If any of you received emails from Harry Reid during the primaries, you will recall that he referred to himself as “Give ’em hell Harry.” Well, he is really giving those Republicans hell. They have all been making a lot of noise about closing Gitmo, and about how very dangerous it would be to house those superhuman detainees in our maximum security prisons. And the detainees would be in peak physical and mental condition after years of torture and isolation.
So how does Harry respond?
REID: I’m saying that the United States Senate, Democrats and Republicans, do not want terrorists to be released in the United States. That’s very clear.
QUESTION: No one’s talking about releasing them. We’re talking about putting them in prison somewhere in the United States.
REID: Can’t put them in prison unless you release them.
QUESTION: Sir, are you going to clarify that a little bit? …
REID: I can’t make it any more clear than the statement I have given to you. We will never allow terrorists to be released in the United States.
Brilliant, Harry. We knew we could count on you for both courage and clarity.
Glenn Greenwald has a great blog on the closing Gitmo debate, aka the Dumbest Moment in Congressional History, called, “Terrorists in prison: Is there anything the Right doesn’t fear?” And his tweet on Harry is perfect:
Reid’s last book was titled (absurdly) “Fighting the Good Fight.” Maybe his next one can be: “Hiding Under my Bed.”
Wonderful satire! I love your blog. It’s a great view of what the right is trying to feed us. Fear mongering is something they excel at. Hopefully the American public is smarter than that. Hmm … scratch that. The public seems to eat up this fear mongering as fact but there are people like you that attempt to shake them from their stupor.
Dee
Thanks so much! I am very interested in your blog as well, so I am glad you visited. I look forward to reading more about your peace and justice efforts for Gaza.