Reid says cooperation needed to solve problems

[NVMojo]

WASHINGTON -- Delivering the Democratic Party's weekly radio speech, Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., urged members of both political parties on Saturday to put rancor aside to solve the nation's problems.

"Americans are counting on their elected officials to be there for them, to pursue policies that will make it a little easier for them to realize their dreams," said Reid, the incoming Senate Democratic leader.

Following fiercely contested elections this fall, Reid said the parties need to work together to create jobs, preserve Social Security, win the war in Iraq, reduce consumer prices for prescription drugs and ensure public schools are preparing children.

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http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2004/Nov-21-Sun-2004/news/25315271.html

[joelogan]

1. who care what this rightwinger thinks?

Tell him to join the GOP!

[Benhurst]

2. We'd better pass the hat to get him a case of K-Y Jelly. n/t

[NVMojo]

3. that just about sums it up...k-y ...

[coreystone]

4. Are you talking about "double jointed"? ..... "Fool me once....

"Fool me twice"...."Fool me thrice"....

HELLO!

With the utmost respect Mr. Reid.....I really don't think you are getting it......at least correctly!

:-)

[TankLV]

41. I hope they at least offer it to him first after he bends over!

The only thing I can say good about the guy is that Zizer was oh so much worse in every way.

Not much to vote FOR however.

[AP]

10. That's the spirt! Self-hatred for Democrats. That'll help.

[coreystone]

14. With "due respect", it is not "self-hatred"...

it is the "avoidance" and "denial" of realistic possible tact to confront those who are willing to throw our democracy down the tubes; "step by step", in accordance with the "inside" the "beltway" rules!

Sincerely,
coreystone

:-)

[Democat]

27. Your logic says we can't dislike Zell Miller

Every Democrat is not created politiclly equal. :)

[JNelson6563]

43. Special brand of "logic"

the illogical kind. Lot of that around here.

[AP]

51. You're equating Reid and Zell Miller?!?!?

[Democat]

53. No, I'm equating not liking an elected Democrat to "self hatred"

:)

[AP]

54. How about equating it with self-destruction?

[musette_sf]

5. "Reid says Vaseline needed to solve problems"

In the immortal words of weathercaster Tex Antoine, "If rape is inevitable, lie back and enjoy it".

Wow, we really have to get BushCo out by any legal means possible, because I can't take four years of this lay down shit.

[VivaKerry]

19. I believe that quote was from gov candidate Clayton Williams

In the late 80's, who lost against Anne Richards (thankfully).

Maybe Clayton stole it from the weathercaster?

The point is well taken. And I will personally buy and mail a tube of KY to the Honorable Senator Reid.

[musette_sf]

49. You know, I do believe old Claytie

did say that too. Well, "Tex", of WABC-TV in NYC, was the first to be so publicly tasteless.

Although now you're making me think of Claytie and I sure didn't like him so well. I voted agin him.

[TahitiNut]

24. It figures. Vaseline is a PETROLEUM product.

:shrug:

[Deja Q]

6. Uh, by working together, does that mean D's bend over to R's every whim?

x(

[DireStrike]

7. Appealing to other insiders?

Could it be that Reid is trying to forge a D/Moderate R coalition? How many moderate R's are there anyway? How many are rightwingnuts?

[coreystone]

8. Reaching out for the R's is "My Way or the Highway"....there no..

compromise at this point!

:-(


It is clearly a time to shout! No more of this!

NO MORE OF THIS INSANNITY inside the "belt way"!

TAKE IT BACK!

[AndyTiedye]

9. We are Counting on YOU to KEEP THE DOMINION FROM TAKING OVER!

and caving into them on every social issue is not doing that!

[Javaman]

11. When you have a prez that basically states..

Either you do as I say or fuck you!
Where in Gods name does Reid think he's going to get cooperation from?
Does he define cooperation as the democrats bending over and taking it gently?
What fucking planet does this guy live on?
I read the papers and the internet to and until I have heard those same words uttered by a repuke. Fuck them, make their lives miserable like they have make ours for the past 4 years.
If there is any cooperation to be made, the moderate repukes should be doing the cooperating, they are as much a dying breed as a Democrat in congress.
This whole mess makes me sick

[VivaKerry]

20. Exactly,, if there are mod repubs, they should be BEGGING US

for help to rid their party of the plague!

do people think those mod republicans (if any) are just waiting for an invite?

[noamnety]

12. Cooperation needed to create problems.

Isn't that what the mandate is for?

[annagull]

13. while it would be nice to woo moderate R's away

I don't think that's going to happen with another milque toast Dem as minority leader. A strong leader evokes trust and could give moderate R's the confidence they would need to jump or at least vote with us on important issues. Unfortunately, seems the DNC keeps repeating history. My kingdom for a leadership with a spine.

[gordianot]

15. Utterly unspeakable

I realize people who post on DU may represent a more vocal opinion than many other Democrats. Working together while you trash your principles will not cut it with any Democrats. These people are going to end up without a base from which to start.

[Zhade]

16. Sure! Any party that sneaks in a provision to view your tax returns...

...deserves your trust.

:eyes:

[geomon666]

17. .........

..........pwahahahahahahahahaha! Oh stop it man, you're killing me!

[VivaKerry]

18. I got a heap of turds piled on me for criticizing reid as the speaker

Pelosi head of dems in the house. Reid head of the dems in the senate.

Honestly, I can only conclude that it was the PLAN to have kerry lose this election.

I am confused and battle-worn. I hope I am being paranoid. If I were giving the radio address, I would be inciting the public about that pork bill. I suppose Reid's vote is a Yea... or should I say, "YAY"!

Opposition party. The repubs know full well what that means. How come our reps don't?

[Democat]

26. What is your problem with Pelosi?

She doesn't seem too bad so far?

[VivaKerry]

31. She caves every time.

The first bad taste in my mouth she gave me was after the invasion of iraq, and the house was writing a letter of congrats to george bush about it. Moveon had the the country contacting her like crazy to tell her NOT to sign the letter, to guard against other dems signing it.

What happened?

She contacted moveon, and asked every so nicely for moveon to tell everyone to stop calling her office; she got the message loud and clear.

What happened?

She got on the floor, signed the letter, recommended that we all support the war president, and many other dems signed the letter.

A PASS for bush's illegal invasion.

That was a-moral action no. 1. Don't want to do a history on the woman. But she sucks. And she is almost as scary to look at as Katherine Harris, almost.

[NVMojo]

34. I still wonder if it was part of the plan for some dems to have Kerry lose

[makhno]

36. That's the vibe I got when the Clinton machine put its weight...

...behind Kerry, going so far as to introduce a spoiler like Clark into the primaries. Hillary in '08 perhaps, or some other conservative "democrat" that the base will be supposed to lap up after the complete disaster of the previous four years.

[TahitiNut]

21. Here's the kind of "cooperation" Harry Reid is talking about.

This is, I believe, the DLC's current "leadership" test.

[ashling]

25. This looks like

a job description. LOL

[Malva Zebrina]

22. Frist, Bush et al must be laughing their heads off

I cannot even say it is funny if it were not so sad, because it is indeed sad. Take a look at the last omnibus bill passed with a rider on the abortion issue--to release hospitals who receive government grants from the obligation to provide abortion and to even provide abortion information to a woman seeking health care. Right, Boxer had to cave and it looks like a whole lot of them had to "cave", Yeah they talked a good talk and in the end the same ole, same ole.

Hillary Clinton voted yes. Keep that in mind. She is becoming too much of a belt way politician.

It included



Pork oozing out of it's hairy ears--250,000 bucks to Blueberry Hill, a Maine blueberry farmer for "renovations".??? What kind of renovations? Snowe and Collins, supposed moderates who have always run on women's rights and supposedly are pro-choice, voting yes! Collins voter for the third term abortion, so called "partial birth" abortion even though it mentions nothing aobut the health of the mother. It seems that blueberries are more important that the lives of women and their rights.

I am weary of these politics--I am weary of being jerked around by these people flush with the excitement of themselves as high and mighty "senatorial" players in this stupid game that benefits them or places like "Blueberry Hill" when children are without health care and an alarming number of them are living in poverty and when the health of women is concerned.



The system is corrupt, I am convinced.

[Democat]

23. Republicans will be expecting Reid to cooperate on every single issue

They exect us to cooperate with them, not the other way around.

[insane_cratic_gal]

32. Republicans will be expecting Reid to cooperate on every single issue

Write to him, .. I did last night telling in him so many words to not sell out.
That 57 million people didn't agree with the dreams of the "american people" from the yahoo article.. their dream is my nightmare..

"Americans are counting on their elected officials to be there for them, to pursue policies that will make it a little easier for them to realize their dreams," he said.

[Triana]

28. Too late, buttwipe...

...my dreams have already THANKS TO YOUR PANTYWAIST PANDERING and GeeDuybha - been SOLD to the lowest bidder in India. You useless piece of panderering, milquetoast, pantywaist crap.

God. WHY DOES HE EVEN BOTHER?

What we have here, is taxation without representation because WE are not represented here AT ALL.

DEMOCRATS HAD THEIR CHANCE to create jobs, preserve social security, etc. and they should have NEVER, EVER approved the war in Iraq to begin with. SOMEBODY needs to whack these idiots upside the head with a CLUE-by-four and I'm not certain EVEN THEN they'd get it.

Ho-huum. "work together?!" THAT MEANS GET THE K-Y AND BEND OVER DEMOCRATS AND YOUR CONSTITUENTS - 'cause you (we) are about to get the screwing of our lifetimes.

DOH!

What a waste of oxygen this moron is.

[Walt Starr]

29. Harry Reid to America: BOHICA!!!!

Motherfucker.

This party is damn near dead. Dead I say.

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

30. I'm speechless

we should not only be the opposition party, we should be the resistance party as well. The way he's talking, we are NEITHER.

Screw that.

Cooperate with criminals? Why?

[THUNDER HANDS]

33. when you reach out to republicans you better count your fingers

when you pull your hand back.

[okieinpain]

35. Got Dean? n/t

[boi1946]

37. N/T

just :puke: :argh: :grr:

[ibegurpard]

38. The Republicans don't WANT to solve problems

they want to destroy all government "handouts" and reduce the Democratic Party to complete and total irrelevance.

[PittPoliSci]

39. fuck you reid.

i want mean partisanship, not wishy-washy pseudo-leadership. i want a minority leader who will stand up to the neocons.

[Raiden]

40. Fuck that!

I'm sick of complacency. We've been 'cooperating' with the right-wingers for well over twelve years now, and look at where it's gotten us. It's time to fight back.


Why don't we stop letting the right wingers dictate what we do? The Democrats problem in attracting the center isn't that we are too liberal; it is that they think we don't stand for anything. Like I have said before, being 'bipartisan' means nothing when one side gives and the other side takes.

[Barkley]

45. Write On Raiden!

The accommodationist/ appeasement strategy doesn't work.

[Zorra]

42. Well, he's right. The only way to get anything good done is for repuke

legislators to cooperate with Democratic policies.

Because all republican policies only hurt Americans.

[JNelson6563]

44. Cooperate code for capitulate

Sickening.

[GetTheRightVote]

48. I am with you here at DU

Reid can hand himself over for the F* job they are going to give him but I will not join his little party. Are we sure he is a democrat ?? I am thinking that he is a plant for the repuck party. The democrats should be outraged by this stolen election not pandering to the repucks for doing it. It is all making me sick. We need to create our own peoples party of the USA and get our own canidates of the party elected then we might stay a chance against this crap. Atleast I can say this much for Kerry, he told us to stand and to fight. Boy, big mistake to put Reid in there. You would think he would be afriad of losing his job trying to cut our throats like that. Down with Reid.

[Barkley]

46. Reid = 'girlieman' -nt

[VegasWolf]

47. I guess we need some "compasionate cooperation", yuck! n/t

[msgadget]

50. And, this is why we lose.

The other side uses every bit of radio and tv time to vilify dems and he wastes his air time reaching out to a party that has no intention of compromising again.

[2cents]

52. Very depressing...

...more bill signing puppy shows in the Rose Garden.