contributing writer for the nation, ari berman, who is the author of herding donkeys and republican strategist susan del percio. is harry reid a dirty liar? i don t know, but harry reid is playing old school dirty politics by doing this. his story has been changing, which is amazing. first he said, i can t say for certain. then he gets up on the floor of the united states senate and then makes a claim. then he comes back with another interview and says, oh, well, lots of people are saying that. what is it? this guy, he can t get his story straight, and frankly, it s inappropriate. it goes beyond the pale, especially on the floor of the u.s. senate. lizz? if we didn t hear throughout the course of this past couple years, ellen west saying, oh, there s 80 communists in the house of representatives. michele bachmann accusing keith ellison and hillary clinton s aide they re part of the muslim brotherhood, i often wonder if
politics by doing this. his story has been changing, which is amazing. first he said, i can t say for certain. then he gets up on the floor of the united states senate and then makes a claim. then he comes back with another interview and says, oh, well, lots of people are saying that. what is it? this guy, he can t get his story straight, and frankly, it s inappropriate. it goes beyond the pale, especially on the floor of the u.s. senate. lizz? if we didn t hear throughout the course of this past couple years, ellen west saying, oh, there s 80 communists in the house of representatives. michele bachmann accusing keith ellison and hillary clinton s aide they re part of the muslim brotherho brotherhood, i often wonder if this is one of those things where harry reid finally said, we have been sitting through a political climate where we have heard the president s a muslim, show us the birth certificate. what if i just say hold on.
was talking about ellen west s comment that there is 78 to 81 communists in the congress. and a lot of my republican brothers, why did you bring that up? we don t have to apologize. i remember you made an unfortunate reference comparing republicans to no, sir nazis. really, i didn t. but you were immediately you were hammered by everybody on the right. you immediately apologized. dick durbin said the same thing back in i think 2004. he apologized. do you think allen west should have to apologize? making a communist reference to republicans? well, i m not really in that. of course he should. when people say something they kind of wish they could take their words back, and we all do from time to time. i think you quickly apologize and move on. but, you know, i don t quite understand the way he thinks. but i don t really know him, so i don t know. yeah, yeah. but i just want to confirm, there were some conservatives who may have brought up the fact