Democratic Senate leader Harry Reid made his latest gaffe recently, calling Senator Kirsten Gillibrand “hot.”
Harry Reid and John McCain have almost nothing in common. But one thing they share is a serious penchant for is blundering, painful gaffes. There was this 2008 beauty from John McCain, and Harry Reid’s assertion that the US was ready to “no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one.”
Apparently they also share a terrible taste in feminine beauty. First there was John McCain’s assertion that “The Jersey Shore”‘s Snooki was “too pretty” to go to jail (whatever that means) and Harry Reid is now praising Kirsten Gillibrand, the New York senator who occupies Hillary Clinton’s old seat, for being “the hottest member” of Senate.
To be fair, Reid was riffing on this article from The Hill last year, which listed her among DC’s “50 most beautiful people.”
Ms. Gillibrand is a popular senator who has rightly been praised for championing the repeal of “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell.” But we all know there is only one attractive Democratic politician: Barack Obama.
Of all the Republican talent older people like to ogle: Sarah Palin, Michele Bachman—hell, throw Ann Coulter into the mix—the A-list on the Democratic roster pretty much starts and stops stops at Obama.
Kinda makes you wonder what John McCain was thinking singling Snooki out for his celebrity crush. But hey, anything goes in the politics of crazy.
Gillibrand is taking it in stride, saying she has nothing but the utmost respect for Reid. However, it’s particularly sad that a sexually-charged heterosexual comment like this is deemed all in good fun on the same day that Don’t Ask Don’t Tell cements its place in policy.
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