lies and the lying liars...

Somtimes Colorado really scares me:

Congressman Bob Beauprez was denounced by state legislators today for comments he made in a recent radio interview about black pregnancies and abortion.

"In some of our ethnic communities, we're seeing very, very high percentages of babies, children, pregnancies end in abortion," Beauprez said in an interview broadcast on Colorado Public Radio. "I've seen numbers as high as 70 percent, maybe even more, in the African-American community that I think is just appalling."

Of course, the black community called bullshit on Beauprez and he apologized.

My big concern here is not that a lunatic pro-life Republican would lie. That's no surprise. That he was allowed to lie so blatantly on CPR without a reporter stepping in and challenging what the interviewer clearly had to know was false is shameful. But, that's how the liberal media attacks Republicans, of course.

What I also find interesting is just how bigoted this statement is. After all, if blacks and minorities are all welfare queens who are sucking up state aid, welfare, food stamps, and Medicaid, how can they afford private abortions to the extent that Beauprez wants people to believe they are? After all, you can't get an abortion on Medicaid benefits, so all those black women are going out of pocket to terminate their pregnancies. What a douche.

(via Avarosis)

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