Harry Reid: American Patriot

[HDThoreau2]

Posted: 6/17/07 at 2:01pm

Surely all of us can agree that Harry Reid is among the most patriotic of our current senators...

The other day Democratic Senate Majority Leader said the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Marine Corps General was "incompetent" and, according Politico.com, he "made similar disparaging remarks about Army Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq."

Ok. Harry Reid is a worm. We know that. He once told a group of high school students in Nevada that President Bush was "a loser." And just a couple of weeks ago he proclaimed the war in Iraq to be "lost."

So, if he wants to go to the Senate floor and stand up and say things like that about two highly regarded Generals, then he certainly has the right to do that, no matter how much we might disagree with him.

Professional poll-watcher and persistent president-slanderer Harry Reid, who also moonlights as Senate Majority Leader, is proving himself to be a menace and a brutish boor.

Reid joined House Speaker and fellow president-slanderer Nancy Pelosi in sending a letter to President Bush berating him for not listening to the will of the American people on Iraq. If Reid were truly interested in deferring to the will of the American people, he would tender his resignation today -- not to mention get off the amnesty bandwagon.

Luckily for Reid, we have a republic, not a pure democracy with ongoing votes of confidence, so his job will be secure until the next election, despite his well-earned 19 percent approval rating and 45 percent disapproval rating, according to Rasmussen Reports.

Unlike the unambiguous polling data demonstrating his woeful unpopularity with Americans, Reid's basis for determining the will of the American people on Iraq is, at best, dubious. Reid (with Pelosi) wrote, "Last November, the American people overwhelmingly made clear their desire to bring the war in Iraq to a responsible end. Yet, at the start of this year, you announced a substantial escalation of our military presence in Iraq."


Harry Reid Gets A Pass

Posted: 6/17/07 at 2:07pm

I am so glad you finally figured out that being an american does not mean marching in lock step with the president no matter what. True patriots want their beloved country to be better and aren't afraid to call for changes! I'm proud of you for figuring this out!

[HDThoreau2]

Posted: 6/17/07 at 9:49pm

Oh thank you Joe.

Obviously, Harry has it figured out too. His approval rating may be lower than George W. and the congress, but he stands up for what is right!!

He is a great success as the majority leader...why, look at all the legislation he has passed and had turned into law.