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That’s the only explanation I can think of for Harry Reid continuing his fight with Rush. Either that or he’s incredibly stupid. (It isn’t that I’m questioning whether he’s stupid; it’s a matter of determining which level of stupidity.) Here’s how Sen. Reid is pressing the fight today:

On Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid sent a letter, signed by 41 Democrats, to Clear Channel Chief Executive Officer Mark P. Mays demanding he repudiate Limbaugh’s comments and extract an apology from him. Mays responded the same day in a letter to Reid defending Limbaugh’s right to express his opinions openly on the airwaves.

But Reid is not dropping the matter.

In an e-mail to Democrats today, he urges the public to inundate Mays with similar demands.

Here’s some things that Reid should’ve picked up on:

‘The people’ have spoken. They’ve sided with Rush. It wasn’t close. Inundating Mays’ inbox won’t do any good. He isn’t about to punish Rush, especially after noticing the flimsiness of Media Matters’ and Sen. Reid’s ‘case’ against Rush’s.

Frankly, Sen. Reid would be wise to cut his losses before he’s utterly humiliated. That said, there’s a reason why Sen. Reid is considered the most incompetent majority leader in Senate history. Here’s the content of Sen. Reid’s letter:

“I normally ignore Rush Limbaugh, but his comments last Wednesday went too far
for me to remain silent,” Reid wrote. “It’s one thing to call me ‘Dingy Harry’ – it’s another to insult our men and women in uniform, calling those who oppose the war ‘phony soldiers,’ as Rush did during his Sept. 26 broadcast.”

While it’s possible to argue who Rush was referring to, it isn’t difficult refuting that statement. A simple look at the transcript shows that Rush wasn’t criticizing soldiers who oppose the Iraq war.

There’s other reasons why Sen. Reid should drop this:

1. Rush’s listening audience is 20+ million a week. It’s been that big for more than a decade because his listeners overwhelmingly approve of him.
2. Harry Reid is part of one of the most unpopular congresses in history.
3. As recently as June, Harry Reid’s JAR was 19 percent. That isn’t Nixonesque low but it’s within whispering distance of Nixon’s JAR.
4. Rush has used this opportunity to highlight the fact that Hillary started the Media Matters ‘watchdog group’. That isn’t what Hillary wanted known. In fact, I’d bet that she’s fuming that Rush publicized that fact.

This week hasn’t been a good week for Democrats in general and Reid in particular. In fact, it couldn’t have been much worse for them. Thanks to Harry Reid throwing more gas on the fire, it isn’t likely to get better anytime soon.

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Cross-posted at LetFreedomRingBlog

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