Comments (9) | Add a comment
Bill Clinton urges Nevadans to back Reid
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
Updated: Jun. 10, 2010 | 10:45 p.m.
Former President Bill Clinton said Thursday that Nevadans are right to be angry about record high unemployment and home foreclosures, but he said voters shouldn't punish U.S. Sen. Harry Reid because Republicans -- not Democrats -- caused the economic crisis.
"It's not his fault," Clinton said during a half-hour speech at a rally for Reid at Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy, where more than 700 mostly Democratic supporters cheered him on.
Clinton argued Nevadans would be foolish to reject Reid at the ballot box come November because the four-term senator has worked hard to create jobs and clean energy projects in Nevada.
"Why would you give away the Senate majority leader who has delivered time and time and time again?" asked Clinton, the latest Democratic leader to visit Nevada to rescue Reid's re-election chances.
"I know people are frustrated," he added, saying he knows why the Tea Party movement is angry about out-of-control spending. But, he said, "Harry Reid is doing what he can to get us back on our feet."
Clinton said voters have a stark choice between Reid and his Republican opponent, Sharron Angle, a staunch conservative whom the Democrats have labeled as being on the extreme far right.
The former president made fun of Angle, saying she has disappeared from the public and had been ducking tough questions since she won the GOP nomination in Tuesday's primary.
Recalling the children's books and games "Where's Waldo?" Clinton joked, "Now you've got to play 'Where's Sharron?' because she's hiding out, according to the local news. I might hide out, too, if I said I wanted to get rid of Social Security and Medicare."
He also criticized Angle for suggesting Nevada accept the use of Yucca Mountain as a nuclear waste dump site, something Reid has successfully fought for years.
Angle has said she wants to turn Yucca Mountain into a nuclear fuel reprocessing facility, which would bring waste to the state. The former Reno assemblywoman also has said she wants to privatize Medicare and Social Security, although over time so that older people's benefits are preserved.
Reid didn't attend the rally because he was working in Washington, D.C.
Contact Laura Myers at lmyers@reviewjournal.com or 702-387-2919.
Trending topics:
Comments
Terms & Conditions
The following comments are provided by readers and are the sole responsiblity of the authors. The Review-Journal does not review comments before publication nor guarantee their accuracy. By publishing a comment here you agree to abide by the comment policy. If you see a comment that violates the policy, please use the Report Abuse button.
Some comments may not display immediately due to an automatic filter. These comments will be reviewed within 24 hours. Please do not submit a comment more than once.
Note: Comments made by reporters and editors of the Las Vegas Review-Journal are presented with a yellow background.
RSS
Twitter
Facebook
And I urge Clinton To stay out of our AFFAIRS !
Dumb and Dumber twins.
NO thanks to Slick Willie !!!
Following Senile Reid's defeat in Nov., these two can go to Nevada and open a Wh$$$house.
They both have alot of experience with screwing the Public !!!
Sharron Angle gets my vote, Clinton is a liar and Tax and Spend Crusty Harry has made fortunes while he was supposed to be working for the people of Nevada. Ever wonder about Crusty Harry's land deals ? The reids have grown rich off scamming the public, its time to stop the tax an spend socialism NOW.
It always amazes me that the majority of the people that are asking us to vote for Reid are people that do not live in Nevada and are not affected by him as much as we are.
"It's not his fault,"...Are we talking about the same Harry Reid that has been in the Senate for the last 30 years or the dry cleaner that Monica took her dress to?
What have you been smoking Slick Willie? Everyone knows that the Dems gave all our money to the banks in the first place! Plus, the Dems took over the Congress well before the economy went south...hmmm do you know how government works Billy except to use it for oval office affairs that you lied about...who can trust you anyhow? I guess you will be Obama's stoodge so you can pay him off for Obama paying off Hillary's campaign debts?
Reid is part of the problem, I thought Clinton had more sense.
Bill Clinton is right... voters do have a choice and I thank goodness that Sharron is a choice, my choice. Wasn't Sentor Reid in office during the time Clinton said was the problem? What was done then to prevent it? Bill Clinton has to ask where's Sharron?... well lets see Wednesday was in LV and Reno and was a guest on Alan Stock's show, today was a guest on Rush Limbaugh. I don't see that as hiding.