McCain To Reid: 'I'm Going To Kick The Crap Out Of You'

[kpete]

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) was predictably angry last month when Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) invoked the "nuclear option" to abolish the filibuster.

So the Arizona Republican gave Reid a piece of his mind on the Senate floor, according to a New York Times Magazine profile of McCain published Wednesday.

"Harry, I’m going to go kick the crap out of you," McCain said he told Reid, minutes before giving a speech in which he used Reid's own words to brand the rules change a "black chapter in the history of the Senate."

"John, I would expect nothing less," Reid replied, according to McCain.


http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/mccain-to-reid-i-m-going-to-kick-the-crap-out-of-you

[bullwinkle428]

1. Grampy's threats don't surprise me a bit, given his alleged history of dropping the

"C-bomb" on his own wife.

[JoePhilly]

2. McCain wants his precious!!! We neeeeds it!!!

[WCGreen]

3. Harry was a fairly good boxer...

I bet Harry knocks him out in three punches...

[frylock]

15. two hits

[davidpdx]

38. Yep

Reid hitting McCain and McCain hitting the floor. I wish he'd done it too.

[okaawhatever]

24. Let's have them earn their pay.....Grudge match McCain v. Reid...;PayPerView...all proceeds go to

offset food stamp cuts.

[rurallib]

25. Johnny Mac has to win a preliminary bout first

with a wet paper bag

[L0oniX]

4. Get off my lawn.

[geardaddy]

5. "John, I would expect nothing less," Reid replied, according to McCain.

The classiest response.

[Coyotl]

7. Such a perfect jab back.

[City Lights]

11. Perfect!

Nice job, Harry!

[ashling]

22. x10 brazillion!

great response,

but . . . I would expect nothing less.

[NastyRiffraff]

6. I am so tired of this old has-been

He's so predictable with his empty violent threats. He's not man enough to seriously challenge Harry Reid, physically or otherwise.

[hibbing]

31. me too

And he's on the Sunday shows every other week I think, I stopped watching those corporate tools though, so not sure.

Peace

[Aristus]

8. I wonder if McCain knows how to say that in Vietnamese...

He may have heard it often enough.

Guess his little stint in the Hanoi hoosegow taught him nothing...

[SCVDem]

18. I believe the term is

Chieu Hoi

"I surrender!"

[yellowcanine]

9. "Please proceed Senator."

I am confident Harry Reid can take care of himself against the likes of John McCain. Harry is one tough cookie.

Harry Mason Reid was born in Searchlight, Nevada, on December 2, 1939. He was the third of four sons born to mother Inez Orena and father Harry Vincent Reid, a miner who committed suicide in 1972. The Reid home was modest, with no indoor toilet, hot water or telephone.

Reid committed himself to education at a young age. Since Searchlight had no high school, Reid boarded with relatives in Henderson, Nevada, to attend classes at a local school there, as well as participate in football and boxing. He then enrolled at Utah State University, graduating with a degree in political science and history, and went on to receive a law degree from George Washington University in Washington, D.C.

http://www.biography.com/people/harry-reid--21032035

[BlueMTexpat]

42. As opposed to McCain, who had his way comfortably assured

every step of the way - except for his time as a POW, of course - and then managed to screw that up thoroughly.

I have never understood the admiration for McCain that so many people - even some Dems - seem to have (or have had) for him, at least as a politician. He is a political opportunist of the first order, rather than a man of principle.

Even though I may occasionally be frustrated with Reid's attempts at compromise with a group that simply does not even know the meaning of the word, I consider him to be a true class act. Unlike McCain, Reid is a man of principle who came up through the School of Hard Knocks, gave as good as he got, earned his way by merit and who still remembers and empathizes with the "little" people.

[madokie]

10. Lawd a mercy

Harry take it easy on the old man, he might just die from over exertion. Beings as how he's set on his ass for 40 some odd years now.

[Jesus Malverde]

12. What an a-hole...nt

[Dopers_Greed]

13. If anyone should have the crap kicked out of them...

It's McCain for forcing the American public to suffer Sarah Palin.

[wildbilln864]

33. you got that right! nt

[SCVDem]

14. Tickets at Mandalay Bay

Proceeds to veterans!

Let's get ready to rummmmmmble!

[Jesus Malverde]

17. I think Harry looks faster on his feet and could pack a jab.

McCain lacking higher brain functions could probably take 12 rounds. It would be a battle...

He said "kick" so I guess we're going with the octagon and mma.

[davidpdx]

39. It would be a fairly short match

McCain can barely lift his arms and his hands are always sore. One good slap and he'd fall to the ground.

[SCVDem]

40. Then he really should STFU!

Dont'cha think?

[davidpdx]

41. Yep, but until he leaves office we have to put up with him

Hopefully he doesn't run again. It would be a double bonus if we were able to get a D to run and win when he retires. A nice slap in the face.

[haele]

16. It's an old-coot-off.

Reid looks to be in better shape, though. McCain has been having issues with focus and lucidity over the years.

My money is on the Majority Leader.

Haele

[RoccoR5955]

19. I might pay money to see that fist fight!

Harry would KO Panama John in less than one round!

[zonkers]

20. Seems to be a misquote. Seems he actually said "going to go kick the crap out of you...

[Javaman]

21. And he wanted to be president.

that's a bullet missed. thank goodness.

[DFW]

23. It makes one wonder

Did he REALLY want to be president? Or did he just want the nomination (finally, after all these years)? After agreeing to pick Palin as his VP, even for one as insensitive as McCain, he had to have known he had just suicide-bombed his own hopes of winning the election.

[elleng]

26. Anyone think mccain's bi-polar?

[lordsummerisle]

27. I wonder if McCain

even knows that the Senate makes it's own rules...

[rock]

28. Out of you're mama? (The title must've got clipped)

Anyways, I don't think he can!

[Leith]

29. McCain Had His Chance to Avoid the Black Chapter in the History of the Senate

by speaking out against the outrageous number of filibusters his own side insisted on staging. Reid did what he had to do to get the country's business running again.

[JEFF9K]

30. Reid was a boxer. McCain was famous for holding his breath until he passed-out. ...

Either way, McCain passes out.

[Nanjing to Seoul]

32. ugh. my senator. ugh.

[Enrique]

34. lick the crap out of him maybe

[freshwest]

35. Reid not exactly shaking in his boots there, Johnny! What's your next trick? Holding your breath?

McCain is a caricature.

[Cha]

36. Great retort from Reid! HaHa.. hope the Senate stays in

Reid's hands!

[Kurovski]

37. Harry ain't ascared, I reckon.

Why McCain doesn't retire and enjoy his money and family, I have no clue. I bet he's twice the painter Little George Bush is.

[Dustlawyer]

43. Who would fight on the under-card?

[JustAnotherGen]

44. Oh yeah

Well Harry Reid will kick your ass old man! Pfft!

[drynberg]

45. Grumpy Mc Maverick is a national embarrassment!

Majority Senate Leader Reid was right in stopping the massive GOP abuse of the filibuster, and a 51 vote instead of 60 vote need for majority was needed to allow the Senate to function. Grumpy needs to leave the Senate now, an ambulance is waiting...