THE DEMS HITTING BELOW THE BELT

The Democrats have both houses of Congress and the presidential bully pulpit, yet, apparently, it is not enough. Case in point, the formidable wall the Dems have to spiral to get healthcare reform enacted is causing the likes of Harry Reid to hit below the belt. Our modern day Napoleon is not handling his coming waterloo well; he has equated Republican opposition to healthcare reform akin to the supposedly Republican stance against emancipation for the slaves during the Pre-Bellum period. Perhaps, I have my history wrong-but I thought that President Lincoln was a Republican and that he is noted in our history as responsible for freeing the slaves. Circa 1981, my brother Leon was secretly dating this Mormon girl in high-school, which in itself was a no, no, even then in Concord California. My other brothers and I were curious about the Mormon Faith and went inquiring of our dad (hope you recalled this Dad). Dad, being the walking font of data he was, conveyed to us that the Mormons had just recently allowed blacks to be part of their laity (1977). When we asked my brother’s girlfriend why the delay in allowing blacks to be members of their church, notwithstanding our listening to the Osmonds music, we were told that it was in 1977 that their leader received an epiphany from on high. Our dad reasoning for the Mormons allowing blacks to be part of their congregation was more grounded; he told us that it was a tax thing. I conveyed this story because I thought it was apt to Harry Reid, a proud Mormon, to let him know that he must be careful when using “race” because the “Peculiar Institution” has implicated many, even the Mormons.

-Verily Prime