Harry Reid a shameful individual

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Originally Posted by BobF
Shalimar, here is one very far left llefty that always blames the Republicans for all the ills they do create themselves. Guns being one of her rants. Guns are OK in our Constitution and Harry Reid, a lefty, also doesn't want to change that rule at all. Our immigrant problem is getting quite sever but some refuse to see that. Many are coming from central and south Americas with the idea they will be accepted and taken care of stories going around in their home areas. Thousands now in hold and waiting for approvals to stay. This is costing the US greatly and creating a major work load for trying to clear them for actual residence in the US. They come from great distances, some are just children and when the get to the US border many will just enter and then sit down waiting for this magic thing to happen. It is not happening and won't and should not. There is proper way to enter the US and those folks are likely getting denied due to the illegal ways being used by so many thousands. We were working on ending this flood of illegals but since the lefties have had control the fences and electronic ways have been ignored. The border patrols have been pulled back to where they no longer stop the masses on the Mexico side. The US is being raped by the ideas of the far left folks and our borders.

And there are several others along with some not so far left ones that are more reasonable.



What a lot of BALONEY! Your post is speculation and your ranting opinion only...... without any creditable links to back it up.
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Again I repeat that our borders are being neglected and the border patrols should go back to monitoring closely at the border and more fences and controls should be put up. We really should tighten up our border to end the illegal immigrants and end the drug importing. Maybe double the Mexican exit places by checking the contents of all vehicles and trucks. It would definitely slow down the highways traffic till cleared.

The following just happened in Pinal county, where I live in Casa Grande. Florence is a bit further north and east of here. So these folks are assumed to have walked several days till they got caught by the border patrol and the sheriff's department nearly a hundred miles north of the border.

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FLORENCE, AZ (KPHO/KTVK) - Authorities in Pinal County have arrested 21 suspected drug smugglers and seized 40 bales of marijuana in a major drug bust tied to the Sinaloa drug cartel in Mexico, Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu said Friday.


At least 40 drug smugglers managed to get away.


"We don’t know where they’re at," Babeu said. "This is further evidence that the Mexican Cartels continue their aggressive smuggling operations."


The bust began at 2:30 a.m. Thursday and unfolded over an eight-hour period, Babeu said.


A Pinal County sheriff’s deputy stopped a suspicious vehicle on Interstate 8 about 70 miles north of the border in Arizona. The deputy noticed a camouflaged bale in the back seat that he suspected was marijuana. At least five occupants were arrested and one got away. A search of the vehicle turned up three bales of marijuana, totaling 150 pounds.


Two of those arrested were U.S. citizens.


At 5:45 a.m., a deputy on routine patrol saw a minivan turn onto Meadowview from State Route 347.


The deputy saw 14 men running toward the van with large packs, Babeu said.


When the deputy turned on his emergency lights, the group scattered and ran into the desert. They left their packs behind.
The van was empty when the dpeuty reached it but 14 large bales of marijuana packaged in camouflaged material were found near the vehicle and in the nearby desert.


The bales weighed 592 pounds.


"This underscores the fact that we have a serious problem here," Babeu said. "The border remains unsecure."


PCSO went on to arrest more than a dozen more suspected drug smugglers.


At 8 a.m., 40 suspected smugglers were spotted walking through a wash near Hidden Valley and Century roads. The U.S. Patrol Patrol turned to PCSO for help.


Over three hours and in rugged mountain terrain, 16 of the estimated 40 smugglers were apprehended by both Border Patrol agents and PCSO detectives from the Anti-Smuggling Unit.


Forty bales of bundled marijuana weighing 995 pounds were located in the area where the smugglers had fled into the desert from the wash.


Babeu said the arrests were made in an area known as a hotbed for drug smuggling.


"This is just the impact over eight hours. So you can imagine what really is going on out there," Babeu said. "This is further evidence that the Mexican Cartels continue their aggressive smuggling operations."


The suspects were booked into the Pinal County Jail on charges of drug smuggling.
Copyright 2015 KPHO/KTVK (KPHO Broadcasting Corporation). All rights reserved.

 
When I lived in Nevada. I got a note from California saying I owed them taxes on my pension even though I hadn't lived there in years.. I contacted Reids office. He introduced a bill and got it passed that stated California had no right to tax any citizen of any other state on their pensions. If you don't know Reid or his actual record it might be prudent to shut down.

Fair enough now how about listing the specific reason for your claims?

Sure thing, Jim:

Liberal critics have argued that Reid was not doing enough to end the American military presence in Iraq,[SUP][37][/SUP] and that he allowed Senate Republicans to create a 60-vote bar for passage of bills without a Democratic filibuster.[SUP][38][/SUP][SUP][39][/SUP][SUP][40][/SUP] Conservatives have criticized Reid for his extensive use of the procedural tactic known as "Filling the tree" to prevent amendments on important bills.[SUP][41][/SUP]Reid has also been criticized for several potentially self-enriching tactics. In 2005, Reid earmarked a spending bill to provide for building a bridge between Nevada and Arizona that would make land he owned more valuable. Reid called funding for construction of a bridge over the Colorado River, among other projects, "incredibly good news for Nevada" in a news release after passage of the 2006 transportation bill. He owned 160 acres (65 ha) of land several miles from the proposed bridge site in Arizona. The bridge could add value to his real estate investment.[SUP][42][/SUP] A year later it was reported that Reid had used campaign donations to pay for $3,300 in Christmas gifts to the staff at the condominium where he resides;[SUP][43][/SUP] federal election law prohibits candidates from using political donations for personal use. Reid's staff stated that his campaign attorneys had approved this use of the funds, but that Reid would personally reimburse his campaign for the expenses. Citizens United filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission to investigate the matter.[SUP][44][/SUP]
A series of investigative reports in the Los Angeles Times[SUP][45][/SUP][SUP][46][/SUP][SUP][47][/SUP][SUP][48][/SUP] suggested that Reid had introduced legislation and imposed pressure on regulatory agencies to advance the business interests of his close friend Harvey Whittemore, a Nevada attorney-lobbyist who contributed heavily to Reid's campaigns and leadership fund and who employed Reid's son Leif as his personal attorney. With Reid's help, Whittemore was able to proceed with construction of a $30 billion planned golf course development, Coyote Springs, a project heavily criticized by environmental groups for reasons including its projected effects on several endangered species.[SUP][49][/SUP][SUP][50][/SUP]
In 2006, the National Republican Senatorial Committee attempted to associate Reid with the Jack Abramoff Indian lobbying scandal by pointing out he had "received more than $50,000 from four tribes with gaming interests between 2001 and 2004 after they hired Abramoff". Reid denied any wrongdoing, and media reported that the Center for Responsive Politics, a non-partisan research group, had produced an analysis showing a general increase in the amount and number of contributions by Indian tribes since the late 1990s.[SUP][51][/SUP][SUP][52][/SUP]
Reid apologized on January 9, 2010, for racially tinged comments he had made when Obama was campaigning for president. In private conversations, Reid had remarked that Obama could win the Presidency because the country was ready to embrace a black presidential candidate, especially one such as Obama—to whom he referred as being "light-skinned" and "with no ***** dialect, unless he wanted to have one". These comments had been recently revealed by journalists Mark Halperin and John Heilemann in Game Change, their book about the 2008 election. In addition to his public apology, Reid called Obama to apologize; Obama accepted his apology, stating that as far as he was concerned, the book was closed on the incident.[SUP][53][/SUP][SUP][54][/SUP][SUP][55][/SUP] RNC Chairman Michael Steele and Senators John Cornyn and Jon Kyl called on Reid to resign his leadership position in the Senate, citing Majority Leader Trent Lott resigning because of a statement relating to race. However, multiple experts said there was virtually no chance of that. DNC Chairman Tim Kaine and Senators Dianne Feinstein and Jack Reed expressed support for Reid and confidence he would retain his leadership position, and another senior Democrat indicated Reid has "produced supportive statements from key African American leaders in the Congress and civil rights community".[SUP][56][/SUP]
In August 2010, Reid spoke in front of National Council of La Raza: "I don't know how anyone of Hispanic heritage could be a Republican, OK. Do I need to say more?"[SUP][57][/SUP] The following day, Dr. Manny Alvarez and Republican Senator Marco Rubio, both of Hispanic descent, spoke out against Reid's remarks.[SUP][58][/SUP]
Mitt Romney[edit]

During the summer of 2012, Reid said during an interview with The Huffington Post that he had received information from an unidentified investor in Bain Capital that presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney did not pay any taxes for 10 years.[SUP][59][/SUP] The accusation was repeated on the Senate floor by Reid on August 2, 2012.[SUP][60][/SUP] On the following Sunday's political morning talk shows, several Republicans disagreed with Reid.[SUP][61][/SUP] According to CBS News, Romney stated, "Let me also say, categorically, I have paid taxes every year -- and a lot of taxes. So Harry is simply wrong." PolitiFact.com's Truth-O-Meter rated the accusation as "Pants on Fire!"[SUP][62][/SUP] CBS reported that Romney had submitted 23 years of tax returns to the John McCain campaign in 2008, when he was being vetted for the vice presidential nomination. Although McCain did not review all the tax returns himself, he stated "Nothing in these tax returns showed that he did not pay taxes."[SUP][63][/SUP]
Koch brothers[edit]

See also: Political activities of the Koch brothers
Reid has excoriated the Koch brothers, who contribute to Republican, conservative and/or libertarian political causes and candidates. In the first seven months of 2014, Reid mentioned the Kochs in 22 separate floor speeches, calling them out about 250 times.[SUP][64][/SUP] Reid used the term "un-American" to describe the brothers, prompting comparisons to McCarthyism.
It's too bad that they are trying to buy America. And it's time that the American people spoke out against this terrible dishonesty of these two brothers, who are about as un-American as anyone that I can imagine.[SUP][65][/SUP]
Conservatives, such as MSNBC talk show host Joe Scarborough, who compared Reid's comments to "McCarthyism",[SUP][66][/SUP] and National Review editor Rich Lowry,[SUP][67][/SUP] condemned Reid's comments.
In 2012, Reid cited fellow U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders who claimed the Koch brothers were "funding think tanks spreading an enormous amount of disinformation about Social Security".[SUP][68][/SUP][SUP][69][/SUP] Two years later, in 2014, Reid accused the brothers of having Republicans stall aid to Ukraine by pushing for amendments like a delay of regulation by the IRS of non-profit political advocacy groups to be included in the aid package.[SUP][70][/SUP] Reid "credited his wife, Landra, for likening the Republicans' Ukrainian stance to a 'Koch addiction'".[SUP][71][/SUP]
 

Another shameful act by one the leaders of the Democratic Party, today Reid blocked a vote on Kates Law today.
I'm sure it's another proud day for the Cool-aid drinking left on this forum.

Not shameful at all, that's just the opinion of those on the right who resent him and are threatened by him. I think he's done a lot of good and accomplished a lot in many areas, learn more here. http://www.reid.senate.gov/accomplishments-page

BTW, there are cool aid drinkers on both sides of the aisle, and I'm not a 'lefty' speaking either, I'm an Independent who's voted for republicans in the past, I am for gun rights and currently I am for the Keystone Pipeline. But with the behavior of politicians on the right, especially since the antics of GW Bush and friends, I have to say I'm leaning more to the left than ever before.

Unlike some others, I consider both sides of the issues, listen to various news sources, including the biased, conservative, right-leaning Fox News, and form my own opinions that way. I also read other peoples views on issues here, and learn things like that also. I was never much into politics, so there's always room for knowledge. Anyone who votes in the USA should not be blinded by one sided political opinions, we'd all be better off for it, IMO.

Yes.... let's put every stinking one in prison for 5 years... even the moms trying to get back to their families.. hell... they should get 10 years!! maybe life.. After all... we have so much room in our prisons and unlimited tax dollars to maintain them! Let's build more.. we don't want to lose our status as the country with the highest incarceration rate! Damn that Harry Reid!

I agree QS, he should have blocked that law, it didn't make sense.
 
Well without reposting Imps copy of Wikipedia's written by Reids enemies I'll just post why I like Harry Reid. " Reid scored a lifetime conservative rating of 19% from the American Conservative Union (ACU),[SUP][13][/SUP] and a 2008 liberal rating of 70% from the Americans for Democratic Action (ADA).[SUP][14][/SUP] Other independent ratings include a 29% rating in 2003 from NARAL, the abortion pro-choice group,[SUP][15][/SUP] an 85% rating from Planned Parenthood in 2013,[SUP][16][/SUP] and a "B" rating from the National Rifle Association.[SUP][17][/SUP]
 
Reid Goes Beyond Ethics Requirements

Press Release of Senator Reid
http://reid.senate.gov/newsroom/record.cfm?id=264714&
REID GOES BEYOND ETHICS REQUIREMENTS, DISARMS GOP SMEAR CAMPAIGN
Monday, October 16, 2006

Washington, DC— Senator Harry Reid of Nevada today issued the following statement:

“Last month, Republicans openly boasted that they would engage in a campaign of personal attacks and smears to hold onto power in Washington. In recent days, we witnessed their latest attempt to do just that.

“Republicans may believe in cover-ups. I believe in ensuring all facts come to light.

“Last week, a highly misleading report by the Associated Press implied that I made a profit selling land I no longer owned. That article was wrong. Here are the facts: I bought the land in 1998, I sold it in 2004, and I listed my ownership of the land on official Senate disclosure forms every single year.

“Now I have taken an additional step. Today, I directed my staff to file amended financial disclosure forms noting that in 2001, I transferred title to the land to a Limited Liability Corporation. As the amended forms make clear, this routine legal move in no way altered my actual ownership of the land. On each disclosure form after 2001, I have added a note to clarify that the land already disclosed in detail on those forms was owned by me through the LLC.

“The Ethics Committee has not yet advised me whether I should file these amended forms, but even if I am not required to do so I am happy to go beyond what is needed to provide the fullest disclosure. The amended forms make clear what was true all along – I owned the land through the LLC when I sold it in 2004.

“Also, in the course of preparing the amended disclosure forms, my staff has identified some clerical errors and two minor matters that were inadvertently left off my original disclosure forms. First, in 2004 I sold about one third of an acre in my hometown of Searchlight. Second, a quarter acre of land that I received from my brother in 1985 appreciated in value above the $1,000 reporting threshold at some point in recent years. Both of these items will be listed on my amended disclosure forms.

“Finally, I have acted today to respond to another issue some plan to raise. I have sent a personal check in the amount of $3,300 to my political campaign to fully reimburse the campaign for donations it made over several years to the employee holiday fund in my apartment building. These donations were made to thank the men and women who work in the building for the extra work they do as a result of my political activities, and for helping the security officers assigned to me because of my Senate position. The donations came from my campaign – no taxpayer dollars were ever involved.

“When the campaign first donated to the holiday fund, its experienced lawyer William Oldaker advised us that such donations were permissible. The campaign's current lawyer, Marc Elias, says the same thing. Nonetheless, I am reimbursing the campaign from my own pocket to prevent this issue from being used in the current campaign season to deflect attention from Republican failures.”



As for Reid speaking out on the Koch Bro.....I say good for him, there should be more doing so.
 
Reid Goes Beyond Ethics Requirements

Press Release of Senator Reid
http://reid.senate.gov/newsroom/record.cfm?id=264714&
REID GOES BEYOND ETHICS REQUIREMENTS, DISARMS GOP SMEAR CAMPAIGN
Monday, October 16, 2006

Washington, DC— Senator Harry Reid of Nevada today issued the following statement:

“Last month, Republicans openly boasted that they would engage in a campaign of personal attacks and smears to hold onto power in Washington. In recent days, we witnessed their latest attempt to do just that.

“Republicans may believe in cover-ups. I believe in ensuring all facts come to light.

“Last week, a highly misleading report by the Associated Press implied that I made a profit selling land I no longer owned. That article was wrong. Here are the facts: I bought the land in 1998, I sold it in 2004, and I listed my ownership of the land on official Senate disclosure forms every single year.

“Now I have taken an additional step. Today, I directed my staff to file amended financial disclosure forms noting that in 2001, I transferred title to the land to a Limited Liability Corporation. As the amended forms make clear, this routine legal move in no way altered my actual ownership of the land. On each disclosure form after 2001, I have added a note to clarify that the land already disclosed in detail on those forms was owned by me through the LLC.

“The Ethics Committee has not yet advised me whether I should file these amended forms, but even if I am not required to do so I am happy to go beyond what is needed to provide the fullest disclosure. The amended forms make clear what was true all along – I owned the land through the LLC when I sold it in 2004.

“Also, in the course of preparing the amended disclosure forms, my staff has identified some clerical errors and two minor matters that were inadvertently left off my original disclosure forms. First, in 2004 I sold about one third of an acre in my hometown of Searchlight. Second, a quarter acre of land that I received from my brother in 1985 appreciated in value above the $1,000 reporting threshold at some point in recent years. Both of these items will be listed on my amended disclosure forms.

“Finally, I have acted today to respond to another issue some plan to raise. I have sent a personal check in the amount of $3,300 to my political campaign to fully reimburse the campaign for donations it made over several years to the employee holiday fund in my apartment building. These donations were made to thank the men and women who work in the building for the extra work they do as a result of my political activities, and for helping the security officers assigned to me because of my Senate position. The donations came from my campaign – no taxpayer dollars were ever involved.

“When the campaign first donated to the holiday fund, its experienced lawyer William Oldaker advised us that such donations were permissible. The campaign's current lawyer, Marc Elias, says the same thing. Nonetheless, I am reimbursing the campaign from my own pocket to prevent this issue from being used in the current campaign season to deflect attention from Republican failures.”



As for Reid speaking out on the Koch Bro.....I say good for him, there should be more doing so.
Steady Accretion of Power & Wealth
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