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December 28, 2021 7:24 PM

Former Senate leader Harry Reid is dead at 82

A 2019 NYT article on Reid

posted by clavdivs (40 comments total)

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posted by hijinx at 7:49 PM on December 28, 2021

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posted by Ber at 8:42 PM on December 28, 2021

When Harry Reid was Gaming Commissioner, he reported a man to the FBI for trying to bribe him. They set up a sting operation, and as soon as the cash was about to be handed over, the former boxer Reid screamed, "You son of a bitch! You tried to bribe me!", and nearly strangled the man until agents tore him off to make the arrest.

The point is, this videotape of Harry Reid choke-slamming a mafia money man exists. It's never surfaced. My fervent hope is that we see it now.
posted by Hollywood Upstairs Medical College at 9:11 PM on December 28, 2021 [44 favorites]

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posted by mumkin at 9:47 PM on December 28, 2021 [1 favorite]

I Demand a Double Release : Reid Choke and Trump Piss.

at least for Reid, I'll give a . for
posted by symbioid at 10:19 PM on December 28, 2021 [1 favorite]

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posted by interogative mood at 10:22 PM on December 28, 2021

from the main link:

Born into poverty in the tiny Nevada town of Searchlight, where the two industries were mining and prostitution, Reid transformed his shame over his hardscrabble roots into the central narrative of his political career.

only in America ...
posted by philip-random at 10:30 PM on December 28, 2021 [2 favorites]

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posted by riverlife at 11:43 PM on December 28, 2021

Former Nevada Sen. Harry Reid shares what he saw at Area 51
posted by moorooka at 11:59 PM on December 28, 2021

This, too, I am sorry to hear.
posted by y2karl at 12:25 AM on December 29, 2021

I stumbled across this story about him from a Paul Wellstone staffer on Twitter today and thought it gave a good sense for the kind of man he was (or at least tried to be).

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posted by charmedimsure at 2:16 AM on December 29, 2021 [27 favorites]

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posted by AlonzoMosleyFBI at 4:04 AM on December 29, 2021

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posted by coldhotel at 4:10 AM on December 29, 2021

The Senate today would be a different place with him as Majority Leader.
posted by azpenguin at 4:30 AM on December 29, 2021 [11 favorites]

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posted by schmod at 6:02 AM on December 29, 2021

Thank you for that link charmedimsure.

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posted by Bacon Bit at 6:44 AM on December 29, 2021

Compare and contrast: Harry Reid in 1979, then on the Nevada Gaming Commission, being confronted by the mobster Frank Rosenthal; and the same scene as dramatized in the movie Casino.

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posted by Cash4Lead at 7:03 AM on December 29, 2021 [5 favorites]

It was a shame when he retired, but he was like an elderly grandfather these last few years, getting hurt in nasty falls. He will be missed.
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posted by Bee'sWing at 7:38 AM on December 29, 2021

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posted by The Underpants Monster at 8:38 AM on December 29, 2021

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So underrated.
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posted by cybercoitus interruptus at 12:22 PM on December 29, 2021

A really lovely tribute from photographer Pete Souza. It’s worth reading the whole story.

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posted by mochapickle at 3:57 PM on December 29, 2021 [2 favorites]

This is an interesting, complex and nuanced obituary by Jon Ralston, who is writing a Reid biography.
posted by charmedimsure at 9:07 PM on December 29, 2021 [2 favorites]

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posted by Mutant Lobsters from Riverhead at 3:59 PM on December 30, 2021