Harry Reid's wife and daughter

[olevetonahill]

In a bad accident . While i dont care for his politics , I will pray for his family
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100311/ap_on_go_co/us_reid_family_accident

[Leroy Lizard]

Meh. I can go open up the newspapers and read accident reports all day long.

[landrun]

Yahoo link is currently messed up;

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/03/11/reids-wife-daughter-injured-accident/?test=latestnews

Non-life threatening but very very serious still!



Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's wife and daughter were being treated in a hospital Thursday for serious injuries they sustained when their vehicle was rear-ended by a truck, a spokesman said.

Reid's wife, Landra, 69, broke her back and neck in the accident, Reid spokesman Jim Manley said.

She and the couple's adult daughter, Lana, were being treated at Inova Fairfax Hospital in suburban Virginia. Neither woman's injuries appeared to be life-threatening, Manley said.

"While driving on a Washington, D.C., highway, their vehicle was rear-ended by a semi-truck," Manley said in a statement.

"Mrs. Reid has a broken nose, broken back and broken neck. Lana has a neck injury and facial lacerations. Both Mrs. Reid and Lana are conscious, can feel their extremities, and according to doctors their injuries are non-life threatening," Manley said. "Sen. Reid has been to the hospital and appreciates the support he and his family are receiving from Nevadans and his colleagues in the Senate."

Reid later returned to Capitol Hill, where he was meeting with White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel on efforts to pass health care legislation.

Reid, 70, met Landra while they both were attending Basic High School in Henderson, Nev. They were married in 1959. Lana was born two years later, followed by four boys: Rory, Leif, Josh and Key.

[Crucifax Autumn]

Regardless of any political views I agree/disagree with when it comes to Reid, he's a nice guy with a friendly family and he has done a lot for Nevada and his little mining town of Searchlight.

[Leroy Lizard]

Pork?

[Scott D]

the cynic in me believes that reid is behind the accident to get a sympathy vote to retain the democratic nomination for his senate seat.

[Crucifax Autumn]

Pork?

Some pork, some legit projects, lots of work to get businesses here, a ton of work getting everything in place for City Center which created thousands of jobs or we'd be even worse off, strong opposition to Yucca Mountain which NONE of us here want aside from a few psychos, lots of historical preservation, etc.

As majority leader and as a national politician he's kinda sucky, but for representing Nevada he's a good guy.

[Leroy Lizard]

Get ready to kiss his *** goodbye. :)

[olevetonahill]

Leapin Lizard , Do you just have to be a dick in every thread ?:rolleyes:

[Leroy Lizard]

If you're going to red spek me on every single post, might as well. :)

[olevetonahill]

If you're going to red spek me on every single post, might as well. :)

I aint in awhile But I can resume if you wish :pop:

[Leroy Lizard]

Oh, please no!!

[Crucifax Autumn]

Get ready to kiss his *** goodbye. :)

That could very well happen, but it's not a given no matter what the polls say. In 2004 the polls had Kerry with an edge in the presidential election here but Bush won fairly big. Same the with our last gubernatorial election...tons of movement at the end.

I don't hear nearly as much of the tea-party "throw the bums out" sentiment here so election day may just break in the direction of name recognition and it will matter a LOT what the turnout is in Southern Nevada.

[Crucifax Autumn]

Oh...For the record, I really don't give a crap who wins it as long as whoever it is does everything they can to get jobs to NV and help get tourism back to what it should be to get that casino money flowing back into our broken schools.

The one I DO care about is getting rid of our worthless governor ASAP.

[sooner59]

Scott D, that is one of the worst things I have every heard anyone say. I pity you if that is what you truly believe, because that is just horrible.

LL, glad to know you have no regard for the human condition. There are people that I absolutely can't stand, but if I hear something like this happened to their family, I would feel for them and pray that their loved ones get better. You chime in just to say, "Who cares." I was starting to think you were better than that. Thanks for setting that straight.

[Scott D]

I never said I believed that...I think I was just channeling RLIMC for a moment there, and did everything but hint that ACORN was behind it ;)

In truth I feel for the wife and daughter, both that they were injured and that she was tricked into marrying Reid who I am positive is one of Barney Franks' party friends. ;)

[Leroy Lizard]

LL, glad to know you have no regard for the human condition. There are people that I absolutely can't stand, but if I hear something like this happened to their family, I would feel for them and pray that their loved ones get better.

I can flood this thread with a thousand names of people who have suffered heartbreak. Why Harry Reid's family is more worthy of sympathy than anyone else I have no idea.

I have no use for phony sympathy and I'm not going to pretend to be disturbed by something that doesn't disturb me.

Now, I don't wish any ill will on him or his family. I certainly didn't like hearing about the accident. But I'm just being honest: Personal catastrophes don't weigh on me emotionally one iota just because the unfortunate one is related to a celebrity.

Should it?

If someone went to Harry Reid and told him that you had been in a terrible accident, he would say, "Who the F*** is he?" And that is just the honest goddamn truth. Care to disagree?

[sooner59]

I don't disagree, but just because he doesn't give two ****s about me doesn't mean that I won't still feel for his loved ones. You could have easily said nothing in this thread. Instead, you gave the "Who gives a ****?" comment. Stay classy, LL.

[olevetonahill]

No one said his family was more worthy than anyone else. I just said Id pray fer em . You dont wanta thats yer prerogative.

[Crucifax Autumn]

I can flood this thread with a thousand names of people who have suffered heartbreak. Why Harry Reid's family is more worthy of sympathy than anyone else I have no idea.

I have no use for phony sympathy and I'm not going to pretend to be disturbed by something that doesn't disturb me.

Now, I don't wish any ill will on him or his family. I certainly didn't like hearing about the accident. But I'm just being honest: Personal catastrophes don't weigh on me emotionally one iota just because the unfortunate one is related to a celebrity.

Should it?

If someone went to Harry Reid and told him that you had been in a terrible accident, he would say, "Who the F*** is he?" And that is just the honest goddamn truth. Care to disagree?


Don't be obtuse. He and his family aren't "MORE worthy of sympathy", merely as worthy as anyone else who has bad things happen to them. There are constant threads on this board asking for sympathy and prayers for people having a tough time, famous, infamous, and unknown.

At my old job a lady from Searchlight came in with a letter from Reid's office offering prayers and support for her ill husband, so yeah...He too is capable of showing sympathy for people. It's assinine to consider him and his family less than human or less worthy just because he happens to represent a political view which is counter to your own or just because he happens to be famous.

[Leroy Lizard]

It's assinine to consider him and his family less than human or less worthy just because he happens to represent a political view which is counter to your own or just because he happens to be famous.

That has nothing to do with it. I didn't shed a tear for Ronald Reagan's death any more than anyone else's. Yes, it was certainly newsworthy, but I can't think of any person whose death upset me outside of people I know. It just doesn't hit me.

Is this sympathy is real?

You see people crying at Michael Jackson's funeral. To me, this isn't really any different. Get a grip.

[Crucifax Autumn]

Oh, the crying is stupid. A decent and classy show of respect and sympathy for the families is another thing though.

[1890MilesToNorman]

Why would he leave the hospital to go back to DC? With todays technology he could stay with them and still conduct his political agenda. Me thinks his priorities are screwed up.

[Crucifax Autumn]

Don't votes have to be cast in person most times? Also, being in the leader role I'm sure he has to work his *** off at that. Seriously...He's in charge of a bunch of Democrats which is akin to being in charge of a football field sized single cage with 60 different animals and trying to get them not to eat one another.

[1890MilesToNorman]

"Reid later returned to Capitol Hill, where he was meeting with White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel on efforts to pass health care legislation."

He don't have to cast a vote in the presence of Rahm Emanuel do he?

[Leroy Lizard]

It all makes sense now. Family badly injured in wreck... need health care... must pass health care bill. :D

[Scott D]

"Reid later returned to Capitol Hill, where he was meeting with White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel on efforts to pass health care legislation."

He don't have to cast a vote in the presence of Rahm Emanuel do he?

don't you know by now, he asks how high when Rahm Emanuel says "jump" otherwise he'll be called retarded.