Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid compares Republicans who oppose health care reform to lawmakers who clung to the institution of slavery more than a century ago.
"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.'"
This is a new rhetorical low, even for an administration and a congress that has already set records for demonizing whole swaths of the American public for the unthinkable act of actually disagreeing with their radical agenda and shove-it-down-our-throats strategy for advancing it at breakneck speed.
Senator Reid, this office, along with a growing majority of the country, disagrees with the health care "reform" that our currrently unchecked and unhinged Congress is desperately trying to foist upon America. Your assertion that our disagreement with your agenda puts us in the same camp as those who supported the despicable institution of slavery is offensive to the point of being beneath contempt.
On behalf of ourselves and millions of other Americans, we respectfully demand your apology for these remarks.
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Actually, I totally agree with Harry Reid. It is the Republicans who should apologize for being obstructionists rather than working to improve health care in this country in any meaningful way.
ReplyDeleteWhile I don't find it offensive, I'll leave that determination up to african Americans to make. When the GOP finds an african American to speak for them, then we can listen.
ReplyDeleteThat said, the analogy was a poor choice, because those that understand it as accurate don't need to be swayed, and those that need to be swayed probably don't care about the 140 year old plight of blacks in this country.
A better analogy would have been to tie the obstructionists to the fight they took on 50 years ago to try to prevent what has become the sacred cow of these same opponents of "socialized medicine." Remind the tea-partiers (who want to keep the "government out of my medicare") that it was the GOP and their beloved Reagan that tried so hard to keep them from having the one government program (aside from defence) that they all agree is good.