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Reid: Opposition to ObamaCare is like support for slavery, or something

Excerpt from the story:

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.’” …

Opposition to socialized medicine is the same as trying to deprive people of their humanity?  Thanks for the clarification, Harry.  No wonder you’re trailing in every poll in NV.  It’s like he knows that he’s going to lose, so he’s trying to ram every piece of socialism through before he’s shown the door out of the Senate and into the old folks home.

Exit question:  How will Harry’s constituents in NV feel about being called slavery supporters, considering a majority of them oppose ObamaCare?

December 7, 2009 Posted by crushliberalism | health care, Reid, shameful, socialism | 2 Comments