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Harry’s Mirage
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| Contributor | Imperator |
| Last Edited | Imperator Nov 16, 2005 12:19pm |
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| News Date | Wednesday, November 16, 2005 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | In Washington, soft-spokenness is often confused for intelligence and subtlety. We're so accustomed to shouting that when someone whispers we assume there must be something more thoughtful in the offing. A case in point is Harry Reid, the Senate minority leader. Just the other day he told reporters, "There's a dark cloud hanging over the White House." Then, to clarify this obscure metaphor, he added gravely, "It's really a storm cloud."
One expects more Solomonic nuance from the man any day now: "Something's fishy in the White House. And by that I mean the White House really smells much like a fish. An old fish. The sort of fish that smells bad." Or: "Look before you leap — because that way you'll know what you're leaping over and might not fall."
Reid is leading the Democrats' attack on the president over the war in Iraq, but because the Minority Leader wears such a big, soft mitten over his hamfistedness, it's difficult to appreciate how lame the attack really is. When asked to explain his vote for the war the other day he said, "I based [the vote] on a number of things: yellowcake; aluminum tubes; secret meetings by Iraqi agents in Europe; training facilities in Iraq; training terrorists. All these things simply were not true."
Never mind that these were not the reasons he offered at the time for his vote. Never mind that he had access to much of the same intelligence as the White House. Never mind he voted for the removal of Saddam in 1998. Never mind that simply because these things were not true doesn't mean the president lied. Never mind, never mind, never mind. |
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