Posted on 11/15/2012 3:27:15 AM PST by Kaslin
Believe me: This isn’t the first time our vaunted Senate Majority Leader has made baseless accusations with little or no evidence (via The Daily Caller):
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Wednesday he was “very comfortable” with the prospect of defending an open seat in his chamber should Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry be tapped for a Cabinet position, and slammed outgoing Republican Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown, who would likely run to replace Kerry.
“I saw during the campaign his plea for bipartisanship,” Reid said of Brown, who ran as a moderate and independent Republican willing to work across the aisle in his ultimately unsuccessful race against Elizabeth Warren. “That is a big joke.”
“He is a travesty. He is one of the most partisan people that ever served here,” Reid went on. “He could have saved Citizens United, he could have been the 60th vote on that and many other things.”
“So I don’t need a lecture from him on bipartisanship,” Reid concluded. “He should go look in a mirror.”
Where to begin? The truth is that in 2011 Senator Scott Brown (R-MA) was ranked the second most bipartisan Senator in Washington, and, according to the same Congressional Quarterly study, only voted with his party 54 percent of the time. That’s a pretty distinguished track record of bipartisanship -- especially at a time of increased polarization and gridlock inside the corridors of Congress. By contrast, of course, Senator Reid (so far) has voted with his party 94 percent of the time on 433 votes since the start of the 112th Congress -- and voted with his party 95 percent of the time on 689 votes during the 111th Congress, according to the Washington Post. In other words, who’s the real “partisan” lawmaker, again?
Reid, incidentally, is also the same partisan who stood on the floor of the Senate Chamber and maliciously accused Governor Mitt Romney of not paying any taxes for ten years, citing an anonymous and disgruntled former Bain Capital investor as “evidence.” He lied. Now, as Guy recently reported, he’s determined to pass filibuster “reform” in a concerted effort to limit GOP lawmakers from blocking legislation they disagree with (or want to amend) in the upper chamber -- a hypocritical and shameless political maneuver he explicitly warned about when Senate Democrats were the minority party. Sadly, it seems, the Majority Leader’s rank hypocrisy and blind partisanship is on full display these days…and becoming more and more noticeable.
KMA Harry.
When is a bulletproof Republican, like Jeff Sessions or Jim DeMint, going to challenge everything this asshole says at a public news conference. Libs/Dems have shown that you can destroy people politically. TIME TO START DOING IT TO DEMOCRATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah. The funny thing is, obammy got reelected. Now, who's Dumb and dumber? Those people or the electorate?
Think about it.
FMCDH(BITS)
Why don’t someone bitch slap this little dried up prick.
Like all vampires, Reid has no reflection, so looking in a mirror wouldn’t do any good.
Yes, Reid is most certainly a vile, despicable human being.
Thanks again Nevada GOP for nominating Sharon Angle!
What a POS comment by Dingy Harry.
Get ready for his return if Osama puts Kerry in the cabinet. Without the POTUS turnout Lieawhatha would have had no chance. They would probably not choose such a worthless candidate again though.
dems might be ready for Scottie this time and back somebody in he rat primary who resembles a normal human being. capuano prob beats Brown. or is it deval patrick for Senate?
Crapuano would worry me. In a low turnout election that pusbag Deval would not, though I see he has a high approval for some reason.
...Dorian Gray
He should look so good!!
Crapuano bites.
Times of coldness fit the RATS
Sunken boats are gone
what is that, poetry?
Molière?
It is Haiku. Part of my Zen approach to living in a communist nation.
It’s a coping mechanism.
the tyranny will get much worse ... follow the Greek model of Fascist crackdown. And the rebellion will be crushed. I will skip the rebellion, it will be unwise.
Then the storm will pass and we will have a Republic again. Your Zen approach is whize, my roshi who is in the Chozen-ji line of Rinzai.
Excellent take, Pete
The downfall will be epic
Sleep, one eye open
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