Friday, October 15, 2010
More on Harry Reid, the Senate Majority Leader
Aurelius over at Pundit Press has some fun with Harry Reid, who is clarifying his "this war is lost" statement regarding Iraq, and accusing his opponent of lying that he ever made such a statement. Reid is exploring that grey area where spin overlaps with insulting a voter's intelligence.
I suppose every politician has to deal with statements he wishes he never made, but that is a more difficult stunt to pull off in 2010 than it was in 1990. I think his campaign consultants should recommend to him that he admit he should not have used those words -- "this war is lost" -- and that "this war will be lost unless we change course" was what he meant to say. That the course change was already being contemplated by the White House and Pentagon when Reid made his statements might be besides the point in the minds of many of his constituents.
I have no idea what kind of U.S. Senator Sharon Angle would make, and I don't vote in Nevada anyway. I frankly haven't been a fan of any House or Senate leaders from either party for some time, and I think we would do well to turnover the leadership in the legislature altogether. If the only benefit of an Angle victory would be to retire Reid, and generate new leadership in the Senate, then I might be in favor of that. Oh, wait, who is next in next in line? Dick Durbin? Going to have to think about that.
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Aurelius, at
Fri Oct 15, 07:06:00 PM:
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Fri Oct 15, 10:30:00 PM:
I recall a few years ago, during the perennial wildfires Southern California has nearly every summer, Reid said in an interview that they were spread by global warming. A little later, the interviewer returned to the statement, which Reid indignantly denied making.
During the same interview.
Could be he's a shameless lying hack. But what if it's early onset dementia? Is that at all possible?
