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Saturday, May 07, 2005

Stick to your words, Harry Reid 

Reid brings it to Bush, then apologizes? Come on. I suppose it wasn't the most diplomatic thing to say, but it would have more political sting (and reinforce the direction of Bush's polling numbers) if it wasn't followed up with an immediate apology. He should have at least offered a clarification, "Oh did I say loser? I meant miseable failure." Outside of the loser phrase, what's not to like about his comments?

Friday, May 06, 2005
Copyright © Las Vegas Review-Journal

LESSON IN POLITICS: Reid calls president 'loser'


By ERIN NEFF REVIEW-JOURNAL


In the course of a discussion on filibusters and Senate rules, Washington's top Democrat gave the 60 juniors a lesson in partisan politics, particularly about the commander in chief. "The man's father is a wonderful human being," Reid said in response to a question about President Bush's policies. "I think this guy is a loser.

"I think President Bush is doing a bad job," he added to a handful of chuckles.

"He's driving this country into bankruptcy," Reid said, referring to the deficit. "He's got us in this intractable war in Iraq where we now have about 1,600 American soldiers dead and another 15,000 injured."

Republican National Communications Director Brian Jones issued a statement calling the senator's comments "a sad development but not surprising from the leader of a party devoid of optimism, ideas or solutions to the issues people care about most."

After the statement was released, Reid phoned the Review-Journal to acknowledge he thought he crossed the line.

"You know the president is in Europe, probably sleeping," Reid said in an interview this afternoon. "But I called (Karl) Rove and apologized for what I said."

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