The Double Birth Order of Senator
Harry Reid
Senator
Harry Reid is the Majority Leader in the U.S.
the past
four years in a divided Congress. No legislation
can be delivered to the President unless both
Houses of Congress pass it. Harry has been
the obstacle for the bills that came from the Republican
majority in the House. Is he faithfully doing the
Presidents business or does he truly believe in the liberal
agenda for which he stands? Why is Harry such
a thorn in the side of Speaker Boehner? Understanding
his birth order will unmask the true Harry Reid
and give us the answer.
Harry has a 3/1 Double Birth Order
Harry was
the third of four boys. His mother came
into
the
marriage with two boys, their father was Aldro
Toleman
Garner from Utah
will show you how he got his Double birth
order.
Don Reid (Garner) ½ brother 1928
1
Dale Reid (Garner) ½ brother 1930 2
9yrs
Harry Reid (Named after father 1939 3/1
Larry Reid 1940 4/2
Because of
the 9 year gap between the brothers Harry
became the
oldest in the second family. This gives him
characteristics
of both a Firstborn and a Third born two
very different
birth orders.
Balancing Two Birth Orders
For someone
to understand their own single birth
order is hard
enough but with two it can be very
confusing. All
birth orders have both positive and
negative
expressions that the person must understand.
When you
have two birth orders it gives you four
different
choices. The farther apart the birth order
numbers,
the more conflicting the personality
characteristics.
Firstborns #1
Harry’s Firstborn
birth order gives him the need to be
in charge.
He will want to control the people around
him. The
number One can be a no nonsence demanding
person even
very physical in their use of power. In
Harry’s
case it can be the result of trying to hold on to the
number One
position. Harry had a younger brother
Larry
and this
may be where he may have used his pugilistic
talents. The
other side of the number One is a person
that can
also be very supportive and helpful. This is just
another way
to control through kindness and self sacrifice.
Firstborns
are the CEO’s of birth order, they feel they
have the
right answers.
Third Borns #3
The Third birth order
sees life very differently from the
Firstborn. Many Third borns are not well grounded in
reality and can become
dreamers. They see the
artistic side of
things and see the bigger
picture of
humanity in all its
forms. They are very sensitive and
can come and go
emotionally. They have a unique
ability to understand
people intuitively. Harry can
relate to poverty and
the plight of the poor for that
was his start in life. Religion is
another interest of
many Third borns. Harry has said he started life without
religion but has found the Mormon Church to be very
important in his life. Third borns can be both soft
spoken or very loud
and aggressive. Both characteristics
is their way of hiding
their sensitive nature. They will
do their best not to show they have been
hurt by putting
up a hard shell as
protection.
Searchlight Nevada- Harry’s Home
town
Harry was
born December 2, 1939 the third of four
boys. If
there is such a thing as “dirt” poor that was
his the
family. His father was a hard rock miner with just
an eighth
grade education and his mother never finished
high
school. He witnessed the abuse of his mother when
his father
became drunk but after he turned 14 he was
big enough
with the help of his younger brother Larry
to confront
him. His father committed suicide at age
58 after a
long bout of depression. The cabin he grew
up in had
no indoor plumbing and his school had one
teacher for
all eight grades. Prostitution was the leading
industry in
the town and here is where his mother
worked as a
washer woman to add to the family income.
Harry learned
to swim at a whorehouse which had the only
swimming
pool in town. Every Thursday the manager
would let a
dozen children at a time, swim in the pool.
High School Education
Harry had
to leave Searchlight and go to Henderson
with
families in town as would other children from towns
without
high schools. In high school be played
baseball,
football
and became an amateur boxer. He was trained
by Mike
O’Callaghan, a teacher and Korean War hero
who lost a
leg in the war. Later MIke would become
Governor of
Nevada
than a
little chip on his shoulder and although he was
only 10
years older became a father figure to Harry.
This is also
where he met his wife Landra Gould. They
married two
years after high school but not before Harry
had a fist
fight with her father as he was against the
marriage,
the family was Jewish. They eloped and were
married in
a Mormon Chapel.
His Career takes off like a Rocket
It was
through the help of some local businessmen
that he attended
college and law school. After law
school he returned to Henderson
attorney. Elected to the Nevada
1968 at age 28, he became the youngest
Lieutenant
Governor in Nevada
was working with the Governor who was his
teacher
and boxing coach in High school. It was the
Governor
that appointed him Chairman of the Nevada
Gaming
Commission in 1977, a very powerful position
where
he witnessed the power of money. He also saw
how
he could exercise the power of government
over
these same people. He is credited with taking
on the
mob. He did this without ever
going into a
casino,
taking a drink or getting killed. His only time out of
public service were the two years he spent in
the
practice of law. He was known as a consumer
advocate
and the lawyer of last resort. He defended
people down
on their luck with no money to pay him.
He was
elected to the United States House of
Representatives
in 1982. Then elected to the Senate
and that is
where he is today. . He has said the
Mormon
Church has been a very strong influence in his
life. (A
three characteristic) As a Mormon he has achieved
the highest
government position of any Mormon to ever
hold
office.
Becoming Speaker
How does
this soft spoken seemingly shy man get
100% of his
colleges to elect him Speaker. (Third
born
traits) It’s his Double birth order characteristics
that help
him. He is known as intensely loyal and
trustworthy.
He attends to his colleague’s needs.
(The
supportive #1)He is always getting requests.
He is very
unassuming but is assessing a person’s
vulnerabilities
in order to have the upper hand. By
staying quiet
he allows a person to express
themselves
and he then figures them out, sometimes
just by
observation. (The number Three skill)
Harry’s Personality
Juggling Act
We can now see his actions as they relate to his
multiple birth orders. Sensitive and caring on one
hand (A 3) and ready to push through the agenda of the
President at any cost. (A 1) He says he was raised to
settle your differences physically, “I am fighting that
all the time.(A 1) I don’t want to be mean to people.”(A 3)
His personalities are his unique traits that give him the
upper hand in negotiations. He doesn’t ignore slights
he says, “I believe in vengeance” and payback has
been a factor in his career. (A 1) He may have resented
those with money but he can use his political power
to “get even”.(A 1) At
times he loses control and that is
when he says things that seem so uncharacteristic
of a person in such a responsible
position. (A 3) John
Boehner, his counterpart as Speaker of the House
of Representative is a number Two birth order. A
number Two birth order says, “don’t tell me what to
do”, and that is why they will never get along.
Tell me what you think. This should make for a
good discussion.
You can
find out more information about Double Birth
orders at www.mybirthorder.com or buy my
book:
Life’s Fingerprint: How Birth Order
Affects Your
Path Throughout Life. by
Dr. Robert V.V. Hurst
