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Harry Reid's foot-swallowing incident

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thisnumbersdisconnected

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is blaming Republicans for the National Institutes of Health turning away cancer patients. But when asked why the Senate wouldn't try to help "one child who has cancer" by approving a mini-spending bill, he shot back: "Why would we want to do that?"

The tense exchange occurred Wednesday, as Senate Democrats tried to lambaste Republicans ahead of a vote where the House will consider measures to fund the NIH and other agencies -- a bid to ease the pain amid the budget stand-off.

Reid has opposed the measures, saying that if Republicans want to end the government suspension they'll have to simply approve a "clean" budget bill -- devoid of any provision that would hurt ObamaCare.

But Reid was challenged at a Democratic press conference by CNN's Dana Bash about why the Senate wouldn't consider the NIH bill.

"If you can help one child who has cancer, why wouldn't you do it?" she asked.

Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., quietly asked, "Why pit one against the other?"

And Reid immediately chimed in: "Why would we want to do that? I have 1,100 people at Nellis Air Force base that are sitting home. They have a few problems of their own."
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Undoubtedly, it was he "misspoke" and given the ability of the media to completely ignore idiocies that come out of Democrats' mouths, hardly anyone will know about this.

But Reid chimed in later today by saying he was "taken out of context." Remember, he responded to a question by immediately saying, "Why would we want to do that?" How is that "taken out of context"? There was no context. It was a question asked as part of his stand-alone statement that then babbled about 1,100 civilian personnel at Nellis AFB, which just happens to be in Nevada. Remember what state Reid represents?

Apparently they are no sick children in Nevada, only furloughed civilian personnel at his favorite military base. C'mon, Harry! Just admit you screwed up and move on!
 
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SolaSaint

SolaSaint

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Can someone give me one good reason why this horrible man keeps getting re-elected in Nevada?
 
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