January 13, 2013
— rdbrewer

It puts the lotion on its skin.
Michael Warren, writing in The Weekly Standard:
At the Ritz-Carlton, Reid read his own words in print and made a snap decision. The next day, at a noon press conference in the Capitol, he dropped the bomb. The jobs bill, including the carefully crafted tax deal, was being scrapped, he told reporters. Reid would instead introduce a new “pared-back” bill, without the tax proposals that had enraged the left. This was the first time Baucus had heard his hard-fought agreement was being thrown away. To the finance committee senators and staff, it was weeks of hard work down the drain. To Reid, it was business as usual.Reid is odd, temperamental, mercurial, obstinate, and rude. He says things that “make you cringe,” as one senator put it. Once, while waiting for President Obama outside the Oval Office, Reid greeted a tall female West Wing staffer by telling her she was his “favorite big woman,” while Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett was his “favorite small woman.” Reid quickly “clarified,” telling her he only meant that she was his favorite big woman “at the White House.”
In the Reid regime, the Senate operates more or less at his whim. Members are frequently caught off guard when he decides to bring a bill up for debate. Reid will promise to allow a senator to present an important amendment only to change course at the last minute and claim he never made the promise at all.
(Emphasis mine.) I noticed this a long time ago. He reminds me of a kid who lived nearby when I was six. He had the most wonderful toys, but his greatest delight was in not letting you play with them. Once I wanted to drive his pedal car. He ran over and sat in it, beaming. Then he drove around in circles. I was hurt and said something about not sharing. He loved it. I walked toward a ball on his driveway. He jumped out of the car, ran over, and grabbed the ball, stepping back, cradling it--all the while with that same inward-directed Harry Reid smile.
Reid lacks empathy. That explains his habit of saying asinine things: You're my favorite big woman. Obama is a light-skinned African American with no Negro dialect. Romney hasn't paid taxes in ten years. Gillibrand is the hottest senator. Hurricane Katrina was nothing compared to Sandy. When you objectify people like that, they don't have feelings of their own, so you can't hurt them. You couldn't hurt a rock either, for example.
DrewM noticed the weirdness a few years ago. Reid had called Clarence Thomas an embarrassment, and he had referred to Ted Kennedy and Robert Byrd as the greatest living Americans:
Asked to name "a greatest living American" most of us would name a person who is objectively "living" and an "American", the greatness being a bit more open to interpretation. Harry on the other hand goes with two guys who are dead...Ted Kennedy and Robert Byrd.Call me crazy but I don't think a guy who got liquored up and killed a woman or a man who rose up the ranks of the Klu Klux Klan should be on anyone's list of "greatest American", living or dead.
Just remember though...Sharron Angle is an idiot who can't be let near the Senate. And according the Mensa member Harry Reid, Clarence Thomas is "an embarrassment to the Supreme Court".
Drew also pointed out Reid may have enriched himself with insider information about green energy legislation.
You get a sense that Harry Reid thinks he can say or do whatever he wants because he's just that good and nothing else matters. The weird statements, the I-get-to-do-what-I-want capriciousness, and the reckless intransigence? Warren is right: Reid is a small-minded, odd man. He uses his power only to confound others and to please himself. He's that spoiled brat I knew when I was a kid.
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Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 13, 2013 10:38 AM (XkWWK)
Posted by: t-bird at January 13, 2013 10:41 AM (FcR7P)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 13, 2013 10:41 AM (XkWWK)
Ring! Ring! Ring!
Posted by: crichton ringing his bell and pointing at harry reid at January 13, 2013 10:43 AM (ORGYc)
Posted by: HeatherRadish™, Crankypants Extraordinaire at January 13, 2013 10:43 AM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 13, 2013 10:45 AM (XkWWK)
Posted by: DangerGirl at January 13, 2013 10:45 AM (GrtrJ)
8 Did he ever provide proof he's not a pederast?
Where there's smoke, there's fire, right? And the rumors are so persistent ...
Posted by: Jay Guevara at January 13, 2013 10:45 AM (ZTfHa)
Posted by: t-bird at January 13, 2013 10:46 AM (FcR7P)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 13, 2013 10:47 AM (XkWWK)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 13, 2013 10:48 AM (znavB)
As I read this post, I kept thinking of the Roman Senate.
Senator Incitatus does have a ring to it.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at January 13, 2013 10:48 AM (ZTfHa)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 13, 2013 10:49 AM (XkWWK)
Posted by: AmishDude at January 13, 2013 10:49 AM (xSegX)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 13, 2013 10:49 AM (znavB)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 13, 2013 10:50 AM (XkWWK)
Posted by: Cato at January 13, 2013 10:51 AM (4vxfY)
Posted by: Fritz at January 13, 2013 10:52 AM (w3+gB)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 13, 2013 10:52 AM (XkWWK)
Posted by: Arbalest at January 13, 2013 10:55 AM (KzM0i)
Posted by: USS Diversity at January 13, 2013 10:55 AM (MPjT8)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 13, 2013 10:56 AM (XkWWK)
Posted by: FURPC at January 13, 2013 10:57 AM (0ImZM)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 13, 2013 10:57 AM (XkWWK)
Posted by: USS Diversity at January 13, 2013 10:58 AM (MPjT8)
Posted by: Froth at January 13, 2013 10:58 AM (YcP18)
Land Deal Harry the pederast is not just involved in crooked land deals.
A Utah businessman accused of running a fraudulent $350 million software scheme says the state attorney general arranged a deal to pay Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to make a federal investigation into the software business disappear.
http://is.gd/SG3rE3
Posted by: Vic at January 13, 2013 10:59 AM (53z96)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. http://tinyurl.com/ahc8poj at January 13, 2013 10:59 AM (l86i3)
Posted by: @PurpAv at January 13, 2013 11:00 AM (BNacf)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 13, 2013 11:00 AM (XkWWK)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at January 13, 2013 11:03 AM (jucos)
Harry Reid is doing exactly what the Democrats have long wanted to do, help install a fascist dictatorship. The last four years have been spent consolidating power in the Executive branch and blocking any sort of accountability.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at January 13, 2013 11:04 AM (o1kXv)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 13, 2013 11:07 AM (znavB)
Posted by: Harry The Pederast to Republicans at January 13, 2013 11:07 AM (53z96)
If the media can publish a list of firearm permit holders, why not a list of congressional pharmaceutical prescription holders?
Posted by: Fritz at January 13, 2013 11:07 AM (w3+gB)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 13, 2013 11:10 AM (GEICT)
Posted by: Miss Scarlett with the revolver at January 13, 2013 11:11 AM (Pwz7h)
Posted by: fused at January 13, 2013 11:11 AM (PnNAy)
senators are taking.
Petition!
Posted by: @PurpAv at January 13, 2013 11:12 AM (BNacf)
Posted by: L, elle at January 13, 2013 11:12 AM (0PiQ4)
Two days before the group is to leave, Ron's wife puts her foot down and tells him he isn't going. Ron's friends are very upset that he can't go, but what can they do. Two days later the three get to the camping site to find Ron sitting there with a tent set up, firewood gathered, and dinner cooking on the fire, sitting having a cold beer.
"Wow Ron, how long you been here, and how did you talk your missus into letting you go?"
"Well, I've been here since last night. Yesterday evening, I was sitting in my living room chair and my wife came up behind me and put her hands over my eyes and asked, “Guess who?" I pulled her hands off, and there she was, wearing a nightie. She took my hand and pulled me into our bedroom. The room had candles and rose petals all over. Well she's been reading 50 Shades of Grey......
On the bed she had handcuffs, and ropes! She told me to tie her up and cuff her to the bed, so I did. And then she said, "Do whatever you want."
So, here I am!
Posted by: WalrusRex at January 13, 2013 11:13 AM (XUKZU)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 13, 2013 11:14 AM (znavB)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 13, 2013 11:15 AM (XkWWK)
Posted by: toby928© at January 13, 2013 11:16 AM (QupBk)
What is the source of Reid's power? I assume it is the casinos in Vegas. But some of the owners (Steve Wynn) have left the reservation. Why do the rest still support this weird little guy who insults people right and left?
Posted by: Miss Marple at January 13, 2013 11:17 AM (GoIUi)
Did they give you enough Dingy to do the right thing re 2nd amendment?
Posted by: ConcealedKerry or subMitt Bitterly Clinging to his guns and guns at January 13, 2013 11:17 AM (ChiWC)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 13, 2013 11:17 AM (XkWWK)
Posted by: Harry Reid at January 13, 2013 11:18 AM (piMMO)
Posted by: Metalgod at January 13, 2013 11:18 AM (YgIJ8)
Posted by: FURPC at January 13, 2013 11:18 AM (0ImZM)
Posted by: ConcealedKerry or subMitt Bitterly Clinging to his guns and guns at January 13, 2013 11:18 AM (ChiWC)
Posted by: t-bird at January 13, 2013 11:18 AM (FcR7P)
47I am starting to think that even if he were caught in a shower with a child, he would still be reelected. The Democrat party and its voters are completely devoid of shame or morality.
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Yeah, they really are.
And we can include, of course, all their thralls in the media who not only turn a blind eye to their misdeeds...but also distort the news to make them look good.
Posted by: wheatie at January 13, 2013 11:18 AM (fH4X9)
Posted by: Truman North at January 13, 2013 11:18 AM (IbdYI)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 13, 2013 11:18 AM (XkWWK)
Posted by: The Political hat at January 13, 2013 11:18 AM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Fox2! at January 13, 2013 11:19 AM (1Qpmy)
But he's the Leader of the Majority Party of The US Senate.
........and McConnell is his bitch.
Posted by: ontherocks at January 13, 2013 11:20 AM (aZ6ew)
Posted by: toby928© at January 13, 2013 11:20 AM (QupBk)
Posted by: FURPC at January 13, 2013 11:20 AM (0ImZM)
Posted by: The Political hat at January 13, 2013 11:21 AM (Vk2pI)
Harry Reid is dragging a little boy out into the desert one very dark night. The boy says, in a tiny voice, "Geez, Senator Reid, I'm scared!"
Reid says, "You're scared. I have to walk back through this desert alone!"
Posted by: spongeworthy at January 13, 2013 11:21 AM (r5w1L)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows being American means free rubbers and gun control at January 13, 2013 11:22 AM (Lxw+T)
Posted by: kbdabear at January 13, 2013 11:22 AM (wwsoB)
Posted by: Mr Pink at January 13, 2013 11:23 AM (+4Ahl)
Harry Reid is waaaayyyyyy dirtier than that. It's pretty much an open secret that Harry has been tied up with the mob since his days as head of the Nevada Gaming Commission.
Along with the payoffs, he got rich off shady land deals with the mob long before the green energy scams.
The right is so reluctant to bring this shit to light.
Posted by: Albie Damned at January 13, 2013 11:24 AM (Yhu4q)
Posted by: CMU VET at January 13, 2013 11:24 AM (dPSpR)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 13, 2013 11:25 AM (piMMO)
Posted by: Fritz at January 13, 2013 11:25 AM (w3+gB)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 13, 2013 11:25 AM (piMMO)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 13, 2013 11:26 AM (XkWWK)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 13, 2013 11:28 AM (piMMO)
Posted by: L, elle at January 13, 2013 11:28 AM (0PiQ4)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 13, 2013 11:29 AM (piMMO)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 13, 2013 11:29 AM (piMMO)
Posted by: Albie Damned at January 13, 2013 11:31 AM (Yhu4q)
Oh wait! We have one, but when he starts talking we jump up and call him a nut. Beck isn't as crazy as our own side has made him out to be.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 13, 2013 03:28 PM (piMMO)<<
This! Too many on our side are taken in by the left's Alinsky tactics
Posted by: Albie Damned at January 13, 2013 11:32 AM (Yhu4q)
Posted by: georgeofthedesert at January 13, 2013 11:34 AM (Eq2MX)
Posted by: Miss Scarlett with the revolver at January 13, 2013 11:35 AM (Pwz7h)
You know, the thing about Harry Reid......he's got lifeless eyes. Black eyes. Like a doll's eyes. When he comes at ya, doesn't seem to be living... until he bites ya
Posted by: pep at January 13, 2013 11:35 AM (6TB1Z)
Posted by: CMU VET at January 13, 2013 11:36 AM (dPSpR)
Posted by: Miss Scarlett with the lead pipe at January 13, 2013 11:36 AM (Pwz7h)
Posted by: Miss Scarlett with the lead pipe at January 13, 2013 11:38 AM (Pwz7h)
Posted by: lincolntf at January 13, 2013 11:40 AM (ZshNr)
Rdbrewer:
"....He reminds me of a kid who lived nearby when I was six. He had the most wonderful toys, but his greatest delight was in not letting you play with them. Once I wanted to drive his pedal car. He ran over and sat in it, beaming. Then he drove it around in circles. I was hurt and said something about not sharing. He loved it. I walked toward a ball on his driveway. He jumped out of the car, ran over, and grabbed the ball, stepping back, cradling it--all the while with that same inward-directed Harry Reid smile."
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Like the proverbial 'Dog in a Manger'
The dog who would go and sleep on the hay bin...just to prevent the other animals from eating any.
Posted by: wheatie at January 13, 2013 11:41 AM (fH4X9)
>>If the media can publish a list of firearm permit
holders, why not a list of congressional pharmaceutical prescription
holders?
HIPPA.
So I guess we need GIPPA to protect the gun info...
Posted by: Mama AJ at January 13, 2013 11:41 AM (SUKHu)
Posted by: Ktgreat at January 13, 2013 11:44 AM (VqbeO)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at January 13, 2013 11:51 AM (Jcd0S)
Posted by: Lurkasaurus at January 13, 2013 11:51 AM (061ah)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 13, 2013 11:52 AM (piMMO)
Harry Reid believes that the best way to cover up his old man smell is with diaper liniments and the tears of his victims.
Posted by: Fritz at January 13, 2013 11:54 AM (w3+gB)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 13, 2013 11:54 AM (piMMO)
Posted by: Lurkasaurus at January 13, 2013 11:55 AM (061ah)
It will all depend on what ICD-10 code the physician used when writing the prescription.
"Those electronic records are going to come in handy, eh?"
For purposes of blackmail? Oh, very handy. Very handy indeed.
Posted by: Brown Line at January 13, 2013 11:55 AM (dKXn1)
"HIPPA."
If the feds are asking about gun ownership on medical forms, isn't that officially medical information? Which means that it's covered by HIPPA also?
Posted by: Brown Line at January 13, 2013 11:59 AM (dKXn1)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's mobile at January 13, 2013 11:59 AM (YZizW)
Posted by: Mayday at January 13, 2013 12:00 PM (F3s39)
Posted by: Bacon Industry at January 13, 2013 12:01 PM (+pDlC)
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I often see this kind of sentiment and couldn't disagree more. Maybe those who say it think they deserve the gov't we have, but I don't.
Posted by: Mayday at January 13, 2013 12:02 PM (F3s39)
Now use the Harry Reid doll, and show the Detective where Elmo touched you.
And I hear rumors that Harry is suffering from the last stages of syphilitic alcoholism induced dementia.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 13, 2013 12:03 PM (jlngc)
Posted by: The Political hat at January 13, 2013 12:07 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Rich Fader at January 13, 2013 12:07 PM (Ngpgm)
Posted by: torabora at January 13, 2013 12:07 PM (a4UVa)
Posted by: torabora at January 13, 2013 12:09 PM (a4UVa)
Posted by: whorehouse harry at January 13, 2013 12:14 PM (a4UVa)
Posted by: beachgamer at January 13, 2013 12:21 PM (LpQbZ)
Posted by: FURPC at January 13, 2013 12:22 PM (0ImZM)
Posted by: CMU VET at January 13, 2013 03:36 PM (dPSpR)<<
I can't imagine going through anything more difficult. Prayers and thoughts are with you
Posted by: Albie Damned at January 13, 2013 12:25 PM (Yhu4q)
Posted by: not a bigot at January 13, 2013 12:36 PM (mV5Rx)
Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at January 13, 2013 12:49 PM (FkH4y)
Nevada used to be smart: maybe they'll be smart again.
Posted by: Lessons from the Ceramic Throne at January 13, 2013 12:50 PM (Qb7IZ)
Posted by: acethepug at January 13, 2013 01:42 PM (apmFV)
Posted by: Northern Lurker at January 13, 2013 01:59 PM (sCK+c)
I'd like to also point out that Harry Reid will promise to call Batman so you can all fly in the Bat-plane to the North Pole to meet Santa, but you gotta do some weird stuff with him first. However, he never comes thru with his end of the bargain.
Still, the candy wasn't bad.
Posted by: A Six Year Old Boy at the Playground Near Harry Reid's House.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at January 13, 2013 02:57 PM (kdS6q)
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Posted by: CarolT at January 13, 2013 03:08 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: TexasJew at January 13, 2013 04:10 PM (lD8ju)
"Harry Reid thinks he can say or do whatever he wants"
And Harry Reid would be correct in that assessment.
Posted by: Beef at January 13, 2013 05:14 PM (mb1uj)
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Posted by: FURPC at January 13, 2013 10:37 AM (0ImZM)