Originally Posted by DuesPaid
I think Harry Reid was Senator ,not a congressman but I remember he cought a serious beating from some mob guys.

They pounded his face in.



Barry Goldwater, the father of modern day conservatism, was the real puppet of Vegas mobsters. The scene in Casino where Dick Smothers is going through his comped chips with the hooker in the background is based on Goldwater, not Harry Reid. People just think it's Reid because he happened to be a Nevada senator at that time. The book "Green Felt Jungle" clears it up.

"...the successful annihilation of organized crime's subculture in America would rock the 'legitimate' world's foundation, which would ultimately force fundamental social changes and redistributions of wealth and power in this country. Meyer Lansky's dream was to bond the two worlds together so that one could not survive without the other." - Dan E. Moldea