Reid: Teddy's death "going to help us"

[Joseph & Ana 0]

Reid: Teddy's death "going to help us"

The Reno Gazette-Journal has a sit-down with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), who addresses the Ted Kennedy question in, um, an interesting way.

Q: How will U.S. Sen. (Edward) Kennedy's death affect things?

A: I think it's going to help us. He hasn't been around for some time. We're going to have a new chairman of that committee, it'll be, I don't know for sure, but I think Sen. (Chris) Dodd, (D-Conn.). He has a right to take it. Either him or (U.S. Sen. Tom) Harkin, (D-Iowa), whichever one wants it can have it. I think he (Kennedy) will be a help. He's an inspiration for us. That was the issue of his life and he didn't get it done.

Nothing in here is particularly new — Kennedy will help the cause, Dodd gets to carry the banner, Kennedy's work remains undone. But the straight-shooting Reid does have a gift for saying non-controversial things in the most controversial way possible.

[alienlovechild 75]

I think it's going to help us.

He took one for the team.

He hasn't been around for some time.

Almost 50 years in the U.S. Senate wasn't enough.

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

The Dems will use Teddy's death to their full advantage.

[spookyturtle 9,466]

The Dems will use Teddy's death to their full advantage.

I'm sure the Repubs would never do anything like that.

[Pooky 3,825]

We're going to have a new chairman of that committee, it'll be, I don't know for sure, but I think Sen. (Chris) Dodd, (D-Conn.). He has a right to take it.

Chris Dodd? Is he mad? Well, okay, we knew that already.

Is he really THAT mad?

[Joseph & Ana 0]

The Dems will use Teddy's death to their full advantage.

I'm sure the Repubs would never do anything like that.

Oooo I thought we weren't allowed inject hypotheticals on what one side WOULD or WOULDN'T do in the event of the same. Some of us were lambasted for doing that. So you can't say that here.

[rebeccajo 14]

The Dems will use Teddy's death to their full advantage.

I'm sure the Repubs would never do anything like that.

Oooo I thought we weren't allowed inject hypotheticals on what one side WOULD or WOULDN'T do in the event of the same. Some of us were lambasted for doing that. So you can't say that here.

####### are you on about NOW?

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

He's after permission to be an a$$hole.

Go figure.

[Peikko 1,575]

If people want to find excuses to get outraged, they are going to do so. Must be hard on the nervous system though.

[Joseph & Ana 0]

Hey now, I don't need permission for that.

[rebeccajo 14]

Hey now, I don't need permission for that.

Or any training.

[Joseph & Ana 0]

Hey now, I don't need permission for that.

Or any training.

Not anymore, I graduated from your training. Grats to me!

[rebeccajo 14]

Hey now, I don't need permission for that.

Or any training.

Not anymore, I graduated from your training. Grats to me!

Joseph darling - you are going to have to do much, much better than that if you are going to play around down here in Off Topic.

[spookyturtle 9,466]

The Dems will use Teddy's death to their full advantage.

I'm sure the Repubs would never do anything like that.

Oooo I thought we weren't allowed inject hypotheticals on what one side WOULD or WOULDN'T do in the event of the same. Some of us were lambasted for doing that. So you can't say that here.

This is America and the internet. I can do what I want

[Ban Hammer 13,481]

Hey now, I don't need permission for that.

Or any training.

Not anymore, I graduated from your training. Grats to me!

Joseph darling - you are going to have to do much, much better than that if you are going to play around down here in Off Topic.

you two get a room, jeesh.