Just one day after the proponents of big government give final approval to an intrusive, anti-constitutional takeover of healthcare, The New York Times equates the regulatory scheme with civil rights…
Statists and central planners who favor the government takeover of healthcare are the victims of an intense campaign of hatred and intolerance organized by small-minded private citizens, according to the New York Times.
One day after the intrusive regulatory measure won congressional approval it was described as a victory for civil rights and a defeat for hateful Republicans. Leading advocates like Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) and Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) were held up as champions of American renewal, while private citizens supporting constitutional limited government were dismissed as unstable, vitriolic loons.
The opening paragraphs cut right to the chase.
“Forty-five years ago, John Lewis began the third of what became society-shifting civil rights marches from Selma to Montgomery, Ala,” the report says. “On Sunday, the anniversary of that famous trek, he joined hands with fellow House Democrats and marched past jeering protesters into the Capitol to remake the nation’s health care system.”
On ene side of the debate are progressives who are bold enough to subjugate constitutional principles, on the other side are villainous Republicans and hysterical, unwashed members of the public.
“Love it or hate it, there was no dispute that the health care overhaul was the most significant and far-reaching piece of domestic policy legislation to come before Congress in years,” the report continued. “Republicans clearly hated it.”
The report concludes by suggesting that final victory for “reform in the House vote completed a long struggle for equality and dignity that began decades ago against the same unsavory elements that showed up in force on Capitol Hill.
The final graphs are as follows:
“Republicans said the protests were simply a reflection of public disgust with both the measure and the procedural hoops Democrats were jumping through to get it to the president’s desk. `The public is on our side,’ said Representative Mike Pence of Indiana, the No. 3 House Republican, standing outside the Capitol as the chants rang around him. `The American people are rising up with one voice and saying enough is enough.’
Mr. Lewis said he was not intimidated as he walked to the Capitol with his colleagues, including Ms. Pelosi. In 1965, Mr. Lewis was bloodied and beaten by the police as he marched for civil rights. `What was so different more than anything else,’ he said of Sunday’s walk, `was we had the protection of the Capitol police.’
Even as the bill subtracts away from individual liberty and creates additional financial burdens on already beleaguered taxpayers it is equated to civil rights. Only The New York Times.
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