Like Kerry, Salazar has said he personally opposes abortion but believes women should be able to make their own choice. Abraham Lincoln: " Personally, I'm opposed to slavery. However, if southern plantation owners wish to keep slaves, well that's their choice."
Got a problem with that statement Mr. Salazar? Mr. Kerry?
Didn't think so.
You shouldn't attribute that statement (even hypothetically) to Abraham Lincoln, not when there's a readily available Democrat who said almost precisely those same words in debates with Abraham Lincoln and who therefore makes the exact same point SO SO much better - Stephen Douglas.
"The great principle is the right of everyone to judge and decide for himself, whether a thing is right or wrong, whether it would be good or evil for them to adopt it; and the right of free action, the right of free thought, the right of free judgement upon the question is dearer to every true American than any other under a free government. ... It is no answer to this argument to say that [it] is an evil and hence should not be tolerated. You must allow the people to decide for themselves."
- Democrat Stephen Douglas, in response to a comment that slavery was evil (the comment was made by Republican Abraham Lincoln) - 1858
Sen. Kerry Is A Reincarnation of Stephen Douglas
http://www.suntimes.com/output/roeser/cst-edt-roes01.html I call it the "Pro-Choice Movement, 1858".
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