After a campaign in which he accused the Republican presidential nominee of tax evasion, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said it’s “time to put politics aside.”
“The strategy of obstruction, gridlock and delay was soundly rejected by the American people. Now, they are looking to us for solutions,” Reid said in a statement tonight on Democrats retaining the majority in the upper chamber.
With three races still undecided, Democrats had 52 seats and Republicans had 44, with independent Angus King winning in Maine.
“We have big challenges facing us in the months ahead. Democrats and Republicans must come together, and show that we are up to the challenge,” Reid said.
“This is no time for excuses. This is no time for putting things off until later. We can achieve big things when we work together. And the middle class is counting on us to achieve big things in the months ahead.”
By “put politics aside” Reid clearly means Republicans should put their politics aside, not Harry Reid’s politics.
I have some points for all conservative Patriots (notice I did not say Republicans) to think about:
1) The Affordable Health Care Act (AHCA) was the product of both Dems and Reps assigning Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney to spearhead its implementation in Massachusetts. Their ultimate goal was to implement this plan nationally, by any means possible.
2) Obamacare mirrors Mitt Romney’s plan almost identically.
3) In 2010 the Republicans had a chance to take control of the Senate and stop the AHCA with a win by Tea Party candidates Christine O’Donnell (Del.) and Sharon Angle (Nev.) instead both women made utterly stupid gaffes that cost them their elections. Where did these two unknown candidates come from? What better way for the Republicans to stop any impediment to AHCA than to run in two shills, then undermine their campaigns and let the Tea Party take the blame for the failure to take the Senate.
4) The unlikely win by Republican Scott Brown in Ma. threw a wrench in the plans of the two parties. This caused them to have to resort to getting Al Franken fraudulently elected to the Senate as the needed seat to stop a filibuster of AHCA. Did you see any serious attempts by Republicans to stop this fraud?
5) On September 17, 2009, Congressman Charlie Rangel introduced a bill in the House, H.R. 3590, the “Service Members Home Ownership Tax Act of 2009,” whose purpose was “to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the first-time home buyers credit in the case of members of the Armed Forces and certain other Federal employees.” The bill passed the House on October 8 by a 416-0 vote.
6) On November 19, Harry Reid introduced his own version of H.R. 3590 in the Senate. He took the bill that had been unanimously passed by the House, renamed it the “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,” deleted all its contents after the first sentence, and replaced it with totally different content. What followed was the first pass of the Senate version of ObamaCare.
7 ) Reids actions were in violation of the Constitution’s Origination Clause. Article 1, Section 7, Clause 1 states: “All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with Amendments as on other Bills.” Every single Senator and Representative had full knowledge of Harry Reid’s actions and their unconstitutionality.
8) Before throwing his hat in the ring for president Mitt Romney was Pro-choice and anti second amendment.
9) Mitt Romney was absolutley vicious in his destruction of all of his republican and tea party competitors for the Republican nomination yet he refused to take advantage of every single one of the multitude of opportunities that were provided to him during the campaign to do the same to Obama. WHY???
10) The Republican party had the opportunity to take control of the Senate in the 2012 Election with a win by Todd Akins of Mo. and Richard Mourdock of Indiana. Once again both candidates made just the right gaffes at just the right time to insure the loss of their elections, insuring that if Romney won the presidency he would have an excuse for not being able to repeal or make any substantial changes to AHCA.
America You have been duped by the people who are supposed to represent you, YOUR GOVERNMENT. We have lost our country. I guess Benjamin Franklin’s statement “a Republic, if you can keep it” was more a prophecy than anything else.
Being an ardent Romney supporter for many years I am wondering the same as you, why did he decide to be a non-combatant during the foreign policy debate? Sure he was attacked by the media when he questioned the Egyptian embassy’s tweets after our ambassador was murdered in Benghazi, that is to be expected of the craven MSM. So he should have stood up to them as well and demanded answers. I got so tired of the campaign strategy I could scream.
Harry Reid is a despicable old xxxx and I am praying for retribution on him and Queen Pelosi as well. Shame on me, Christian that I am!
I was looking forward to maybe seeing Harry Reid getting obsoleted.
What a night of disappointments all around.
Drop dead, Harry. We’re talking about secession, and you think we are just going to forget?
Here’s the deal–the establishment GOP may not like the Tea Party, but they can no longer win without us. And we do not like you. So, as I said–drop dead.
Hey, Harry? Your fantasy that Republicans will work with you to pass your agenda is laughable. Our precedent? You. http://www.rollcall.com/news/harry_reid_dismisses_mitt_romneys_fantasy_of_bipartisanship-218666-1.html
Harry, you’re a lying, despicable excuse for a human being. Go to hell.
Harry Reid is a vile, poisonous toad. The sooner he is finished as a political leader, the better. No Harry, the Republicans do not need to come together with the likes of you.
My sophisticated reply to Harry Reid:
“No way. Ain’t gonna happen. Not a chance in this world or the next. Forget about it. And, by the way, STFU.”
Ok, lets give them everything they ask for over the next four years….it will speed the collapse and since most left wingers don’t have guns and aren’t ready to survive on their own we come out on top. America really needs to see what their policies lead too…give it to them…all of it….
Harry: STFU. I will not support any Republican who agrees to work with Dirty harry.