Senator Insists Videos of Him Must Have Been Photo-Shopped

Semi-News/Semi-Satire ^ | 28 March 2014 | John Semmens

[John Semmens]

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev) vociferously denied ever accusing victims of Obamacare of lying about their troubles. He dismissed video evidence of him making such accusations as “bogus.”

“In an earlier era ‘seeing is believing’ might have been a powerful verification of reality,” Reid said. “However, in this age of increasingly sophisticated computers, software, and savvy users one can no longer count on believing one’s own eyes and ears. It is inconceivable to me that I would have made such a foolish and politically inept assertion in public.”

Reid’s portrayal of sophisticated computer users victimizing him clashed with his nearly simultaneous contention that computer illiteracy is the cause of the myriad of problems with getting people signed up for Obamacare health insurance.

“The government has spent hundreds of millions creating and implementing the computerized sign-up system,” the senator pointed out. “If people aren’t successful in using this system it can only be due to their own ignorance of how to use computers. Perhaps we were too optimistic in allowing individuals to make their own choices on a complex issue like health care.”

“In hindsight, maybe we should’ve gone directly to a universal government run health care system like the one we have for active military personnel,” Reid speculated. “Soldiers don’t have the burden of selecting their own insurers or doctors. These decisions are made for them. All they need to do is follow orders.”

In related news, Dan Pfeiffer, senior adviser to President Obama, said he found Reid’s photo-shopping theory “insightful. Up until now we’ve been assuming that the 30 some videos of the President assuring people that they could keep insurance and doctors that they liked pretty much proved he said those things. We’d overlooked the possibility that these videos may have been concocted by the President’s enemies to make him look bad.”

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[knarf]

I read the source ... THIS time.

[M Kehoe]

I am starting to look at the bylines because of you.

;^)

5.56mm

[Lazamataz]

I actually believe Reid will go there.

[Ben Mugged]

Pathological lying is one of the hallmark characteristics of a narcissist, who does it out of a need to manipulate and maintain control. For the immature narcissist there is an essential emotional truth: lying is an expression of his (or her) mistrust of others; and his (or her) need to maintain a fragile sense of self at all costs. Being honest (and therefore vulnerable) terrifies the narcissist. Since his primary goal is to control others, through projection he constantly fears that others will try to control him. Thus, lying becomes the modus operandi through which he can maintain his superficial presentation of himself and keep people from learning the truth of who he really is. He never allows himself to be "pinned down", or accountable. More lies are always necessary to cover up a previous lie. And typically, he even begins to believe his own lies and become outraged at any suggestion that he may be lying. Thus he becomes sincere in his lying and others may actually believe the lies because of the sincerity.

[YHAOS]

The Senator is a liar.

[Safrguns]

Reid is mental... there should be laws prohibiting the holding of public office by persons suffering from dementia such as this.

[BipolarBob]

I think you hooked one (or two).

[Liz]

Gee, that was s-o-o-o-o nice of Harry to tell us what dummies we are WRT the internet. We really should do something nice for Harry---as a token of our appreciation.

Luckily, with Republicans taking over the Senate, that gives us dummies some really nice options.

I know. Let's give Harry a brand new office ....in the Capitol's sub-basement, next to the furnace. Harry'll just love his brand-new cardboard desk (some assembly required). Although I hear phone service isn't hooked up down there yet. Too bad. Harry can always use smoke signals (from the handy furnace) to communicate.

And give 'ol Harry a comfortable desk chair---and tell him not
to worry about all those silly electrical switches laying around.

[mountainlion]

Harry Reid has really done a good job of Photoshopping himself to make himself presentable as a public leader. Couldn't Nancy Pelosi try a bit harder to make her look better with her Photoshop attempts. Really!

[Donnafrflorida]

it is truly frightening that these psycopaths are running our gov,
this is just what we know. imagine what we dont know.

[Mark17]

These decisions are made for them. All they need to do is follow orders.

I have no doubt dingy Harry honestly believes this. He is a total scumbag. Even without satire, we know this to be true.

[Jonty30]

That would be an incredible amount of work to edit even a small video, much less the over dozen that are out there.

[Robert357]

Wow, he must have seen polling data and synopsis of Republican attack add on Obama Care that will be aimed at him in the coming election. Sounds like a man in denial about his going to loose the Senate to the Republicans and likely his own seat in the Senate. I guess those FBI corruption agents are getting close.

Poor Harry.

[gusopol3]

His granddaughter no doubt was selling memrntos in the libby.

[Rodamala]

[logic101.net]

This is the first time I have heard of VIDEO being photo shopped. Wouldn’t that be a bit difficult?

[Arrowhead1952]

Satire is becoming the truth with the demons now. How stupid does dingy hairy think we are? Of course, the typical LIV will believe dingy, not their eyes and ears. Darn, I hate dim politicians. I thinks it would be very difficult to “shop” a video with audio.