The Capitol Visitors Center, which opened this morning, may have tripled its original budget and fallen years behind schedule, but Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid found a silver lining for members of Congress: tourists won't offend them with their B.O. anymore.After spending all that money to build one money hole and throwing billions upon trillions of Americans' money into another bailout hole, Harry Reid can kiss my fat white bottom next time he complains about smelly Americans coming to see the sausage factory that is Congress.
"My staff tells me not to say this, but I'm going to say it anyway," said Reid in his remarks. "In the summer because of the heat and high humidity, you could literally smell the tourists coming into the Capitol[emphasis mine]. It may be descriptive but it's true."
But it's no longer going to be true, noted Reid, thanks to the air conditioned, indoor space.
And that's not all. "We have many bathrooms here, as you can see," Reid continued. "Souvenirs are available."
$621 million well spent.
And maybe Mr. Reid should listen to his staff and keep his mouth shut.
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I remember them talking about building it in the summer of 2004, when I interned on Capitol Hill...I had forgotten about it. I don't remember tourists "knocking you over in scent" and that's what an intern is supposed to do, conduct tours for the visitors from their state. So visitors from Nevada need to use deodorant...or else the interns may complain!
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