Exercise Equipment 1, Harry Reid 0

CassandraW · Jan 2, 2015

William Haskins said:
i would think there are better ways to test the efficacy of viagra.

That's for Dark Mistress Fiona to decide.

Michael Wolfe · Jan 3, 2015

Monkey said:
I was all prepared to laugh and crack jokes, but those injuries sound pretty serious.

Damn.

Yeah, I agree. I know if it were me who was injured, I wouldn't think the jokes were all that funny.

CassandraW · Jan 3, 2015

Whereas I'd be making the jokes myself as soon as I could move my broken jaw.

Michael Wolfe · Jan 3, 2015

CassandraW said:
Whereas I'd be making the jokes myself as soon as I could move my broken jaw.

Me too (possibly). But jokes from strangers rarely carry a similar spirit, imo. So it's not really all that comparable.

CassandraW · Jan 3, 2015

I find it unlikely he's going to read the thread and be hurt. But if he's sensitive, he might want to avoid the late night talk shows, which will surely have a field day.

I'm a stalwart fan of dark humor.

clintl · Jan 3, 2015

CassandraW said:
That's for Dark Mistress Fiona to decide.

What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.

Myrealana · Jan 3, 2015

Monkey said:
I was all prepared to laugh and crack jokes, but those injuries sound pretty serious.

Damn.

Yeah. This.

William Haskins · Jan 3, 2015

yeah he's already back at work.

let's stop pretending this is the hospital scene from the godfather and you guys are rolling his bed around from room to room to keep the bad guys away.

CassandraW · Jan 3, 2015

yeah. let's fast-forward to the scene with the cannoli.

raburrell · Jan 3, 2015

I'm fairly certain even being comatose wouldn't preclude one from being 'back to work' with the current senate.

William Haskins · Jan 3, 2015

well done!

William Haskins · Jan 3, 2015

we also would have accepted "people with rib injuries often roll over to protect themselves."

William Haskins · Jan 6, 2015

harry addresses his injuries.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ss0tzJuP6VM&feature=youtu.be

it's a minute and a half long, but see it through to the end.

he knocks the painting off the wall and is inexplicably attacked by a vacuum cleaner.

CassandraW · Jan 6, 2015

He was still doing OK before that truck came crashing through the window.

William Haskins · Jan 6, 2015

how he got behind the wheel, i'll never know.

CassandraW · Jan 6, 2015

It couldn't have been easy to pull off that backflip with his broken ribs.

William Haskins · Jan 6, 2015

harry doesn't do easy.

the man works out with his face.

CassandraW · Jan 6, 2015

Apparently only the right-hand side of it, though. I don't mean to be critical, but I think he'd get more benefits from working both sides of his face equally.

CassandraW · Jan 9, 2015

Poor Harry. This is terrible. I hope he does recover his vision.

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, who broke bones in his face when a piece of exercise equipment malfunctioned at his home in Nevada, says he may not regain full vision in his right eye.

nighttimer · Jan 10, 2015

CassandraW said:
Poor Harry. This is terrible. I hope he does recover his vision.

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, who broke bones in his face when a piece of exercise equipment malfunctioned at his home in Nevada, says he may not regain full vision in his right eye.

Shame on Harry Reid for seriously harshing the mellow.

It's just like the saying goes: it's all fun and games until somebody loses an eye.

Then it's just hilarious.

CassandraW · Feb 3, 2015

FYI, doctors expect Harry will recover at least some portion of the sight in his injured eye, although it is still unclear how much will be restored.

robeiae · Feb 4, 2015

He was blind but now can see.

nighttimer · Mar 27, 2015

Not a total surprise...

Washington (CNN)Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid said Friday he won't seek reelection in 2016, a surprise move that's certain to open a fierce battle for his seat as well as a fight to lead the Democratic party in the chamber.

The fifth-term Nevada Democrat had denied retirement rumors for months, which grew louder after he suffered serious injuries in an exercising accident on New Year's Day. He said in a video posted on Twitter and Youtube that the bruises were "nothing," but added that "this accident has caused us for the first time to have a little bit of downtime ... time to ponder and to think."

"We have got to be more concerned about the country, the senate, the state of Nevada, than us. And as a result of that, I'm not going to run for reelection," he says in the video.

Reid was a top GOP target and expecting a fierce reelection fight, and he says in the video that he feels it would be "inappropriate" for him to "soak up all those resources" while Democrats have a real shot at taking back the Senate. In an interview with the New York Times, Reid notes that many of Democrats' top targets are in big, expensive states, naming Pennsylvania, Missouri, Florida and Maryland as examples.

"The decision I made has absolutely nothing to do with my injury, and it has nothing to do with my being majority leader, and it certainly has nothing to do with my ability to be reelected, because the path to reelection is much easier than it probably has been any time that I've run for reelection," he says in the video.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/27/politics/harry-reid-retiring-announcement-2016/index.html

William Haskins · Mar 28, 2015

Harry Reid endorses Chuck Schumer to succeed him as Senate Minority Leader

Source: Washington Post

Senate Minority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) has endorsed Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) to succeed him after he retires at the end of 2016.

"I think Schumer should be able to succeed me," Reid said in a Friday morning interview at his home in Washington's West End.

Reid predicted that Schumer, the No. 3 Senate Democrat in leadership and a close friend, would win the Democratic leader post without opposition. He said that the other likely contender, Senate Minority Whip Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.), would stand down for Schumer.

Reid called Schumer "extremely smart" and noted the brash, energetic New Yorker would have a "different style" than Reid's soft talking nature.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...im-as-senate-minority-leader/?wpisrc=al_alert

rugcat · Mar 28, 2015

William Haskins said:
Source: Washington Post

Senate Minority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) has endorsed Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) to succeed him after he retires at the end of 2016.

"I think Schumer should be able to succeed me," Reid said in a Friday morning interview at his home in Washington's West End.

Reid predicted that Schumer, the No. 3 Senate Democrat in leadership and a close friend, would win the Democratic leader post without opposition. He said that the other likely contender, Senate Minority Whip Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.), would stand down for Schumer.

Reid called Schumer "extremely smart" and noted the brash, energetic New Yorker would have a "different style" than Reid's soft talking nature.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...im-as-senate-minority-leader/?wpisrc=al_alert

Schumer would be a logical choice. He's one of the few Democrats I consider as big of an a**hole as Mitch McConnell.

Exercise Equipment 1, Harry Reid 0

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