Today, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid showed his fear of losing the health care vote. He let go an outburst that was as offense as it was historically inaccurate:
Instead of joining us on the right side of history, all the Republicans can come up with is this:, 'slow down, stop everything, let's start over.' If you think you've heard these same excuses before, you're right. 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, let's wait, things aren't bad enough.' 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 we hear today.
Maybe Senator Reid forgets that Abraham Lincoln was the first
Republican Party president, or that it was the southern Democrats who were saying "slow down" to the Civil Rights legislation.
LINK: legalinsurrection.blogspot.com
very interesting. yes. the republican party was the party of abolition led by Abe Lincoln. They led the fight in the South during reconstruction and it was Southern Democrats throughout history who thwarted civil rights legislation as Harry Reid suggests.
ReplyDeleteA reversal for African American support happened during the Great Depression and in more recent years, the formerly solid democratic South has become the solidly Republican South.