Tennessee Democrat: Health Care Reform Opt-Outs Are Motivated by Racism

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Tennessee Democrat: Health Care Reform Opt-Outs Are Motivated by Racism
By David Weigel 3/22/10

In the GOP-leaning state, where the lieutenant governor (a birther, by the way) is demanding a lawsuit against the health care reform bill, one Democratic leader in the legislature attributes the anger to racism. House Democratic caucus leader Mike Turner:

We’ve got a lot of bills on states’ rights here, state sovereignty and all that. We went through that fight once before. All of a sudden, we have a black man elected president and everybody wants to start acting like something’s wrong with our country. I didn’t agree with a lot of things George Bush did, but I wasn’t ready to secede from the union. I think some of the people who are against Obama are just against Obama because he’s African-American.

Turner is white, for what it’s worth.

http://washingtonindependent.com/80024/tennessee-democrat-health-care-reform-opt-outs-are-motivated-by-racism

[Bumblebee]

1. and he is 100% right.

[cynatnite]

2. Ramsey's a POS. We're considering leaving the state if he gets Bredesen's job. n/t

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3. What are the chances he will?

Any idea?

[jaysunb]

4. Say It Loud !

:thumbsup:

[Bitwit1234]

5. I wanted Hillary, BUT I agree that those against everything they

Democrats are doing are racist, because they don't want Obama as president. Now that he got elected he should be given a chance to really turn around the mess bush made.

Even tho he was white he was the most destructive president and dumb president we ever had. His arrogance showed in everything he did.

Obama has class and character and intelligence, three things that make these racist mess themselves 10 times a day.

[ladjf]

6. plus elitism, greed, arrogance and ignorance. nt