New Jersey Sen. Frank Lautenberg made a speech at a little Planned Parenthood rally last week. Here's what he had to say about the evil Republicans and their attempts to cut spending:

"The Republicans in Congress claim they're concerned about the budget balance, but it's a disguise, it's not true, it's a lie. That's not what they want. They want other people not to be able to have their own opinions. They don't deserve the freedoms that are in the Constitution. But we'll give it to them anyway."

This is what passes for political discourse in 2011. Lautenberg would never make this statement in any setting where he might be required to defend it in a free-wheeling debate. It's very nice that Lautenberg will let Republicans keep their freedoms .. isn't that generous of him?