“The man's father is a wonderful human being. I think this guy is a loser.”

—  Harry Reid

on George W. Bush. Las Vegas Review-Journal http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/May-06-Fri-2005/news/reid.html, May 6, 2005

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