Harry Reid, the Minority Leader of the United States Senate, used a tax-payer funded government office to put together a 25-page smear document. Hardly an adherent of ethics. Reid, of course, is the same Minority Leader that has been preaching ethics to Republicans and going as far to compare the majority to "organized crime" and Senator Santorum to "John Gotti." Excerpt from the New York Times:
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 - Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the Democratic leader in the Senate, apologized Thursday to 33 Republican colleagues for a document distributed by his office that listed contributions that some of them received from the lobbyist Jack Abramoff along with critical news reports on their past actions and statements.
"I am writing to apologize for the tone of this document and the decision to single out individual senators for criticism in it," Mr. Reid said after the memorandum, headed "Republican Abuse of Power," drew criticism from some Republicans. "As you know, I myself have been the subject of similar personal attacks from Republican outlets. I understand the unfair picture they can paint and the pain they can cause."
Mr. Reid has been harsh in his attacks this week on what he describes as a Republican culture of corruption exposed by Mr. Abramoff's recent guilty plea to bribery charges - even drawing comparisons between Republicans and organized crime.
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