Does Reid need a “history lesson” for slavery remarks?
The right is still pretty upset about a comparison that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid drew between those now opposing healthcare reform and people who fought against abolition, womens’ suffrage and the civil rights movement. But Reid isn’t backing down. “At pivotal points in American history, the tactics of distortion and delay have certainly been present,” the majority leader said Tuesday. “They’ve certainly been used to stop progress. That’s what we’re talking about here. That’s what’s happening here. It’s very clear. That’s the point I made — no more, no less. Anyone who willingly distorts my comments is only proving my point.
The right is still pretty upset about a comparison that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid drew between those now opposing healthcare reform and people who fought against abolition, womens’ suffrage and the civil rights movement. But Reid isn’t backing down. “At pivotal points in American history, the tactics of distortion and delay have certainly been present,” the majority leader said Tuesday. “They’ve certainly been used to stop progress. That’s what we’re talking about here. That’s what’s happening here. It’s very clear. That’s the point I made — no more, no less. Anyone who willingly distorts my comments is only proving my point.” Separately, the Wall Street Journal’s John Fund criticized Reid on historical grounds, writing: Historians also faulted Mr. Reid’s curious reference to the Senate civil rights debates of the 1960s. After all, it was Southern Democrats who mounted an 83-day filibuster of the 1964 Civil Rights Bill. The final vote to cut off debate saw 29 Senators in oppos
