My staff tells me not to say this, but I'm going to say it anyway. 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.Senator Reid, I'm a Texan by birth. A key part of training to be a Texas Democrat is learning how to toss a cow pie as far as one can, and he or she earns extra credit if a Republican is smeared in the process. A Texas voter learns early in life to watch where one steps when there is a Democratic rally in process.
You are correct that "something is rotten in the District of Columbia" during the summer (and the autumn and the winter and the spring). It's particularly thick around the Capitol and the Government Printing Office. I suspect, but have yet to confirm, that the air quality in DC remarkably improves when Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Reid gavel their Congressional sessions to a close for recess.
Senator Reid, you need more than air conditioning to clear the air in Washington. You also need to filter out the empty promises and doublespeak, the government waste, the self-righteous rhetoric, the ad hominem attacks, indulgent political posturing, character attacks on respected jurists, time-wasting resolutions and hearings on topics like designer steroids (while putting off action on real problems like catastrophic health care expenses, Medicare and social security reform), and the hype of government-inspired "solutions".
