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Harry Reid's Challenger 'Called by God' - God Help Us

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2010-07-15 00:37|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 I met and had a conversation with Sharron Angle a few months back when she was running in the primary. Nice lady (honestly), but her political strategy won't make a lot of sense if you're not from Nevada. It's not THAT complicated, though its probably not about what you think its about.

Here goes:

Harry Reid is Las Vegas' senator, not Nevada's. (Really he's California's third senator, but that's another matter. Las Vegas is also California's third largest city.) Now, Las Vegas is something like 60% of the state's population, but they don't vote reliably. Angle thinks that only 40% of them will go to the poles.... maybe even less.

The rest of the state (re: rural, conservative) is only 40% of the population. But we vote. Every. Time. And we hate Reid. And he hates us right back.

So, simply put, if Harry can terrify Las Vegas into voting against the scary, old-person-hating, child sacrificing, Elron Hubbard worshiping Nazi lady from up north in large numbers, he will win... and probably his spawn along with him. If not, the Reid family is done for good.

I'm hoping for the latter.

Posted by Secret Master 2010-07-15 01:16|| 2010-07-15 01:16|| Front Page Top

#2 Finally a politician whose messiah isn't "the one".

Posted by wr 2010-07-15 01:48|| 2010-07-15 01:48|| Front Page Top

#3 What's she got besides religion?
She's running for Senator of the State of Nevada, not the pope.

Posted by bigjim-CA 2010-07-15 04:49|| 2010-07-15 04:49|| Front Page Top

#4 bigjim - you prefer Reid? Seems to me the choice is pretty clear.

Posted by Frank G 2010-07-15 08:35|| 2010-07-15 08:35|| Front Page Top

#5 One infused with moral traditions of classical Western Civilization, the other infused with the (im)moral traditions of Power. Is that a real hard choice?

Posted by Procopius2k 2010-07-15 09:56|| 2010-07-15 09:56|| Front Page Top

#6 Charlotte zings Reid from beyond the grave
Posted by John L. Smith
Tuesday, Jul. 13, 2010 at 10:43 AM
Election 2010 has just heard from a member of the Silent Majority.

You know, from a deceased person.

http://www.lvrj.com/blogs/smith/Charlotte_zings_Reid_from_beyond_th...

Chances are good you never met Charlotte McCourt during her 84 years, but Im willing to bet youll be hearing about her in the coming days now that her obituary has taken Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to task. Its the kind of small story that has the potential to ricochet like a bullet through the campaign showdown between incumbent Reid and Republican challenger Sharron Angle.

Not because McCourt, who died July 8 after a long illness, was a political player or business powerbroker, but precisely because she was neither of those things. She was a homemaker, proud mother and grand mother and wife of 67 years to Patrick McCourt.

And she was at one time a loyal supporter of Harry Reid.

Her obituary, printed in Tuesdays Review-Journal, reads in part, We believe that Mom would say she was mortified to have taken a large role in the election of Harry Reid to U.S. Congress. Let the record show Charlotte was displeased with his work. Please, in lieu of flowers, vote for another more worthy candidate.

Ouch.

McCourt was born Dec. 25 in Wellington, Utah and was a 40-year Nevada resident. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Perhaps by coincidence, Reids re-election hangs in no small part on his ability to encourage conservative and religious Democrats to support him. He is also a member of the LDS faith.

Posted by JohnQC 2010-07-15 10:20|| 2010-07-15 10:20|| Front Page Top

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