From the Weekly Standard’s “Scrapbook”:
See if you can parse the Senate Majority Leader’s position on partial-birth abortion. He voted for the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003, which last week was upheld 5-4 by the Supreme Court. His reaction? “A lot of us wish that Alito [supporting the bill Reid backed] weren’t there and O’Connor were there”—in which event the measure likely would have been struck down. According to a clarification issued through Reid’s press secretary:
Senator Reid opposes abortion except in the cases of rape, incest, and when the life of a mother is at risk. Consistent with this position, Senator Reid supported the Partial Birth Abortion Ban and supports the Supreme Court’s decision yesterday. However, Senator Reid continues to disagree with Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Alito on many issues and that is why he opposed their confirmation.
Glad the senator got that straightened out.
Well, in his defense, the definition of “consistent,” when it comes to the left, can be rather fluid.
On the other hand, I sometimes get the feeling that Reid has no idea how he’s voted on certain issues. Which means that we should perhaps pity the poor fellow—though it’s clear his press secretary deserves the lion’s share of our sympathy for having to spin into coherence some of Reid’s more broadly ridiculous attempts to claim his statements are consistent with his votes, or that his principles haven’t been compromised by a partisanship so intense that it were it explode, it would leave a worm hole in the universe through which Reid would no doubt slither, rig a few land deals, then return to the present and lecture the White House on ethics before for lunch and having himself a very, very expensive sandwich.
I paraphrase Our Glorious Chairman’s comments upon Comrade Bethune’s departure:
. . . because Senator Reid is a servant of the people how can you be reluctant to discard any of his outstanding traits – like forgetting what is in his deepest self.
Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, Anarchist, etc…It doesn’t matter what political affiliation Reid belongs to. The man is a complete and utter embarrasment.
Yeah, yeah, we know that, but back up a minute —
Iron Eyes Cody was Eyetalian???
Why are there dead ChiComs in my soup? WAITER!…
With our heightened sensitivity to not letting “crazy people” have access to firearms, I hope the State of Nevada and the DC Government are checking to see if Reid has purchased any handguns or ammunition lately.
BECAUSE OF THE…WHAT THE FUCK?!!1!
Heh.
Make no mistake whatsoever: Dingy Harry would be Bill Clinton if he had a room temperature IQ. They breed them like that over there in The Hive.
I honestly wonder how many times these guys don’t know how they voted (we already know they aren’t familiar with half of what they vote for) because… well, they didn’t really vote. In a crowd of 100-400 guys, who’s gonna notice an aid pushing the button?
Abortion? I thought Harry was all about withdrawal.
Nice, Cookies…
I saw Harry Reid on the highway, hunched over in his VW Beetle. It had a bumper sticker on it:
America: The new France. Australia: The new America
Catchy.
He had one of those plastic flowers sticking out of the shifter too.
Just how the hell was he driving?!
Oh, shifter. Sorry.