The transcript of Rush Limbaugh’s show yesterday really says it all. The “we” factor that Harry Reid attempted to interject in his little speech on the Senate floor was so far out of line that anyone with a bit of common sense could read into exactly what he trying to accomplish.

While the entire show from yesterday is available
here, what I considered a key paragraph by Mr. Limbaugh follows.

RUSH: This attempt by Harry Reid to take to the floor of the Senate at 12 noon Eastern Time today to personalize this and make it about himself, you just know the mainstream media, the Drive-Bys, will get on this story now and Reid will end up being very positively portrayed. He has quotes about how “we” never thought that the letter would generate this kind of money. “We” never thought…? “Mark May and I…” It’s Mays! “Mark May and I talked about this, and Mark May and I…” Senator Reid, let me be clear about this one more time — actually, as many times as it takes. It wasn’t your letter that raised this money. It was your abuse of power that is responsible for raising this money. No other letter you have written would be… People wouldn’t pay a dime for it, Senator! This one represents an abuse of power: a federal government official, a US senator, getting hold — after besmirching me and smearing me by name personally from the Senate floor, gets hold — of the CEO of my syndication partner and asks him to “confer” with me about something Senator Reid thought was said that was improper? Words? First Amendment? Free speech? That, sir, is an abuse of power. That is why your letter is historic, not because you signed it, not because 40 other people signed it, not because you wrote it. It is because of what that letter represents: a full-fledged, undeniable, 100% abuse of power, and that’s how this letter will be remembered by historians forever.

Senator Reid probably would have been better off just to let the final hours of this auction pass without comment, however, given the nature of the beast I do not believe he is capable of gracious defeat. You can “we” till the cows come home Senator, and even pat yourself on the back for a job well done, but you and your friends in the press might be surprised how many disagree.

The real winners here are the children of the fallen heroes. Obviously while many of us were cheering the numbers on ebay, rooting for the total to continue to rise for the benefit of those who really need the assistance, Senator Reid was opining how he could be the “winner.”

Sad, very sad.