Dingy Harry on Bush 41: 'But Watch Out For His Wife; She’s a Bitch'

Classy guy, that dim bulb from Searchlight. Seems Harry Reid wrote a book last year and nobody noticed, but he comes off as his typical charming self, gushing with praise for former First Lady Barbara Bush.

Of course, Reid doesn’t always have nice things to say himself. While no one expects Reid to praise George W. Bush, the degree to which he is judgmental and catty regarding the former president pretty much speaks for itself. Three pages in, after lamely trying to establish his bipartisan bona fides by talking up George H. W. Bush, Reid shares this charming anecdote about his early days in the Senate: “[Former Texas senator and vice-presidential candidate Lloyd] Bentsen went on and on effusively about what a quality man President-elect [H. W.] Bush was. Then he paused and said, ‘But watch out for his wife; she’s a bitch.’ I have never had anything against Mrs. Bush, but guided by Bentsen’s crude advice, I’ve always said that our forty-third president is more his mother than his dad.”

What’s the purpose of recording for posterity a bit of hearsay defaming a woman Reid admits he has no cause to dislike? Is Reid really so petty as to insult someone’s mother? Why yes, yes he is.

This book was released in January 2008. According to Amazon, the gregarious Senate Majority Leader had readers flocking to soak in his wisdom. It currently ranks #231,849 in sales.

Popular guy.