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RedState: Conservative News and Community: On Meet the Press, Harry Reid remains a liar
Althouse: Did you notice how pro-Israel Harry Reid was on "Meet the Press" today?
The Corner on National Review Online: Harry Reid Saved the Iraq War
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com: Mitchell Bard: Hamas Is Responsible for the Civilian Casualties in Gaza
On Meet the Press, Harry Reid remains a liar
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
... Alas, Reid was the lone guest on NBC’s Meet the Press [transcript], and moderator David Gregory was not shy about the questions he asked. But I had to uncover the most brazen lie myself. ...
Did you notice how pro-Israel Harry Reid was on "Meet the Press" today?
Althouse —
David Gregory asked whether the invasion of Gaza was offensive or defensive. Reid answered: I spoke to Prime Minister Olmert a couple of days ago. He indicated that they would do the ground activities. Let's understand the background. For eight years they've been firing rockets into Israel. They've become more intense the last few months. Israelis have been killed, maimed and injured. Sometimes more than 200 a day coming into Israel. If this were going on in the United States from Vancouver, Canada, into Seattle, would we react? Course we do. We would ...
Harry Reid Saved the Iraq War
The Corner on National Review Online —
... ] The Senate Majority Leader certainly has audacity. This is from Meet the Press yesterday : MR. GREGORY: Let me ask you about the war in Iraq. In April of 2007, this is what you said: "I believe myself that ... this war is lost and the surge is not accomplishing anything." Were you wrong? SEN. REID: David, I first met General David Petraeus in Iraq. He was training the Iraqi forces at that time. At that time, he knew it wasn't working. After he became the commander in Iraq, he and I sat down and talked. He said to me, and he said within the sound of everyone's voice, "The ...
Mitchell Bard: Hamas Is Responsible for the Civilian Casualties in Gaza
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... Don't believe me? On Meet the Press yesterday, David Gregory read an excerpt from a book by panelist Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic, who wrote about Nizar Rayyan, the Hamas leader who was killed by Israel during the current offensive ( ...
'Plantation politics'
Political Animal —
... of the leadership have been consistent -- within 48 hours of Blagojevich's arrest, Senate Democrats told the governor not to fill the vacancy. The prospective appointee's race was irrelevant. Rush, however, has been selective in his outrage -- he was fine with the leadership's threat against Blagojevich, right up until he approved of Blagojevich's choice. For what it's worth, Reid said on "Meet the Press" yesterday if there's any chance Burris might be seated. "I'm a trial lawyer," Reid said . "There's always room to negotiate." It's possible that if Burris were to agree ...
Reid's Thin Reed Bends
Hit & Run —
... In an interview with NBC's James Gregory on Meet the Press yesterday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid insisted "there's clearly legal authority for us to do whatever we want to" when Roland Burris, Illinois Gov. Rod Blogojevich's choice to replace Barack Obama, tries to claim his seat. At the same time, Reid left room for a deal that would allow Burris to serve. Here is his rationale for resisting the appointment: ...
John R. Bohrer: Enough About 'Roland Burris, Good Guy'
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... For his part, Reid would not rule out that Burris might be seated after Wednesday's meeting. He even stood up for the man's character. "I think everyone that I've talked to said that Burris is a good guy," he said on Meet the Press. ...
The Burris Appointment
Balloon Juice —
... All of this talk about “taint” and other silliness is just grandstanding and posturing, and even Harry Reid knows it, as he gave up the game on MTP on Sunday: ...
Jeff Norman: Victory For Blago and Burris is Imminent
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... Last Sunday on Meet the Press, Reid expressed a willingness to negotiate. But when he and Burris meet in Washington on Wednesday, it is the new junior senator from Illinois who will show up in the stronger position, with Reid being the one who must yield lest his illicitness become too apparent to the public, and too distracting to legislators. The other problem facing Reid is that the Illinois Supreme Court will almost certainly rule in Burris's favor within days if not hours, effectively forcing the knavish White to affix his cheap signature to paperwork that will leave the ...
What a difference two weeks made
Stubborn Facts —
Press release from the Senate Democratic Leadership, December 30th, 2008:
this is not about Mr. Burris; it is about the integrity of a governor accused of attempting to sell this United States Senate seat. Under these circumstances, anyone appointed by Gov. Blagojevich cannot be an effective representative of the people of Illinois and, as we have said, will not be seated by the Democratic Caucus. [Emphasis added]
Harry Reid on Meet the Press, January 4th, 2009:
MR. GREGORY: If Burris shows up, you won't ...
