Why is Everyone Crapping on Harry Reid?

[canEHdian]

Reid is not running for President. Romney is the one asking you to trust him with the nuclear arsenal, but he won't release his freakin' tax returns???

American Insanity.

[mucifer]

1. who is crapping on Harry Reid?

[Curtland1015]

2. Republicans and John Stewart

They're the only ones I've seen so far...

[CanonRay]

5. John Stewart is dead wrong on this one

although he's usually got it right. Harry Reid is dead on with what he is saying.

[Baitball Blogger]

21. And we're all punishing him in DU by spelling his name wrong.

John Stewart, John Stewart, John Stewart.

On edit: John Stuart.

[DirkGently]

29. I think it' "Jon Stewart."

Not that it matters.

Carry on.

[Baitball Blogger]

31. No kidding?

[Curtland1015]

34. Ya know, that did pop in my head after I typed it...

...I was like, IS it just "Jon"? I think it is. I should check to be sure.

...After the next commercial break.

Then I forgot all about it.

[canEHdian]

16. Jonathan Karl on "This Week"

Even Van Jones implied Romney's tax returns weren't really a big issue.

[Evergreen Emerald]

3. Its even worse than that--as Maddow showed on Friday's show

Reid took the idea right out of Romney's playbook. He used the same strategy when running about 10 yrs ago.

Our media is so corrupt. The angle of the media reporting is so biased in favor of Romney.

[AlbertCat]

32. Reid took the idea right out of Romney's playbook.

Fox News does it hourly....

"Some people say....."

[ellenfl]

42. i think he took his cue from the birthers and i, for one, love it! eom

[Iggo]

4. Everyone?

[lpbk2713]

6. Why do you say everyone?

Certainly not me or anyone I know.

[Angry Dragon]

24. Me neither

[Justice wanted]

7. Because The Republicans know Reid is telling the truth and the Fact that Romney wasn't

their base's first choice and a lot of people are going to stay home. This stuff comes out before the convention and they have to go to Plan B. They might as well kiss the next 3 elections good-bye which is no skin off my noise but the RNC is scared shitless of Reid.

He's got Rmoney back to the the wall.

[CJCRANE]

8. Reince Preibus is not "everyone". nt

[annabanana]

11. pfft. .He's not even ANYone. . . . .

a pee wee herman clone without the wit, humor or good nature.

[still_one]

9. The only thing I know if they believe Reid's sources are wrong then just release romney's taxes.

[russspeakeasy]

14. Yup . It is as simple as that.

[coalition_unwilling]

10. American insanity? More like American terminal illness:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021075465

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Welcome to DU! Hope you get a chance to read my thread and post there also

[2pooped2pop]

12. because he finally found his balls

Me? I'm glad to see Harry's balls finally making an appearance.

This country is totally fucked and I think we need to see more balls on the table to even begin to fix it.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

13. I don't know that everybody is

however, every second, minute, hour, day, week, and month they spend going after Reid on this (who BTW is not up for re-election for another 4 years), that's time they're not spending attacking or lying on President Obama. Romney could easily answer Reid's comments if they want to but they apparently believe that the price of releasing the records outweighs the damage rampant speculation is causing him right now. I have a feeling too that Reid knows exactly what he is doing here. With as much on the line as there is, I doubt that Reid would potentially set the Obama campaign up for failure over something like this.

[Siwsan]

15. I couldn't be MORE with Harry Reid, on this issue

I think that if we keep pushing Willard, and I mean daily, he's going to snap. I'm beginning to suspect that's why his handlers avoid letting the press anywhere near him, when ever possible. He really isn't very good at answering questions about his actions, since he's probably gone most of his life believing he doesn't have to.

[kentuck]

17. She was wearing a short dress and...

...she was asking to be raped.

Same principle.

[mucifer]

18. As long as dems back him up and don't back down. That's the best we can hope for now.

The press will be the press.

If the dems attacked him, I'd be really pissed.

[pintobean]

19. Why are Canadians crapping on Americans?

Your post insinuates that you're referring to DUers. Everyone? As my subject line shows, generalities suck.

[Canuckistanian]

20. As long as Rmoney is fighting Reid, he's wasting valuable time

And Obama can keep advancing HIS message.

It's a win-win.

[procon]

25. There's the money quote

Reid has adroitly maneuvered Romney into an escape-proof trap. Every day he spends on defense is another gift to Obama' campaign to get his message out in front while Romney is mired down in the self defeating "I am not a crook" mode.



Priceless!

[Motown_Johnny]

22. It is fine, make them punch down. This was the plan.

They are off message.

[Bluenorthwest]

23. Everyone? Get real. This is politics, and the oppositoin always craps on the other side no matter

what. Pretense of shock that Republicans are crapping on a strong Democrat is suspicious to me. Why would that surprise you?

[cantbeserious]

26. Shoot The Messenger - Same Story Every Time

eom

[MjolnirTime]

27. It doesn't matter what they say about Harry. So long as they still have to talk about tax returns.

The pressure builds.

[FarPoint]

28. Where did the OP poster go?????

Where is the participation in the discussion question?

Post and then......... AWOL

[DirkGently]

30. The specifics of the tactic are tacky & risk making Dems look horrible.

Reid's obviously executing a deliberate ploy here. But the business of sweeping charges from unnamed sources is not a pretty one.

If the idea is to keep the tax return pressure on -- which it obviously is -- Reid and the Democrats could have still taken a higher road about it. It would have been easy enough to focus on the fact that the returns obviously show something Romney is afraid of -- an obscenely low rate, more offshore monkey business, IRS amnesty for Swiss accounts.

But they went with a very specific, very strong accusation from an anonymous source.

It's also a big rhetorical gamble just in terms of the way it could play out. If Romney releases his returns and paid a teeny weeny bit of taxes, Republicans get to scream "Liar!" and deflect.

The only way this specific, absolute accusation of "paying no income tax" doesn't end up just stirring more partisan bile is if it's absolutely, 100% true. If we get the returns, and they show anything different, Reid and the Democrats will have left a very bad taste in the mouths of independents or undecided voters.

[Grown2Hate]

44. Except the coward WON'T release his taxes. It's NOT happening. He's proven this since 1994 when he

ran against Sen. Ted Kennedy. So we get to speculate ALL WE WANT about his taxes. "Some people say" he hasn't paid taxes in 10 years. "Some people say" he gets most of his income from the mafia. I'm LOVING THIS.

[DefenseLawyer]

33. It's a better story than "Looks like Mitt is boxed in and in real trouble"

They want to report on a horserace, not a sore foot forcing an early scratch.

[stlsaxman]

35. Cokie Roberts, Mara Lyinson, Arie Shapiro, Guy Roz, Steve inskeep

and most of Nationalist Propaganda Radio.

[DainBramaged]

36. Well, they've crapped on Obama and Nancy Pelosi till the pile was too high

he's just next.

[Dustlawyer]

37. Romney will NEVER release his taxes!

[TahitiNut]

39. Unless ...

... his tax accountants are working furiously to file amended returns. If, and only if, they can concoct 'acceptable' amended returns (3 years?), the Rmoney can (reluctantly) publish them. It seems beyond obvious that the damage to Rmoney of releasing his tax returns, as filed, is even more severe than the conjecture to this point.

I'd be VERY interested in seeing any and all of his foreign tax filings for the past 10 years as well.

[dtom67]

38. Same 'ol ....

Repubs are vulnerable on this , so they( Repubs ) target Reid. S.O.P.

Can't answer for J. Stew though....


As for where the poster is, He/she could just be scanning the posts looking for opinions.


or maybe the poster isn't here for the " debate club " experience.


Obviously , the word " everyone " ( In the post) isn't meant to include you or I.

But it seems that some here just wanna pick apart each post instead of trying to get at the point of it.


I've asked before about what the purpose of what we do here is.


Are we here to post our opinions or just call each other out over a single word in our post? We are all smart enough to figure out these posts. And you can always ask for clarification, if it seems unclear.
You shouldn't have to consult a lawyer before you post here....

This seems to be a cut -and-dried opinion posted in the form of a question.

Not much to debate.

and yes,
I am a little bitter ....

[rurallib]

40. one look at who owns the media should tell you all you need to know.

[Smilo]

41. If you call running away from the truth and

having your minions attack someone who is calling for the truth crapping then yes they are crapping on Reid.

Harry "I have found my balls" Reid - is right to go after Romney and Romney is so scared of being found out that he hasn't paid "income" taxes or whatever he is hiding coming to light he has set his attack minions on Harry.

So go Harry go!

[99Forever]

43. Ahhh yes!

A drive-by loaded question, that isn't really a question at all.

Wow, that's never been tried before! WTG newbie!

[spanone]

45. the crap is all over romney. he's covered in shit.