Memo to the Times
While trying to do the wrong thing — shove a bad bill on electronic spying through the Senate — Majority Leader Harry Reid ended up doing the country a favor. He put off the vote until January. It was the right move, but senators who care about national security and the Constitution will have to be careful not to be stampeded into supporting what will still be a bad bill next year.
Memo to the NY Times: Harry Pussy didn’t do the country any favors. It was Chris Dodd who did the country a favor, without your help for that matter, or the help of many of his fellow Democrats.
What Harry Reid did is usually described “trying to get one over on the country.”
Credit where credit is due, NY Times. Reward good behavior.
