Reid on O-Care: “Everybody acknowledges with rare exception that what we did … was terrific”
posted at 7:45 pm on April 6, 2010 by Allahpundit
Via Hengler, the money quote comes at around 1:05; I can’t make out the part omitted in the headline by the ellipsis (“immediate deliberations”?), but I do think it’s cute that he thinks he’ll still be in Congress in “the out years” when the demands to reform ObamaCare inevitably begin. Incidentally, when he says he’s gotten nothing but love from Nevadans despite 62 percent support for repealing the law inside the state and crumbling polls around the country, are we to take it he’s not being hassled by the racist, fascist tea-party brownshirts? That doesn’t sound very Reich-y to me.
It’s a long-ish clip at six minutes but watch to at least the 2:30 mark or you’ll miss him talking about how the Cornhusker Kickback was “terrific for our country.” Meanwhile, in other news today, Massachusetts insurers have temporarily stopped writing new policies because the state won’t let them raise premiums. Nothing to see here, move along.
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I wish I were somebody.
Axe on April 6, 2010 at 7:46 PM
People are so nice to him they are going to grant him an early retirement so he can spend the rest of his days sitting in the shade of his gumdrop tree while and riding his rainbow farting unicorn.
Mr Purple on April 6, 2010 at 7:47 PM
The jerk is delusional.
rplat on April 6, 2010 at 7:47 PM
Wish his body was on the same planet his brain is.
infidel4life on April 6, 2010 at 7:47 PM
oops. -while.
Mr Purple on April 6, 2010 at 7:47 PM
Yes, because when all three potential GOP opponents are polling above 50% against you, it clearly means you have struck the correct cord with the voting public…
phreshone on April 6, 2010 at 7:48 PM
Watching this interview, I almost question his sanity. Is there something wrong with this guy?
portlandon on April 6, 2010 at 7:48 PM
Senile old fool doesn’t know the difference between “terrific” and “terrifying”.
malclave on April 6, 2010 at 7:48 PM
They’ll be coming to take Prince Harry away, ha-haaa.
They’ll be coming to take Prince Harry away, ho-ho, hee-hee, ha-haaa.
To the funny farm, where life is beautiful all the time and he’ll be happy to see those nice young men in their clean white coats and they’ll be coming to take him away, ha-haaa!!!
To the happy home, with trees and flowers and chirping birds and basket weavers who sit and smile and twiddle their thumbs and toes and they’ll be coming to take him away, ha-haa!!!
To the funny farm, where life is beautiful all the time……
- Napoleon XIV
MB4 on April 6, 2010 at 7:49 PM
Delusional or dishonest. Difficult to tell, but forced to choose I’ll take dishonest.
Skandia Recluse on April 6, 2010 at 7:50 PM
Give him a nice vacation home on candy mountain while we’re on the unicorn jokes
angelwing34215 on April 6, 2010 at 7:50 PM
My beloved mother had had two strokes and a heart attack, and she makes more coherant sense than Harry Reid.
anniekc on April 6, 2010 at 7:50 PM
Denial, pure denial.
Sekhmet on April 6, 2010 at 7:51 PM
When is Harry going to denounce the conduct of his supporters in Searchlight?
d1carter on April 6, 2010 at 7:51 PM
Remember when Reid was supposedly a moderate Democrat? Some still say he is – scary.
MikeknaJ on April 6, 2010 at 7:51 PM
“HAS had”. No more posting after cocktails.
anniekc on April 6, 2010 at 7:52 PM
It’s good to know the white dems in Congress are as stupid as the black dems.
notagool on April 6, 2010 at 7:53 PM
What a waste it is to lose ones mind, or not to have a mind at all. How true that is.
- Dan Quayle
MB4 on April 6, 2010 at 7:53 PM
If this interview is any indication, his concession speech in November is bound to be a doozy. It’s either going to be really ugly or just downright pathetic.
sherry on April 6, 2010 at 7:55 PM
Reid is a soon to be unemployed idiot…the scary part is the certain knowledge he will be on the government payroll either directly or laundered through a lobbying firm in January.
JIMV on April 6, 2010 at 7:55 PM
Perhaps the MSM could alert us when
a democrat actually says something that is true.
Mr. Arrogant on April 6, 2010 at 7:55 PM
Obama put a jedi mind fark on this rube..he actually believes his own bullcrap.
‘these arent’ the droids we’re looking for…move along’
DrW on April 6, 2010 at 7:55 PM
It’s pathological. Has to be. No one can be that honest about what they say unless they really, whole-heartedly believe it. No amount of proof to the contrary will diminish his legend in his own mind.
Hillary exhibited the same mental defect during the campaign in 2008 with the Tuzla Dash Episode. To this day, she still believes it happended the way she describes it, even when viewing video of the flower and poetry presentation (amid the sniper fire, apparently).
Pathological lying is either a result of liberal ideology, or vice versa. Its a chicken-or-the-egg conundrum; either way, one is always present with the other.
BobMbx on April 6, 2010 at 7:55 PM
A couple of local dj’s this morning were listing off the top states with the highest crime rate. Nevada came in first. I wonder if Reid somehow plays an integral role in that high crime rate, by his mere presence, and contempt for the Constitution?
He’s a clueless moron.A legend in his own mind. If he took a commercial flight, than I have one thing to say to him about the niceness of people on the plane. The flight attendants are paid to be nice to everyone, you dip stick! Geeeze!!!
capejasmine on April 6, 2010 at 7:55 PM
Tell it to the voters in Pennsylvania…
O/T: Anyone else having trouble loading HotAir? I’ve had this issue for a few days where only the HOTAIR banner will show.
SouthernGent on April 6, 2010 at 7:56 PM
That’s right in every state other than MA we have absolutely no health care at all, or running water, or electricity for that matter.
DFCtomm on April 6, 2010 at 7:56 PM
Pitiful. Not unexpected, just…pitiful.
sulla on April 6, 2010 at 7:57 PM
You know…
… there are about ten political commercials in that clip that would guarantee a Republican victory in 2010/2012/2014/2016/2018/2020/2022/2024…
Seven Percent Solution on April 6, 2010 at 7:57 PM
Hey, where can I get some of what he’s been smoking? Must be some potent stuff.
AZCoyote on April 6, 2010 at 7:59 PM
A-yep. Out here in Californy, I have to hand-crank the Internet to get it started on cold mornings.
Mary in LA on April 6, 2010 at 7:59 PM
Back on topic: Can we start calling him Baghdad Harry yet?
Mary in LA on April 6, 2010 at 8:00 PM
Coburn: “Reid is a good man and a great American.”
farright on April 6, 2010 at 8:02 PM
So wait, I’m confused. Everyone has been so nice to him? But I thought those evil teapartiers were after him. Aren’t they vicious, frothing at the mouth, homicidal maniacs?
Lily on April 6, 2010 at 8:05 PM
I can’t figure out if these people are just continuing with the usual liberal spin…or if they’ve gotten so deranged, they actually believe what they’re saying.
JetBoy on April 6, 2010 at 8:06 PM
10 more months of this guy. will the republic survive?
sbvft contributor on April 6, 2010 at 8:08 PM
I’m starting to wonder…either he is delusional to the point that he’s got that ‘Guam is going to tip-over’ guy beat in the flake department…or he has something dirty up his sleeve come November. I’m not sure which it is yet, but he doesn’t appear hallucinatory.
I mean, with Holder in as the virtual ‘law of the land’…a guy who is known to take no interest in voter fraud where it helps Democrats…what are the odds?
AUINSC on April 6, 2010 at 8:08 PM
that ol’ river in egypt.
blatantblue on April 6, 2010 at 8:08 PM
You just know Harry must throw some swingin’ parties in that house of his…
…Probably enjoys dipping skinny as well.
Seven Percent Solution on April 6, 2010 at 8:09 PM
Well, they DO call him “Dingy Harry”….
n0doz on April 6, 2010 at 8:09 PM
When doing the dead man’s walk toward an appointment with electoral gallows it’s common courtesy not to mock the condemned.
Be there the first Wednesday morning in November to dance on your political grave, though…
Bruno Strozek on April 6, 2010 at 8:09 PM
I haven’t had that problem but HA has been slower than usual on my system for some days now.
MB4 on April 6, 2010 at 8:10 PM
What scary is this man leads the Senate. Can’t we introduce IQ tests for Senate leaders, like, you must not be brain dead in order to lead?
My poor country is truly run by haters and morons. No wonder my blood pressure is up.
By the way, many posters here could run rings around many a congress critter. As diverse at this site is most have sense. Maybe that what we need a congressional Hot Air?
I swear this site would be better then what we have in congress now.
Gracelynn on April 6, 2010 at 8:10 PM
So… seriously, is anyone shocked to find that Harry Reid apparently surrounds himself with brownnosers and asskissers?
Red Cloud on April 6, 2010 at 8:11 PM
What this old fool thinks matters not much, the red meat is here:
Good thing we have 50 states that can run experiments so we can all learn what works and what doesn’t! Too bad Øbama was propping up the MA farce rather than studying it.
Anytime this has been tried, it fails- MA, TN, Canada, EU- so lets cram it down their throats, and they’ll learn to love it.
Remember in November!
2ipa on April 6, 2010 at 8:11 PM
yes.
temporary solution that works for me:
click whatever u click
when only the logo loads
IMMEDIATELY hit ctrl+r to reload the page quickly.
ive found that if i click then reload quickly, itll load
blatantblue on April 6, 2010 at 8:11 PM
I’ll bet that Dingy stays away from pizza parlors in Nevada.
farright on April 6, 2010 at 8:12 PM
O/T: Anyone else having trouble loading HotAir? I’ve had this issue for a few days where only the HOTAIR banner will show.
SouthernGent on April 6, 2010 at 7:56 PM
Same thing happening to me. I just thought it was a quirk with Windows 7? Guess not?
lukespapa on April 6, 2010 at 8:12 PM
Someone print up the T-shirts:
I am a rare exception.
Scrappy on April 6, 2010 at 8:12 PM
What, exactly, is wrong with Reid’s voice? Or his lungs? Can’t he take in enough air to speak in some average volume?
Whenever Reid speaks, I have to mute the set and take a few deep breaths. Listening to his depressive, low-energy, limited breath voice is nearly impossible for me.
Maybe it’s the low-energy nature of what’s in his head…
Lourdes on April 6, 2010 at 8:13 PM
Of all the things you can get into trouble with after a few cocktails, grammatical errors on an internet post are probably the safest thing that can go wrong.
You can’t get your computer pregnant and you can’t wrap your computer around a phone poll.
So pour yourself another tall, cool one.
And Harry Reid is a bald faced liar.
turfmann on April 6, 2010 at 8:13 PM
Oh, he isn’t in denial…for himself. He knows the score. He’s just trying to fake out his hundreds of supporters so they will turn up on election day.
ladyingray on April 6, 2010 at 8:14 PM
i’ve been having trouble loading HA at work too. must be the new owners screwing things up
sbvft contributor on April 6, 2010 at 8:14 PM
Good grief, he can’t be serious, but he is. Delusional.
Dhuka on April 6, 2010 at 8:15 PM
That’s a telephone pole, not a poll.
And my computer is expecting an iphone in the fall.
turfmann on April 6, 2010 at 8:16 PM
I gleefully watched the Daschle vs. Thune race in 2004. Next to watching George W. Bush defeat Kerry that was my favorite race. I’m looking forward to seeing Reid taken down by a no-name GOP candidate this November. I’m already savoring the popcorn for Election Night 2009. It’ll make a wonderful change from the mournful evening in 2008.
Jill1066 on April 6, 2010 at 8:19 PM
As Judge Marilyn likes to say: “I wouldn’t believe him if his tongue came notarized.”
GrannyDee on April 6, 2010 at 8:20 PM
There are no opponents of O-care in America. Never!
No, fellow Democrat members of Congress, I am not scared of losing my seat and neither should you be!
Search for the truth. I tell you things and I always ask you to verify what I say. I told you yesterday that there are no dissatisfied people in America. You can go and visit Nevada. No dissatisfied person there. Mo one at all. There are only supporters of mine and Brack Obama. Everything is okay.
MB4 on April 6, 2010 at 8:22 PM
Jill1066 on April 6, 2010 at 8:19 PM
Election Night 2009? Are we in a reid induced time warp?
lukespapa on April 6, 2010 at 8:22 PM
Harry is going senile on us. His coming out party numbered, maybe a hundred several weeks after some 10,000 plus showed up in Searchlight to toss his tail into the mine tailings.
Even his son got a little strange today – maybe it runs in the family
Obamatrix on April 6, 2010 at 8:23 PM
watching this makes me wonder if there is still lead based paint in the capitol buildings and simultaneously wonder if ol’ Harry gnaws on the window sills in his spare time….
ted c on April 6, 2010 at 8:24 PM
Reid’s advisers must hide poll numbers from this fool.
jhffmn on April 6, 2010 at 8:26 PM
Enjoy your soon to be ‘funemployment’ Harry.
GarandFan on April 6, 2010 at 8:26 PM
Their forces committed suicide by the hundreds. … The battle is very fierce and Obama made us victorious. The fighting continues.
MB4 on April 6, 2010 at 8:28 PM
So he thinks the Unions are going to see him through the next election? Good Luck with that Harry.
Dr Evil on April 6, 2010 at 8:29 PM
I think it’s got something to do with particular ads on the front page. Have it from time to time. Refresh a time or two, cycle out the culprit ad, and it works fine for a while.
As far as Dingy:
Bartender! Give me a double of whatever the sad, quiet man at the end is having. Must be some might good stuff.
JamesLee on April 6, 2010 at 8:31 PM
I haven’t really paid any attention after this obamanation passed, but is the cornhusker kickback, and our very own louisiana purchase still in this thing?
lukespapa on April 6, 2010 at 8:34 PM
When we were making the the health care law, when we were writing the rules and reducing the costs the Tea Party people and little Sarah Palin were scratching around in caves. Those Tea Partiers only deserve to be hit with shoes.
MB4 on April 6, 2010 at 8:34 PM
Of course they do. The 50 or so supporters you had in Search Light like you very much. Maybe you should have visited with the Tea Party folks you might have learned why you are 10 points behind in the polls.
chemman on April 6, 2010 at 8:35 PM
So you’re saying your computer got knocked up by a rogue Mac with a twinkle in its i?
Mary in LA on April 6, 2010 at 8:36 PM
The dems. gave Reid a beauty makeover, similar to Arlen baby’s….did you catch big A at the townhalls? microphone in hand, wowing the crowd….
Reid got a laugh with his attempt at SP humor, he looked as if he would burst with happiness…..At home they must tell him to shut up and sit down.
nondhimmie on April 6, 2010 at 8:36 PM
That would be Waxman’s job. Reid is more likely to sneak onto an airplane as a corpse. He has the perfect disguise.
GnuBreed on April 6, 2010 at 8:38 PM
Remember folks–he’s the Democrat leader of the Senate elected by the Democrat Senators.
Still think there’s such a thing as a Conservative Democrat Senator?
Puleez!!!!!!
chickasaw42 on April 6, 2010 at 8:38 PM
O/T: Anyone else having trouble loading HotAir? I’ve had this issue for a few days where only the HOTAIR banner will show.
SouthernGent on April 6, 2010 at 7:56 PM
Having the same problem, i just hit refresh and it usually comes right up.
heshtesh on April 6, 2010 at 8:39 PM
Either he is out of his mind, or he is out of his mind but knows something is going to happen before Nov that makes him not worry about something as minor as an election. Just putting that out there.
Teleycoman on April 6, 2010 at 8:40 PM
I’m using Firefox with ad blocking. Site loads instantly.
GrannyDee on April 6, 2010 at 8:41 PM
Yup, its happened a couple of times. I found if you click the banner it will take you in. Refresh button was a waste of time.
katy the mean old lady on April 6, 2010 at 8:41 PM
LOL!
“These cowards have no morals. They have no shame about lying.”
Oh, wait…
Mary in LA on April 6, 2010 at 8:42 PM
By Obama, I think this is rather very unlikely. This is merely a prattle. The fact is that as soon as they reach Nevada’s borders, we besiege them and slaughter them….Wherever they go in Nevada they will find themselves encircled by millions of my supporters.
MB4 on April 6, 2010 at 8:42 PM
How dare you use his holy name in vain! Blasphemer!
/do I hafta?
Mary in LA on April 6, 2010 at 8:43 PM
That old poop head Reid is living proof that Liberals are booger eaters. yuk.
Lincoln Cadillac on April 6, 2010 at 8:43 PM
Nemmind, I’m slow on the uptake. Sorry, Baghdad MB4!
Mary in LA on April 6, 2010 at 8:44 PM
That would be Waxman’s job. Reid is more likely to sneak onto an airplane as a corpse. He has the perfect disguise.
GnuBreed on April 6, 2010 at 8:38 PM
Speaking of corpse on a plane, that has been tried in real life [via JWF]
lukespapa on April 6, 2010 at 8:46 PM
“We made them drink poison last night and … Hussein’s soldiers and his great forces gave the Republicans a lesson which will not be forgotten by history. Truly.”
Mary in LA on April 6, 2010 at 8:46 PM
“I’m sick of these @#$%^&*@#$%^&*ing corpses on this @#$%^&*@#$%^&*ing plane!”
Mary in LA on April 6, 2010 at 8:47 PM
The Tea Partiers will be burnt. We are going to tackle them.
MB4 on April 6, 2010 at 8:49 PM
after listening to this interview, I question his sanity….AND HE”S in charge….we need to get this regime out of the WH
whatzit2u on April 6, 2010 at 8:50 PM
Snort!
katy the mean old lady on April 6, 2010 at 8:50 PM
My opponents are committing suicide by the thousands once they enter Nevada. Be assured, My Senate seat is safe, protected.
MB4 on April 6, 2010 at 8:52 PM
he can afford to be deluisonal: his kids have made a MINT as lobbyists and obama offered him holder’s job or napolitano’s job or salazar’s job in 2011.
too bad for reid they also offered these jobs to 10 other senators and 45 other congressmen for falling on their swords!
reliapundit on April 6, 2010 at 8:53 PM
Everybody supports Obamacare. Everybody believes in global warming. Everybody says the stimulus was a great sucess. The Democrats always have everybody on their side.
DarkKnight3565 on April 6, 2010 at 8:56 PM
Their bellies will roast in hell, Obama willing.
Mary in LA on April 6, 2010 at 8:57 PM
Sorry. Too much grading has destroyed my eyesight for tonight! I can’t quite blame Reid for this one…. Election Night 2010!
Jill1066 on April 6, 2010 at 8:57 PM
I assume that is why his poll numbers dropped 5 points since.
tarpon on April 6, 2010 at 8:58 PM
Hey Dingy, “The War Is Lost” Retire and save yourself some embarrassment!
OT. Got two solicitations from AARP today with return postage paid envelopes. Wrote on both “It’ll be a cold day in hell you picked Obamacare socialism over American free enterprise PISS OFF!
dhunter on April 6, 2010 at 8:59 PM
I think he wanted to say “allowed” minority at 0:14.
He caught himself.
seesalrun on April 6, 2010 at 9:07 PM
That’s a relief. I was kinda worried about that, but just couldn’t bring myself to ask anyone.
BobMbx on April 6, 2010 at 9:07 PM
Some things defy explanation. This is one. At first, I thought his rambling and non-sensical statements were coded messages being broadcast over the Communist News Network (CNN). But, as it turned out, they were just non-sensical statements from an odd, old man.
BobMbx on April 6, 2010 at 9:10 PM
Reid: “I’m so popular that I get secret notes in church from people too embarrassed to support me publicly.”
theperfecteconomist on April 6, 2010 at 9:17 PM
Keep believing Harry keep believing.
CWforFreedom on April 6, 2010 at 9:18 PM
Mr. Reaper, the stewardesses and stewards are paid to be nice to air travelers. This means that they had stopped talking to him during his pathetic run toward the vote/s.
Delusions and pale people are indignant.
Schadenfreude on April 6, 2010 at 9:18 PM
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