It's just another day and we have another crazy quote by a Tea Partier. During yesterday's Americans for Prosperity rally, Republican New Hampshire state Representative Bill O'Brien said the following:
"And what is Obamacare? It is a law as destructive to personal and individual liberty as the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 that allowed slave owners to come to New Hampshire and seize African Americans and use the federal courts to take them back to federal... to slave states."
Yes, mandating health insurance is comparable to slavery, so says a white man about a bill signed by the first African-American president.
Perhaps Mr. O'Brien is trying to rid himself of some white-guilt by attempting to convince himself and others that, "Hey, we may have enslaved you and your people, President Obama, but you're forcing us to get healthcare coverage so that we can get better and more affordable care to leave us less apt of dying prematurely or going bankrupt from medical bills! So, there - we're even!"
No, that's not even close to being even. If I were to compare the intelligence of Bill O'Brien and a turkey nicknamed "the slow one," that would be a much better example of being even.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/01/bill-obrien-obamacare_n_3692332.html
"And what is Obamacare? It is a law as destructive to personal and individual liberty as the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 that allowed slave owners to come to New Hampshire and seize African Americans and use the federal courts to take them back to federal... to slave states."
Yes, mandating health insurance is comparable to slavery, so says a white man about a bill signed by the first African-American president.
Perhaps Mr. O'Brien is trying to rid himself of some white-guilt by attempting to convince himself and others that, "Hey, we may have enslaved you and your people, President Obama, but you're forcing us to get healthcare coverage so that we can get better and more affordable care to leave us less apt of dying prematurely or going bankrupt from medical bills! So, there - we're even!"
No, that's not even close to being even. If I were to compare the intelligence of Bill O'Brien and a turkey nicknamed "the slow one," that would be a much better example of being even.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/01/bill-obrien-obamacare_n_3692332.html
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