Dingy Harry Reid defends stink bomb
Silly you! Don’t you know that when Harry Reid complained about how D.C. tourists reek, what he was really saying was how awesomely awesome they are:
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid defended himself Wednesday over a joking comment that tourists to the Capitol sometimes smell.
Turns out many people weren’t amused.
The Nevada Democrat has been attacked on blogs, editorial pages and letters to the editor since his remark last week: “In the summertime, because of the high humidity and how hot it gets here, you could literally smell the tourists coming into the Capitol.”
His comment came during the opening ceremony for the new Capitol Visitor Center.
In response, an offended letter-writer to Reid’s hometown Las Vegas Review-Journal declared: “You, Sen. Reid, are the one who stinks.”
Without directly apologizing, Reid sought to explain himself in his own letter to the Review-Journal on Wednesday.
“Much has been made of my comments at the opening of the Capitol Visitors Center,” Reid wrote. “Anyone who took the time to watch my statement or read it in full knows the point I was making: I’m always pleased when the Capitol is filled with citizens eager to learn about our country’s great history and the work we do in that historic building.”
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Defusing a stink bomb with another stink bomb. Where is my Febreeze?
