Harry Reid's History Of The World Part I

Bill Smith, ARRA Editor: Ed Driscoll shared his insights in "Harry Reid's History Of The World Part I." Can't wait for Part II. In fact, with Sen. Reid being up for re-election in 2010, the best news would be Reid and his nose for "body odors" not returning to the Senate. Of course maybe Utah sent him to Washington, D.C. to keep him out of their way. It worked for Arkansas, with Bill & Hillary Clinton. "They never returned, no they never returned" except for an occassional stayover at the Clinton trailer, e.g., library! After Bill's twists through the White House, Hillary didn't want to return to Bill's homegirl team, She wanted to be with the libtards of New York, sent Bill to Harlem to play and the New York voters immediately recognized Hillary values and sent her to Washington D.C. to play with Harry Reid. Although her party rejected her as their presidential candidate, Hillary has plans to be the First Former First Lady Secretary of State. Apprarently, even she could not stand the "body odors" of taxpayers visiting the Capitol. You will understand the "body odor" comments when you read Ed Driscoll's comments [Warning: While Driscoll is funny, Reid is not!]:

In Mel Brook's History of the World Part I, there's a scene in which Mel, playing the King of France, has this memorable exchange:

Count de Monet: It is said that the people are revolting.
King Louis XVI: You said it! They stink on ice!

France lost its Ancien Regime in 1789, but Harry Reid (D-NV) sounds like he's been drinking in a little too much from the House of Bourbon for his own good:

Reid by burghnewsAs AllahPundit writes, "Comedy gold from the unerring political instinct that brought us a Congressional approval rating lower than Bush's. Behold, the ultimate Kinsleyan gaffe:"

"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."

But it's no longer going to be true, noted Reid, thanks to the air conditioned, indoor space.

Allah asks, "What did the Senate chamber smell like before A/C?" I have no idea, but it is a reminder that Big Government needs Big Air Conditioning to prosper, as Jonah Goldberg wrote a few years ago:

In the 18th and 19th centuries a congressman wouldn't be caught dead in Washington during July. Well, actually, they might be caught dead, because they wore all those clothes and were so fat that they might have died while trying to get out. The British Embassy, for example, moved the entire kit and caboodle to Maine every summer.

The idea is: Ban air conditioning in Washington and you would cut the "productivity" of the government by more than a third (say from late May to late September) and return the United States to the limited government the Founders intended. D.C. is still full of members of this school of thought.

For such a powerful guy, Harry's an awfully delicate soul. Before he was getting the vapors from having to smell the peasants, he was having other health issues:

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