During a pro-Planned Parenthood rally in New Jersey this week, Democratic Senator Frank Lautenberg reportedly blasted Republicans and conservatives who are against funding the pro-abortion group.

The Tea Party Republicans in Washington claim they’re concerned about the budget balance, but it’s a disguise! It’s not true! It’s a lie! That’s not what they want. They want — they want other people not to be able to have their own opinions. They don’t deserve the freedoms that are in the Constitution! But we’ll give them to them anyway.

Love that last bit -- as though freedoms were Lautenberg's to dispense.  h/t The Blaze (Thanks, Emily!)

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PJS
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PJS

Um,  Frank.  Please READ the document you reference.  I think it says in there somewhere that we are endowed by our CREATOR with certain rights.  It's not about "deserving."  We are born with them.

River
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River

We're watching our nation self-destruct before our eyes. Lincoln said, "Shall we expect some transatlantic military giant, to step over the ocean, and crush us at a blow? Never!... At what point, then, is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction
be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide."

raycon
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raycon

As Deuteronomy 30:19 says, "This day I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live."

Americans are choosing the path of nihilism.  River... you have allowed Abe to sum it up, and I think God Himself also does it rather well.


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Charles Lavergne
PJS: Um,  Frank.  Please READ the document you reference.  I think it says in there somewhere that we are endowed by our CREATOR with certain rights.  It's not about "deserving."  We are born with them. · Mar 26 at 4:51am

That's in the Declaration of Independence. Lautenberg referenced the Constitution.

PJS
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PJS

Charles Lavergne

PJS: Um,  Frank.  Please READ the document you reference.  I think it says in there somewhere that we are endowed by our CREATOR with certain rights.  It's not about "deserving."  We are born with them. · Mar 26 at 4:51am

That's in the Declaration of Independence. Lautenberg referenced the Constitution. · Mar 26 at 11:31am

My bad, realized it right after I posted, but had to get a move on.  But they kind of go together.

tabula rasa
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tabula rasa

Thanks, Frank.  Out here in flyover country, we appreciate your kindness in allowing us to keep our rights. 

Didn't he retire once?  What is it about octogenarian politicians who think God created them, and only them, to preside over the rest of us?  


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