Senator Reid’s Sensitive Proboscis

December 2, 2008 by Frank Gannon | Filed Under American Politics 

In a true profile in courage, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has decided to ignore the timid counsels of his staff and tell it like it is.  The Senator’s sensitive olfactory system will no longer be assaulted by the personal hygiene of hoi polloi, and he isn’t afraid to celebrate his deliverance.

 As reported by Dufour and Gavin in the Washington Examiner:

The Capitol Visitors Center, which opened this morning, may have tripled its original budget and fallen years behind schedule, but Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid found a silver lining for members of Congress: tourists won’t offend them with their B.O. anymore.

“My staff tells me not to say this, but I’m going to say it anyway,” said Reid in his remarks. “In the summer because of the heat and high humidity, you could literally smell the tourists coming into the Capitol. It may be descriptive but it’s true.”

But it’s no longer going to be true, noted Reid, thanks to the air conditioned, indoor space.

And that’s not all. “We have many bathrooms here, as you can see,” Reid continued. “Souvenirs are available.”

$621 million well spent.

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