Harry Reid Compares Healthcare Opponents to Slavery Supporters
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harry reid obamacare slavery socialized medicine universal suffrageRasmussen Reports shows that as of December 7, 2009, 41% of Americans favor Obamakare and 51% oppose. This from the Democratic Senate Majority Leader:
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid took his GOP-blasting rhetoric to a new level Monday, comparing Republicans who oppose health care reform to lawmakers who clung to the institution of slavery more than a century ago.
The Nevada Democrat, in a sweeping set of accusations on the Senate floor, also compared health care foes to those who opposed women’s suffrage and the civil rights movement — even though it was Sen. Strom Thurmond, then a Democrat, who unsuccessfully tried to filibuster the Civil Rights Act of 1957 and it was Republicans who led the charge against slavery.
Senate Republicans on Monday called Reid’s comments “offensive” and “unbelievable.”
But Reid argued that Republicans are using the same stalling tactics employed in the pre-Civil War era.
“Instead of joining us on the right side of history, all the Republicans can come up with is, ‘slow down, stop everything, let’s start over.’ If you think you’ve heard these same excuses before, you’re right,” Reid said Monday. “When this country belatedly recognized the wrongs of slavery, there were those who dug in their heels and said ‘slow down, it’s too early, things aren’t bad enough.’”
He continued: “When women spoke up for the right to speak up, they wanted to vote, some insisted they simply, slow down, there will be a better day to do that, today isn’t quite right.
“When this body was on the verge of guaranteeing equal civil rights to everyone regardless of the color of their skin, some senators resorted to the same filibuster threats that we hear today.”
Socialized Medicine and slavery (or Universal Suffrage) are not quite the same thing. This fact is lost on Democrats as they will say or do anything to get this bill passed and on Obama’s desk by Christmas. Shameful conduct from an elected representative if you ask me.
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1:54 PM
well, have you seen reid’s popularity numbers in his own state? his statements are panic-driven by this point.
7:41 PM
Yes it is a sad state of affairs that a man like that would lead the US Senate.
6:46 PM
Reid is almost too dumb to comment about
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10:32 PM
Reid should know that Democrats have an ugly historical association with slavery.
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