Harry Reid`s Hypocrisy, Pessimism Doesnt Serve Himself or Democrats Well
By Katie MacGuidwin
GOP.com Blog
As much as Harry Reid (D-NV) wants to position recent ethics scandals as a Republican problem, it’s turning out to be an even bigger problem for Reid himself. The Washington Times reports this morning in a follow-up to last weeks damaging AP story
“Mr. Reid wrote at least four letters to assist Indian
tribes that hired Abramoff as their lobbyist on Capitol
Hill… the senator's staff had numerous contacts with the
lobbying firm, and … Mr. Reid accepted nearly $68,000 in
donations from Abramoff's company, his associates and his
Indian clients.”
Campaign finance and ethics lawyer Jan Baran told the Washington Times
“The problem is that he has not been straightforward
about all his dealings with Abramoff's firm.”
Reid’s lying and hypocrisy are not going unnoticed.
His spitefull angriness is not going unnoticed either. Rothenburg reports in Roll Call this morning that Reid
“has always been partisan, even though he sometimes
worked with and voted with Republicans. He’s always been
tough. But over the past year, Reid has sounded nasty,
even mean. That is likely to both undercut his usefulness
to his own party and to lead Republicans down the same
nasty, intemperate path over the next few years.”
http://www.gop.com/blog/BlogPost.aspx?BlogPostID=1695
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