Harry gives 'em ethics!!! whhoooo-hoooo

[radfringe]

Harry Reid disarms smear campaign, exceeds ethical requirements
by Joe in DC - 10/16/2006 01:24:00 PM
http://americablog.blogspot.com/

Knowing that there is a very good chance that Harry Reid will be the Senate Majority Leader in a matter of weeks, the GOP and their friends in the media have launched a massive smear campaign against him. They're finding alleged issues that no one can understand to besmirch the Senator from Nevada.

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The GOP doesn't know how to deal with Harry Reid. He knows how to outsmart them -- that's why they are panicked Reid is going to be Majority Leader. Reid's statement:
http://reid.senate.gov/newsroom/record.cfm?id=264714&


“Last month, Republicans openly boasted that they would engage in a campaign of personal attacks and smears to hold onto power in Washington. In recent days, we witnessed their latest attempt to do just that.

“Republicans may believe in cover-ups. I believe in ensuring all facts come to light.

“Last week, a highly misleading report by the Associated Press implied that I made a profit selling land I no longer owned. That article was wrong. Here are the facts: I bought the land in 1998, I sold it in 2004, and I listed my ownership of the land on official Senate disclosure forms every single year.

“Now I have taken an additional step. Today, I directed my staff to file amended financial disclosure forms noting that in 2001, I transferred title to the land to a Limited Liability Corporation. As the amended forms make clear, this routine legal move in no way altered my actual ownership of the land. On each disclosure form after 2001, I have added a note to clarify that the land already disclosed in detail on those forms was owned by me through the LLC.

[havocmom]

1. They hate us for our lawfulness

:evilgrin:

[sandnsea]

2. Rita Repeater just reported it wrong

I can hear her now, 'well the Republicans said so'.

[Gothmog]

3. Here is another good article

There was no sale and therefore there was no duty to disclose. Senator Reid is going beyond what is required. http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/news_theswamp/2006/10/sen_harry_reid_.html