberts has as much blood on his hands as Cheney. Stalling, mouthpiecing, and flat out lying for this war “intelligence”. The White House is awash in American soldier blood and we are disgusted. Thank you for showing some passion. The ego of Frist being “insulted”. I would gladly “slap him in the face” for every dead American soldier that died horribly for a “noble cause”. I love that Frist will never be a contender for the White House. He and Santorum are pathetic. They shame this country. Now their blaming Clinton! The CIA must be furious with taking so much blame and not being able to defend themselves! “Scooter” is a fall guy!
— Tomm Nov 2, 06:09 PM # - Thank you Senator Reid. I was born in Las Vegas, Nevada, so have an interest in what happens in Nevada. However, you r’e not just the Senior Senator from Nevada, you are the Senior Senator from the United States. Thank you for giving me hope that right will prevail.
— Joann H. Marcus Nov 2, 06:11 PM # - Thank you, Senator Reid. I hope this is the beginning of the end of the control of America by corporate interests and far-right idealogues. Don’t stop fighting.
— david Nov 2, 06:21 PM # - I would like to thank you for finally doing something . This kind of action is necessary . These people in charge are mass murders no different than Hussaine . Tens of thousands of people have died because of their policies and indifference to human suffering . I hope this is just the beginning .
— Norman Ladner Nov 2, 06:36 PM # - I would say, “IMPEACH BUSH” but Cheney is worse.
I would say, “IMPEACH BUSH and CHENEY” but Rumsfield is worse.
I say – “REPLACE THEM ALL!”
— Tony Malone Nov 2, 07:11 PM # - Thank you Senator Reid for finially standing up for our rights. I would very much like to feel some sense of pride in the United States again, but until you and your fellow Senators finially spoke up there was no light at the end of the tunnel.
— Wild Bill Nov 2, 07:28 PM # - Hello,
Congratulations on having the closed session. I have been disillusioned with the Democrats for awhile, since they’ve avoided really standing up to the Republicans. Hopefully, this closed session marks the end of that. Democrats must get over centrism and conciliation, offer a coherent alternative and fight HARD for it. This is the ONLY way that the Democratic party will win back disillusioned voters of all stripes and save our country. For the 2006 elections, the Dems must present a broad platform of bold ideas that they will implement if they win back Congress. Among these ideas should be:
—An immediate withdrawal of all troops from Iraq, or a definite timetable for doing so.
—A “no stone unturned” investigation of possible crimes committed by this presidential administration, with impeachment on the table as a possibility.
—A broad international effort to stop nuclear proliferation, with an accompanying freeze on all development of new nuclear weapons by the US.
—An alternative-energy Manhattan Project to eliminate America’s need for fossil fuels.
—Publicly financed elections, in order to stop corporate interests from controlling our elections (like they have for so long).
We must not harbor any illusions about these goals. Nothing is more dangerous than a wounded and cornered wild animal, and the Republicans will fight harder than ever before to stop this. We must fight even harder. I’ve often wondered if the Democrats have the spine to do this, but yesterday’s events are a very good sign.
In short, Sen, Reid, you must keep doing what you did yesterday. Only do a LOT more of it!
David W.
— David Wilcox Nov 2, 07:42 PM # - Thanks Senator Reid for not allowing the current administration to brush this under the rug. It is time for us to know the truth about what happened.
— John Robinson Nov 2, 09:23 PM # - Hi Senator Reid. Thanks for fighting for us, the
people. All our voice’s are in yours. Literally,
and hopefully. Please continue with the major spine moves.
— Cb Nov 2, 09:29 PM # - Thank you Senator! Please keep up the good fight!
— Ken McCann Nov 2, 09:52 PM # - Thank you, Senator Reid!!! We need to have confirmation of what we are already certain – that the administration lied to, terrified and covered up their true intentions when it came to the American public. And what has been gained? Billions of dollars for Halliburton (Cheney) and Bechtel (Rumsfeld).
They want to cut Medicaid, Medicare, Food Stamps, and any other program that deals with the middle class and the poor. But they never have a thought of rescinding the tax breaks (more billions) for the most wealthy. At this rate, Republicans will acheive their dream of a two class society – a small number of rich and the majority of poor in a few years.
Thank you and all of the other Democratic Senators!
Carol
— carol bish Nov 2, 10:24 PM # - Way to go Senator!
We have your back.
We are proud of you and glad you are our leader.
We will do our part out here in the grasslands to elect a Congress that you can work with in 2006.
— Camille Nov 2, 10:31 PM # - I am grateful to know that there are some members of the Democratic party left with enough backbone to fight against the the Bush adminstration’s war mongering. Bring them to justice and expose the true agenda that has been kept from the American people. DONT GIVE UP!
Ian Dodge
Portland, Oregon
— Ian Dodge Nov 2, 11:00 PM # - Hello, Mr. Bush? Hell Calling.
Give em hell Harry, and God bless you and anyone who joined you in standing up to the Cons of the New American Century
Yes, finally finally finally we found some soul and heart and cajones in the senate. Oh please, sir, please, CAN WE HAVE MORE?
— sofia debussy Nov 2, 11:09 PM # - PS, thanks for controlling the spectacle. He who controls the spectacle, controls the world of politics. You took their communial breath away, and all they could do was shudder names at you.
Keep being presumptious. You have our permission to stand up to those miserable creeps who stole democracy in America.
— sofia debussy Nov 2, 11:13 PM # - Senator Reid,
It was great to see a democrat finally have the courage to fight back against these republicans who are complacent in the idea that the people and their representatives won’t challenge them. Our representatives are supposed to do exactly what you did yesterday. You stood up for the people at a time when we feel powerless to stop a rampaging, world stomping administration. The Bush administration is out of control in their hunger to dominate the planet militarily, commercially, and ideologically. Feel free to call for a closed door session tomorrow on this obscene issue of secret prisons. The American people have had enough. Please understand you will have a civilian army of millions of American patriots behind you in the war against this neo-conservative menace. The more you speak up and speak out, the larger this army will grow. You could lead the armies of peace and justice.
— Terry Nov 2, 11:14 PM # - Thank you to a true patriot! You have spoken out for the truth. Keep it up and don’t pussyfoot around, when someone lies, call them a liar. You have given me hope in our country again. :)
— Chris C. Nov 3, 12:00 AM # - The Republicans can’t twist your words around to use against you. Your were clear. They are dead wrong and they are beginning to know it.
Thank you for your eloquence!
Give ‘em Hell once a week at least! Especially the way they subverted the California gov’t to put in Arnold… Did Cheney’s energy meeting at the pentagon set that up? (subversion is treason—-shouldn’t Cheney be hanged by his thumbs or at least impeached) Is outing a CIA agent subverting our government as well as the agent and the agency?
Yea! DEMOCRACY! YEA! DEMS!
— Charlotte Nov 3, 12:05 AM # - Let’s here it for Harry!!!!
Yes. We hear you Harry, and are proud of you.
Now, can you just ask for impeachment on the floor of the senate? You will be bouyed up by true patriots of America, which is the true majority, and will go down in history as the white-hatted real man from the West who took down the cowards in black who stole America. It’s High Noon.
Don’t be shy, Harry. You started something long over due. WE THE PEOPLE want our country back, along with the original sacred papers of the Bill of Rights and Constitution.
If not now, when? IMPEACHMENT OF CHENEY AND VP BUSH.
— liberty pilgrim Nov 3, 12:10 AM # - Dear Senator Reid, Thank you so much for taking action on what lead up to the Iraq war. We all deserve to know the truth about what our government is and has been up to regarding Iraq and all of the bad choices for supreme court justices. Please keep up the good work.
— Stephanie Bisceglia Nov 3, 12:46 AM # - THANK YOU!!!!!!!!
I absolutely stood up and CHEERED when I heard you GIVE ‘EM HELL! It’s way WAY past time. You spoke for millions of Americans who are disgusted and fed up with this administration. You gave us a voice when you spoke such truth, which is EXACTLY what an elected official is supposed to do, represent and speak for We the People.
It’s a shame that Frist and other Republicans view standing up for what is right as a ‘stunt’, but it exposes them for the hypocrites they truly are, saying one thing while doing another, or in this case, doing NOTHING that they were SUPPOSED to do.
Don’t back down, don’t yield an inch. We’re behind you, all the way! Well Done!!!!!
— Cherokee Nov 3, 01:32 AM # - THANK YOU! Finally, a Senator I am proud of and I wish you were representing my state. Don’t let up on them, and help us force accountability onto the Republican party.
— Jennifer Nov 3, 02:16 AM # - Thank you, Senator Reid. As a former resident of Nevada, I am especially proud of your principled stand against the onslaught of Republican abuses of our democracy. Please continue to lead Senate Democrats in this fight.
— Joseph Boris Nov 3, 05:45 AM # - Thank you Senator Reid. Forty-five years ago I read “Government of the people, for the people, by the people, in other words democracy can only work if the people can think clearly for themselves or at least recognize clear thinking on the part of others.” People must have the facts in order to come to a rational decision.
If the invasion of Iqaq was made on faulty intelligence and flawed facts then the thinking behind it was also faulty. It is time the American people and the rest of the world are told the truth. President Bush has destroyed America’s credibility in the rest of the world. The only way for America to regain credibility and its prestiege in the rest world is to speak the truth and act accordingly. It should stop interfering in the rest of the world and lead by example. Keep up the good work senator. A Canadian observer.
— A. Edward Cullin Nov 3, 09:28 AM # - Thank you for standing up for truth and justice, I hope this becomes a turning point to expose the American public to the truth. I hope that your integrity extends beyond party politics to the point that when there is an issue of corruption or illegal activity within the your own party or with a sitting Democratic president you will stand up for those principles as much as you do now. My sincere thanks.
— Nabil William Bahai Nov 3, 09:33 AM # - For the first time in long time I was proud of the democrat’s and especially Senator Harry Reid. What a black period this past five years has been for America and all of her citizens. This administration has been destructive and at times I have felt they are close to establishing marshall law – on all of us.
We all need to come out of our perpetual state of fear, isolation and frustration and encourage our leaders to do just that – LEAD! We need a hero someone who will speak the truth, take a risk, demand that this administration is accountable for what they have done!
Bravo Senator Reid, Bravo!
— Lynnie Laks Nov 3, 11:33 AM # - Dear Senator Reid:
Thank you for speaking for the millions
of us from whom this election – like the
last one – was stolen by the joint forces
of Bush&Co, Diebold & our endangered
Supreme Court, among others.
Outrageous Corruption,
Outrageous War Spending,
Outright Money Greed and
the Military Culture of Torture
are truly destroying our once-great country.
America hangs in the balance.
Please fight for us all.
Please Keep The Pressure On Every Day!
America IS watching – and we are with you!
— LindaG. Nov 3, 12:22 PM # - America trusted the Bush Administration and in support, gave their most valuable treasure, their sons and daughters. This administration has done the unforgivable——- may they all burn in hell on a very slow spit.
Don’t let them get away with anything, Harry!
Wakefield, MA
— Joanne Melanson Nov 3, 01:01 PM # - Thank you!!!! Thank you a million times for restoring my faith in an opposition party. Don’t back down, no matter what anyone says. We’re behind you a thousand percent.
— Angela Haley Nov 3, 01:12 PM # - Thanks :)
— theluckyone Nov 3, 01:33 PM # - To quote 80s band ‘Twisted Sister”:
WE’RE NOT GONNA TAKE IT ANYMORE!
Bravo to you, Senator Reid. Stay strong. These slimy, corrupt, morally bankrupt thugs are going to try to fight back with every ounce of spiteful venom they have. Do not back down! You have an army of millions supporting you.
The time is now. Push for the truth and expose the rotten bastards for the disgrace to the nation that they are… and send a message to America -and the world- that such rot will never infest our government again.
I think the reason that they are so apoplectic at your maneuver (pure genius, by the way) is that they are terrified at the prospect of the truth being exposed.
You blasted the door open, Senator Reid. It’s giving them conniptions. That’s just the start, though. Keep pushing, keep nagging, keep pushing until the whole truth is exposed.
“Try not. Do, or do not. There is no try.”
—Yoda in “Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back”
— Hollis Lilly Nov 3, 02:11 PM # - I am so happy that you and our wonderful Illinois Senator Durbin have had a great success in breaking through and showing all of us Democrat patriots that you are fighting hard for us. You will go down in history if you two figure out a way to bring this fascist WhiteHouse to justice. Fighting fascism is not—or shouldn’t be—a partisan matter. BTW, have you heard the brilliant slogan going around the internet now? “Would someone give Bush a blow job so we can impeach him?” I love it.
— Virginia Metze Nov 3, 02:53 PM # - THANK YOU HARRY
Closing the Senate was a stroke of genius. Republicans need a wake up call. I thought Frist was going to have a stroke. He said it was a “stunt”
but a stunt was diagnosing Terry Schiavo from a video. That’s not original. I got it from Jon Stewart!
— Lynne Nov 3, 05:57 PM # - God bless you Harry Reid for having the courage to stand up against corrupted money- based politics. You really do speak for the people and ALL the people including the masses who are not the top rich people in this country which is most of us. Please please please keep it up and do your best to stand up to these lying crooks. You are operating from a true spiritual base of compassion and it will reflect back to you ten fold. God bless you a million times. Thank you sir!
— Lisa Nov 3, 07:41 PM # - Senator Reid,
I thank you for not only making your state proud, but smacking mine in the face. Let’s face it, we all need it at times…:)...
As I write this there are 639 (I’m 640) that have your back on this one. We know how this administration has tainted our great nation around the globe. It’s up to people such as yourself to tote an extremely heavy load. I’ll take a couple tons. Give ‘Em Hell Harry!!!
— aTexan Nov 3, 09:12 PM # - Give me more hell Harry! Hugs from our entire family from coast to coast! I can just see your name up there in the history books right next to my dearest friend and mentor, Senator Wayne Morse! Wow! What a guy!
We have your back Harry! America is with you all the way!
All our love to you and yours!
— James and Kathleen Nov 3, 11:40 PM # - Thank you, Mr. Reid, for fighting for America.
— Dan Nov 4, 02:30 PM # - Dear Senator Reid:
Thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for having the strength and courage to sink your teeth into this mess! Sink em deep, sink em long, and rip the lies of this administration open for all the world to see!!! That is necesssary before we can truly begin to heal and allow our brothers and sisters in Iraq and elsewhere in the world to heal.
I’m so horrified by what this administration has done! It’ll take many generations of Americans to attone for this evil invasion, for the rape and torture of a helpless yet sovreign nation. Weapeons of mass destruction? They couldn’t even protect their own air space. And this administration knew that going in.
Sink your teeth deep and don’t let go! Make the evil ones holding our country hostage in the White House account for what they’ve done to us and the world.
May they receive their dues before the end of their tenure in office, so the world can swiftly see what happens when trusted officials in America go afoul!
— Starr Nov 4, 02:42 PM # - Thank you for seeing the light. Jesus would of thrown Mr Robertson from the temple for his lies and false religion. We need to put it in the press everywhere about the lies and treasonous acts of Mr Bush and all his followers who failed to question the evidence he presented for going to war. They need to be locked up without bail as other terrorist suspects are, for they are worse than Bin Ladden. This administration is conducting class genocide on the poor Americans who have lost their jobs and can’t find another that pays their bills, so they join the Army for a job, and end up dead or maimed for life. As for election fraud, I think it should be redone on paper ballots,in Ohio and Fla for sure, I bet he would loose by a landslide if the votes were fairly counted. Thank you Sir for your stance and being a real American.
— Richard Nordland Nov 4, 06:08 PM # - Thank you Sen. Reid for proving that we are willing to fight for what is right for the American people. Let’s throw the bums out! This administration stinks worse than bay bottom at low tide!
— Bob Kaekel Nov 4, 09:41 PM # - I am so proud of you. Finally a Democrat in congress with some BALLS. Don’t apologize either.
— Sandra Simmons Nov 5, 02:24 AM # - Thanks Senator Reid, For Standing Up for Freedom, Equality, and JUSTICE. tHE REST OF THE Senators’ need to get some balls’. LONG LIVE THE Republic. Bring back dignity and respect to this great Nation.
— Bernie Clair Nov 5, 05:34 AM # - This administration has brought our country to the point were we are the laughing stock of the world. They are not “public servants”, but instead are self serving. Impeachment would be too kind. They deserve a different kind of Gov. job with housing and all provided at taxpayers expense. This job would be making auto tags in a FEDERAL PEN! It would most likely be the only honest thing they’ve done in their collective lives. Also, they would finally understand the equality that is the foundation of our constitution! BRING THE BASTARDS DOWN!
— Bob Kaekel Nov 5, 10:46 AM # - Former ambassador Joseph Wilson spoke recently at a National Press Club luncheon. His talk will be shown again today, Saturday 11/05/05 a little after 1 pm eastern, noon central on C-span. I watched it live the other day. Anyone who wants to hear Mr. Wilson explain his story should watch.
Months ago, Rep. John Conyers held a hearing in the basement of the House (because the majority party would not allow a real conference room to be used.) Joe Wilson testified and this hearing was also broadcast on C-span. Both events can be found and viewed from the C-span website archives.
We need the democratic leadership to be relentless in bringing out the truth.
— Dianne Nov 5, 01:09 PM # - I can’t believe it ,somebody woke up there in Washington and had the guts to stand up for the american people.I loved every minute.It felt like somebody cares.You seemed like you were 10 feet tall.wonderful
— eaton Nov 5, 09:26 PM # - Patricia Steward,
Clinton did not without justification kill tens of thousands of Iraqi people, and over 2000 American Soldiers. He never refused aid to disaster victims and ordered them shot on site. He certainly never blockaided a disaster site for five days refusing to allow anyone to help victims. President Clinton never disgraced our country with war crimes, nor did he violate the Geneva Convention. President Clinton did not have massive unemployment, or three dollar a gallon gas prices. President Clinton didn’t give all the government contracts to his vice president’s business associates. President Clinton never jeapordized the nations health by offending drug suppliers in Canada, so that we would be unable to obtain flu vaccines. President Clinton never exposed CIA agents. Bush has done all of these things and a lot more to hurt the American People, and he is a discrace to this country and to the office of President. President Clinton may have told a fib about his sex life, but he never endanged anyone’s life by that lie.
President Bush is guilty of purgery, murder and treason. Those are called high crimes by the Constitution and he should be impeached. It should also be established wheter he ever really won either election. His entire term of office has been spent in coverup, and if you think he is such a great guy, you are simply uninformed.
Kenneth Star for all his efforts didn’t turn up anything against Clinton, which even merrits mention. Watergate itself pales in comparrison to what Bush has done, and Benidict Arnold deserves a post humous public appology if Bush isn’t punished immediately. By the earlier laws of this nation, he should not only be impeached, he should be hung.
The Bush impeachment is long, long, long overdue. For the past 5 years the Republican owned media, has lied for Bush, Republican majorities in house and senate have protected him. Coverups of massive scale have been allowed, while Bush disregarded the constitution, the geneva convention, and the recomendations of the UN and our Alies.
Instead of abiding by the laws of the land, Bush lied, and started a war that was about his own business interests, and not national security. He has commited clear acts of aggression in light of recent evidence. He has caused massive loss of life, the numbers of which we can only guess because of coverups. Loss of life in Iraq, New Orleans, and all over the United States due to poverty, and the high cost of medical care.
Supporting Bush is unAmerican, unChristian, and Treasonous. The only thing? He has shown us the reason for seperation of Church and state. Without the help of Fundamentalist so called Christians throughout this country, who preached Republicanism, more than Christ, he would never have been put into office. Gore or Kerry either one would have won by a landslide, were it not for some insane notion that only Republicans are Christian. Republican form of Christianity isn’t Christianity at all. It is mean spirited, hate filled, judgmental, and hinges on the fact that people are kept uninformed by refusing to listen to the truth. Jesus said that “Ye shall know the truth and the truth will set you free.” All Harry asked for is the truth. Something Bush has not tried yet.
— Kim Mc Nov 6, 01:41 AM # - Yes, I agree and am pleased and relieved to hear and see what you say.
But how about your Agenda portion of this website?—No mention of Iraq; no mention of your support of a woman’s right to choose abortion.
I am afraid that I am still a Democrat who must wait and see.
— Constance Cooper Nov 6, 05:49 PM # - Dear Senator Reid,
Kudos to the writer that said you are 10 feet tall. Wonderful. You are a pillar of strength in Washington. Sure, Rush Limbaugh might get you down a bit, but stand tall.
As it says in your bio, you are a fighter, sir. We shall overcome.
— tim Nov 6, 10:09 PM # - Senator:
Just read another quote from you that only reinforces your integrity and justifies your leadership role within the party:
The president waved the flag. I saluted. I never expected to be misled by the president of the United States. Sadly, that was the case. Now it is my duty to the people of this country to do what I can to correct that, AT WHATEVER RISK THERE IS TO MY PERSONAL CAREER (emphasis added). There is no shame in being wrong. But it is shameful to be so afraid to admit a mistake that you push a wrong into being a disaster.”
Now THAT’S what I’m talking about! Why is it that so many politicians don’t realize that the best way to insure you’ll CONTINUE having a career is if you make a stand, damn the torpedos of personal loss, so long as that stand is for the people!
Put yourself on the line, and people will follow!
You’re reminding of what it means to be a real man, Harry.
Thank you.
— extremeguy Nov 7, 02:51 AM # - Thank you Senator Reid for making a stand against the most corrupt white house since Richard Nixon! The one comment I have is that I have not heard a discussion about the Real national security issue that drove the present administration (Dick Cheney in particular) to sell the war in Iraq using false information. It is a small three letter word – OIL. When will the discussion about the wrong path this country is currently taking in regards to our vast energy needs be brought to light? Why are we spending $200 billion dollars on an unjust war where the chances of securing the regions oil look so grim when we could be spending that money to improve mass transportation, vehicle fuel efficency, funding research and development of alternative energy NOW. What is congress waiting for? This is the most serious issue for our time. We can not continue to depend on unstable regions to supply more of our energy needs. Please tell the American people what the true national security issues is so we can demand change!
— paula erker Nov 7, 08:45 AM #
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