From The Hill:
Town hall protesters are “evil-mongers,” says Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.)
Reid coined the term in a speech to an energy conference in Las Vegas this week and repeated it in an interview with Politics Daily.
Such “evil-mongers” are using “lies, innuendo and rumor,” to drown out rational debate, Reid said.
When President Bush called three of the most vile regimes on the planet an “axis of evil,” the left sneered. Real evil, apparently, is to be found in ordinary Americans.
So I’ll say it again: Harry Reid can bite me.
UPDATE: Ed Driscoll and I just finished recording my interview segment for Saturday’s PJM Political, and I went off on this story. Look here, Senator Reid — do not taunt the VodkaPundit. Anyway, tune in to Sirius/XM Satellite radio’s POTUS channel Saturday morning, or wait for the web version later in the day.
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6 Comments
1. Harry Reid: Protesters “Evil-Mongers” | Outside the Beltway | Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs:[...] [...]
Aug 13, 2009 - 3:14 pm 2. Veeshir:I’m with you Steve, I’ve monged war, fish and whores, but never evil.
He’s a global warmmonger.
Which is worse?
Aug 13, 2009 - 5:10 pm 3. Apositc:“Look here, Senator Reid — do not taunt the VodkaPundit.”
Hmmm….
“…do not taunt the Happy Fun VodkaPundit.”
OK
(C.f. this blast from the past: Comment number 1 at http://timblair.net/ee/index.php/weblog/comments/do_not_criticise_nancy/)
Aug 14, 2009 - 2:30 am 4. Seems Like Harry Reid Has a Full Day Planned:[...] and when he’s done with Stephen, Harry Reid can go take a flying leap. When President Bush called three of the most vile regimes [...]
Aug 14, 2009 - 8:34 am 5. Pajamas Media » PJM Political 08/15/09 The Bioethical Plot Against The Astroturfing Evil-Mongers!:[...] Steve on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid dubbing health care protesters “evil-mongers.” [...]
Aug 15, 2009 - 12:15 pm 6. – Seems Like Harry Reid Has a Full Day Planned:[...] and when he’s done with Stephen, Harry Reid can go take a flying leap. When President Bush called three of the most vile regimes [...]
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