Posted on 10/15/2006 7:22:35 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
EDITORIAL: Sen. Reid on the hot seat
It didn't quite have the legs to knock the overhyped Foley scandal off the front pages, but another Washington controversy this week at least momentarily threatened the credibility of Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid.
The Associated Press on Wednesday reported that our own Sen. Reid may have violated Senate rules by failing to report the 2001 transfer of land he owned "to a partnership in which he maintained a personal stake." Advertisement
Three years later, Sen. Reid made $700,000 when the partnership sold the real estate.
To make matters worse for the senator, the deal was apparently put together by a longtime friend and casino lawyer whose name has come up previously in organized crime investigations and a political bribery trial this summer.
Sen. Reid denied any wrongdoing and "hung up on the phone" when questioned about the deal, the AP reported.
Senate ethics rules require members to file annual reports that must include information on all investment property transactions. A former official with the Federal Elections Commission told The AP that Sen. Reid had violated his chamber's ethics guidelines.
By Thursday, Sen. Reid was a bit more contrite while awaiting a ruling from the Senate ethics committee on his actions. "I don't want to try to be flippant about this," he said. "If the ethics committee wants me to file a technical correction, then I will be happy to do it."
On the scandal scale, Sen. Reid's handling of the land deal hardly rises to Watergate status. But even several left-leaning newspapers -- including The Washington Post -- criticized the senator. The Philadelphia Inquirer went so far as to urge Democrats to boot Sen. Reid as their leader barring additional evidence in his favor.
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Reid must resign NOW.
Doesn't matter what Reid does or doesn't do, people in NV believe in him and will keep him.
the west coast bob toricelli
In keeping with the demonRATS stated "commitment" to truth and justice, I say LET THE INVESTIGATIONS BEGIN and Reid must resign. Any demonRATS who knew about it - including Pelosi- must resign as well. NOW!
Lets make that a great big REID MUST RESIGN IMMEDIATELY!! and have it in print, on TV and the radio talk show agenda now...not later next week...but NOW!
That's debateable considering the checkered history of Reid's partner, the large amount of money involved, Reid's neglecting to file proper disclosure documents, and potential tax avoidance. We should henceforth refer to this scandal as Landgate.
And let's make sure it gets even hotter, shall we?
Credibility momentarily threatened? Pretty much says it all in respect to Reid walking away from this potential scandal with his "credibility" intact. After all, Reid has volunteered to go back and correct his financial records. What a guy!
His latest job approval rating pre-scandal was 32%.
LLS
Matthews and Olberman will be sure to highlight this while delving into his land dealings. /sarcasim
There are skeletons in every closet. lol
I spewed coffee with that! ;-)
LLS
That is a great Visual.
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