Harry Reid‘s new year resolution must have been: “Tell the truth for once. Correction: tell the truth, once.”

Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the Democratic leader, said Thursday that given Mr. Bush‘s record, “I really do believe this man will go down as the worst president this country has ever had.”

To show he really meant it, he repeated that statement when invited to walk it back on Meet The Press:

“I really do believe President Bush is the worst president we’ve ever had,” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
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Asked by David Gregory if he had any regrets about his persistent criticism of Bush, Reid responded, “I am who I am.”

“I think you just have to call things the way you see them.”

Back in the bubble, they weren’t too amused. Dana Perino, as she so often does, tried to strike back:

White House Press Secretary Dana Perino issued a terse response to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-Nev.) suggestion that President Bush is the “worst president we’ve ever had.”

“The Senate Majority Leader isn’t really taken seriously,” Perino said.

You know who is, though? George W. Bush. Oh, and Dana Perino. Seriously.