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Harry Reid Embraces Republican Talking Points
Daily Kos —
... In announcing that Senate Democrats won't fund the closing of Guantanamo, Harry Reid fully embraced fear-mongering Republican talking points. Nice job, Harry: ...
Hullabaloo — With Friends Like These by dday Is there one right-wing hissy fit the Democrats can manage to ignore? I know, simple answers to stupid questions, the answer is no. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) declared in a press conference today, “We will never allow terrorists to be released into the United States.” In several tense back and forths with reporters, Reid said he opposes imprisoning detainees on U.S. soil, saying flatly, “We don’t want them around the United States”: REID: I’m saying that the United ...
Gitmo closing not to be funded.
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
... In light of this news, and in light of Harry Reid’s declaration that the detainees should stay out of this country, I look forward to the White House’s eventual declaration that actually Gitmo’s been sufficiently reformed enough to be used after all. And I look forward even more to all the trained seals who will - through gritted teeth, no doubt - endorse such a wise and prudent move on the part of the President. Then again, what else can they do? ...
Terrorists in Prison: Is There Anything the Right Doesn't Fear?
Commondreams.org Views —
... lead to America's National Security policies: (1) Right-wing super-tough-guy warriors project some frightened, adolescent, neurotic fantasy onto the world -- either because they are really petrified by it or because they want others to be ("Putting Muslim Terrorists in our prisons will make us Unsafe! -- Keep them away from me, please!!!"); (2) Rather than scoff at the inane fear-mongering or point out simple facts to reveal its idiocy, Democratic "leaders" such as Harry Reid echo the right-wing fears in order to prove how Serious and Tough they are -- in our political ...
A leader who won't lead
Political Animal —
Harry Reid is a Cowardly, Weak-Kneed Tool
Library Grape —
... Yesterday, Reid basically signed on to the latest GOP Manufactured Outrage Event (TM) and torpedoed Obama's request for funding to shut down Guantanamo. Here's what he said: ...
The Incoherent Cowardice Of Harry Reid
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
by Chris Bodenner
If you are going to cling to your talking points, at least make sense:
REID: I’m saying that the United States Senate, Democrats and Republicans, do not want terrorists to be released in the United States. That’s very clear.
QUESTION: No one’s talking about releasing them. We’re talking about putting them in prison somewhere in the United States.
REID: Can’t put them in prison unless you release them.
QUESTION: Sir, are you going to clarify that a little bit? …
REID: I ...
Harry Reid's new low
The Reaction —
... and, after all, it is the Senate's job to watch the purse strings (though you wouldn't have known it during the Bush years). It's a whole other thing for Harry Reid to come out and defend the blocking of funds by buying into the GOP fear mongering that closing Guantanamo will lead to a terrorist moving into your spare bedroom. Come on, Harry, not only are not leading, you are crawling behind an opposition party who's ideas have been completely discredited in the last two elections. ...
Obama’s Ball and Chain
The Moderate Voice —
That would be Nancy “Ball” Pelosi and Harry “Chain” Reid. After Pelosi’s stammering press conference about what she knew (or not) and when re: waterboarding … we get this from Reid.
REID: I’m saying that the United States Senate, Democrats and Republicans, do not want terrorists to be released in the United States. That’s very clear.
QUESTION: No one’s talking about releasing them. We’re talking about putting them in prison somewhere in the United States.
REID: Can’t put them in prison unless you release them. ...
5/20: Whose Side Are You On, Harry?
Blogometer —
... to provide the $80M that Pres. Obama requested to close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay. They're especially furious about Senate Maj. Leader Harry Reid 's (D-NV) explanation for the decision, in which he declared , "We will never allow terrorists to be released into the United States." Lefty bloggers are outraged that Reid employed the same rhetoric that the GOP has ...
5/21: Running Scared
Blogometer —
... that "the Republicans have the Democrats running scared on national security again." Lefty bloggers are also growing increasingly frustrated by what they perceive to be the absurdity of the arguments being employed by politicians (such as Senate Maj. Leader Harry Reid ) who are opposed to imprisoning detainees on U.S. soil. As ...
Hell's bells
The Sideshow —
... transfer, release, or incarcerate detainees detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to or within the United States. And so did Russ Feingold and Barbara Boxer. It's so bad it's easier to list those who didn't join in: Durbin (D-IL), Harkin (D-IA), Leahy (D-VT), Levin (D-MI), Reed (D-RI), Whitehouse (D-RI). Everyone else (except a couple who didn't vote) followed the lead of Harry Reid, premier coward. Oh, and of course Obama, that great Constitutional scholar. (Oh, there's more.) Apparently, Obama is frustrated because, well, we've been fed a steady diet of fear for ...
Frankie Sturm: Barack Obama is the LeBron James of the Democratic Party
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... But Democrats also need to build their own brand as a party because, popularity aside, President Obama needs it. Watching the Democratic Senate vote 90-6 against allocating funds for the closure of Guantanamo Bay was an exercise in embarrassment for party and president alike. The criticism that President Obama has not outlined a real plan for shutting down Gitmo is perfectly legit; the spectacle of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid parroting Republican talking points on "releasing" the detainees is not. ...
Barack Obama is the LeBron James of the Democratic Party
The Moderate Voice —
... But Democrats also need to build their own brand as a party because, popularity aside, President Obama needs it. Watching the Democratic Senate vote 90-6 against allocating funds for the closure of Guantanamo Bay was an exercise in embarrassment for party and president alike. The criticism that President Obama has not outlined a real plan for shutting down Gitmo is perfectly legit; the spectacle of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid parroting Republican talking points on “releasing” the detainees is not. ...
Barack Obama is the LeBron James of the Democratic Party
The Reaction —
... Democrats also need to build their own brand as a party because, popularity aside, President Obama needs it. Watching the Democratic Senate vote 90-6 against allocating funds for the closure of Guantanamo Bay was an exercise in embarrassment for party and president alike. The criticism that President Obama has not outlined a real plan for shutting down Gitmo is perfectly legit; the spectacle of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid parroting Republican talking points on "releasing" the detainees is not. ...
Harry Reid: Gitmo detainees will need to be relocated to U.S. prisons
The Political Carnival —
... After previously suggesting that he wouldn’t support Guantanamo detainees being relocated to the U.S., Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) acknowledged [...] some Gitmo detainees will be ...
Reid acknowledges Guantanamo detainees will need to be relocated to U.S. prisons.
The Hollywood Liberal —
... After previously suggesting that he wouldn’t support Guantanamo detainees being relocated to the U.S., Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) acknowledged in an interview with a local news station that some Gitmo detainees will be put in federal prisons. While conservatives have baselessly claimed that “terrorists” could roam in Americans’ “backyards” if Guantanamo is closed, […] reidobama2 After previously suggesting that he wouldn’t support Guantanamo detainees being relocated to the U.S., Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) acknowledged in an interview with a local ...
Yemeni Detained Without Charges for Seven Years Kills Himself
The Moderate Voice —
... Gitmo Guest Kills Himself,” Glenn writes:
Some of the most cartoonish pseudo-tough-guy, play-acting-warrior-low-lifes of the Right — Rush Limbaugh, The Weekly Standard, National Review’s Andy McCarthy — have long referred to Guantanamo as “Club Gitmo.” Many leading national Republican politicians have (as usual) followed suit. Recently, some key Democrats have begun actively impeding plans to close it.
Today, Muhammad Ahmad Abdallah Salih ...
Another Club Gitmo Guest Kills Himself
Commondreams.org Views —
... . Recently, some key Democrats have begun actively impeding plans to close it. Today, Muhammad Ahmad Abdallah Salih -- a 31-year old Yemeni who has been in a Gitmo cage since February, 2002 (more than seven years) without charges -- became the latest Club Gitmo guest ...
Not on Max Baucus's Watch. No Way.
Hit & Run —
... proposed a solution: Move the detainees into their prisons. The ailing towns get jobs and a substantial chunk of revenue from the federal government, the expensive prisons get put to use, and Harry Reid will no longer be forced to release every captured member of Al Qaeda directly into your neighborhood. Sounds like a decent plan, until you ask some local politicians. First, ...
