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Harry “This War is Lost” Reid: Loser of the Year
As long as we’re doling out our end of year awards, we must recognize the man most fixated on “losing.”
In yet another “losing” reference, Harry Reid has declared that even though he has lost every troop funding/troop withdrawal battle with the President, the American people are “losing.” Not him.
Reid rejects notion that GOP is winning Hill battles
If this is what winning looks like, then Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid wants no part of it.
Tired of Republican crowing about winning on Iraq funding, the budget battle and the energy bill, Reid (D-Nev.) shot back on Tuesday afternoon.
“We hear a lot of Republicans boasting … because of their unprecedented obstruction,” Reid said.
Indeed, Republicans have gotten their way in the battle over spending, have forced Democrats to jettison rollbacks of tax breaks for oil companies, and have beaten back attempts to pay for expanded children’s health care programs with a tobacco tax increase. Even though they’re in the minority, the GOP, backed by President Bush, has used the filibuster to block Democratic priorities over and over this fall.
“Who’s winning?” Reid asked a group of reporters. “Big Oil, Big Tobacco. … Al Qaeda has regrouped and is able to fight a civil war in Iraq. … The American people are losing.”
What planet is he on? Al Qaeda “has regrouped”? Huh? Al Qaeda is being decimated and civil strife between Sunni and Shia is abating.
Harry Reid is not only loser of the year, he is “Liar of the Year.”