Government shutdown: Harry Reid: ‘I am not a criminal’

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[Sub-Driver]

Government shutdown: Harry Reid: ‘I am not a criminal’ By: Burgess Everett October 2, 2013 11:24 AM EDT

There will be no charm offensive from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who said Wednesday that Republicans are “obsessed” with beating him in a political chess match rather than opening back up the government.

“Some in the Republican conference are too mad at me personally, too obsessed at getting me personally to back down from doing what most of America believes is the right thing,” Reid said, again reiterating that the Senate’s six-week clean spending bill is the only way out of a shutdown.

The Nevada Democrat also defended his role in fighting Republican attempts to water down Obamacare as a condition to keeping the government open, responding directly to a National Review piece that called him the “villain of villains.”

“When I read this yesterday, I thought, no one likes to be called a villain,” Reid said, reading aloud definitions of the word that mean “uncouth,” “scoundrel” or “criminal.” “I am not a criminal. I am not a scoundrel. So they better get a different definition of me.”

[TexasRepublic]

“So they better get a different definition of me.”

Communist

[ColdOne]

In a true and just world, Harry would have burst into flames after that comment.

[MEGoody]

Harry Reid: ‘I am not a criminal’

Maybe not technically, Harry, but you are definitely immoral.

[Lucky9teen]

most of America...

[Wanderer99]

Harry Reid: “I’m not a criminal! I just want to kill kids with cancer!”

[Safetgiver]

they better get a different definition of me.”...Asshole?

[jch10]

If you have to say, “I am not a criminal....”, you ARE a criminal!!

[unixfox]

I bet if we dig long enough we can find a felony. No, make that multiple felonies.

Friggin traitor.

[Fledermaus]

“When I read this yesterday, I thought, no one likes to be called a villain,” Reid said, reading aloud definitions of the word that mean “uncouth,” “scoundrel” or “criminal.” “I am not a criminal. I am not a scoundrel. So they better get a different definition of me.”

This from the #1 name caller in DC. No Reid, you are beyond those things.

You are a worthless piece of human scum.

[Grampa Dave]

It is past time to start boycotting Las Vegas and Reno, until those controlling those cities and casinos get rid of Reid.

[angcat]

WHY WON’T HE DIE ALREADY!

[Stand Watch Listen]

[Colonel_Flagg]

Reid said, reading aloud definitions of the word that mean “uncouth,” “scoundrel” or “criminal.” “I am not a criminal. I am not a scoundrel. So they better get a different definition of me.”

My definition of Harry Reid would get me thrown off Free Republic.