This reader makes an excellent point:
I’ve seen a lot of “Worst Quote” features on other right-leaning sites, featuring howlers from the President, Pelosi, Evan Thomas, Chris Matthews, Andrea Mitchell, Whoopi Goldberg.
All of them leave out what was to me the most chilling quote, uttered by one Ruth Bader Ginsburg in response to a New York Times Magazine question about lack of Medicaid funding for abortions:”Yes, the ruling about that surprised me. [Harris v. McRae—in 1980 the court upheld the Hyde Amendment, which forbids the use of Medicaid for abortions.] Frankly I had thought that at the time Roe was decided, there was concern about population growth and particularly growth in populations that we don’t want to have too many of.”
I’m surprised that quote didn’t garner more attention, both in the year-end wrap up and during the debate about Healthcare Reform in the Senate.
Some quotes are just crazy, others truly, chillingly matter.





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