Congressman: Reid runs the Senate 'like a plantation'

[IDemo]

Source: CNN

Washington (CNN) -- Rep. Bill Cassidy, the Republican congressman running for the U.S. Senate in Louisiana, is taking heat from the left and the right after he said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid "runs the Senate like a plantation."

Reid, asked Tuesday by reporters about the comment, demanded an apology.

"With all the things going on in America today, that's fairly insensitive," Reid told reporters on Capitol Hill. "That's really insensitive. Very insensitive. If there was ever a statement that deserves an apology, this is it big time. Has he been taking lessons from Donald Sterling? Where did he get this?"

Cassidy made the comments during an interview with an energy trade publication. He was trying to make the point that it doesn't matter whether Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu bucks her party on energy issues because Reid calls the shots. Landrieu has told voters she'll stand up to her party and the president on energy issues.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/09/politics/bill-cassidy-plantation-comments/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

[davidpdx]

1. So he's saying that Reid treats his fellow 99 Senators that elected him like slaves

What a insensitive racist piece of shit.

[former9thward]

5. He was not elected by 99 Senators.

He was elected by the 55 Senators who are either Democrats or Indies that caucus with Democrats.

[davidpdx]

6. Yes he won the majority with Ds, but he is still elected by the body at large

whether that was all the Senators or not.

[Psephos]

9. Elected by the Senate, but not by 99 Senators. n/t

[IDemo]

8. Unfortunately,

being an insensitive racist piece of shit will endear him to his base.

[davidpdx]

12. Very true

[EEO]

2. I love projection.

Republicans have turned it into a fine art.

[OldRedneck]

3. Too bad . . .

Too bad Reid can't sell a few of the Republicans. On the other hand, who would buy the likes of Gramps McCain, Turtleface McConnell, and Squeaky Graham??

[SoapBox]

4. Gee...no "code" in saying that.

And if PukeBaggers were in control...complete dictatorship.

[whereisjustice]

7. entitled, delusional sonofabitch should not get away with talking like that

[quadrature]

10. the Senate has always been run like a plantation

has nothing to do with who or what party is the boss.

one person decides what the Senate votes on.

perhaps some other word would be better?
how about hacienda?, or maybe reservation?

[Major Hogwash]

11. No racist imagery in that statement, huh?

Amazing to me that someone like that is in Congress.

[marble falls]

13. If he thinks Reid is a slave master over Senate votes, I bet he really went after John Boehner!

[malthaussen]

14. Well, why is a leading party official called a "whip," after all?

In fairness, one should probably say that the Senate leader (and the Speaker of the House) wish they could run their chambers like a plantation. Or at least their parties.

-- Mal

[Amethyst Ring]

15. Unlike slaves, Bill, you can walk away

If your work is such a burden to you, that you feel like a slave, resign.

You won't like it in the Senate any better.