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Obama is like a Chilean miner, Harry Reid says
MSNBC.com ^ | October 18, 2010

Posted on 10/18/2010 6:27:56 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has compared President Barack Obama to a trapped Chilean miner.

In a speech to supporters in Las Vegas on Sunday night, Reid said that when Obama replaced George W. Bush in the White House he found himself in a "hole so deep that he couldn't see the outside world.

"It was like the Chilean miners, but he, being the man he is, rolled up his sleeves and said 'I am going to get us out of this hole,'" Reid said at an "Early Vote GOTV" event.

At a Democratic rally in Boston on Saturday, Obama acknowledged Democrats in general were in a hole, heading up to the mid-term elections.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Nevada
KEYWORDS: dingyharry; election2010; failure; socialism
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Wow...these people are disgusting and need to be removed from office.


2 posted on 10/18/2010 6:29:45 AM PDT by woweeitsme
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Uh, the miners didn’t get themselves out of the hole. They were brave and patient, but all they did was wait for the drill bit.


3 posted on 10/18/2010 6:29:46 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

If I were in Nevada, I’d tell Harry exactly what type of “hole” both he and Obama are.


4 posted on 10/18/2010 6:30:04 AM PDT by mwl8787
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
"In a speech to supporters in Las Vegas on Sunday night, Reid said that when Obama replaced George W. Bush in the White House he found himself in a "hole so deep that he couldn't see the outside world."

At that point the Democrats had controlled Congress for two years.

5 posted on 10/18/2010 6:30:25 AM PDT by avacado
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

He dug his own hole and now he can’t get out of it?.................


6 posted on 10/18/2010 6:30:48 AM PDT by Red Badger (WOULD SOMEBODY PLEASE GIVE MEGHAN MCCAIN A BOX OF KRISPY KREMES SO SHE'LL SHUT THE HELL UP?!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Well then would someone tell this idiot to stop digging in the wrong direction?


7 posted on 10/18/2010 6:31:09 AM PDT by Clintons Are White Trash (Lynn Stewart, Helen Thomas, Rosie ODonnell, Maureen Dowd, Medea Benjamin - The Axis of Ugly)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Except that the Chilean miners, unlike Obama, were not deluded into believing that they could dig out.


8 posted on 10/18/2010 6:31:12 AM PDT by Silentgypsy
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Um, Harry you moron, it was American capitalism and the technology built by capitalist businesses that got those miners out. I’m not taking anything away from them for their bravery, but they didn’t dig themselves out. It’s a stupid analogy, but certainly not surprising coming from you.


9 posted on 10/18/2010 6:31:26 AM PDT by pieceofthepuzzle
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Reid is an @$$hole. As such, he knows holes.


10 posted on 10/18/2010 6:31:36 AM PDT by magellan
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
he found himself an a-hole so deep that he couldn't see the outside world

There, fixed it...

11 posted on 10/18/2010 6:31:39 AM PDT by mikrofon (NObama '12)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
..we could only wish he was a Chilean miner.
12 posted on 10/18/2010 6:32:00 AM PDT by Doogle (IT'S THAT TIME AGAIN....PLEASE donate, because it's the RIGHT thing to do)
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To: avacado

Someone needs to tell Obama that when he’s in a deep hole like that, he needs to stop digging.


13 posted on 10/18/2010 6:33:00 AM PDT by ShandaLear (The price of Obamacare? 30 pieces of silver.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

What an idiot and a disgusting fraud. It is all the more revolting to see Reid/Obama attempting to use the mine rescue, since Obama was the one world leader who did not call the Chilean president to congratulate Chile on the success.


14 posted on 10/18/2010 6:33:16 AM PDT by livius
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Bammy’s in a deep hole,
in the dark,
and away from the real world.
After those, all comparisons stop.
15 posted on 10/18/2010 6:33:50 AM PDT by ozark hilljilly (Had enough, yet?)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I would agree. Obama is in the dark, completely removed from what the everyday American needs or wants.


16 posted on 10/18/2010 6:34:02 AM PDT by MEGoody (Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
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To: woweeitsme
Obama is like a Chilean miner, Harry Reid says

Well, he's right. I doubt that any of the miners were born in the US, either.

17 posted on 10/18/2010 6:34:10 AM PDT by wbill
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To: woweeitsme

Let’s see,

He doesn’t believe in God...

He doesn’t believe in initiative...

He doesn’t believe in American exceptionalism (I bet those miners do after that PA company came to their rescue)...

He doesn’t love his country...

Where do the comparisons (rather contrasts) end?


18 posted on 10/18/2010 6:35:35 AM PDT by ReleaseTheHounds ("The problem with Socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." M. Thatcher)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

SHOVEL READY

19 posted on 10/18/2010 6:35:48 AM PDT by kingattax (99 % of liberals give the rest a bad name)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Doea arrogance know no bounds? We need to get rid of these people.


20 posted on 10/18/2010 6:35:52 AM PDT by Celtic Cross (I AM the Impeccable Hat.)
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