A Glass Jaw

Appearantly Senate Minority Loser Harry Reid(Dummycrat/Nevada) can't take a punch.

From The Washington Times/Inside Politics column

The office of Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid reversed course last night and said the Nevada Democrat would no longer accept free boxing tickets in the future.
The Nevada senator still thinks it was "entirely permissible" for him to accept ringside seats for three professional boxing matches in 2004 and 2005 from the Nevada Athletic Commission, but has nonetheless decided to avoid doing so in the future, his office said.
"In light of questions that have been raised about the practice, Senator Reid will not accept these kinds of credentials in the future in order to avoid even the faintest appearance of impropriety," spokesman Jim Manley said. The announcement came, the Associated Press reports, after the wire service confronted Mr. Reid's office early yesterday with conclusions from "several ethics experts" that the Senate's top Democrat misstated congressional ethics rules. He had said that as a Nevada senator, he had a duty to ensure proper regulation of boxing in his home state and could accept free tickets from a state agency to that end, while Sen. John McCain, the Arizona Republican who joined him for one of the fights, needed to reimburse $1,400 for his seat because he came from out of state.
Melanie Sloan, a former Justice Department prosecutor and head of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, disagreed, saying that Mr. Reid "is no more obligated to go to boxing matches than he is to a Celine Dion concert in Vegas."

I'm just wondering is this a K.O. or T.K.O?

PS: Nobody should be obligated to go to a Celine Dion concert. I believe the Supreme Court already covered that under cruel and unusual punishment.

UPDATE...I received this e-mail from my brother-in-law Chris. Not only is it funny, but very astute!

Something else didn’t sound right. Let's see. . .

"In light of questions that have been raised about the practice, Senator Reid will not accept these kinds of credentials in the future in order to avoid even the faintest appearance of impropriety," spokesman Jim Manley said.

cre·den·tial ( P ) Pronunciation Key (kr-dnshl)
n.

That which entitles one to confidence, credit, or authority.

credentials Evidence or testimonials concerning one's right to credit, confidence, or authority: The new ambassador presented her credentials to the president.

Sounds like he is selflessly turning down something that he is responsible for and justifiably earned. Perhaps boxing did not exist in the state of Nevada before Senator Reid was elected, therefore, he should receive the credit. Or perhaps just the credit to his account for the cost of the tickets. It certainly seems as this is a practice which entitles him to confidence, yep that be one hellava confidence man.