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January 4, 2009

White House: Reid 'Isn't Really Taken Seriously'

@ 4:14 pm by Hill Staff

White House Press Secretary Dana Perino issued a terse response to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's (D-Nev.) suggestion that President Bush is the "worst president we've ever had."

"The Senate Majority Leader isn't really taken seriously," Perino said.

Reid, on "Meet the Press" on Sunday, defended his past remarks that Bush was the worst president and the the Iraq war had been lost.

"I think you just have to call things the way you see them," Reid said. "I really do believe President Bush is the worst president we've ever had."

-J. Taylor Rushing and Walter Alarkon

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  1. And he shouldn't be. He is utterly useless, pathetic, etc. Worst Maj leader ever hands down.

    Comment by Scy — January 4, 2009 @ 4:55 pm

  2. Harry doesn't have the common sense that God gave a gnat. (My appologies to gnats.)

    Comment by Dave — January 4, 2009 @ 5:00 pm

  3. Does anyone take that smiling lying Bushie Fembot seriously anymore?

    Comment by Joseph P. — January 4, 2009 @ 8:09 pm

  4. pssh while Reid may have a point he really has no room to talk. im surprised he was able to sit in that chair without a spine.

    Comment by oz — January 4, 2009 @ 8:20 pm

  5. I don't have much for Bush, but as an ex-Democrat, I have less for Reid. He's a disgrace to a disgraced party.

    Comment by JSB — January 4, 2009 @ 8:48 pm

  6. Only an idiot would claim that they KNOW how Bush will be seen by history. We won't really be able to start assessing his tenure in office for 30 or 40 years! Many presidents we now think were great were not the most popular when they were leaving office. It takes a long time to truly assess a president.

    Comment by Warner Todd Huston — January 5, 2009 @ 12:50 am

  7. Disgraced party????? Utter racism and bigotry (Rush, Sean Hannity, Chip Saltsman, etc.) are great ideals to have as the pillars of the other party, right?

    Comment by JimBo — January 5, 2009 @ 2:16 am

  8. i love how conservatives claim that we won't be able to really assess bush for another 30 to 40 years. how convenient. i on the other hand look at things like iraq, the housing market collapse, the systematic dismantling of our privacy rights, torture, and our free-falling economy as a good way of judging how horrible bush has been as president. on the other side of things, the democrats in congress have been even worse, because they let it happen without putting up a fight. and harry reid is an absolute embarrassment. him and pelosi should be thrown out on their asses.

    Comment by keith — January 5, 2009 @ 2:56 am

  9. Huston: You're right is one way: that a president's place in history can often change. Look at Reagan, who is (still) worshipped as a God by Republicans, yet his place in history is diminishing year by year.

    Yet, there are *very* few cases of a president being remembered by history as being *better* than they were when they were in office. If you look closely, it's usually the other way around. Only Truman can really be cited as a counter-example, and even then, it's pretty debatable.

    So Bush, if that is even possible, can look forward to a deteriorating judgment, not an improving one…

    Comment by DR — January 5, 2009 @ 7:12 am

  10. The only time I have seen Harry Reid smile was on this mornings news where he says Congress has the authority to refuse to seat Sen.Burris from Illinois.
    It demonstrated to the American public what a real worm Harry Reid has proven himself to be!
    Nevada can be proud to have this asshole as their Rep.

    Comment by Terry Gee — January 5, 2009 @ 9:40 am

  11. Perino doesn't think that the Senate Majority Leader should be taken seriously? Notwithstanding some of his embarrassing statements, Mrs. Perino's words might offer more insight on why our current administration appears to be so partisan.

    Comment by Matt — January 5, 2009 @ 9:54 am

  12. Speaking of not being taken seriously! Check the on-line Urban Dictionary for the "Perino'd" definition.

    Comment by Gerry Ahrens — January 5, 2009 @ 11:16 am

  13. Comment by Gerry Ahrens — January 5, 2009 @ 11:17 am

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