{"id":93735,"date":"2021-12-29T14:16:51","date_gmt":"2021-12-29T21:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/?p=93735"},"modified":"2022-01-01T18:35:07","modified_gmt":"2022-01-02T01:35:07","slug":"harry-reid-rip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2021\/12\/harry-reid-rip.html","title":{"rendered":"Harry Reid RIP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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I might as well use it again, I suppose:\u00a0 From an event at the Jordanian Embassy a number of years ago, in honor of BYU\u2019s Islamic Translation Series (later, the Middle Eastern Texts Initiative, or METI). From left to right: the late Elder Neal A. Maxwell, of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles; Ambassador Marwan Muasher; Senator and Mrs. Harry Reid; then BYU President Merrill J. Bateman; and some vagrant who must have wandered in off the street
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At the White House, President Barack Obama is presented with a history of his family prepared by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints<\/a>. From left to right: Senator Harry Reid (D-NV), unnamed man, President Thomas S. Monson, President Barack Obama, and Elder Dallin H. Oaks. (U.S. Government public domain image)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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I think I had only one significant encounter with him.\u00a0 (It occurred at the event at the Embassy of the Royal Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan that is pictured above.)\u00a0 I disagreed quite comprehensively with his more striking policy positions and, on more than one occasion, found some of his actions quite morally indefensible.\u00a0 His hyperpartisanship \u2014 notably including his vocal disrespect for President George W. Bush and his baseless and unrepented slander about presidential candidate Mitt Romney\u2019s taxes \u2013surprised and disappointed me.\u00a0 Still, I heard very good things about him from people who knew him, including even some of his serious political opponents.\u00a0 I reaped the whirlwind for defending Senator Harry Reid once or twice, and I very was saddened yesterday to hear the news of his death.\u00a0 Here are a few things about his passing:<\/p>\n

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CNN:\u00a0 \u201cHarry Reid, a longtime US senator from Nevada and former Democratic leader, dies at 82\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

CNN:\u00a0 \u201cIn pictures: Former US Sen. Harry Reid\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

CNN:\u00a0 \u201cHarry Reid Fast Facts\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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Fox News:\u00a0\u00a0\u201cHarry Reid never lost boxer\u2019s edge when dealing with political opponents, reporters: Most major political leaders are multi-faceted, complex figures. Reid was no exception\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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Deseret News<\/em>:\u00a0\u00a0\u201cFormer US Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid Dies: Latter-day Saint was \u2018dedicated to his family, his faith and his country'\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

The First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints issues a statement.<\/p>\n

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Here are a few of the entries that I wrote here on this blog about Senator Reid:<\/p>\n

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\u201cMy brother Harry Reid\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cReprise: \u201cHarry Reid, My Brother\u201d\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cDecent people can disagree. Decently, even. (It happens.)\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cDaniel Peterson, deviationist and heretic\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cAn apostle makes a political move\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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I hope that this entry will not be met with name-calling and extreme language.\u00a0 Death and the plan of salvation \u2014 and, to me, Church membership and Christian discipleship \u2014 are bigger than partisan politics.<\/p>\n

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Posted from Washington D.C.<\/p>\n

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