Clown of the Senate

NRO ^ | Kevin Williamson

[Rummyfan]

EDITOR’S NOTE: To mark Harry Reid’s announcement that he plans to retire in 2016, NR is running Kevin D. Williamson’s 2014 cover piece on the Nevada senator.

There are 53 Democrats in the Senate, plus two nominal independents who associate with them, and this clown caucus has chosen, since 2007, to place itself under the malignant leadership of Harry Reid, Washington’s answer to Frankenstein’s monster — stitched together out of the worst bits of Roger Chillingworth, Joe McCarthy, and Droopy — a teacup tyrant who has filled his own pockets to the tune of $10 million while decrying the allegedly baleful influence of the wealthy on politics, a man who has done violence to ethical standards left and right, using campaign funds for personal expenditures and trying to hide payments channeled to his granddaughter, who takes to the Senate floor to make patently false, malicious, and increasingly loopy claims about his political rivals, and who is leading a partisan assault on the Bill of Rights. If America needs a(nother) good reason to hand Democrats their heads come November, then they would do well to study the career of Harry Reid (D., Ritz-Carlton), the Sheriff of Nottingham to Barack Obama’s Prince John.

[Paladin2]

Ditch Mitch is no Saint.

[nickcarraway]

Mitch McConnell still calls him Majority Leader.

[Ann Archy]

In a Decent time of America, Harry Reid would be in PRISON.

[jonrick46]

I knew from the title the post would be about Dingy Harry Pinkie (or just plain Commie) Reid. I wish a few more of the following DemonRAT Senators would not seek reelection: Senator “Osama Mama” Patty Murray (22 years in Senate) should get back in her tennis shoes. Dianne Feinstein (22 years), Barbara Milkuski (28 years), Patrick Leahy (40 years) and Barbara Boxer (22 years). This is not about age discrimination. It is about years in the Senate and years to be tempted by corruption.

To be fair, there are some Republicans who have been in their Senate seat long enough to be tainted by corruption: Thad Cochran (36 years), Chuck Grassly (34 years), Orin Hatch (38 years), Mitch McConnell (30 years), Richard Shelby (28 years), John McCain (28 years).

[Rummyfan]

Mikulski has also announced she’s not running in 2016. Another ‘good riddance’.

[RichInOC]

I thought Dick Smothers was genius casting as (a fictionalized) Harry Reid in “Casino”. Dick strikingly resembles the Dinge. All he really had to do was suppress every bit of his natural good humor and charm.

[broken_arrow1]

In 2009, the mouth of the senate opened and projectile vomit has been emitted ever since.

[jonrick46]

Wow! I didn’t hear that! Rats fleeing a sinking ship comes to mind. I hope “Osama Mama” Patty Murray joins them.

[SoFloFreeper]

Hairy Reed is the post turtle because he:

1. attached himself to Tom Daschle when the Dakotan was majority leader

2. Was an extremely early supporter of B. Hussein Obama.

[Arthur McGowan]

Harry Reid’s Theme Song:

http://tinyurl.com/harryreidsong

[stylin19a]

There are 53 Democrats in the Senate, plus two nominal independents who associate with them, and this clown caucus has chosen, since 2007, to place itself under the malignant leadership of Harry Reid,...

just about the time the economy went south.

[ought-six]

250 years ago he would have been a tree ornament.

[Ann Archy]

HA!

[buckalfa]

Dingy is a crook and stands for just about everything we are against. Yet the man is a leader and was (is) able to deliver the votes to further his party's agenda. Something that GOPe apparently does not know how to do.

[Awgie]

Somebody beat the snot out of the old fart. Knocked his ass right out of the senate. Maybe that’s how you have to deal with the criminal extortion ring known as democrats.

[nothingnew]

A follow up...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmGO_bTgIf4

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