The Wall Street Journal has published an interesting commentary on Senator Harry Reid’s personal attack against Commissioner Bill Magwood of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Hat tip to Dan Yurman of Idaho Samizdat, who provide a link to the above video with the following tweet:
Dan Yurman @djysrv
WSJ video: Sen Harry Reid’s crack up over the NRC. Jaczko gone but not forgotten. http://on.wsj.com/N0K23j
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Really amazing. His dark side has never been so clearly demonstrated. Not just a sore loser but a control freak. History will show it was Reid who held up the progress of Nuclear energy. The democrats need a new majority leader badly. Some critics need to protest Reids behavior.
Harry really goes off on these personal attacks. You would think that a man with his job would be more responsible in his public statements.