Sen. Harry Reid has come out against the building of a so-called mosque in New York near Ground Zero.I've never been much of a fan of Sen. Harry Reid. Frankly, were he not running against a political nut (Sharron Angle) I would be pulling for his opponent (even a Republican).
But, the reality is that conservatives have put in place a female Tom Tancredo, who simply is too absurdly nutty (OK, maybe she is not quite as bad as Tancredo, but that is not saying much) to be a U.S. senator (then again, who knows what the people of Nevada will do when the time arrives).
This all brings me back to the latest disappointment from Sen. Reid:
The office of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada issued a statement saying, "The First Amendment protects freedom of religion. Senator Reid respects that, but thinks that the mosque should be built some place else."Obviously, the man is in a tough political dogfight, but this is ridiculous. The man is coming down on the side of Sharron Angle on an issue that is little more than bigotry enforced through a sort of peer pressure.
How would Sen. Reid feel if someone said, "We support the right of Asians to eat wherever they want, but we just want them to eat someplace else?"
How would Sen. Reid feel if the people of Nevada said, "We support your right to run for public office, but we want you to do it in some other state?"
Once again, Sen. Reid proves weak and unreliable when it matters most. So often Harry Reid is in a position to do positive things and so often he predictably lets us down.
Lastly, here is what Angle had to say about Reid on Twitter: Nice of you to join us, @HarryReid
That tells you a lot of what you need to know about Sen. Reid.
