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Our Founding Fathers...if they knew today..

Louisiana Sends Republican John Kennedy to U.S. Senate in Runoff Election

We now have 52 seats in the Senate so now it's even easier for Trump to appoint whomever he wants assuming Republicans go along with it. Not to mention… now we benefit from the "Nuclear Option" Reid put into motion. Speaking of Reid, here he is in 2008 singing the praises of our founding fathers, championing the filibuster, and states he would never approve the 'Nuclear Option' because it "would ruin our country".

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FF to 2013. Here he is going against the genius, the vision, our founding fathers had to employ the Nuclear Option he himself said, "would ruin our country". 

These asshole politicians have never heard of YouTube?

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Harry Reid is well-defined using one word...scum.

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by Warner Todd Huston10 Dec 2016Baton Rouge, LA811

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Republican John Kennedy has been declared the winner of Louisiana's runoff election for the U.S. Senate, defeating Democrat Foster Campbell and thwarting one of the last opportunities in 2016 for Democrats to gain a seat in the upper chamber.

Kennedy's win on Saturday night, the first GOP win since Trump's election, gives Republicans a 52 seat majority in the U.S. Senate, making it that much harder for Democrats to make any headway in Washington.

The stakes were high enough for President-elect Donald Trump to campaign arm-in-arm with Kennedy at a rally last week in Baton Rouge.

Trump told voters how important it was to get Kennedy to Washington, noting that it is "really close" in the Senate. "We need John in Washington, not only for the vote, but for leadership and everything," Trump said.

Days before Trump's stop in Baton Rouge, Vice President-elect Mike Pence also hit the campaign trail for Kennedy.

Kennedy's Democrat opponent, Foster Campbell, clearly felt Trump's popularity in the Pelican State as he generally refrained from too many direct attacks on Trump during his campaign. Campbell even ran campaign ads promising he would work with Trump while also insisting he would have the "courage" to oppose him when necessary. But it wasn't enough to stave off yet another GOP win for 2016.

Seeing Campbell's campaign as a last ditch effort, Democrats and liberal advocacy groups poured money into the campaign, giving Campbell a one million-dollar campaign fund advantage over Kennedy. Liberals were so hopeful for a Democrat win that a number of Hollywood types even came to Campbell's side, using their fame to push for his victory. Such liberal entertainers as Rosie O'Donnell, John Leguizamo, and Patton Oswalt all stumped for Campbell, according to The New York Times.

But ultimately, the loss is another bitter pill for Democrats to swallow in an election cycle that sent so many Democrats packing across the nation.

The hunt for the U.S. Senate has been a long time coming for Kennedy. The five-time State Treasurer has run three unsuccessful past campaigns for a spot in Washington, first as a Democrat in 2004 and the next two times as a Republican.

This win, however, does not change a seat from blue to red, as Kennedy won the seat being vacated by Republican David Vitter, who declined to run for re-election.

Louisiana Sends Republican John Kennedy to U.S. Senate in Runoff Election

Look who's talking about fake news!

Brian Williams complains about fake news - just 21 months after he lost his job on NBC Nightly News for telling made up stories

Brian Williams has called out Donald Trump's transition team for spreading fake news stories.

Williams, who was suspended for six months and lost his spot as NBC Nightly News anchor for exaggerating stories about his time in Iraq and New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, blasted the President-elect's team on MSNBC on Tuesday night.

'Fake news played a role in this election and continues to find a wide audience,' the 57-year-old said.

Brian Williams has called out Donald Trump's transition team for spreading fake news stories

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Williams (left, in Iraq in 2007, and right, hosting Meet the Press in 2008), who was suspended for six months and lost his spot as NBC Nightly News anchor for exaggerating stories about his time in Iraq and New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, blasted the President-elect's team

Bill O'Reilly, host of the O'Reilly Factor on the Fox News channel couldn't resist having a dig at Williams with the above tweet

It comes after Williams was forced to admit in February 2015 he wasn't aboard a helicopter hit and forced down by enemy fire during the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

He had told versions of the story about how the aircraft was shot down for more than a decade.

Crew members on the 159th Aviation Regiment's Chinook that was hit by two rockets and small arms fire had previously said the ex-NBC anchor was nowhere near the aircraft or two other Chinooks that had been flying in formation when they took fire.

According to the crew members, Williams arrived about an hour later on another helicopter after the other three had made an emergency landing.

'I said things that weren't true,' Williams told Matt Lauer in an interview on Today in June 2015, 'I own up this.' 

'This was clearly ego driven, the desire to better my role in a story,' he said.

Williams had previously been the most-watched nightly news anchor and just last year he had signed a highly lucrative contract reportedly worth about $10million a year for five years.

An NBC News inquiry last April found Williams had exaggerated his reporting on a total of 11 occasions including in his award-winning reporting of Hurricane Katrina.

Look who's talking about fake news!

She ought to know...

"Fake News"

Of course, she wasn't talking about this but it is what her cheerleaders deal in at CNN, NBC, CBS, NPR, and MSNBC every day.

Trump had "no path" (according to them) to 270... but wound up with 306!

Lying News...would be more like it.

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She ought to know...

Remembering Reid: Senate's political punch-thrower says farewell, leaves trail of gaffes

In all of Congress of both Republican and Democrat, there is no worse scum bag then Harry Reid. He is the lowest of the low.

An exercise machine would make a great departing gift ... and I hope he doesn't focus too much on suicide prevention during his retirement years. 

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Published December 08, 2016

Outgoing Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid delivered his farewell address Thursday after more than three decades in Congress – leaving in his wake a trail of gaffes and gloves-off political punches that won’t soon be forgotten.

Despite Reid’s reputation for rhetorical warfare, he and his adversaries set aside their differences for Thursday’s sendoff. 

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., introduced Reid, D-Nev., highlighting a rarely seen friendship between the two.

“Go ahead and make up all the stories you want, but the truth is we don’t [despise one another],” Reid said. “Here’s one you can write: thank you, Mitch.”

Reid told stories from his childhood, explaining how his upbringing shaped his ideology and the agenda he pursued – namely, helping pass ObamaCare and focusing on suicide prevention. Reid's maneuvers on President Obama's behalf were also responsible for the passage of bills ranging from the economic stimulus package to the financial regulation overhaul. At the same time, Reid brought home major benefits to Nevada, funding countless projects, blocking a nuclear waste dump and helping protect many thousands of acres of wilderness. 

(All because he had a financial interest in it)

He acknowledged how much the political climate has changed over his time in Congress and closed by urging the next generation to uphold the integrity of the chamber.

“I hope that everyone would do everything they can to protect the Senate as an institution. As part of the Constitution, it should be given the dignity it deserves,” Reid said.

But Reid has played his own part in the coarsening of American politics. Here’s a look back at his more memorable and controversial comments from a 34-year congressional career.

Romney tax claim

During the 2012 general election season, Reid took to the Senate floor and boldly declared that GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney had not paid taxes in 10 years.

The former Massachusetts governor, though, had released two years of tax returns, from 2010 and 2011, showing he had, in fact, paid close to $5 million in taxes in both years combined.

Fact-checkers were quick to call out Reid for his claim.

Reid never retracted the accusation, instead suggesting ends justified means.

He remarked, “Romney didn’t win, did he?”

Kennedy death upside?

At the height of Senate deliberations over ObamaCare in 2009, Reid openly discussed the political implications – and even upsides – of Sen. Ted Kennedy’s death. Health care reform had been one of Kennedy’s highest priorities throughout his career, and Reid bluntly told the Reno Gazette-Journal, "I think it's going to help us."

‘Hottest member’

In one of his more cringe-worthy moments, Reid in 2010 reportedly described fellow Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand as “the hottest member” during a fundraiser she attended.

At the time, her office said Reid was merely referring to Gillibrand’s high ranking on The Hill’s “most beautiful” list. But some analysts still accused Reid of going well over the line by commenting on her looks.

‘Light-skinned’ Obama

In their book on the 2008 presidential campaign “Game Change,” journalists Mark Halperin and John Heilemann wrote that Reid described Obama as the kind of African-American president America was ready for – a “light-skinned” figure with “no Negro dialect unless he wanted to have one.”

Reid apologized for the remarks, following their publication.

Hispanic Republicans, really?

During his re-election campaign in 2010, Reid told a room of predominately Hispanic voters he didn’t know how any could be Republicans:

"I don't know how anyone of Hispanic heritage could be a Republican, okay? Do I need to say more?"

‘Smell the tourists’

Reid had high hopes for the opening of the Capitol Visitor Center in 2008 – but apparently a low opinion of tourist hygiene.

Speaking about how the new center would improve the environment on the Hill, he said at a dedication ceremony:

"My staff has always said, 'Don't say this,' but I'm going to say it again because it's so descriptive because it's true. … In the summertime, because [of] the high humidity and how hot it gets here, you could literally smell the tourists coming into the Capitol."

Parting shot at Trump

As other top Democrats ranging from Nancy Pelosi to President Obama congratulated Donald Trump on his White House win last month, Reid took another direction.

He issued a 473-word statement saying Trump’s win has “emboldened the forces of hate and bigotry” as the country is overcome by “tears” and “fear.” 

"White nationalists, Vladimir Putin and ISIS are celebrating Donald Trump's victory, while innocent, law-abiding Americans are racked with fear -- especially African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Muslim Americans, LGBT Americans and Asian Americans. Watching white nationalists celebrate while innocent Americans cry tears of fear does not feel like America,” the retiring Nevada senator said. 

 Go fuck yourself you piece of shit!

Remembering Reid: Senate's political punch-thrower says farewell, leaves trail of gaffes