Conservatives express outrage over Reid slavery remarks -- yet routinely claim progressives enslaving America
Conservative media figures have attacked Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's (D-NV) remarks linking slavery to Republican opposition to health care reform legislation, but have routinely attacked progressives and the Obama administration for creating "slavery" and enslaving the public.
Conservatives frequently accuse Obama administration, progressives of creating "slavery"
For instance:
* Beck: Recipients of federal aid have been "taught to be slaves"
* Beck: Progressive policies create "slavery"; "slavery to government, welfare, affirmative action, regulation, control"
* After ranting about how "illegal immigration is modern-day slavery," Beck compares himself to Ben Franklin
* Beck says he can "make a case" Rathke brothers are "enslaving people through ACORN"
* Beck: "The government's irresponsible spending is turning us into slaves"
* Tax deduction change latest Obama proposal Beck claims "involves enslaving people"
* Beck: "You know what this president is doing right now? He is addicting this country to heroin -- the heroin that is government slavery."
* Beck says of stimulus package: "It is slavery"
* Beck again compares recovery bill to slavery
* On Fox, Forbes' Ozanian refers to Employee Free Choice Act as "pro-slavery bill"
* Breitbart's BigGovernment.com publishes blog post comparing health care reform proposal to slavery
* In rant on health care, Levin equated Senate Finance bill with "economic slavery"
* Limbaugh: Democratic Party "obsessed with your death," "party of abortion and euthanasia, slavery and not liberty"
* Limbaugh's guest host is latest radio host to compare current policies or proposals to slavery
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