Harry Reid has the Hots

Well the election cycle is in full effect! Time for incumbents to limit their gaffes, get more face time and appeal to their bases.
Well that is the goal for most politicians. But not ole Harry Reid. For someone who has been representing his fine state since 1983, you would think he would know how to utilize some type of damage control. It was reported today that while referring to U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand calling her the “hottest” member of the Senate. It has caused quite a controversy with the feminine, anti-sexist crowd. The gaffes just really keep coming. He, we would think would be more focused on fixing his states 14+% unemployment rate, 25% underwater/foreclosure rates instead of eyeballing one of his pretty co-workers. Well I guess it is best he said ” She was Hot” instead of calling his Pet in Deleware Hot.

With the Senate meeting for the second weekend in a row, Democrats assembled the minimum 60 votes needed to force a final vote on the omnibus spending bill, which pays for transportation, justice, foreign, labor, health, education and veterans programs.

The roll-call vote extended for more than an hour as supporters of the measure were rounded up and Senator Joseph I. Lieberman of Connecticut, an observant Jew, walked more than three miles from his synagogue to the Capitol. “Shabbat shalom,” Mr. Lieberman said in the traditional Sabbath greeting as he entered the Senate chamber still wearing his jacket and scarf.

Three Democrats and 31 Republicans sought to block the final vote, pointing to increases in many agency budgets and the 5,000 home-state projects, typically called earmarks, included in the bill by lawmakers of both parties. Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona and a critic of earmarks, took the floor to list many of the projects, which he said totaled nearly $4 billion.

“You are spending money like a drunken sailor, and the bar is still open,” Mr. McCain told his colleagues.

Republicans also criticized the fact that six different measures were rolled into one.

“We don’t have this money,” said Senator Jon Kyl of Arizona, the No. 2 Republican in the Senate. “We are borrowing it.”

Senator Richard J. Durbin of Illinois, the No. 2 Democrat and a member of the Appropriations Committee, pointed out that the individual measures had all been approved by the committee with bipartisan support.

“To come before us today and argue that the majority is cramming these votes and bills down the throats of members without giving them opportunity is to ignore what came before,” he said.

The six bills represent a spending increase of about 10 percent over last year and include a 2 percent pay raise for federal workers. When required spending for Social Security, Medicare and other programs is added in, the measure tops $1 trillion.

The bills were due Oct. 1, but, as has been the pattern in recent years, Congress failed to complete them on time. The government is currently operating under a stop-gap spending law that expires on Friday.

With the omnibus measure headed for passage, the lone spending bill still to be approved is a $600 billion measure that pays for Pentagon operations. Since that is always a must-pass measure, Congressional Democrats are planning to use it to carry along a hodgepodge of final bills for the year.

In addition, Democrats plan to attach a provision that would raise the federal debt limit by $1.8 trillion — a move that has taken on new political significance given the increasing political fight over federal spending.

NY TIMES

Sen. Chris Buttars is tired of gays stuffing it down his throat all the time and putting it in his kids face.

The wife of Indiana’s Republican Senator Richard Lugar, Charlene Lugar, was arrested and charged on an alleged drunken hit and run, and a car collision. The Associated Press reports that Charlene Lugar is accused by police of a DUI and “a hit-and-run after hitting a parked car in northern Virginia.”
The news station, CBS, reported the story with the following headline: “Loaded Lugar: Seantor’s Wife, Charlene Lugar, Charged for Drunken Hit-and-Run,” an example of the type of media coverage that has Senator’s Lugar’s office reeling; the repercussions of this type of story can be devastating to a political career.
The Fairfax County, Virginia County Police have Mrs. Lugar’s mug shot, and report that Senator Lugar’s office released the following public statement earlier this week: “At about 6:30 p.m. last evening, November 18th, Mrs. Lugar had a traffic accident in our McLean, Virginia neighborhood. A charge has been filed and a court appearance is scheduled for January. No other persons were in her car or the unattended car she hit. Thankfully, no one was injured. We are deeply sorry and embarrassed that this accident has occurred.” The Senator’s wife, Charlene Lugar is 72; her court appearance is scheduled for January 8, 2010 in Fairfax County General District Court.

CMR

We here at Comedy.com like to prank people. Specifically, we like to prank politicians. This week we took on New Jersey State Senator Frank Lautenberg. Our blogger, Tony DiGerolamo, posed as Comedy.com friend and spiritual adviser Pastor Dom Moccey. Dom just wants to get his daughter an internship in politics. While internships in the Senator’s office don’t seem particularly difficult to come by, Dom’s daughter has some special needs. Check out our email exchange.

Original Letter: Tony, as the good pastor, introduced himself and his fake daughter in the letter below. She’s the perfect candidate for an internship. She’s smart and politically active. There’s only one drawback if you hire Katey. Sometimes she will call you a b*tch.

Response: Here is the real and earnest response Tony received from the Senator’s office. The life of an intern sounds pretty sweet. Maybe we’ll actually apply.

Our Follow Up: We are completely unable to leave well enough alone. Tony kept the email exchange going with the reply below. Wow, the fake Pastor Moccey’s fake daughter has a lot of problems. Don’t you hate it when you touch the wrong sort of paper and puke? We do.

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This genius from Arizona estimates the earth to be around 6000 years old. That’s pretty close give or take a few billion years.