Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid (NV)

Remember when Harry Reid declared, “This War Is Lost” and the surge was eventually successful in Iraq? Well, Mr. Reid has topped his idiocy in fine fashion as FoxNews.com reported on his latest utterance in the debate over ObamaCare.

Reid argued that Republicans are using the same stalling tactics employed in the pre-Civil War era. (Video Here)

“Instead of joining us on the right side of history, all the Republicans can come up with is, ‘slow down, stop everything, let’s start over.’ If you think you’ve heard these same excuses before, you’re right,” Reid said Monday. “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, things aren’t bad enough.’ ”

He continued: “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 that we hear today.”

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., who on the Senate floor read from this FoxNews.com article and asked that it be placed in the record, called on Reid to return to the floor and, if not apologize, at least explain what he meant. 

Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., suggested Reid was starting to “crack” under the pressure of the health care reform debate. I believe Mr. Reid cracked a very long time ago.

“I think it’s beneath the dignity of the majority leader,” Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., said. “I personally am insulted.”

It’s beneath the dignity of any sane human being and an insult to the American people. Reid should resign and the Senate should censure him as an added bonus.

Harry Reid needs a history lesson so let’s provide one:

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 opposition, 80% of them Democrats. Among those voting to block the civil rights bill was West Virginia Senator Robert Byrd, who personally filibustered the bill for 14 hours. The next year he also opposed the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Mr. Byrd still sits in the Senate, and indeed preceded Mr. Reid as his party’s majority leader until he stepped down from that role in 1989.

James Taranto at OpinionJournal asks:

How could such a thoroughly unappealing man have gotten so far in politics?

Reid offered no apologies for his statements:

 “At pivotal points in American history, tactics of distortion and delay have certainly been present,” Reid said. “They’ve been used to stop progress. That’s what we’re talking about here. What’s happening here is very clear. That’s the point I made—no more, no less.”

Reid added, “Anyone who knowingly distorts my comments is only proving my point.”

By printing direct quotes and displaying Reid’s own words we would point out to the dimwitted Senator that he alone distorted history and his statements prove he is dwelling somewhere below Whale dung.

Senator Harry Reid, Moonbat, indeed!

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