Monday, March 22, 2010
Politics Newt Gingrich Compares Health Care Reform to Civil Rights Legislation (Doesn't Realize People Think Racism is Bad)
Posted by Jonny Diamond on Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 1:01 PM
If Democrats pass health reform, “They will have destroyed their party much as Lyndon Johnson shattered the Democratic Party for 40 years” by passing civil rights legislation.
As Krugman says, this line of thinking reveals what is worst about our politics: When scorekeeping and gamesmanship supersede principle. Does Gingrich not understand what he's saying here? Does he think Democrats regret doing the right thing by providing equality for all Americans under the eyes of the law? DOES HE THINK DEMOCRATS REGRET ENDING SEGREGATION? Dear Newt: please keep all the racist old Dixiecrats who "shattered" the party by leaving, we do not want them back.
Now, allow me to begin the following out-of-context meme: Newt Gingrich Compares Health Care Reform to Civil Rights! Sounds pretty good, doesn't it? Repeat.
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