Via TIME, an uncommonly clever spot from the National Republican Senatorial Committee. It’s not an on-point debunking of the the fake economic reality that Obama apparently inhabits. But as a way of explaining the brazen corruption behind the stimulus, it’s not totally ineffective:
High point: “most ethical Congress evuh” voice-over. Missing: any mention of the time when Reid chided angry citizens for not electing more pork-seeking, vote-trading Senators. It came after he bought votes on health care so it’s not directly applicable, but I would’ve wanted to see it just as a gesture. Anything to better to highlight what a monumental prick this guy is:
Far from embracing calls for bipartisanship now that Republicans have a 41st senator, Harry Reid is acting as though he has nothing to lose and is taking down Republicans at every turn. The majority leader opened the Senate on Tuesday with a caustic floor speech accusing Republicans of undermining national security because they had filibustered a series of high-level national security nominations… His tirade, in which he blamed Republicans for blocking homeland security nominations while terrorists plotted domestic attacks, came a day after he told a Las Vegas talk show host that Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) has to “get over” his 2008 presidential loss… Another aide said Democrats were motivated by Obama calling out Republicans in his State of the Union address for playing partisan politics.
You’d think Reid would be a little more circumspect, given what a confused, confirmed moron he is. But it’s probably nothing a few more “evil mongers” smears can’t paper over. Almost difficult to understand how the Senate atmosphere became so poisoned.
References and related after the jump…
References:
* Madison Avenue Loses To Silicon Valley In Stimulus Political Ad Race [TIME]
* Obama Now Just Making Up Economic Theories To Justify Stimulus Success [MR]
* Reid: Didn’t Make a Deal? SUCKER [Ace]
* Harry Reid comes out swinging at Republicans [Politico]
* EXCLUSIVE! Harry Reid challenging Nancy Pelosi for the title of World’s Dumbest Bag Of Hammers [Transsylvania Phoenix]
* Harry Reid: Town-hall protesters are “evil-mongers” [Hot Air]
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