Republican Senate Nominee:"Victims Of ‘Legitimate Rape’ Don’t Get Pregnant"

[jms62]

Also And he sits on the House Science, Space and Technology Committee

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by jms62

Also And he sits on the House Science, Space and Technology Committee

well, that way he can try to force schools to teach 'both theories'. you know, because creationism/intelligent design is a scientific theory, easily testible with mounds of data.

[Danzig]

incorrect info

[Antitrust32]

Originally Posted by Danzig

my oh my. in reading an article on yahoo about akin, i saw mention by a commenter about an ann romney comment regarding unequal pay, and that she supports it. i had missed that one, so i googled it-and wow! here for your reading pleasure:

At a meeting with the “Moms For Mitt” group yesterday outside Philadelphia, PA, Ann Romney was asked her opinion on Lilly Ledbetter and equal pay for equal work regarding women’s employment. Without hesitation she responded with another question that seemed to shock even the most staunch conservatives in the room.

“Why should women be paid equal to men? Men have been in the working world a lot longer and deserve to be paid at a higher rate. Heck, I’m a working mom and I’m not paid a dime. I depend on my husband to provide for me and my family, as should most women… and if a woman does work, she should be happy just to be out there in the working world and quit complaining that she’s not making as much as her male counterparts. I mean really, all this wanting to be equal nonsense is going to be detrimental to the future of women everywhere. Who’s going to want to hire a woman, or for that matter, even marry a woman who thinks she is the same, if not better than a man at any job. It’s almost laughable. C’mon now ladies, are you with me on this?”


how did i miss this before?!?!

http://www.snopes.com/politics/romney/momsformitt.asp


Thankfully Zig, this quote is about as false as they come. Thankfully.... because it made me think, no wonder ROmney puts his dog on the hood of the car because he's got the leash on his woman.

[Clip-Clop]

Akin needs to resign, today.

Ann Romney is smarter than that, c'mon 'Zig.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Clip-Clop

Akin needs to resign, today.

Ann Romney is smarter than that, c'mon 'Zig.

i didn't realize it was a spoof, guess that's why i didn't hear about it before. mea culpa

[Riot]

Originally Posted by Clip-Clop

Akin needs to resign, today.

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Interesting thing about the Akin resignation, he has to do it by end of business Tuesday or he's still on the ballot no matter what.

Akin represents most of the current GOP thinking. Remember the entire GOP, lead by Paul Ryan, tried to redefine "rape" into "forceable rape" just last year.

You know, it's not rape unless she has the crap beat out of her at the same time.

Crazy, idiotic douchebags, these pretend "men". Every one of them needs to get the hell out of our women's sex lives and personal healthcare. They are like Ayatollahs trying to force their religious views on their fellow Americans.

[Clip-Clop]

Originally Posted by Riot

Interesting thing about the Akin resignation, he has to do it by end of business Tuesday or he's still on the ballot no matter what.

Akin represents most of the current GOP thinking. Remember the entire GOP, lead by Paul Ryan, tried to redefine "rape" into "forceable rape" just last year.

You know, it's not rape unless she has the crap beat out of her at the same time.

Crazy, idiotic douchebags, these pretend "men". Every one of them needs to get the hell out of our women's sex lives and personal healthcare. They are like Ayatollahs trying to force their religious views on their fellow Americans.

That is why I said today.

The bill isn't exactly worded like that.
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-1...-112hr3pcs.pdf

[GenuineRisk]

Ryan and Akin are much more morally consistent than politicians who oppose abortion except in the cases of rape and incest. Opposing legal abortion except in cases of rape and incest means that the pregnancy is intended to punish a woman for having consensual sex. Which says some pretty awful things about how that person views pregnancy, childbirth and babies.

On some level, though, Akin knows it's a pretty awful position to hold, ergo his attempt to justify it by saying, well, raped women don't get pregnant anyway. Can you imagine a rapist using that as as defense? Well, your Honor, she got pregnant, so clearly she was asking for it. Not to mention a rapist then extending a paternity claim and demanding visitation rights as a way to keep himself in a woman's life, regardless of how she feels about it.

Pennsylvania Congressman Freind claimed something similar about rape and pregnancy, back in the 1980's. I think he claimed women secreted some kind of mysterious substance during rape that stopped them from getting pregnant.

But this is very consistent with the GOPs policy agenda regarding women's rights since 2010- limit abortion, reduce access to affordable contraception (and of course, it's the hormonal contraceptives and the IUD they object to, which, purely coincidentally I'm sure, are the forms of contraception women can go on without their partners having any say about or even knowledge of.

It's really not surprising at all if one's been following legislation passed at the state levels since 2010.

[GenuineRisk]

Here's a heartwarming story about where no abortion except in cases where the doctors believe the woman's (or girl's, in this case) life is in danger leads:

http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/18/world/...ion/index.html

[Antitrust32]

from Akin to Ann Romney's comments about equal pay for women... this entire thread makes me want to puke

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

Here's a heartwarming story about where no abortion except in cases where the doctors believe the woman's (or girl's, in this case) life is in danger leads:

http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/18/world/...ion/index.html

that's awful, just awful. and yeah, i can see that happening here. like i read/heard somewhere else, republicans don't think they should be interfering with the big banks on wall street, but they sure want to interfere in a woman's private life.

[Riot]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

But this is very consistent with the GOPs policy agenda regarding women's rights since 2010- limit abortion, reduce access to affordable contraception (and of course, it's the hormonal contraceptives and the IUD they object to, which, purely coincidentally I'm sure, are the forms of contraception women can go on without their partners having any say about or even knowledge of.

It's really not surprising at all if one's been following legislation passed at the state levels since 2010.

It is a very strong representation of what the current GOP stands for. Ryan believes life begins at conception and some forms of birth control are abortion. Ridiculous. All we need to do is include male masturbation as part of "killing future life" and their absurdity will be complete.

The GOP is voting on their abortion party platform tomorrow, very strict, very anti-woman. This is 2012 - the GOP needs to get their big government out of the vaginas of American women, period. This is not the damn Puritan era where a bunch of old white men decide what women can and cannot do.

And don't forget Missouri has alread elected this lunatic Atkin to Congress five times. Many in MO second district are just fine with his complete lack of science education and knowing how sex works - and trying to legislate his ignorance into being for everyone to suffer from.

[Thepaindispenser]

Riot it is one thing to be pro choice but when in your twisted mind does life begin?

[Thepaindispenser]

Danzig, I cant believe you fell for the Ann Romney hoax, I would expect a post like that from Riot,but not from you.