GOP Leaders Flex Their Hypocrisy Muscles, Start Bawling Over Harry Reid's "Slavery" Comment

It was Monday in the Senate during the debate on health reform when Reid said this:

"You think you’ve heard these same excuses before?" Mr. Reid said. "You’re right. In this country, there were those who dug in their heels and said, ‘Slow down, it’s too early, let’s wait, things aren’t bad enough’ — about slavery. When women wanted to vote: ‘Slow down, there will be a better day to do that, the day isn’t quite right.’ And 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 that we hear today."

Ayup. That's totally true. There were plenty of people that got in the way of the major legislative reforms in the past. Things like women's sufferage, civil rights, abolition, and environmental protection. And they weren't always Republicans. That's not "playing the race card". That's a statement of fact. And, by the way, Reid never mentioned Republicans.

Media Matters has a nice run-down of the right's hypocrisy on this issue.