Harry Reid's 'slavery' comment: Revisionist history, straight up!

December 7, 2009: "Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has got the GOP up in arms with these controversial comments on health reform. He says the GOP's opposition to passing the bill is comparable to those in the past who opposed an end to slavery and women's suffrage." --DailyBeastVideo

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GRAND OLD PARTISAN: Hey, Harry! The supporters of slavery were DEMOCRATS (Every Republican should read this post by Michael Zak!) Click link above or read it here »

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Hey, Harry! The supporters of slavery were DEMOCRATS (12/7/2009 by Michael Zak)

Today, Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) said that people who oppose socialized medicine are comparable to those opposed freeing the slaves. Another outrageous lie from the Democrats!

Just as outrageous is that, by ignoring their party's heritage, the Republican Party has allowed Democrats and their lefty media allies to mislead millions of Americans about the true history of the Grand Old Party.

Every Republican, and I mean every Republican, should know that it was the Republican Party that freed the slaves and that it was the Democrats who wanted to keep African-Americans in chains. Democrats denounced President Abraham Lincoln (R-IL) for his Emancipation Proclamation, and congressional Democrats voted unanimously against the 13th Amendment to abolish slavery. In fact, so long as the GOP appreciated its heritage, the Democrats was known as the Slaveocrat Party.

To quote my own book: "The more we Republicans know about the history of our party, the more the Democrats will worry about the future of theirs."

Michael Zak is a popular speaker to Republican organizations around the nation, showing office-holders and candidates and activists how they would benefit tremendously from appreciating the heritage of our Grand Old Party. Back to Basics for the Republican Party is his acclaimed history of the GOP cited by Clarence Thomas in a Supreme Court decision. His Grand Old Partisan blog celebrates more than fifteen decades of Republican heroes and heroics. See www.RepublicanBasics.com for more information.