Leading Democrat: Bush 'the worst president we've ever had' {Reid}

[eppur_se_muova]

Source: CNN

From CNN Associate Producer Martina Stewart

WASHINGTON (CNN) – As the nation prepares for the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama, a leading Democrat is not letting up in his criticism of President George W. Bush.

“I really do believe President Bush is the worst president we’ve ever had,” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

Reid pointed to Bush’s failed plan to privatize the Social Security program and also said Bush “has done his very best to destroy Medicare” in order support his assessment of Bush’s presidency.
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“I think you just have to call things the way you see them.”



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[ixion]

1. ironic, given the seemingly endless number of times he's covered and/or agreed with him

Reid is a disgrace, even though he's correct about * being the worst ever.

[Kolesar]

3. Reid is not a liar, a theif, or a hypocrite

So calling him a "disgrace" is inappropriate. "Disgrace" would be appropriate for a party leader like Republican Newt Gingerich in his time as Speaker.

Reid certainly is ineffectual. I cannot think of any issue that he has ever led on or tried to "build a movement on" for the sake of his party or for America.

[salguine]

20. I think "disgrace" fits pretty well. When he had the chance to lead

the resistance against some of this administrations very worst crimes, not only did he not lift a finger in protest, but he stood aside and let the Republicans walk all over him. He and Pelosi have not denied Bush anything he's ever demanded, even with a Democratic majority. Motherfuck Harry Reid and his candy-ass leadership. He might as well be listed as Harry Reid (R-NV).

[Kolesar]

33. Funny is that you people can never cite statistics

Slow day in paradise, eh?

[No Elephants]

37. Statistics? What kind of statistics?

[eppur_se_muova]

7. Maybe he's thinking there might be a new Majority leader in Jan ... nt

[w4rma]

32. Reid has already been elected by unanimous vote as the new Majority leader. He's done well. (nt)

[ananda]

2. And Harry Reid, the worst Bush enabling Dem Maj Leader we've ever had!

bar none

[Kolesar]

4. Well, there were only two to choose from , the other was Daschle of South Dakota

So the label of which of the two is hardly a notable distinction in any sense.

[Pharaoh]

6. Well Ms Pelosi

"impeachment is off the table" is right up there with him!

[Kolesar]

8. Harry Reid is the *Third Best* Majority Leader we have had during the bush administration!

:USA: :USA: :USA: :USA:

[LynnTheDem]

5. And GUESS what YOU are, Mr. Reid!

Enabler extraordinaire.

[Joe Chi Minh]

9. A mind like a steel trap.

[Gman]

10. So what is the news here?

That Bush is the worst president ever or that someone said it? Is there any valid argument at all against the huge mountain of evidence that Bush is the worst president ever? So that must not be the news. Is it the news that someone spoke of a very inconvenient truth? It needs to quit being inconvenient to speak of Bush as the worst ever. Only after it is widely acknowledged can we move forward. As long as the deniers are given credibility we will never move forward. Denying Bush as the worst ever is no less a moral crime than denying the Holocaust.

[RFKHumphreyObama]

11. That must be why you kept caving into him when he wanted legislation passed Harry

It's easy to come out and be bold when your opponent is days away from leaving office and a new Democratic President is taking over.

[Politicalboi]

12. Throwing stones

In a glass house. Reid is an asshole and should lose his Majority Leardership post. Cuz I call them as I see them.

[Mithreal]

13. Weren't there DLC'ers that supported privatizing social security?

Please correct me if I am wrong.

And Democrats were enablers of BUSH in many of his failed policies as well!!!

Senator Reid was such forceful resistance to this failed President I am sure things will all work out for the better now that Reid will have more Democrats in the Senate.

Prediction: The lack of 60 Democratic Senators will be the favorite excuse of not getting what is needed done in the next Congress.

[Captain Hilts]

14. Hoover didn't start an unnecessary war.

FDR: There are a LOT of things Herbert didn't do.
ER: And how!

[Solly Mack]

15. It's too easy and too over-simplified to call him the "worst president ever"....

Bush is a war criminal; a thug and criminal - an abuser of power and an oppressor. So far beyond just being a bad president or even the worst president.

[The Stranger]

16. It was sad watching the new Meet the Press whore embarass him with pointed question after pointed

question. He was constantly befuddled, trapped, fearful, apprehensive, and walked over.

[ikojo]

17. Why then did the Democrats give Bush

much of what he wanted, even after 2006?

[Demeter]

18. And Harry Reid Is the Worst Leader in the Senate

so?

[Sultana]

19. Reid is a SOB

8 yrs of Bush's bs and strangely he kept his mouth shut..

plz resign, mm, thanx

[Jefferson23]

21. You have NO credibility Reid, as far as I'm concerned, none at all.

[Phred42]

22. Coincidentally - Reid is the worst Majority 'Leader' we've ever had

Funny how that works out

[Dover]

23. ......not to mention Congress...n/t

[natrat]

24. reid a way bigger piece of shit than bush because he sold out democrats at every turn

at least bush was loyal to his base

[mitchum]

25. The pot calling the kettle slack

[machI]

38. Broken clocks are right occasionally

[Myrina]

26. Hey Harry, how's that powder you kept dry for 2 years?

Still dry?

Get bent, you useless POS of a "Majority Leader"

[acmavm]

27. Sometime people say things that just make you go "HUH??"

[MasonJar]

28. Then why didn't you oppose his policies, doofus?

[Rhiannon12866]

29. He's just realized this?!

[tclambert]

30. For a long time, I thought Bush wasn't quite as bad as Nixon or Johnson.

Then he brought on the current economic crisis, combining Hoover-style badness with the stink of the Vietnam War presidents. Mr. Bush, you are the champion! I salute you. Bush is the worst! Bush is the worst! Bush is the worst!

[burrowowl]

31. IMPEACH! DAMNIT!

After the House impeaches him, try Bu$hCO for crimes against the Constitution, Peace, Geneva Convention, etc. IMPEACH him!

[Suji to Seoul]

34. Didn't stop you from bending over and giving him everything he wanted, did it Harry

Day late, dollar short.

[hughee99]

35. Harry likes to throw this stuff out

in hopes that people will forget all the * legislation that he passed.

[fascisthunter]

36. sayeth the "worst president's" enabler

[smorgma]

39. He's the worst Dem Majority Leader in My Lifetime!

And sorry, but Andrew Johnson was worse. Anyone with a knowledge or appreciation of US history and race relations knows that.