Harry Reid Racist Comments:What Did Harry Reid Say?

Harry Reid Racist Comments:What Did Harry Reid Say? – Harry Reid Racist comments towards Obama are creating a lot of heat for the Senate Majority Leader.

Michael Steele and many other Republicans are calling for Reid to step down for his racially insensitive comments.The RNC Chairman said on “Fox News Sunday”:

“I think he should,There is a standard where Democrats think they can say these things and apologize when it comes from the mouth of their own. But if it comes from anyone else, it’s racism. It’s either racist or it’s not. And it’s inappropriate, absolutely. So if the standard is the one we saw with Trent Lott as leader at the time, then I think this absolutely falls in that category here. … Remember, this is the same leader who just a few weeks ago was talking about health care in the context of slavery. Clearly he is out of touch.”

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Harry Reid To Barack Obama:Sorry For No Negro Dialect Remark‎

Harry Reid To Barack Obama:Sorry For No Negro Dialect Remark‎ – Harry Reid has learned the hard way that you should probably not use the words Negro,light skinned and Obama in the same sentence.On Saturday Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid has publicly apologized to president for a comment he made during the 2008 election.

According to the book “Game Change” by Time Magazine’s Mark Halperin and New York magazine’s John Heilemann, Reid described Barack Obama as a “light skinned” African-American “with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one” – would help rather than hurt his eventual presidential bid.Obama accepted, the apology bu saying:
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Public Option Health Care Plan:Harry Reid Reform Compromise

Public Option Health Care Plan:Harry Reid Reform Compromise – Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid emerged from the Capitol this evening with some breaking news that will one way or another affect the nation.Reid told reporters that after six days of intense negotiations they have finally struck a tentative agreement to replace the controversial government-run insurance plan aka public option in their version of health-care legislation.He said:

“We have a broad agreement.Tonight, we’ve overcome a real problem that we had.”

Reid explained that the decision will please President Obama.

Harry Reid Public Option Announcement

Harry Reid Public Option Announcement – Harry Reid is a hero or a traitor depending on which side of the political aisle you stand.Earlier today Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid made a bit of surprising announcement when he revealed that the health insurance bill,he will be bringing to the Senate floor in the upcoming days will include a public health insurance option that individual states could decline to participate in aka opt-out public option.He said:

“I’ve concluded –with the support of the White House, Senators Dodd and Baucus — that the best way to move forward is to include a public option with the opt-out provision for states.The public option, with an opt-out, is the one that’s fair.”

Reid added:
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Public Option On Table For Nancy Pelosi And Harry Reid?

Public Option On Table For Nancy Pelosi And Harry Reid? – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is apparently getting her message across and the public option is back on the table.Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is signaling that he has enough votes to get the public option in the health care reform bill that he will bring to the full Senate in the coming weeks.According to ABC:
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