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Saturday, April 09, 2011

Chuckie Pulls Harry's Strings In Shutdown Press Conference

Sen. Chuck Schumer, New York Democrat, already embarrassed himself once recently by barking out talking points to his fellow lawmakers on a conference call while reporters listened in by accident.

Now the famous publicity hound is whispering talking points to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid mid-press conference!

At an event where Democrats again slammed Republicans with the ruthless messaging discipline that has marked the government shutdown debate, Schumer didn’t quite like what Reid was saying, so he suggested improvements.

“Harry, Harry, you should explain the context of the $78 billion,” Schumer told Reid, in reference to an amount of spending cuts Democrats claimed Republican House Speaker John Boehner agreed to.

“Ok, my crew back here said I should give you a little more information on the $78 [billion],” Reid quickly began.

Schumer wasn’t through yet. He looked annoyed when he tried to get Reid to tell the crowd of reporters that “it was Boehner’s suggestion.”

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