Dec 9, 2009

Harry Reid compares ObamaCare opponents to supporters of slavery

Senator Harry Reid (pictured) has outdone himself.

Since Barack Obama entered the White House, Reid and other left-wing liberals in Washington have used the ‘race card’ whenever a potential roadblock appears in the president’s path.

Reid is now using the ‘idiot card.’

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.

Mr. Reid must have forgotten that it was Republicans who led the charge against slavery and it was Sen. Strom Thurmond, then a Democrat, who unsuccessfully tried to filibuster the Civil Rights Act of 1957.

A recent Wall Street Journal report asked the question:How did such an unappealing man who says so many foolish things get so far in politics?

The answer is simple. It’s the ‘Peter Principle’ formulated by Dr. Laurence J. Peter, which holds that in a hierarchy, all members rise to the level of their incompetence.

Harry Reid has demonstrated that he has actually exceeded his level of incompetence.

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