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Reid Panders Yet Again

Harry "Bozo" Reid, his ever-sensitive political antennae (at least the ones on the left side of his head) twitching mightily, has pandered, yet gain, to the nutroots. Earlier today they were panting that Harry should put one of his big, floppy red shoes down and actually make the Republicans filibuster. Harry is ever reliable as a tool of the far left and promptly complied to his loud, screeching masters.

Don Surber throws cold water on the lefty high-fives:

Oh my goodness. The Senate is actually going to be in session for a few hours of overtime.

This is supposed to impress the American people?

The lefty bloggers are all chirpy over this, as if the American people are going to be impressed by parliamentary moves in the Senate. The lefty reactions are here.

So Harry Reid has to stay up past his bedtime one night. Big deal.

Troops over in Iraq are putting in 12- to 16-hour days fighting in a war that Reid and half the Democrats in the Senate authorized. I remember all the get-the-WMD talk and all the flag-waving shown by the Republicans and half the Democrats — a month before an election.

Now the war is not so popular and Reid and Hillary Clinton and John Kerry and all those other sunshine patriots are on their high horse telling me how immoral the war is.

I’ll tell you what is immoral: Starting a war, putting our soldiers in harm’s way and then bitching about the cost 4 years later.

Should have thought about that before going in.

Yep. Harry toed the line. It has the left in a positively giddy mood. And it will not impress the voters, other than the true believers, one whit. It is a stunt, and a lame one. It actually works against the Democratic party attempts to paint this as "Bush's war" and puts them firmly on the side of "Democratic party surrenders to the terrorists." Thank heavens Harry's not smart enough to see that. That is the perfect way to paint the Democrats as the party of defeat and retreat - and he walked right into it. Nice shoes, Harry.

UPDATE: Should have included this one in the first place. Michael Van Der Galien points out the flaming hypocrisy of Reid. A very short time ago the filibuster was the patriotic thing to do - for the Dems. Now, it has morphed into "obstructionism" when the Dems (and Harry's big red shoes) are in charge. Funny how that works, isn't it? (Whoops - it is Jason Steck writing over at Michael's place that wrote this, sorry for the confusion.)

Politics, War | Gaius July 16, 2007

By jpe, July 17, 2007 @ 7:38 am

Reid supported filibusters under the Dems because it was good policy. He wasn’t filibustering to filibuster. And, he has never attacked the GOP’s right to filibuster, so there’s no hypocrisy.

Honestly, it seems like GOPers get dumber every day.
By daveinboca, July 17, 2007 @ 7:47 am

“A very short time ago the filibuster was the patriotic thing to do - for the Dems. Now, it has morphed into “obstructionism” when the Dems (and Harry’s big red shoes) are in charge.”

Wish I’d said that! Pandermonium is the Dhimmi-crat action figure at the top’s—the feckless, hapless, quiver-voiced girlie-boy Dingy Harry—only way to cope.

He’ll buffalo a couple of Tweeners in the Repub NE contingent into a panic—the female ones from Maine.

But otherwise, this one-trick jackass doesn’t impress anyone with a functioning cerebral cortex.
By ME, July 17, 2007 @ 8:49 am

A politician acts on the will of a majority of the American public, and it’s called “pandering”?

Let’s have some more pandering, please!

God forbid politicians listen to their constituents instead of screeching right-wing whiners.

Doesn’t Harry Reid know that he should follow the advice of right-wing ideologues?
By Dandaman, July 17, 2007 @ 8:59 am

It actually works against the Democratic party attempts to paint this as “Bush’s war” and puts them firmly on the side of “Democratic party surrenders to the terrorists.” Thank heavens Harry’s not smart enough to see that. That is the perfect way to paint the Democrats as the party of defeat and retreat - and he walked right into it. Nice shoes, Harry.

…he said, as though the vast majority of the country doesn’t want the war to end and think it was a mistake, as well as Bush’s war. Yes, forcing the Republicans to defend it all night long and creating a lot of press, pressuring the GOP to listen to the American people….is somehow a bad idea.

Your assessment while sounding nice to those on the right is politically tone deaf.
By RationalDebate, July 17, 2007 @ 9:50 am

The fringes of both sides like to resort to name-calling. When they do, it shows they don’t have facts or logic to support their positions.

As to the matter at hand, OF COURSE the Democrats are playing politics, as are the Republicans, as were both sides when the Democrats were threatening to filibuster judicial appointees.

The difference is that the Democrats aren’t saying that the Republicans don’t have a right to filibuster, as the Republicans were doing to the Democrats.
By Robert, July 17, 2007 @ 11:48 am

Nice job Harry Reid!!

Make the GOP speak for 24 straight hours about why they don’t think our troops should get a longer break between tours of duty.

We’ll make sure we quote them accurately when they spout their lies about supporting the troops.
By gil, July 17, 2007 @ 5:39 pm

Blue Crab.

What happend to my post? To strong and realistic for your stomach?

…….. But friend, I tought you had more spine that this. After all, are you not one of the guys that want to “Support our troops ” by keeping them in Iraq indefinitely because you stand for victory???

What a brave person you are. Now if you could only translate that into standing up for what you believe in your blog Vs. people like me, instead of deleating posts becuase you don’t like what you are told.
By Gaius, July 17, 2007 @ 6:37 pm

Gaius will do. Frankly, your comment began right off calling names, I think and I get real sick, real fast of drive-bys who come over to screech because the artist formerly known as the Daou report links.

Incidentally, I only let this one through to answer it. You were nailed by the automated system and will continue to be in the future I don’t bother rescuing comments that violate the policy. Have a nice life.