Posted on 12/02/2008 8:36:23 AM PST by rabscuttle385
The Capitol Visitors Center, which opened this morning, may have tripled its original budget and fallen years behind schedule, but Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid found a silver lining for members of Congress: tourists won't offend them with their B.O. anymore.
"My staff tells me not to say this, but I'm going to say it anyway," said Reid in his remarks. "In the summer because of the heat and high humidity, you could literally smell the tourists coming into the Capitol. It may be descriptive but it's true."
But it's no longer going to be true, noted Reid, thanks to the air conditioned, indoor space.
And that's not all. "We have many bathrooms here, as you can see," Reid continued. "Souvenirs are available."
$621 million well spent.
“My staff tells me not to say this, but I’m going to say it anyway,” said Reid in his remarks.
You should have listened to your staff STUPID.
(Santini)
I don't think I want to smell my boss either. Just sayin'
Actually, there is a lot of truth to this. In pre-air conditioning times, a lot of indoor activities were avoided because large groups of people just smelled horrible.
I had a colonoscopy a few days ago and right after it, we hear from Harry Reid. Coincidence??? You decide.
For the supposed party of the ‘working man’, they sure do forget that working people sweat.
bttt
"I smell peasants"
Ol' Harry's just funnin' wit' yous!
Watch the video. Harry looks serious and dumb as a box of rocks.
Another village that is missing an IDIOT!
LOL “Its good to be the King”
The prep is worse than the procedure!
Excuse me for being a little harsh here, But we have a crisis on our hands and he is worried about “B.O”? This is the reasons why our Great Country is in the mess it is in. Democrats are always fighting for the wrong reasons. Besides, I thought they were trying to push Reid out of his post, what is he still doing there?
Count De Money!
I guess it’s hard for him to remember that he works for us, and that we the people are not mere peasants. Shoot, why didn’t they install showers and bathtubs? And while they were at it, have little bottles of deoderant for the masses.
http://www.leftjustified.org/leftjust/lib/sc/ht/const/index.html
“So the convention met, on May 25, 1787, at the onset of summer heat in Philadelphia....The Convention worked in absolute secrecy, by vote of a majority of it’s members. Sentries were posted around the building and windows and doors were shut up tight.”
Yes, I know—comparing Reid & Co. to the Framers is like comparing roosting hens to eagles.
I can’t figure out whether this guy just ran out of the limited things he has to say or he is just plain stupid. Probably both.
Makes you wonder what kind of voters put him in office?
I guess they used union labor...
Well, they aren’t called “the great unwashed” for nothin’...
We’ve only been to DC once, and we didn’t tour anything there except to just drive by it and see it from the outside. I’m glad we didn’t now, since we “Great Unwashed” offend Harry.
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