Guest Sees 'Civil War' Over Abortion and Pro-Lifers Akin to Tiller Killer, MSNBC's Lui Silent
Robert Redford’s period piece on the assassination of Abraham Lincoln hits theaters Friday, but one author who was featured on MSNBC thinks America is embroiled in a modern day “civil war” over abortion.
On the April 12 edition of “Martin Bashir,” fill-in anchor Richard Lui failed to challenge Stephen Singular, author of “The Wichita Divide,” on the illogical connection he drew between the man who killed Dr. George Tiller, who was known for providing late-term abortions, and pro-life advocates who are pushing to de-fund Planned Parenthood.
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During the six-minute interview, Lui lobbed softball questions and gave Singular a soapbox to compare the “forces that oppose abortion” to Scott Roeder, the radical activist who gunned down Tiller in his church in 2009.
“I think when the forces that oppose abortion are willing to essentially shut down the federal government over a woman's right to choose what she wants to do with her own body, when it reaches that level, I think it can be called a war,” argued Singular.
A video of the segment, which aired at 3:11 p.m. EDT on MSNBC’s “Martin Bashir,” can be found below:
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There is a civil war going on
Submitted by ricklail on Tue, 04/12/2011 - 6:03pm.
There is a civil war going on between:
The givers and the takers
The independent and the dependent.
Good and evil.
Those who want less gubmint and those who want more.
I heard this on Boortz.
I'll get out of your womb when you get out of my stomach, take your hands off my light bulbs, get out of toilet, just to name a few.
Woman's right to choose
Submitted by wingnut55 on Tue, 04/12/2011 - 7:34pm.
When a woman has unprotected sex she has made her choice. Every abortion results in a death. The death of the baby. In truth the Supreme Court should reverse the Roe v. Wade ruling because the main witness has admitted that she lied under oath. How many convicted killers get a new trial because someone has lied under oath, but not these innocent babies. They keep getting killed every day. The argument that we need to keep the abortion law for those women who have been raped or attacked by a family member, but Roe v. Wade shows us that we can't trust the lawyers and judges in those cases. Jane Roe lied about getting raped and later admitted it. Her lawyer knew of the lie but used it to win her case.
Pro Life is Murder?
Submitted by m1xram on Tue, 04/12/2011 - 8:18pm.
Trying to save innocent children from murder is murder. That makes as much sense as most "progressive" statements.
It is interesting that he mentions the Civil War. Slavery was / is just as evil as mass murder of children. But if you compare the two issues there doesn't seem to be much bloodshed on the battle field. Only innocent children, who can't defend themselves, are murdered.
The opposite of Left is Freedom.
Planned Parenthood
Submitted by PrimalElements on Wed, 04/13/2011 - 7:55am.
Tiller One Man.
Planned Parenthood last year killed enough to wipe
out the entire city of Cincinnati.