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Posted on 11/02/2005 9:32:11 AM PST by PhiKapMom
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Wednesday, November 02, 2005
Reid All About It: Harry Reid's Top Ten Leadership Flubs
NUMBER ONE: Pulls "Cheap Trick" And Shuts Down U.S. Senate: The Washington Post's Dana Milbank: "Democrats Did Not Deny It Was A Stunt: A Brazen Effort To Change The Subject From The Supreme Court Confirmation Of Sam Alito ..." (Dana Milbank, "Mad About You," The Washington Post, 11/2/05)
CNN's Lou Dobbs: "One Minute This Afternoon The U.S. Senate Was Doing The People's Business, The Next, The Senate Was Shut Down In Absolute Secrecy." (CNN's "Lou Dobbs Tonight," 11/1/05)
The Weekly Standards' Fred Barnes: "I Thought This Was A Comedy. ... This Wasn't An Ambush This Was A Meltdown On The Part Of The Democrats." (Fox News' "Special Report," 11/1/05) NBC's Mike Viqueira: "Well, My Understanding Of What Went On During The Course Of Those Two Hours That The Senate Was Closed Was That There Was No Debate Back And Forth And That The Classified Portion Was Never Actually Evacuated. In Other Words, The Chamber Was Never Swept By Dogs For Security Or Anything Of That Nature." (MSNBC's "Hardball," 11/1/05) NUMBER TWO: Bows To Liberal Special Interests And Opposes John Roberts: "The Senate Democratic Leader, Harry Reid Of Nevada, Said ... That He Would Oppose The Confirmation Of Judge John G. Roberts Jr. As Chief Justice, Surprising Both The White House And Fellow Democrats Still Conflicted About How To Vote." (Sheryl Gay Stolberg and David D. Kirkpatrick, "Top Democrat Says He'll Vote No On Roberts," The New York Times, 9/21/05)
"[R]eid Moved [To Oppose Roberts] Under Pressure From Liberal Activists, Who Were Demanding The Democratic Leadership Take A Strong Stand Against Roberts." ("Reid Says He Will Vote Against Roberts On Senate Floor," The Frontrunner, 9/21/05) NUMBER THREE: Calls President Bush A "Loser": While President Bush Is Traveling Overseas, Reid Tells High School Students "I Think This Guy [President Bush] Is A Loser." (Erin Neff, "Del Sol High School Appearance: Reid Calls Bush 'A Loser,'" Las Vegas Review-Journal, 5/7/05)
NUMBER FOUR: Establishes Taxpayer-Funded "War Room": Reid Established "War Room" With As Many As 15 Staffers To Develop Unified Message For Democratic Caucus. "Reid plans to have as many as 15 staffers to join the communications center. As many as five of them might be new hires, a reflection of the emphasis Reid is placing on developing a unified message." (Geoff Earle, "Reid Makes It Clear He's No Daschle," The Hill, 12/1/04) Staff From Various Democratic Leadership Organizations, Including Taxpayer Funded Groups, Folded Into Reid's "War Room." "The new Democratic leader is reestablishing authority over a variety of Democratic leadership organizations - the Democratic Policy Committee (DPC), the Democratic Steering Committee, and the Democratic Communications Committee - all of which are headed by other Democratic senators. Some staff from these groups could end up being folded into a new Democratic 'war room' being assembled to counter the GOP's political message." (Geoff Earle, "Reid Makes It Clear He's No Daschle," The Hill, 12/1/04) Reid's "War Room" Located In Capitol Building. "Jim Manley, press secretary for Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., has been hired as staff director for the center, which will be located in the U.S. Capitol." (Steve Tetreault, "Reid Announces New Office Created," Las Vegas Review-Journal, 11/30/04) NUMBER FIVE: Proudly Refuses To Apologize For Calling President Bush "Liar": Reid Will Not Apologize For Calling The President A "Liar." Rolling Stone: "You've called Bush a loser." HARRY REID: "And a liar." Rolling Stone: "You apologized for the loser comment." REID: "But never for the liar, have I?" (Eric Bates, "The Gunslinger," Rolling Stone, 6/2/05)
NUMBER SIX: Calls Fed Chair Alan Greenspan "Political Hack": Reid: "[I]'m Not A Big Greenspan Fan ... I Voted Against Him The Last Two Times. ... I Think [Alan Greenspan's] One Of The Biggest Political Hacks We Have In Washington." (CNN's "Inside Politics," 3/3/05) NUMBER SEVEN: Threatens Republicans To "Go Behind The Pool Hall": "Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) Has Challenged Republicans To 'Go Behind The Pool Hall And See Who Wins This One' Chuckling, He Said: 'We Could Do Some Real Harm.'" (James Kuhnhenn, "Harry Reid A Soft-Spoken Lawmaker With A Punch," Knight Ridder Newspapers, 3/2/05): NUMBER EIGHT: Violates Confidentiality Of Judicial Nominee Henry Saad's FBI File On Senate Floor: Reid: "Henry Saad Would Have Been Filibustered Anyway ... All You Need To Do Is Have A Member Go Upstairs And Look At His Confidential Report From The FBI, And I Think We Would All Agree That There Is A Problem There." (Charles Hurt, "Reid Cites FBI File On Judicial Pick," The Washington Times, 5/13/05)
NUMBER NINE: Makes Hollywood "Playboy-Producer" Top Policy Advisor: "Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) Again Invited Billionaire And Megadonor Stephen Bing To An Exclusive Luncheon Of Senate Democrats Just Off The Chamber Floor Last Week Where The Group Was Plotting Message Strategy For The 2006 Campaign." (Paul Kane, "Bing Is Minority's Odd Man Inside," Roll Call, 10/11/05)
Bing Described As "Playboy-Producer-Philanthropist." (Eric Alterman, "The Hollywood Campaign," The Atlantic Monthly, 9/04) "A Determined Bachelor, [Bing] Lives In A Small Two-Bedroom Home In Bel-Air But Has Bought The Seven Adjoining Houses With The Intention Of Knocking Them Down And Creating Palatial Grounds. He's A Fan Of Strip Clubs, Has Been A High Roller In Las Vegas For Years ..." (Rachel Abramowitz, "A Player In Every Sense?" Los Angeles Times, 7/3/02) NUMBER TEN: Praises Majority Leader On Senate Floor, Insults Him Behind His Back: Reid On Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) On The Senate Floor:
Off The Senate Floor Reid's Office Sends Out Talking Points Calling For Members To Attack Sen. Bill Frist. "A set of Democratic talking points being distributed by the office of Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) urges Members to link Frist to [Majority Leader Tom] DeLay." (Chris Cillizza, "Democrats Seeking To Tie Frist To DeLay," Roll Call, 5/18/05)
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Liberal moonbat in total meltdown ~ Bump!
Well I guess Reid won't be getting popcorn from Bush anytime soon but then ya never know
reid is just another dumb rat who just doesn't accept that is party will go the way of the Whigs.
The ratmedia cheerleaders for the failing Whigs don't like to talk about these things, but here's a few
of the insurmountable problems they face, as they "retake power".
The end of big labor ATM access means no more union thug troops, no more union money extorted from members.
The loss of voter fraud through HAVA. PhotoIDs = Whig defeats.
The loss of Louisiana after the investigation. Won't go away. Won't be good for Louisiana Whigs. The local evil donkeys will register the refugee rats all over. You don't think for a minute they will let them vote absentee in NOLA do you? And HAVA won't let them vote twice.
The loss of Iraq as an issue. Things getting better by the month. What's good for America here, is automatically bad for the Whig Party.
The loss of plantation escapees jumping the fence. Blacks starting to listen to GOP and liking what they hear.
The loss of control of the Court. No more force feeding liberalism to America.
The lack of any message. An empty message " I'm not Bush." doesn't work.
Spokesmen and women like Dean, Moore, Sheehan etc chase voters away.
Gay "marriage" support. Oh for eleven last cycle with no upturn in sight.
Anti 2nd amendment positions. Gave us West Virginia, helped us keep Arkansas and Tennessee.
Shallow bench: Paul Hackett for instance. Demoralized Whigs state organizations means fewer new faces.
Continued defections.The ratio of Whig to GOP conversions in the last 10 years must be 10 to 1. This is one of the few areas that they consistently beat us in. :-)
Adoration of Partial Birth Abortion. Most Whigs that you see and hear about are devoted to PBA, something that chases decent people away.
For the FIFTH time in the last eight months, a national poll has reported that Hillary Clinton is too liberal to be president. The numbers in these surveys DON'T BUDGE. She has been judged too liberal by 38, 39,39,40 and now 41% of respondents
There is a term in Chess that fits the evil donkey's position very well.
Zugzwang: “Compulsion to move.” A German term referring to a situation in which a player would like to do nothing (pass), since any move will damage his game.
The Whigs KNOW they can't do nothing/say nothing as issues come up, so they are compelled to comment. But the reality is that there aren't any issues they can say anything on and not be wrong either with their insane base or with real Americans.
It is well known that little pipsqueak Harry Reid and his family are "mobbed-up".
Extensive current financial and political partnerships with the mob in casinos, real estate, and a wide variety of businesses in Nevada and California and other states.
Now Nancy Pelosi - those "allegations" that she is from a Mafia family back east.......
Hey, shutting down the Senate is about the only good thing Reid's ever done. If only he would shut it down permamnently...
In other words, a typical Rat political hack...
As a Nevadan I apologise to Freepers everywhere. This man is an embarrassment. It saddens me greatly that he has five years left on his current term.
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Thanks for your hard work, and I will keep this in mind for 2006!
Thanks for the heads-up PKM...appreciate it.
I'm bookmarking this thread.
When I got this in my email, I started laughing because it didn't take long for RNC to churn this one out. Reid is an idiot because it looks like he is nothing more than a Ms. Clinton puppet! When something strange like this happens, I always figure she is behind it.
Aah, You've got it perfect there devolve!!
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