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Saturday, March 28, 2009

Why do I know more than Harry Reid does?
Posted by Jill | 5:30 AM
I knew there was no massive program of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, but Harry Reid didn't -- and voted to authorize our invasion of that country. I knew that John Roberts was an extreme right-wing conservative, but Harry Reid didn't. And now he's bemoaning the fact that we're stuck with him:
enate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Friday that John Roberts misled the Senate during his confirmation hearings by pretending to be a moderate — and that the United States is now “stuck” with him as chief justice.

“Roberts didn’t tell us the truth. At least Alito told us who he was,” Reid said, referring to Samuel Alito, the second Supreme Court justice nominated by President George W. Bush. “But we’re stuck with those two young men, and we’ll try to change by having some moderates in the federal courts system as time goes on — I think that will happen.”

Reid’s comments, which came during a wide-ranging discussion hosted by the Christian Science Monitor, reflect Democratic concerns that Roberts presented himself as a neutral arbiter of the law but has wielded a relentlessly conservative agenda. Republicans reject the attacks, saying Roberts has been a fair judge and has been consistent in his opinions.


Perhaps Sen. Reid should read something other than the crap written by the Beltway press corps that slavishly serves the interests of the GOP. Then perhaps he might not also be saying in the same article that he hopes the Republicans don't filibuster all of Barack Obama's judicial nominees.

I already know they will do just that. Why doesn't Harry Reid?

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7 Comments:
Anonymous ShortWoman said...
Ok, Harry's gotta go. Anybody got money for me to launch a primary challenge?

Blogger Steve said...
This is what happens when you use the rope-a-dope technique of boxing one too many times.

Blogger D. said...
Because you're smarter and better informed?

Just a thought.

Blogger Chris Dashiell said...
I know exactly what you mean. I've often wondered why I know more than Nancy Pelosi, Steny Hoyer, and for that matter, most of the Democratic leadership. Are they perhaps willfully ignorant?

Blogger Melina said...
Its not that he doesnt know...its that hes a self interested fuck who is always frantically hedging to keep his job. He and the others like him (did I hear Joe Lieberman?) have to go!...
I hope that the next cycle will clean some of the scum out of the drainpipe.
Honestly, there is no way that he has done what hes done because he honestly didn't know.
They all knew!...they just want to smooth the thing over.
Well, hopefully they've smoothed their last issue....hopefully the people will demand accountability rather than just move ahead and try to fix this disaster.
If I didn't know better I'd almost think that the size of the disaster is somehow attached to how much energy it will take to fix it and thus keep the country too busy to track down and prosecute the criminals...just saying....

Anonymous pwapvt said...
More and better democrats are called 3rd party progressives.

Blogger DBK said...
Harry Reid is a liar. He knew exactly what Roberts was when he voted for Roberts. Reid is just a born liar. That's why he went into politics.