Posted on 07/09/2014 10:37:50 AM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
House Republican leaders are acting like one-time LA Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda, “kicking dirt at the umpire” to distract the nation, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Wednesday morning.
The Nevada Democrat torched GOP leaders for pursuing “stunts” such as a lawsuit against President Barack Obama and for spending $3.3 million on the select Benghazi committee.
Reid, who also accused House Republicans of blocking a deal to fix the Department of Veterans Affairs, recalled Lasorda’s legendary fights with umpires, which he said were often stunts intended to distract from other problems on his team.
And he said GOP leaders are doing the same thing.
“They’re searching desperately for something, anything, to keep the radicals within their own caucus over there, keep them happy,” Reid said. “That’s hard to do, as we’ve seen. And they want to do this to divert the American people’s attention … from their very own inaction.
“You don’t have to take my word for it. No one has to. Because conservative pundits are falling over themselves to consider this ploy. Even last night Sarah Palin — what did Sarah Palin say? She said, ‘Don’t bring a lawsuit to a gunfight. There’s no room for lawyers on the front lines.’ That’s Sarah Palin.”
Reid added, ”the tea party House is content to put on a show, to kick a little dirt, a big expensive show.”
On Benghazi, he said the House is going to spend $3.3 million “to try once again to turn a real tragedy into some kind of conspiracy.”
He said that’s more than is spent on the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee — and then knocked the House on the VA scandal.
“We’re still waiting for the House to come together with us to do something about the veterans emergency we have,” he said. “They have forgotten about what’s going on around the country. We need thousands of new personnel. … The House refuses to complete the conference with [Senate Veterans' Affairs] Chairman [Bernard] Sanders.”
He also dinged House on not being able to say what it will specifically sue the president over.
“You know your case is in trouble when you can’t specify the reason you’re filing the lawsuit,” he said.
“Leadership in the House of Representatives should put aside this ill-fated venture and leave the chest-bumping and dirt-kicking charade to the baseball managers,” Reid concluded.
In an email, Michael Steel, a spokesman for Speaker John A. Boehner, R-Ohio, accused Democrats of “theatrics.”
“While gridlocked Senate Democrats throw temper tantrums, the House is acting on the American peoples priorities: passing one bipartisan jobs bill after another. When will Washington Democrats drop the silly theatrics and work with us to help the private sector create more jobs?” Steel said.
Harry sounds upset.
I thought it was the President who had the bully pulpit. Every time Reid opens his yap, someone’s there to report it. Why?
“Leadership in the House of Representatives should put aside this ill-fated venture......”
This is the possibly the best sign that REPUBs might be doing something useful.
“Reid, who also accused House Republicans of blocking a deal to fix the Department of Veterans Affairs, recalled Lasorda’s legendary fights with umpires, which he said were often stunts intended to distract from other problems on his team. “
Sounds like Harry’s stunt about trying to over turn the SCOTUS decision on Hobby Lobby....
I guess if you're a lickspittle of a “journalist” at Roll Call, your breathless attempts at flattery extend to putrid bags of vomit.
If the House leaders are Tommy Lasorda, then Reid is Billy Martin.
ESAD Reid
We could have bought a lot of cowboy poetry for that money.
And only if the Liberal PhonyCons didn’t attack Sharron Angle and ruin the chance to defeat the lapsed Mormon Reid...thanks PhonyCons
Reid is projecting again. You can take it to the bank that any time this POS accuses someone else of something, you can be sure he is doing it much more. I wish I had the capability to do in-depth research in to his and his son’s dealings in Nevada. I’m betting that Reids attack on the Koch brothers is related to them possibly interfering with his deals there. And, again I say, Nevada, you must be so proud. A monkey randomly pushing buttons saying which laws and which parts of the Constitution are to be enforced would have been less damaging to the country,its security and the Constitution than Reid has been.
Torch? Harry couldn’t torch flash paper....
Harry Reid is the one who is willing to murder a family in Neveda to get their land... FOR THE CHINESE.
This old geezer sure makes some bizarre statements. If Dingy’s family cared about him, they would get him some medical help. Sounds like dementia.
This old geezer sure makes some bizarre statements. If Dingy’s family cared about him, they would get him some medical help. Sounds like dementia.
House Select Benghazi Committee? Where is it, what is its status? I have not heard any updates on progress or anything. Are they going to do anything before November?
One time, Harry Reid was hiking in the snowy mountains of Nevada when he came upon a half-frozen pygmy goat. He scooped the poor thing up and rushed home. He grabbed his hair dryer and thawed the poor little goat.
So, always remember, Harry Reid blows goats.
The correct term is not lapsed Mormon it is Jack Mormon. Catholics like Nancy Piglousy lapse. Mormons like Harry Screed who ignore the tenets of their faith are ‘jack’. I have been both lapsed and jacked.
I don;t believe a word that this corrupt little sewer rat says, he must have gotten money under the table otherwise he would be slinking through the sewer pipes where he lives.
The Sin-ate’s talking vagina needs a douching.
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