Marco Rubio Gives the Greatest Pro-Life Speech in a Generation
Ben Domenech ·
February 4, 2012 at 7:07pm
Watch this. Now.
Marco Rubio always seems to follow Peter's four word advice about speech-giving: "Crack jokes. Tell stories." It's a rarity in the Senate, where so many are in love with the sounds of their own voices. But the principles that undergird these words are the key element, the aspect so often sorely lacking in political speeches today.
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Nov '10
Re: Marco Rubio Gives the Greatest Pro-Life Speech in a Generation
He needs some manners though. Who is "she" who introduced him? Etiquette requires that if the person is in the room you use the name and not the pronoun.
Nov '10
Re: Marco Rubio Gives the Greatest Pro-Life Speech in a Generation
I'm thinking it's Kelly Ayotte from New Hampshire. He said Kelly and she's pro-life.
Nov '11
Re: Marco Rubio Gives the Greatest Pro-Life Speech in a Generation
He refers to her as Kelly just prior to the two minute mark. Kelly Ayotte. Tsk tsk, tut tut.
Nov '11
Re: Marco Rubio Gives the Greatest Pro-Life Speech in a Generation
This is a great speech, everyone watch and share.
Re: Marco Rubio Gives the Greatest Pro-Life Speech in a Generation
Indeed, it was Kelly Ayotte. What are you, etiquette cop?
May '11
Re: Marco Rubio Gives the Greatest Pro-Life Speech in a Generation
I can proudly say, "That's my Senator."
I compare him to Florida's other Senator, Bill Nelson. Nelson is not my Senator.
Apr '11
Re: Marco Rubio Gives the Greatest Pro-Life Speech in a Generation
Well I look forward to having the choice of picking him to be the Republican Nominee for President. My great fear will be that he will run against Chris Christie and I will be paralyzed by indecision.
Edited on February 4, 2012 at 11:54pmJan '12
Re: Marco Rubio Gives the Greatest Pro-Life Speech in a Generation
That was powerful, a strong challenge to those--and we have met some here at Ricochet--who pull out the "majority supports abortion*" and the "you can't impose your religious values" arguments. Notice also that not all Rubio's arguments relied upon religious faith: there is the very logic of what it means to be alive; there is the the fact that Roe v. Wade is just plain loony constitutional law.
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* Besides, it is not the case that the majority support abortion in all circumstances.
Feb '12
Re: Marco Rubio Gives the Greatest Pro-Life Speech in a Generation
A fantastic 26 minute speech on such a serious subject and THAT was your first thought about it? It's usually best to keep that kind of inanity to yourself.
Nov '11
Re: Marco Rubio Gives the Greatest Pro-Life Speech in a Generation
Although I consider myself a moderate on this issue (to Leftists, that means I'm an anti-choice extreme woman hater), it is very important to me that if politicians are going to speak about it, that they do so with principle and passion, and that they don't speak in cliches, and that their votes match up with their rhetoric - I recall looking at Obama's rhetoric in 2008 about abortion, and then looking at his votes, and being filled with rage. Rubio really gets this issue.
Jun '10
Re: Marco Rubio Gives the Greatest Pro-Life Speech in a Generation
Look I like Christie, too...but he's hardly the Messiah. :-)
Aug '10
Re: Marco Rubio Gives the Greatest Pro-Life Speech in a Generation
With all the heated back and forth in this primary about this or that candidate pandering on conservative principles, it's reassuring to see that we have politicians that do get it. It was an excellent speech.
Edited on February 4, 2012 at 9:00pmMay '10
Re: Marco Rubio Gives the Greatest Pro-Life Speech in a Generation
Bravo, bravo, bravo! Clear, powerful, passionate, and I loved how he encouraged everyone on the pro-life side to not shy away from this fight. There is so much that one could comment on but this part brought tears to my eyes:
"An unborn child can't vote. An unborn child can't speak. Actually, they can. You speak for them. That's what you are. In this competition between two competing sets of rights, you are the voice for children who cannot speak for themselves."
Apr '11
Re: Marco Rubio Gives the Greatest Pro-Life Speech in a Generation
It was a wonderful speech. I would normally have wanted him to stay in the Senate longer, but having him as the VP candidate would help make him "next in line" and that would be a good thing. If Obama is defeated, as VP Rubio would preside over the Senate and break ties. If Obama is reelected, Rubio is still in the Senate......
Re: Marco Rubio Gives the Greatest Pro-Life Speech in a Generation
Those close to Rubio say he'd prefer to be Jesse Helms, not an early Veep pick. We'll see.
Feb '11
Re: Marco Rubio Gives the Greatest Pro-Life Speech in a Generation
concerned citizen: Bravo, bravo, bravo! Clear, powerful, passionate, and I loved how he encouraged everyone on the pro-life side to not shy away from this fight. There is so much that one could comment on but this part brought tears to my eyes:
"An unborn child can't vote. An unborn child can't speak. Actually, they can. You speak for them. That's what you are. In this competition between two competing sets of rights, you are the voice for children who cannot speak for themselves." · 17 minutes ago
I have of late been using a phrase for those young people especially who speak for the unborn: the "66%" -- the 66% of their generation not killed by abortion. We need to stand up for the unborn. We are the 66%.
Apr '11
Re: Marco Rubio Gives the Greatest Pro-Life Speech in a Generation
I hope so. The VP slot would be a waste of his talents.
Feb '12
Re: Marco Rubio Gives the Greatest Pro-Life Speech in a Generation
I shared this on my facebook page. Best thing I've watched in a long time!
Jul '11
Re: Marco Rubio Gives the Greatest Pro-Life Speech in a Generation
Just a wonderful shining light in the ever darkening dream of GOP politics. 2016 Rubio.
May '10
Re: Marco Rubio Gives the Greatest Pro-Life Speech in a Generation
Yet even Rubio succumbs to euphemisms.
Killing a child in the womb is a brutal act. Brutality should be condemned as bluntly as possible. Don't even say "abortion". It's killing a child.
Don't ever say that. That concedes that an unborn child is not a person, which is incorrect.
How we define a person grows and recedes as that person matures and diminshes in old age. Just as an old man breathing his final breaths, unable to speak or move, is still a person, a child who cannot yet speak or think is also a person.
There is nothing a month-old human baby can do that an adult chimpanzee cannot, yet it should go without question that the baby's life is more valuable than the chimp's. Our worth is not derived from what we can do. It is inherent, with God's love.
Anyway, I'm thankful that Rubio speaks for the children. Killing an innocent is not an acceptable way to avoid any hardship.