I made a mistake, but ... 9/11!!“Nobody wants to own your mistake … and that why I’m apologizing,” he said. “On the other hand, there are certain basic principles that we believe in and that I’m just completely committed to. And that is the fact that people and that life are tremendously valuable. That’s what has made America such a unique country, it’s because we believe that life is something that comes from our creator, we’re made in His image, and all across America you see Americans that have a respect for life.”
“I remember in Sept. 11th, there were rescue workers running into the buildings that were about to collapse. They grabbed somebody in a wheelchair, pick them up, they don’t check their ID to see whether they’re important or not. They just take them to safety and run back for more,” Akin pointed out.
“That’s the very special thing about our country. And that’s what we have at risk right now, and we have to defend that.”
Yeah, sorry, but I'm not getting how firefighters rescuing someone from a collapsing building is in danger of going away.
And while we're on the subject of “respect for life” ….My arse.
Let us agree to stop calling people "pro-life" and start calling them what they really are: "anti-choice."
The next time someone tells you he or she is "pro-life" please challenge the assertion. Ask what (s)he thinks about capital punishment. Ask what (s)he thinks about waging war. Ask what (s)he thinks about food subsidies for the poor. Ask what (s)he thinks about free meals for school children.
Find me a pro-lifer who doesn't think the first of those two is just fine, and the latter two are an infringement on his/her right to spend his/her own money. Oh, excuse me. The latter two are government stepping in where it doesn't belong.
These folks are not "pro-life" at all. These folks are purely and simply "anti-choice." Let's call them by their rightful name.
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