A Nevada Reader Wonders if President Obama Will Cash In Harry Reid’s IOU At Amnesty Time
From: William Long (e-mail him)

Joe Guzzardi’s Column: Attention Senators Dodd, Reid and Specter: Prepare Your Resumes!

In May, President Barack Obama came to Nevada to fundraise for immigration/amnesty enthusiast Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.

Just a few months earlier, Obama criticized companies who took taxpayer stimulus dollars but still went to Las Vegas for business conventions. [Obama Expected to Visit Las Vegas in May, by Lisa Mascaro, Las Vegas Sun, March 31, 2009]

So what happened in Las Vegas? The same thing Obama complained about but with a political twist.

Reid, with Obama’s help raised, $2 million for his next election campaign. Talk about hypocritical. Whose money if not the federal taxpayers, may I ask, did Obama use to take Air Force One to Las Vegas?

Obama and Reid stuck the Americans with the bill for his visit by having an official function at Nellis Air Force Base where the president spoke about and visited a taxpayer-funded solar energy facility.

Without Obama’s presence, Reid’s campaign by law would have been legally responsible for the expenses of the president’s trip.

Obama put a giant political IOU in his back pocket to cash in the next time he wants Reid's support.

Nevada’s talking heads uttered not a word about this farce of political maneuvering.

As for Reid’s 2010 chances, a lot can happen between now and then.

The Democratic-controlled unions may be a more fragile coalition than many think. With eight out of 10 homeowners in southern Nevada underwater in their homes, anger and frustration are mounting. [The Underwater Mortgages of Clark County, by Brian Wargo, Las Vegas Sun, May 29, 2009]

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