Reid Gives President New Nickname: ‘Chilean Miner’
- Posted on October 18, 2010 at 9:00am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) raised eyebrows last month when he called Delaware Senatorial candidate Chris Coons his “pet.” Now Reid is employing another odd analogy: President Obama is like a Chilean miner.
During a Saturday rally in Las Vegas, MSNBC reports, Majority Leader Reid said that when Obama replaced George W. Bush as president he found himself in a “hole so deep that he couldn’t see the outside world.”
“It was like the Chilean miners,” Reid said, “but he, being the man he is, rolled up his sleeves and said ‘I am going to get us out of this hole.’”
Reid has been known to fumble over presidential descriptions in the past. The book Game Change quoted him saying that then-candidate Obama could be successful because of his “light-skinned“ appearance and speaking patterns ”with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one.”
UPDATE:
Thanks to Mediaite, we now have video of the event:
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Comments (149)
StopGovtBondage
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 9:50amWho is more pathetic – Reid or Obama?
AMERICA – forget the so-called “hole” the republicans supposedly created – Barack Obama is going all Thelma and Louise – and he is taking America – especially the Middle Class – with him.
Report Post »TW
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 9:44amIf Obama was in the mine he would be asking who can we BLAME! who should we SUE!
Report Post »statevet11
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 4:30pmI know! I know! It would be Bush’s fault !!!!
Report Post »Bluenose177
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 9:43amhey Harry, ever heard the saying “if you find yourself in a hole, stop digging”
seems like you and Comrade Soetoro are digging like crazy, it’s been fun but time to step aside and let the adults fix your mess…
Report Post »CITIZENUSA
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 9:41amHarry Reid couldn’t pour piss out of a boot if the instructions were written on the heel!
Report Post »doglady
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 9:37amI wish Harry, Nancy,and Barry were all in a mine without any chance of rescue.
Report Post »Cog
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 9:30amClosest coat tail for Obama is Chile? Any coat tail in a storm? Coat tails have left the station?
Report Post »Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?
luvofcountry
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 9:28amReally, Harry? Seriously?
Report Post »Conservative Grinch
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 9:28amOh, Harry Reid now your getting sickening. Why don’t you just give Barack a big wet sloppy kiss?
Report Post »AUTHOR22
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 10:06amOh he’s doing that alright — He’s securly connected at the groin of OVOMIT
Report Post »Gita
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 9:25amReid, the bumbling bigoted idiot, needs to go! How about it Nevada!
Report Post »awb270
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 9:24amFarewell Harry!!!!!
Report Post »aqualung
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 9:19amSo BO’s head is buried in the ground. Yep.
Report Post »Tri-ox
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 9:18amDingy Harry certainly does get overly excited talking about the rolling up of sleeves, “deep holes” and obama; sounds like some sort of fetish.
Report Post »PA PATRIOT
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 9:17amHarry, Harry, Harry, did Nancy let you out of your nice padded room again? You know perfectly well that you have to be good to be left alone in the yard. In order for you to be good, you need to stay on your medication! Otherwise, you may get hurt running out onto the highway looking for your “pet Coon”. Tell Nancy that she is in big trouble too! Please, could someone from Security put her back in her chic white jacket with all of the shiny buckles!!
Report Post »We Are Not Alone
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 9:16amMUST SEE:
WE THE PEOPLE youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVAhr4hZDJE
Makes you proud to be an American
Report Post »gregclimer
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 9:14amPlease don’t insult the miners. Thank God that Chile didn’t have Obama as President, or the miners would be waiting for government testing to see if the drill would work. No, some paperwork would not have let the drill in.
Report Post »TheLeftMadeMeRight
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 9:12amIsn’t that the China syndrome? Get out of the hole by continuing to dig until you come out the other side…in China! Then China will have a tunnel directly to their investments, how nice.
Report Post »justsayin
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 9:11amHe really said this?
“Obama could be successful because of his “light-skinned“ appearance and speaking patterns ”with no ***** dialect, unless he wanted to have one.”
How is it that Tea Partiers and Republicans are branded racists when the House Majority Leader can say something like this? I don‘t know why I’m surprised, but I can’t help it…it’s shocking the double standard in the MSM.
Report Post »justsayin
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 9:22amAnd yes, I agree. What an insult to the Chilean miners. An insult to their perserverance, amazing team work, and their FAITH IN GOD.
Report Post »pillut48
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 10:40amIt‘s only a racist comment IF it’s uttered by a Republican/conservative/tea partier!
“I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy,” Biden said. “I mean, that’s a storybook, man.”–Mr. Joe “ONE HEARTBEAT AWAY FROM THE PRESIDENCY” Biden
January 31, 2007: CNN: “Biden’s description of Obama draws scrutiny”
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EP46
Posted on October 19, 2010 at 7:23amYes ole Harry said that. BUT dear Joe Biden said “He’s a nice, clean one”. This makes my head spin .
Report Post »HillBillySam1
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 9:11amIf there is one thing that Harry Reid knows it’s crawling out from underneath a rock…..along with the other Progressive slime.
Report Post »yitty
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 9:10amDoes the saying not go: “When you’re in a hole, stop digging”???………..too late.
Report Post »JGP
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 9:20amDittos, obama is digging alright and taking the country straight to hell.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 1:00pmYou have to admit … REID PROVIDED a GREAT SET UP! Obama is a joke!
Report Post »RobertCA
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 9:05amBut the only difference is that The Chileans got out of the hole Obama is still in it .
Report Post »Punky
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 9:05am“He found himself in a hole” then he “rolled up his sleeves” and started digging.
Report Post »NHPatriot
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 9:21amGood one!!
Report Post »ME
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 9:28amSeen yours after I posted:) but that was the first thing that came to my mind Obama down there just trying to dig deeper with all his might.
Report Post »Cheers:)
A1955Rosie
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 9:57amRight. All due respect the miners had NO CONTROL OF THEIR OUTCOME OTHER THAN KEEP THEIR HEADS. It was efferts like the CAPITALISM of the Berlin Pa. Drilling Co who made the bit’s for the drill….and many WORLD OVER efforts that were accepted by the very WISE Chilean President that made this a successfull endeavor. It’s was the prayers WORLD OVER, THE HUMAN COMPASSION…that made this a successful event. The miners were the benifactors of this, no more but no less. You want to compare yourself to that…sure,,,YOU‘RE A BENIFACTOR but it wasn’t you who got the job done. BTW…IT AINT OVER TILL IT’S OVER.
Report Post »Truth be told
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 10:05amThat was my first thought too. Then I thought, poor Harry forgot his meds once again. He needs a live in nurse to administer those Alzheimer’s pills. (not casting dispersions on those with memory loss).
Report Post »LadyLiberty
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 9:05amAre you effing kidding me? There went the ballgame for you, Reid. Angle is loving the points boost that just gave her. Thanks jackwagon!
Report Post »untameable-kate
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 9:42amThey never seem to get it do they ?
Report Post »snowleopard3200
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 9:59am@Untameable-Kate
Nope. they do not seem to get it, would this be the proverbial “Clueless Zone” that I hear about in the movies now and then?
I know the Twilight Zone is currently at the White House and the Senate in Washington DC.
By the way, does the DC now stand for District Crazyhouse? or District of Caddyshack?
Report Post »Marcobob69
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 9:05amWhy would he want to DIS the Chilean miners that way??? Besides, Obama is already IN a hole, i.e. the DEMOCRATIC PARTY(progressive)!!!
Report Post »angrymob
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 12:48pmYou can’t be apart of the solution when you are apart of the problem! You’ve been schooled Harry!
Report Post »LLATPOH
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 9:03am“Plug the damn hole.”
Report Post »Independent Tess
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 9:33amGood one!!!
Report Post »snowleopard3200
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 9:38amUnfortunately for us Mr Obama has a mouth so large we cannot plug it up; however we may be so fortuneate that his teleprompters plug up and short out so we will not have to listen to him anymore.
Notice how he is now comparing himself to the miners – 33 great men – and the people saving them, while he and his cronies gut our beloved country.
Report Post »A1955Rosie
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 9:54amOh my gosh I cracked up at your comment. It’s truly funny.
Report Post »RalphWaldoPanza
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 10:16amAfter previously reading the Barney Frank boyfriend story , “chili miner” is not a pleasant idea to contemplate.
Report Post »pillut48
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 10:35amLOLOLOLOL!!! Yes!!
Report Post »john seven eighteen
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 9:02amHere is a comparison for you – Reid is like the south-bound end of a north-bound Donkry! It will be son nice when he is ousted! Come on 11/2!
Report Post »staythecourse
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 9:16amTo make a connection between those miners and Obama is an absolute vulgar insult and an abomination! Those miners are real heros and overcame incredible odds and were/became people of deep faith. How dare Reid make the comparison. It shows you just how disconnected the man is!
Toader Gloat
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 9:17amWhat the? No shameless narcissist has posted a reply to this yet, so their post is nearer the top? I’m the first pathetic? Wow…surely by the time this gets posted someone will have beaten me.
Report Post »JKN
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 9:21amBarack Obama has only managed to dig much deeper in the wrong direction and has created a hole so massive that many Democrats will not see the “outside world” ever again! It’s time to get back to the Constitution, common sense and the rule of law.
Report Post »ME
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 9:24amwhen Obama replaced George W. Bush as president he found himself in a “hole so deep that he couldn’t see the outside world.”
Then he started digging
Report Post »snowleopard3200
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 9:31amThe Progressives and Mr Obama got us into the hole, and they forgot it was Americans who helped get the miners OUT of the hole. So come Nov 2, let us Americans leave the Progressives in their hole and seal it up.
Get out and vote your vote on the 2nd
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Report Post »Cliff in Georgia
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 9:53amDid they play rounds of golf while they were trapped….
Report Post »AUTHOR22
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 9:58amHet Staythecourse — Reid is connected — to the groin of OVOMIT.
Report Post »NFYRx
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 10:00amSooooooo, he is eating one spoon of tuna a day waiting for someone to rescue him?
Report Post »drbage
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 10:09amReid must have been having a flashback to this childhood when he mother told him that if he kept digging he would reach China. Chairman O-man is more than happy to keep on digging with the encouragement via Blackberry by George Soros and Maurice Strong. Gives new meaning to outsourcing.
Report Post »slickmeister
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 10:21amWeird how Obama was basically anointed by the Democrat party establishment and the far left “mainstream” media, ran as a blank slate with no history other than his skin color and won the highest office on the planet based on Bush/war fatigue.
How this compares to men who endured months of survival in a black cave beneath a half mile of rock is beyond me.
Report Post »stowell.leland
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 11:17amTo add to Pinky’s stupid comparison:“It was like the Chilean miners,” Reid said, “but he, being the man he is, rolled up his sleeves and said ‘I am going to get us out of this hole, so Obama just started digging and digging and now we’re in even deeper than when he started!”
Report Post »(For those who don’t know “Pinky” was Harry Reid’s nickname in Seachlight, NV where he grew up)
crackerone
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 11:23amMy new nickname for Harry is “ The Gerbil ”
Report Post »Highland
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 11:24amThe miners actually work for a living. Obama does nothing but suck up taxpayer dollars for his non-stop schedule of basketball, golf, partying and campaigning.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 12:59pmYou can call Obama practically anything … Except ..PATRIOTIC AMERICAN!
Report Post »Blackhawk63
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________________________________________________________________________
National Council of Administration
Richard L. Eubank, Commander-in-Chief
Date:
October 14, 2010
________________________________________________________________________
I have reviewed the Political Action Committee (PAC) Board of Directors’ response
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I cannot let this erosion of public support for our great organization continue. The
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as Commander-in-Chief, to amend the by-laws at the 112th National Convention for
the purpose of dissolving the PAC. Meanwhile, under the authority granted to me as
Commander-in-Chief in section 619 of the VFW National By-Laws and under section
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Report Post »moelarrycurly
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 1:29pmThis guy gives me the creeps…reminds me of the character “Bricktop” from the movie ‘Snatch’. I’d like to see a Guy Ritchie film about these nut jobs…
Report Post »crackerone
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 2:07pmHarry has his head so far up Obama’s “You-Know-What” that they will need UGERT’S (Unionized Gerbil Employee Rescue Team) to get him out. These highly specialized Gerbils have been trained to smell A$$ and B.O. Thousands of these Gerbils have been trained under the Obama Stimulus Package and we will send some of our newly trained Gerbils to aid in your rescue!
These highly sought-after rodents are so effective that, Obama has included them in his Saved or Created employment numbers. But please be warned Harry….. Fire in the Hole and Incoming are our Words of the Day!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »IGRAMAF
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 4:46pmWhy is The Blaze even covering this?
Report Post »Red Neckerson
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 4:59pmReid is the Southern end of a duck flying North. The egonarcisism of these demoncrats is overwhelming.
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 7:30pmWhat an insult to those brave miners!
Report Post »psst
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 8:16pmME.
Report Post »Leave the man alone.
Can‘t you see he’s going to Communist China.
Just an old saying, if you keep on digging, and digging, you’ll eventually dig through to China.
Apparently, Hussein IS a true believer in old fables.
Guess he can’t wait (don’t have time)for takeeoutee.
HEARDENOUGHCRAP
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 10:23pm“Cliff in Georgia
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 9:53am
Did they play rounds of golf while they were trapped….”
No, not enough room. They didn’t seem to go to the “other room” on vacation every other breath either.
Report Post »It really IS a a dis to the miners to compare them to the Obmanation. They have more class in their litttle pinkys than Obama or the rest of the Chi town thugs will ever have.
JJ Coolay
Posted on October 19, 2010 at 4:25amNEWSFLASH HARRY REID: Hole Got Deeper since January 2009!!
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