"It’s sad that we have to be careful" about equating children's health care to slavery
He got all righteous on Wednesday night, and told the world that approving the Democrats' SCHIP proposal would be slavery. He didn't say it was like slavery. Or akin to slavery. He said "that is slavery." In fact, to drive home his point in a big finish, he pointed to the picture of Abraham Lincoln on the wall in front of him, and said:
That man on the wall [Lincoln] tried to end it in this country, and they [supporters of the SCHIP proposal] want to bring it back!
In response -- I'm sure this will surprise you -- people got mad. His equation of support for a children's health care proposal with the desire to re-enslave an entire race of people was not well received.
But Schaaf says he wasn't trying to offend anyone. He was just making a "valid" point."
“I didn’t say the children’s health insurance program is like slavery,” he said. “It’s sad that we have to be careful, afraid to use words that have applicable meaning. ... It seems to me they would silence our valid argument by trying to turn it into a racial issue.”
He "didn't the children’s health insurance program is like slavery" -- he just said that a proposal to allow more children to participate in the program is slavery. See the difference?
Yeah, me neither.
