The stunning stupidity of Harry Reid

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid showed off the new Capitol Visitors Center on Tuesday and described to reporters one of the advantages of the $621 million taxpayer investment.

"My staff tells me not to say this, but I'm going to say it anyway," the Nevada Democrat said. "In the summer because of the heat and high humidity, you could literally smell the tourists coming into the Capitol."

He's smart to disregard the advice of his staff in favor of that great speech Marie Antoinette left in the sofa cushions. Good thing he threw out those folding chairs from Lech Walesa and finally got some decent office furniture.

In 2010, Republicans will have an opportunity to criticize the Democratic majorities for the arrogance of power and for being out of touch with the American people. "You could literally smell the tourists coming into the Capitol" will make a nice tag line on those campaign commercials.

The stunning thing about this self-inflicted gunshot is that Senator Reid was told by his staff not to say it, and he didn't understand why. He was so amused by his own colorful imagery that he couldn't wait to share it and get the reassuring you're-one-of-us laugh.

That's a little peek into the mind of the man who is likely to control a sixty-vote filibuster-proof majority in the United States Senate.

It may turn out to be a very stinky omen for the Democrats.


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