Posted on 02/10/2005 5:43:17 AM PST by BigKPM
Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid on Monday urged President Bush to stop the Republican National Committee from calling him an obstructionist and criticizing his Senate record, a tactic the GOP used to help defeat Reid's predecessor...
"Why didn't he stand and tell the American people last Wednesday that one of the first items of business we were going to do in Washington is send out a hit piece on the Democratic leader?" Reid said.
The Republican committee plans to send a 13-page document to more than a million people -- including in Reid's home state of Nevada -- analyzing and criticizing his votes and stances before he officially took over as Senate Democratic leader in January. Republican Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., defeated Democratic leader Tom Daschle last year after the GOP painted Daschle as an "obstructionist" to Bush's agenda and judicial nominees.
RNC spokesman Brian Jones said Reid is picking up where Daschle left off. "Harry Reid right now is the leader of the party of 'no,'" Jones said. "He is the party's chief obstructionist, and we're going to continue to talk about this in the months to come."
Bush can't divorce himself from what the RNC is doing, Reid said. The RNC "is the president's organization," Reid said. "He can't say one thing to the American people and then ... send out scurrilous letters saying that I'm a bad guy. In great detail. I mean, is President George Bush a man of his word?"
Jones said Reid is a legitimate target. "All we're going to be doing in the months ahead is highlighting how Senator Reid's record in many cases is wrong for the people of Nevada and is inconsistent with past statements that he made," Jones said.
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Funny, I didn't see Reid disavowing his own slander, factually incorrect at that, about Clarence Thomas.
They used see that something will go the way of the dinosaur. I suggest a new phrase. Reid will go the way of the Daschle.
What a weenie. Time to post the Seal of the Democratic Party...
If ya can't stand the heat ...
So they should post a factual correction in response - big deal. Whiny, whiny, whine.
Daddy, Johnny is calling me names.
Calling Daschle an obstructionist is a tactic?
Wow, I guess Democrats like Reid are liars, because they get upset when the truth is used against them. From where I'm standing, if he doesn't like the truth, then he must prefer lies.
WAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!! PRESIDENT BUSH, MAKE THEM STOP TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT MY SENATE RECORD AND THE THINGS THAT I SAY!!! MAKE THEM STOP ATTACKING ME!!!!! BOO HOO HOO HOOOOOO!
How Kerryesque.
But, but...Reid said he wasn't losing any sleep over this. Another democRAT liar.
If ya can't stand the heat ...
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The whining hypocrites!!! These lilly-livered scumbags can really dish it out, but when it comes to getting it back, they cannot handle THE TRUTH AND REALITY.
They run like cockroaches in the light --- but they cannot hide from REALITY!!!
He's a typical Dum. They can call Republicans names,lie, slander, and Obstruct. but when a Repub points out that the Dums are liars, name callers, slanderer, and obstructionist, they start screaming like stuck pigs.
Sheesh. And I thought Republicans lacked a spine at times. I don't think I've ever heard them reduced to baby cries.
Grow up Senator. The President isn't your daddy. If he was, he'd tell you to fight your own battles.
That's the one!
For the same reason that Reid didn't stand up and tell the American people when he was elected to leadership that his first items of biz were to obstruct the administration.
Special Olympians are definitely not whiners. Take it from a S.O. coach - these athletes are overcomers, and shouldn't be mentioned in the same breath as the delicate Mr. Reid.
At last report former Senate Minority leader Tom Daschle was also "very concerned".
They publicized your RECORD, Harry. Does your record paint you as a bad guy?
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