Election 2006 Watch: Democrat Senate Leader Reid Took Free Boxing Tickets – â€œCulture of Corruption?â€ – MY BAD

Clutching his hands to his heart, Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid of Nev., center, calls for lawmakers, and especially Republicans, to clean up the tainted relationship between lawmakers and lobbyists, at a Democratic political event to outline their agenda for reform in the wake of the scandal involving former lobbyist Jack Abramoff, at the Library of Congress in Washington in this Jan. 18, 2006, file photo. From left are: Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid of Nev., House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., and Rep. James E. Clyburn, D-SC. Reid accepted free ringside tickets from the Nevada Athletic Commission to three championship boxing matches while that state agency was seeking to influence Reidâ€™s unsuccessful effort to increase federal oversight of boxing.

ASSociated Press: Reid Says He Won’t Accept Free Tickets

Reversing course, Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid’s office acknowledged Wednesday night he misstated the ethics rules governing his acceptance of free boxing tickets and has decided to avoid taking such gifts in the future.

The Nevada senator still believes 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 after The Associated Press confronted Reid’s office early Wednesday with conclusions from several ethics experts that the Senate leader misstated congressional ethics rules in trying to defend his actions.

OOPS MY BAD….

Senator Reid was caught with his hand in the political cookie jar.

Culture of Corruption indeed……and didn’t Senator Reid accept money from Jack Abramoff?

This guy is a Mormon hypocrite and is toast when he comes up for re-election in Nevada. 2010 cannot come fast enough for voters to throw his ASS out of office.