Harry Reid's 'Smelly Tourists' Comment: No Republican or Conservative Would Survive It

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HarryReid1208.jpgSome think that Harry Reid must live a charmed life.

After all, he asserted last year that the Iraq War "is lost." Now it looks like victory, at least to seasoned on-the-ground observers like Michael Yon.

He has fretted over how fossil fuels like coal make us sick. Never mind that life expectancy, largely, uh, fueled by industrialization and its accompanying higher living standards, continues to climb.

In each case, the consequences to Reid's political career have apparently been minimal.

Now Reid has said that visitors to the Capitol -- everyday American citizens like you and me -- stink, and that he's glad to get away from them.

Really (HT Michelle Malkin; last paragraph bolded by me; CNS News also has coverage):

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Reid: We won't smell the tourists anymore

The Capitol Visitors Center, which opened this morning, may have tripled its original budget and fallen years behind schedule, but Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid found a silver lining for members of Congress: tourists won't offend them with their B.O. anymore.

"My staff tells me not to say this, but I'm going to say it anyway," said Reid in his remarks. "In the summer because of the heat and high humidity, you could literally smell the tourists coming into the Capitol. It may be descriptive but it's true."

Suffice it to say that an "obviously elitist" conservative or Republican who said something similar would have found himself or herself the subject of the lead story in almost every Old Media outlet still standing. How would the Nevada senator react if tourists and the American people decided that they would avoid further offending Reid by not visiting his home-state tourist havens of Las Vegas and Reno?

As it is, coverage of Reid's gratuitous insult has been relatively light, as seen in this Google News search on "Reid Capitol tourists" (not in quotes):

GoogNewsReidCapitolTourists120308

353-plus articles is very low compared to the many thousands of results that appear with many national stories.

The New York Times has no coverage of its own, but does carry the Associated Press's coverage of the opening, where reference to Reid's remarks can be found -- in one-sentence paragraphs 13 and 14. The Times's Print Edition has no story (use this link after December 3).

It's not that Harry Reid lives a charmed life. Instead he lives a sheltered life, with traditional media outlets providing most of the shelter. Will New Media do him in by the time he's next up for re-election?

I could say so much more, but I'll leave it to commenters.

Cross-posted at BizzyBlog.com.

—Tom Blumer is president of a training and development company in Mason, Ohio, and is a contributing editor to NewsBusters


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.. and they say

Sarah Palin is an uneducated hick.    I wonder if Kathleen Parker or Peggy Noonan will cover Reid's statement.

She is not uneducated

She has a B.S. degree in Journalism.

Censored Global Warming Videos

and reid has b.s. in b.s.

i think i'd much rather be near honest sweat than perfidious politician .. in fact, i'm sure of it .. sweaty Joe the plumber vs joe the bidet .. not even a contest 

never look a gift skunk in the tail

I'm so sick of these people

Elitist doesn't even come close to describing it.  No wonder the Libs live in fear of Sarah "down to earth" Palin.

Reminds me of the South Park episode where the drivers of Prius cars would stop to smell their farts.

No class, all A$$.

No class, all A$$.

It Doesn't Matter What you Say

It really doesn't matter what you say. What matters is how much press coverage it is given.

let's just be honest ...

harry reid is, was and will always be ... a total jackass.

Hehe...

"harry reid is, was and will always be ... a total jackass."

harry reid is, was and will always be ... a total jack's ass.

There, I fixed it for ya!

Uncle Gary

"Bri is with Jesus now, we will meet again, just not right now. We love you Bri!"

I try to behave rationally

I try to behave rationally in society, but if I met Harry Reid, I would ask him to explain to me some of the things he has said, and if he treated me with anything other than the utmost respect I wouuld politely ask him to step outside where I would politely beat the living snot out of him for putting my life in danger while I was in Iraq

that man is a coward  COWARD!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for your service

.... I can only begin to imagine how people like Reid make you feel.

actually it is comments

actually it is comments like this one that make me angrier - maybe not angrier - just a little more fired up, insulting people in the military is one thing, they take that mantle upon themselves when the put on the uniform, expect to be praised, but also expect to be criticized, it goes with the job, just like a cop

but someone who is excited about "democracy" in action, maybe taking their kid on a vacation they can barely afford to see the capital building, congress, etc - and to be insulted for that?  that comment is what makes that man such a coward in my opinion, a classless coward - one that I want to punch

Not that you need them,

but may I lend you a set of brass knuckles? 

"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me

I can only Imagine

what stomping a mud hole in Reid would be like

and then...

walkin' it dry.

Id'a be like...

 Like an illegal drug, feel damn good but put ya in jail. Sigh... I'd like to stomp him myself! 

Uncle Gary

"Bri is with Jesus now, we will meet again, just not right now. We love you Bri!"

A reader actually sent

A reader actually sent Michelle Malkin a copy of the email he sent to Dingy Harry.

Here it is:

I recently read this quote of your… “My staff tells me not to
say this, but I’m going to say it anyway,” said Reid in his remarks.
“In the summer because of the heat and high humidity, you could literally smell the tourists coming into the Capitol. It may be descriptive but it’s true.”

As a visitor to the Senate and a history buff I am insulted by
your remarks. They clearly show you are not worthy of your position and
should resign. The Senate under your leadership has been a farce and
when I am lucky enough to take my children on a tour someday I will
tell them the story of the ignorant Dem leader who thinks that American
taxpayers touring the Capital should be walled off from Senators
because in the Washington heat and humidity they smell.

So much for Government of the people, by the people and for the people.

Maybe if you were capable of doing any real work you might smell a little and it would be good for you.

You, sir, are the one who stinks.

Dave Fredrick

 

"Maybe if you were capable

"Maybe if you were capable of doing any real work you might smell a little and it would be good for you."

Ain't that the truth!!

Good for Mr. Fredrick!!!

This always cracks me up

This always cracks me up about Reid.

"My staff tells me not to
say this, but I’m going to say it anyway
,” said Reid in his remarks."

Maybe he should listen to his staff more.

“You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.” ~ Winston Churchill

Reid does not deserve to be

Reid does not deserve to be in your presence, but I would love to watch you beat the snot out of him.  ; )

Hehe...

How much are the tickets? I'll buy TWO!!! LOL!

Uncle Gary

"Bri is with Jesus now, we will meet again, just not right now. We love you Bri!"

If Dole or Frist or McConnell...

....had said something like that, it'd be first page news on the Wash Post, the NY Times, the LA Times, all the networks etc. and there would be demands that they step down from their leadership positions if not resigning from their Senate seats.

But those guys would never say anything like that because they have something Harry Reid can never hope to have, namely class.

Double Standard?

Why are we so shocked that the left wing propaganda tool for the democrat/socialist party is so silent on the gaffes of it's leaders:

Obama--57 states--Typical white person--Reid comments--Joe Biden--Stand up Stand up to the guy in the wheelchair--Jesse Jacksons racist remarks which go both ways. Murtha calling constituency racists and rednecks.  Durbin calling our troops murderers . You know I could go on. The mainstream media is dead.  We have a quasi state run media organization that is so far tilted to fit the democrat/socialist party that it should just be renamed Pravda.   The most offensive is having them wrap themselves in objectivity such as "no bias no bull",and when Chris Matthews gets callled out by  Joe Scarborough for being in the tank for Obama, the incredulous look he gives that how could that possibly be?  I'm a journalist.

"Don't let the bastards grind you down."

Red

Out of the mouths of Democrats...

This year, the Democratic Party has given us example after example of chronic foot in mouth disease (Rep. John Murtha, Rep. Alcee Hastings, VP-elect Joseph Biden, and now Sen. Harry Reid). Yet the vast majority of them still got re-elected by wide margins. Why? Because the moronic MSM shelters and coddles Dems to a nauseating level.

We all know what would happen if a Republican said one-tenth of the idiotic things Democrats say. The MSM would declare open season, of course!

Simple Solution

Nevada needs to invite Harry to stay as far from the Capitol as possible, starting next election cycle.

Reid is the quintessential "mayo on white bread" elitist.  I'll bet he's got some interesting opinions of garlic eaters, too.  Moron.

He doesn't even have the brains to shut up WHEN HIS #$%^& STAFF TELLS HIM TO!  Nevada, if you keep re-electing this schmuck, we're going to have to make Gulf Coast Mississippi our new gambling Mecca. (Ooh!  I insulted Mecca!  Bring on the fatwas!)

"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me

What amazes me is...

Not so much that there are classless a$$holes like this, but that they keep getting re-elected to Congress. Reid is the best argument for term limits that I've seen.

Hey, I got the wrong "CHANGE"!

Alan Keyes / Sarah Palin - 2012

I don't know about term

I don't know about term limits, but Harry sometimes makes me wish his mother had been "pro choice".("Lord, I apologize...")

"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me

I forgive you

Because I agree. Lord, I apologize too... and because we are supposed to forgive. It's hard sometimes isn't  it? Sigh...

Uncle Gary

"Bri is with Jesus now, we will meet again, just not right now. We love you Bri!"

and what on earth can we do about it?

Heaven knows, I have NEVER voted for Ted Kennedy or John Kerry - but the ignorant masses (or should I say the ignorant receivers of Govt $$) keep voting them in! 

Harry Reid is a total disgrace to our Congress and should resign immediately!  However, I don't expect to hold my breath until a Democrat admits he's/she's "done wrong" - did I hear correctly that the voters in Louisiana re-elected freezer$$$ ???  

We can all list the many many many intolerable things elected Democrats have said and done yet not one of them has the 'brass' to stand up and admit it and step down. 

So much for the term 'STATESMAN'

I pray daily for our country (24/7) 

A PROUD member of the Oogedy Boogedy branch of the GOP!

maybe...

Maybe THAT'S what he's smelling... himself!

AJB

 Zippo! You get extra points for that! WTG!

Uncle Gary

"Bri is with Jesus now, we will meet again, just not right now. We love you Bri!"

You got that right AJB

Reid needs to change his Depends.

It's the reverse....

The visitor's center was designed, you see, to keep the congressional "brain-farts" away from the guests. (Oh, oh... are we allowed to post that? Sorry.)

Arrogance exposed again

He is such an arrogant swine, but we all know that.  No way any Republican could ever survive something like this.  He must not need a fart fan in his bathroom either, but I digress.

Perhaps he has been smelling the homeless people trying to seek shelter from the weather that a few years ago liberals were demanding be let into buildings that others were trying to make more habitable.  I am a bit fuzzy on the specifics, but it seems like libraries were the target at that time.  I guess he is living evidence of the "Do as I say, not as I do" group, expecting 'little' people to carry out the edicts of liberal (progressive) politicians while ignoring them themselves.  But didn't Republicans try to correct some of that when they were the majority in 1994?  One can only speculate how bad it will get once the Dems are inaugurated in January and have control of the government.  I'm sure the press about Democrats will all be rosy during that time while press about Republicans will still be blaming them for anything wrong.

It appears that Obama was elected President by the dumbed-down Americans liberals have been creating for the last few decades.  They are driven by their emotions and feelings rather than by thinking.  Far too many choices are made on that basis creating the trouble we are in now.

People of Nevada

Maybe I shouldn't judge a group of people by their politicians, by why do the people of Nevada keep re-electing this man?

It's amazing

He will skate on this comment and that is what is truly incredible.

Imagine if Sarah Palin had said this (of course, the media was repeating the lie that shouts of "kill him" were heard at her rallies, a claim the Secret Service says were unfounded).

It's amazing the lack of insensitivity that liberals show towards their own people and get away with it.

 Tom

→ Smelly tourists

Isn't "smelly" racist codespeak?

I think Harry may be making a thinly veiled racist comment.

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Exactly what I was thinking, Cool

Where's the MSM's analysis of the code word 'smelly?'

 

I know which group of tourist passes by my office by their smell. A whiff of watermelon, he he, well, you know. Then there's the bagel breathers, the pizza parlor dwellers and the aroma of souvlaki everytime that midget Stephanopoulous visits me. - - - What Harry Reid said when impartially analysed by me

→ Legitimate observation

I don't recall Harry Reid make any comments about smelly tourists until after an African American was voted President.

Nevada should vote this racist pig out of office.

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Schmucks like Reid have a

Schmucks like Reid have a permanent inferiority complex and are constantly looking for opportunities to assert their manliness - which seems fairly reasonable until you consider that annoying people to the point of getting your teeth knocked out isn't the best way of demonstrating your machismo.

Then again, Reid's head, as well as those of the MSM are at 60% of normal cranial capacity and maybe they just don't get the point.

Romney got kicked to the curb for being a Mormon.  Reid - a Mormon as well - will get a pass.  So grateful that Reid lives his religion.

Liberal: a power worshipper without power. George Orwell

→ Harry Reid

He was funny on "My Favorite Martian"

Ray Walsh?  Oh.  Never mind

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Ray Walsh?  You're giving

Ray Walsh?  You're giving away your age on that one.

Liberal: a power worshipper without power. George Orwell

It was Bill Bixby and Ray

It was Bill Bixby and Ray Walston.

→ Ray Walston

OK, so I've slept since then.

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OMG!

I'm ROTFLMAO!!! I've slept this then too! LOL!

Uncle Gary

"Bri is with Jesus now, we will meet again, just not right now. We love you Bri!"

Agent Smith

(the Matrix) couldn't stand the smell either. 

Change: When the winds of change blow hard enough, the most trivial of things can become deadly projectiles. From a Poster

I have never understood why

I have never understood why the folks in Nevada continue to reelect this clueless moron.  He clearly has a boiled turnip in place of a functioning brain.  I guess it's par for the Democrats, though: they have always been the Party of the Bottom of the Barrel: send us your mindless, your mentally challenged, your ugly as sin, your entitlement leeches, your bottom feeders.  If they ever dump a large dose of chlorine into the human gene pool, Democrats will become extinct.

I emailed the jerk too-see below

"My staff tells me not to say this, but I'm going to say it anyway," said Reid in his remarks. "In the summer because of the heat and high humidity, you could literally smell the tourists coming into the Capitol. It may be descriptive but it's true."

You, sir, are a pig. Note that I did not start this by the customary salutation of "Honorable Senator," because you are not. You should probably listen to your staff more often because it appears they, at least, know what manners are. I hope you lose your senate seat next time. Those "smelly" tourists go to Washington, DC to see all the history of great leaders and this nation. You, however, do this nation a grave disservice by dismissing their interest in American civics and history. You are a petty man, unworthy of your office, and owe DC tourists a sincere apology.

 

“I am the latte-sipping, New York Times-reading, Volvo-driving, no-gun-owning, effete, politically correct, arrogant liberal.” --Barack Obama

The good people of Nevada

The reason they elect him over and over is because the old cowboy and cowgirl native Nevadans are outnumbered by the outsiders who have moved to, mostly, Las Vegas.  If you ever met a native Nevadan, you would see just a good old boy or girl who would not put up with this whiney Harry for a moment.  There are just no longer enough of them left.....

 

bbboss; blood bank boss and a proud "neo-con'.

I owe Mr Ried an apology

I visited DC in July. The sweltering heat made my (already) problematic underarm wetness even worse.

My most sincere apologies Senetor, however, I am not sure you are truely addressing the source of the problem.

While taking my tour of the Capitol, I noticed an overwhelming stench of rotting flesh when I walked past Mrs. Pelosi's office.

You trying to say Jesus Christ can't hit a curveball?

The damage to our country resulting from this goofy old fool...

The damage to our country resulting from this goofy old fool is immeasurable.

Such a priss.

     You know, when reading Reid's statement, I picture those words comming out of the mouth of an 18th Century French Aristocrat.  Does he need smelling salts or snuff to block the odor of the common peasants that dare to visit the halls of government?  I think from now on he should show up to the senate with lace-cuffed blouses and a perfumed kerchief to wave in front of his nose lest he's offended by the commoners he serves.

Perfect Demotivator for the Obama Administration

http://www.despair.com/government.html

We are being unfair to the voters of Nevada

Unfortunately the problem of electing idiots to Congress is not limited to the good citizens of Nevada.  Off the top of my head I can ask the same question of the voters of:

California--Wawa Boxer, Waxman, Pelosi, Miller among others

Illinois--Dick Turban

Washington--the traitor McDermott

Virginia--Moran (also known "Moron")

New York--just about the entire Congressional delegation

Massachusetts--the ENTIRE Congressional delegation

Iowa--Tom Harkin

Connecticutt--Chris Dodd

Minnesota--for nominating Franken in the first place and then putting him in a position to steal the election.

Shall I continue?

Yes

Starting with PA

 

"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg

I observe DC tourists on a

I observe DC tourists on a daily basis, particularly on the subway (we call it the Metro).

Most are perfectly okay.  But there is a disproportion that have difficulty understanding how automatic doors work, and that somehow it is appropriate to block or pry them open, even though the next train is literally five minutes away.

And I see tourist moms who take pictures of their urchins playing on escaluators.  Mind you, these are extremely heavy machines that could grind your body up like hamburger.

And the biggest thing that sticks in my mind is when we had the state funeral for Reagan at the Capital Building.  These yahoos were showing up to the viewing wearing tank-tops and flip-flops.

Yes, I'm sounding like a snob here.  But anyone who lives in a tourist destination tell me these folks don't get on your nerves.

→ Maybe so

Perhaps if the Capitol were moved to Fairbanks, Alaska Washingtonians wouldn't have to deal with all those tourists and their filthy money.

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Actually, CA, I don't think

Actually, CA, I don't think DC makes a heck of a lot from tourism, if the city makes any money at all.  The main draw are "free" museums and public monuments (which are supported by federal dollars).  There aren't commercial businesses in the immediate area of the "mall", including restaurants.  Tourists have to eat at museum cafeterias or choke down a rat-dog at a corner stand.

Besides hotel rooms, and some quick eats, I don't see tourists in DC spending much money at all (even the subway is heavily subsidized).  It is a very, very cheap vacation.

→ I forgot

I forgot all these tourists bring their own meals, sleep under bridges, eschew commercial transportation, and steal more souvenirs than they buy.  Must be quite a burden on the local economy. 

Was that the 11th Day of Christmas?  Eleven moochers leeching?  Yes, I think it was.

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Dude, I conceded that

Dude, I conceded that hotels in the DC area make money.  But that's about it.  The immediate area around the mall doesn't have restaurants or any shopping.

And the "souvenirs" and the cafeteria food are sold by the museums, which are public entities trying to recoup the money they don't charge for admissions.  We taxpayers foot everything else.

Okay, I will concede one more group that prospers... bums.  They steal pamplets from the museums, lurk at the exits of subway stops, and push the pamplets into the hands of tourists who look like they don't know where they are going.  This gives them an opening to shake you down for money.  Folks, beware.  If you're coming up from the subway into the mall, be sure to walk an extra block before you stop to get your bearings.  Otherwise, these bums will be on you like rats on a cheeto.

→ Killgrave

Is that the local taxpayers or the federal taxpayers?

If federal, we're still talking a serious influx of money into a local economy. 

I was also under the impression people were employed at these historic sites as keepers and guides and guards.

I could be wrong.

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Both city taxes and federal

Both city taxes and federal taxes.  The city folk are pretty sore because they pay for the infrastructure that is used by tourists and commuters from outside the city. 

And you're not wrong... there are plenty of people who work at these museums and monuments.  But they are either civil servants (on the federal payroll), or contractors hired on the cheap.  Both of these situations result in apathy and surliness of these minions.  Basically, this "tourist industry" is one, giant public works program, not a private entity like Disney World.

Speaking of

playing on escaluators

 I remember those same escaluators before they put those metel hockey pucks between them. You talk about fun, those were the days.

"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg

You got me there. After a

You got me there. After a bender those long, metal slides were probably way too hard to resist.

And it probably encouraged drunks to take the Metro instead of driving, which is always a good thing.

Takes a smelly little prick

to know a smelly tourist!

Dingy Harry, or Dirty

Dingy Harry, or Dirty Harry, or the Fearless Leader as I call him, is an absolute embarrassment to this nation...but the dumb dems keep voting the scum back in....guess that's the boxer in him eh?

I sure hope they have somebody in '10 that has some guts that runs loudly and clearly against him, without fear from the msm...the msm will attempt to destroy anyone on the right if they can anyway, it goes without saying.

I still have hope...for change in '10....and '12 where this nation regains it's sanity and we have real conservatives running, or we will remain the same with no way out for decades.

"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh

Nobody  even mentioned that

Nobody  even mentioned that the Capitol Visitors Center was 4 years past schedule and over 300 million over budget. Our government running at full efficiency.  Can't wait for universal health care....it should be a right don't you know.

My friend also mentioned

My friend also mentioned that it wasn't even finished. There were some shabby concrete bits that were sticking out of the side of the building. I read one article of they were supposed to carve, "In God We Trust" but wrote "E Purbulis Unum" instead. Then it had to be spackled over and redone.

When Democrats take over things, things become more ghetto.

“You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.” ~ Winston Churchill

Yep. The very same government that is going to run healthcare.

Scared yet?

-Dave

When in doubt, always side with freedom, as it sure beats the hell out of the alternative.

I'll never understand why

I'll never understand why you folks fear universal healthcare so much..must be an idealogical thing. I've never had a problem with it. As a matter of fact, when I die my family will have to chose between cremation or selling me for scrap metal!

Harry Reid is an embarrassment and a disgrace...

His inane, leftist politics aside, this man is without a doubt the most sniveling, pathetic excuse of a "leader" that the US Senate has ever seen in the entire history of our country.

If I were from Nevada, I would be mortified for him to be one of my senators. I honestly do not know how Reid manages to hang onto his job. 

"...peace is the highest aspiration of the American People. We will negotiate for it, sacrifice for it, we will never surrender for it, now or ever." President Ronald Reagan~ January 20, 1981

Reid Fox

"A fox smells his own hole first."

Harry

Do you ever listen to your staff? Sounds like they know who pays the bills and it's obvious you don't have an elitist clue.

Harry: "Oh phew, please pass the kerchief that's perfumed so I don't have to smell the crowd".

Staff: "Harry what are you talking about?"

Harry: "They stink. Can't something be done to seperate us from their smells?"

 

CLUELESS in D.C.: starring Harry Reid

The only thing Harry was smelling is his upper lip.

-Dave

When in doubt, always side with freedom, as it sure beats the hell out of the alternative.

Reid is the consummate idiot

Now that Mr. Foot-in-Mouth Biden is the veep-elect, Mark Levin has named Reid the Dumbest Person in the Senate.  I don't know, there are so many.  Boxer is dumb as a box of rocks, and Chucky Schumer (I'd call him my senator but I live in NY and there is NO one who represents me, believe me) is evil, stupid, or both.  But when I hear Reid speak I'm flabbergasted there are Nevadans who actually voted for him.  

I know why they want Rush, Mark and others off the air.  We have lost all respect for politicians because daily we hear their idiocies in their own voices.  

 

At worst, we only have two

At worst, we only have two years to put up with  gramma Reid. 

That smell he is so offended by, pay's his sorry meal ticket that free loading POS!

Just what the hell is the matter with Nevadans that they keep putting this crook in Washington? 

I suspect it is because there is a lot of out of state money financing this burgler.  Out and out crook!

CRex...Gramma

CRex...

Gramma Reid...lmao...I LOVE it...I am gonna' steal that from you and start calling him that too, instead of Fearless Leader like I have referrred to him for years...it fits him to a tee...

You are so right, these are the very peons, (us) who pay his filthy way he talks about, along with all the other crap he has got away with illegally with his land dealings and schemes along with this sons and son in law if memory serves me correct, nada came of this.

NADA...ZERO....ZILCH!

"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh

Let the masses that are asses

eat cake. Hey, mentally-challenged Harry, wait till you get a whiff of BO. You'll be smelling and kissing his highn-a$$ and wished you'd had remembered the people who are your bosses when he controlls everything you do. How dare you insult the taxpayers that pay for your elitist lifestyle and lifetime benefits. You, Botox Nancy and the rest of the slime in Washington can all go to hell. The people have had it. The only smell I sense is that of the coming revolution.

Stinkin' taxpayers.

Poor ruling class Congress critters, having to suffer the ill smell of taxpayers.   

 

I yam what I yam....Popeye.

Ahh, the smell of Progressive inclusiveness

There may be a literal stench from the tourist coming to Congress but the figurative stench developed by the over inflated egos of body of people making up Congress is by far and away more appalling. While I understand that when you have clean surroundings, spa like treatments for down-time and lavish eating facilities paid for by taxpayers you don’t want to have that lifestyle spoiled by actually dealing with the smelly taxpayers. Perhaps you should just say Thank You and keep your mouth shut or better yet start coming up with positive ideas to lead Congress in a direction that won’t bankrupt America.

A person may be won over with logic and reason but the masses must be bought with spectacle and platitudes. - 2008 Elections