Posted on 01/09/2015 11:01:40 AM PST by Second Amendment First
Senate Minority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) said Friday that his eye injuries remain so severe that doctors can't yet determine whether his full vision will be restored.
Reid suffered at least three broken ribs and broke several bones around his right eye last week while exercising at his suburban Las Vegas home. The injuries kept him from coming to Capitol Hill this week for the start of the 114th Session of Congress.
Speaking from Washington, where he's on doctors' orders to stay home and recover, Reid said doctors are "very hopeful" he will have full vision, but "This isn’t anything that’s a slam dunk. I had a serious injury in my eye, there’s blood accumulation there and they’re hoping it resolves itself. As long as there’s blood in my eye, it’s hard to see."
He explained in great detail for KNPR's "State of Nevada" radio program how the injuries happened during one of his regular, intense workout routines:
"Three days a week I have an exercise routine. I do 250 situps, I some yoga-type stuff for a little while and then I’ve been using for the last three or [so] plus years, these bands. I use one that’s the second-strongest you can get, it’s dark grey. Anyway, I do those things hundreds of times three days a week. I do different routines. And I was doing almost finished at my new home in Nevada and the band broke and it catapulted me backwards and to one side. I crashed into a series of cabinets we have and fortunately it missed my temple by just a little tiny bit and it hit me in my right eye and it broke a number of bones around my right eye and broke four ribs and a few bruises other places."
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I think he just pissed off his wife!!!
Looking at him—no way he does 250 situps.
Where’s a natural gas leak when you need one?
I think he pissed off his mob bosses.
This fool earlier last year had a similar eye injury. Wonder if someone cold cocked the jerk, maybe in a gay bar.
When he talks, he has a soft feminine voice. I’m just sayin’ ...
He could never see anything, anyway.
“Hey Luigi, I told you—no marks!!”
I think Mythbusters should do a show on whether what Reid described is even physically possible.
The rogues gallery.
Now Harry can be a genuine pirate.
He’s just a tired old Punch-Drunk Palooka. The sihns of drain bamage has long been evident.
Hell, knowing the nature of Harry Reid's character he was probably a victim of the knock-out game but is covering it up because it doesn't fit with his agenda or DemocRAT talking points.
Exercise mishap? My arse.
HARRY, bend over and kiss your a$$ good bye. You are through. Afterall, what difference does it make?
“Looking at him—no way he does 250 situps.”
That’s the hardest part of the story to believe.
Looks like a drunken stupor fall ...
This looks more like what happens when stumble out of a brothel, drunk.
Not that I would know.
I concur, if he does 250 situps 3 X a week he’d have much better posture. He’d also be able to be heard when he speaks, rather than the reedy whine that emanates from his vocal cords.
What is that book in the picture?
Is that 250 a year?
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