Harry Reid to call his Proctologist!

From the Associated Press news service earlier today...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama says "we should take our time" getting to a final health care bill.

He said Thursday he wants to go through the legislation in detail with Republicans to examine their ideas and Democratic ideas to see whether there are better ways to improve the nation's health care system than have already been proposed.

Obama said that letting some time pass before calling for a vote also will allow "everybody to get the real facts."

Could it be?  President Obama has cautioned his democrat colleagues to slow down and take their time rather than ramming a 2,000 page health care bill nobody has read through Congress and into law?

Suddenly sober and thoughtful review and discussion are the words of the day?

Perhaps the President is not aware of the fact that, according to his own Democrat Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid, anyone who suggests that the Congress "slow down" and take their time with health care are no different than those who opposed the end to slavery, women's sufferage and the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Back in December of last year, Harry Reid took the floor of the Senate and said just that.

Instead of joining us on the right side of history, all Republicans have come up with is this. – “slow down, stop everything, let’s start over.” If you think you have heard these same excuses, you’re right. When this country belatedly recognized the wrongs of slavery there were those who dug in their heels and said “slow down!” When women spoke up for the right to …to vote some insisted they “slow down.” When this body was on the verge of guaranteeing equal rights to everyone, regardless of the color of their skin, some senators resorted to the same filibuster threats that we hear here today! 

I would thoroughly enjoy watching some reporter ask Harry Reid - 

"Senator Reid, in light of President Obama's statement yesterday asking everyone to "slow down" in their mad rush to pass a health care bill, do you now also equate the President as being no differenet than those who opposed slavery, women's right to vote and the Civil Right Act of 1964 as you stated for the record on the floor of the Senate?"

Although I'm sure that a veteran, grizzled, experienced politician like Harry would have no difficulty fielding that question but it would still be amusing knowing that he would have to call his proctologist to let him know he found his head!