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Help kids with cancer? Reid asks: 'Why would we want to do that?'[W:97]

I saw it too and I accurately presented it here.
In your version, the fact that he thought he was presenting a rationale for rejecting NIH funding not only doesn't make it better but also screams hypocrisy.
If you're suggesting that Reid was speaking to Schumer when he said what he said then that's very very much of a stretch ... your av was always more honest than that.

If it screams hypocrisy, that is fine, because in a way, it does. That is not what Fox News wanted you to gleam from his comments or any subsequent comment from Bash which came after the airing of the exchange. He wanted you to think his first reaction was dismiss the children out of hand.

I was stating that he was going to reiterate what Schumer and Durbin had already said.
 


he said exactly what fox news say he said


Of course he did ... man o man these people here are gonna drown themselves if they don't come up for air.
 
If it screams hypocrisy, that is fine, because in a way, it does. That is not what Fox News wanted you to gleam from his comments or any subsequent comment from Bash which came after the airing of the exchange. He wanted you to think his first reaction was dismiss the children out of hand.

I was stating that he was going to reiterate what Schumer and others had already said.

If you watched it you'd know Schumer was barely audible so if Harry was bouncing off that he needed to repeat it ... and he didn't. He balanced the kid with cancer to people out of work. No doubt about it.
 
Bubba, I actually watched it on CNN whereas you probably read it on Fox News and then I linked you the actual conversation. The meat of his explanation was right in the beginning of the exchange, but Fox apparently thought this was how it completely went down.



Notice how there is absolutely no reference to it being a second question or reiteration, notice how there is absolutely no content about the rationale he attached to rejecting it, notice how they attach the word "immediately" to what was an already-on-going reply.

Here's what actually happened.

Reid on shutdown of kids' cancer trials - CNN.com Video

Stop trying to claim it was what it wasn't.
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Greetings, Fiddytree. :2wave:

I missed the press conference you are discussing, so I have read what has been posted, but I am still unclear about one thing that I believe is important. I understand from reading the posts that there was some back and forth semi-related arguing going on, but my question is :did Reid ever answer Bash's direct question about why the Senate wouldn't consider the NIH bill? :thanks:
 
Examples YOU have heard to support your assertion?

Sure... let's see:

There's photoshopping images of politicians they want to demonize:

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foxnews_photoshop_jacquessteinberg.jpg

Then there is the swapping of video footage to push the narrative that the Wisconsis union rally's were violent by showing rally footage from a California rally... No there was no disclaimer saying they did this... it was he palm trees that gave their lie away.



If you want blatant lying other than the ones that happen ever damn day there is this court case where they felt it important to legally win the right to lie.

If you want more evidence just turn on The Five or the morning idiots. They pull stuff right out of their ass and it's generally angry bullcrap they just make up.

So next time any of you Fox News lovers want to say "all media does that..." you have to go dig up this kind of **** I just posted above.
 
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If you watched it you'd know Scumer was barely audible so if Harry was bouncing off that he needed to repeat it ... and he didn't. He balanced the kid with cancer to people out of work. No doubt about it.

He wasn't audible at that moment because Schumer wasn't even speaking then, guy. If you can't keep up, don't bother showing up.
 
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Greetings, Fiddytree. :2wave:

I missed the press conference you are discussing, so I have read what has been posted, but I am still unclear about one thing that I believe is important. I understand from reading the posts that there was some back and forth semi-related arguing going on, but my question is :did Reid ever answer Bash's direct question about why the Senate wouldn't consider the NIH bill? :thanks:

Yes, his immediate response was that it was picking and choosing what parts of government stay open and which do not, insinuating that they were not doing enough and that they were "obsessed" with Obamacare.

As Bash later pointed out to viewers, the President, Reid, and others ensured that military pay was reinstated, which put a dent in Reid's rhetoric, but established again that Democrats thought that Republican antics were not going far enough to restore the government to its operating capacity.
 
Sure... let's see:

There's photoshopping images of politicians they want to demonize to make them uglier:

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Then there is the swapping of video footage to push the narrative that the Wisconsis union rally's were violent by showing rally footage from a California rally... No there was no disclaimer saying they did this... it was he palm trees that gave their lie away.



If you want blatant lying other than the ones that happen ever damn day there is this court case where they felt it important to legally win the right to lie.

If you want more evidence just turn on The Five or the morning idiots. They pull stuff right out of their ass and it's generally angry bullcrap they just make up.

So next time any of you Fox News lovers want to say "all media does that..." you have to go dig up this kind of **** I just posted above.


I don't go to FOX News, but your examples look more like photo shopped images you would find on the internet by those attempting to discredit opinions of those with whom they disagree...
 
He wasn't audible at that moment because Schumer wasn't even speaking then, guy. If you can't keep up, don't bother showing up.
Schumer said what he said shortly before Reid's faux pas. You can barely hear him but he was right off mike.
Fact jack.
Check it again.
 
I don't go to FOX News, but your examples look more like photo shopped images you would find on the internet by those attempting to discredit opinions of those with whom they disagree...

I hate when people do that.
 
I don't go to FOX News, but your examples look more like photo shopped images you would find on the internet by those attempting to discredit opinions of those with whom they disagree...

I recall when it happened so no... it's not fabricated by others. It was fabricated by Fox.
 
Schumer said what he said shortly before Reid's faux pas.

We were not discussing that moment. We were discussing his response before the reiteration of the question by Bash. Or at least I was. You were wandering in the woods.
 
If it screams hypocrisy, that is fine, because in a way, it does. That is not what Fox News wanted you to gleam from his comments or any subsequent comment from Bash which came after the airing of the exchange. He wanted you to think his first reaction was dismiss the children out of hand.

I was stating that he was going to reiterate what Schumer and Durbin had already said.

his answer of "Why would we want to do that?" followed directly after the question "If you can help one child who has cancer, why wouldn't you do it?"
and that is exactly what Fox reported and backed up by the you tube I posted
 
He did shoot that back immediately after she had to repeat her question.
Good lord ... listen to it again.

It doesn't matter. Harry Reid is a Democrat.

If he was caught red handed eating dead babies they'd blame it on Fox News
 
Can you provide the video?



his answer of "Why would we want to do that?" followed directly after the 2nd question "If you can help one child who has cancer, why wouldn't you do it?"

and that is exactly what Fox reported and backed up by the you tube vid
 
his answer of "Why would we want to do that?" followed directly after the question "If you can help one child who has cancer, why wouldn't you do it?"
and that is exactly what Fox reported and backed up by the you tube I posted

Did you ever think it was odd that in the Youtube clip you provided, Reid doesn't say the "why would we do that?" line until 1:07 in a clip that lasted only until 1:14?

Meanwhile what he said from 17 seconds to 55 seconds in the clip does not show up in their piece until the bottom of the article?

God knows why you folks are being so dishonest here.
 
We were not discussing that moment. We were discussing his response before the reiteration of the question by Bash. Or at least I was. You were wandering in the woods.

Unreal ... for the last time ...
Bash repeated her question ... Schumer talks off Reid's right shoulder ... Reid said what he said.
It was all within 10 seconds.
You really better view it again.
You're very wrong.
 
Unreal ... for the last time ...
Bash repeated her question ... Schumer talks off Reid's right shoulder ... Reid said what he said.
It was all within 10 seconds.
You really better view it again.
You're very wrong.

Alright Bubba, if you want to be foolish let's do this.

First, I said we were not given the whole thing, and proved it. Second of all, when I mentioned Schumer, it was only in relation to Reid saying he was going to explain what Durbin and Schumer had explained previously-all of this taking place before the "why would we do that" line.

Again, you are accusing me of something that I am not in any way saying and it is you who is looking like a fool.
 


his answer of "Why would we want to do that?" followed directly after the 2nd question "If you can help one child who has cancer, why wouldn't you do it?"


Is this not an incredible thread, tr?
Some of these people here will go to any length.
Pat Moynihan would have been ashamed.
 
Alright Bubba, if you want to be foolish let's do this.

First, I said we were not given the whole thing, and proved it. Second of all, when I mentioned Schumer, it was only in relation to Reid saying he was going to explain what Durbin and Schumer had explained previously-all of this taking place before the "why would we do that" line.

Again, you are accusing me of something that I am not in any way saying and it is you who is looking like a fool.

What Reid said was most definitely in reference to the kid with cancer ... not bouncing off something Schumer said much earlier or immediately before.
Agreed?
 
his answer of "Why would we want to do that?" followed directly after the question "If you can help one child who has cancer, why wouldn't you do it?"
and that is exactly what Fox reported and backed up by the you tube I posted

No, it's not.
 
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