HoustonFarrier
12-08-2009, 06:11 AM
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091208/ap_on_go_ot/us_republicans_reid_remark;_ylt=ApP_kc8X.tCQADlPDm 39zmeyFz4D;_ylu=X3oDMTJyZXE3NTI5BGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMD kxMjA4L3VzX3JlcHVibGljYW5zX3JlaWRfcmVtYXJrBGNwb3MD MgRwb3MDNgRzZWMDeW5fdG9wX3N0b3J5BHNsawNzdGVlbGVjYW xsc3M-
"WASHINGTON – Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele is renewing his demand that Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid apologize for likening health care overhaul opponents to those who resisted putting an end to slavery.
The Nevada Democrat made the assertion in a statement Monday as the Senate worked on legislation to remake the health care system, President Barack Obama's top domestic priority.
Steele said on CBS's "The Early Show" Tuesday "it was an ignorant moment for Harry Reid." He said that when Democrats get in trouble, "they play that race card, that slavery card, that civil rights card." Reid's spokesman, Jim Manley, responded to Steele's initial statement Monday by calling his remarks "feigned outrage."
Just FYI......
It was a white Republican President who freed the slaves. It was a Republican majority congress who passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, over the filibuster attempt by Democrat (and former clansman) Robert Byrd...who filibustered for over 14 hours.
Steve
"WASHINGTON – Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele is renewing his demand that Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid apologize for likening health care overhaul opponents to those who resisted putting an end to slavery.
The Nevada Democrat made the assertion in a statement Monday as the Senate worked on legislation to remake the health care system, President Barack Obama's top domestic priority.
Steele said on CBS's "The Early Show" Tuesday "it was an ignorant moment for Harry Reid." He said that when Democrats get in trouble, "they play that race card, that slavery card, that civil rights card." Reid's spokesman, Jim Manley, responded to Steele's initial statement Monday by calling his remarks "feigned outrage."
Just FYI......
It was a white Republican President who freed the slaves. It was a Republican majority congress who passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, over the filibuster attempt by Democrat (and former clansman) Robert Byrd...who filibustered for over 14 hours.
Steve