Legitimate rape

[Yonivore]

I'll bet Akin is out of the race by 5:00 P.M. tomorrow.

[boutons_deux]

Todd Akin's "Legitimate" Rape Statement Was Not a Gaffe


What Todd Akin said was no gaffe and does not need “clarification” from a media going out of its way to be “fair” and “objective” even when that objectivity comes at the expense of truth.



When Todd Akin spoke of “legitimate rape,” it was a theme he has sounded for the past two decades, first as a four-term member of the Missouri House of Representatives and then in six terms in Congress.

At one point in the mid-90s, Akin, as noted in Talking Points Memo, voted for a bill that would criminalize marital rape, but not before he made it clear that he was concerned that women were going to lie and say their husbands had raped them to gain advantage in divorce settlements.

Todd Akin has a problem with women.

And judging from the rest of the Jaco interview, that’s not all that concerns Akin. Though the rape comment, quite understandably, has attracted the most attention, Akin also made it clear that he would not mind dialing back the Civil Rights acts of the 1960s, including the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and returning all decisions on elections to the states.

http://www.alternet.org/hot-news-vie...tter696110&t=1

[CosmicCowboy]

Todd Akin's "Legitimate" Rape Statement Was Not a Gaffe


What Todd Akin said was no gaffe and does not need “clarification” from a media going out of its way to be “fair” and “objective” even when that objectivity comes at the expense of truth.



When Todd Akin spoke of “legitimate rape,” it was a theme he has sounded for the past two decades, first as a four-term member of the Missouri House of Representatives and then in six terms in Congress.

At one point in the mid-90s, Akin, as noted in Talking Points Memo, voted for a bill that would criminalize marital rape, but not before he made it clear that he was concerned that women were going to lie and say their husbands had raped them to gain advantage in divorce settlements.

Todd Akin has a problem with women.

And judging from the rest of the Jaco interview, that’s not all that concerns Akin. Though the rape comment, quite understandably, has attracted the most attention, Akin also made it clear that he would not mind dialing back the Civil Rights acts of the 1960s, including the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and returning all decisions on elections to the states.

http://www.alternet.org/hot-news-vie...tter696110&t=1

And yeah there are conniving es that would do exactly that.

[boutons_deux]

and there are no bas s who would rape their wives

[TeyshaBlue]

It's not a binary solution set, boutons.

[CosmicCowboy]

rumor is the dude is gonna resign from the race. This was just too ed up to come back from.

[ElNono]

It's not a binary solution set, boutons.

How do you know? Have you ever been "legitimately" raped?

[Yonivore]

rumor is the dude is gonna resign from the race. This was just too ed up to come back from.

I agree.

[TeyshaBlue]

How do you know? Have you ever been "legitimately" raped?

One summer at band camp.....

[boutons_deux]

It's not a binary solution set, boutons.

TB

[TeyshaBlue]

I've got nothing.

[ElNono]

One summer at band camp.....

[boutons_deux]

Akin speaks for a lot conservatives, tea baggers, etc

Influential Conservatives Defending Akin

1. Erick Erickson. The RedState honcho and CNN contributor excused Akin’s scientifically illiterate remarks as simply “inarticulate” and then accused President Obama of being pro-infanticide, saying: “the people horrid by Todd Akin’s remarks are, I’m sure, thrilled to have a President who defended infanticide. I’ll take Todd Akin’s inarticulate remarks over an infanticide supporter any day of the week.” Somewhat ironically, Erickson is now claiming that Akin will withdraw from the race.

2. Tony Perkins. The head of the Family Research Council said “we support [Akin] fully and completely” and that “I think that Todd Akin is getting a really bad break here.”

3. Chris and Dana Loesch. The conservative commentary power couple both lept to Akin’s defense. Chris claimed that “what [Akin] said was medically correct” while Dana wrote that Akin’s comments were less bad than his opponent Claire McCaskill’s record by “any real standard of measurement.”

4. Bryan Fischer. The American Family Association’s “director of issue analysis” straight-up defended Akin’s position, tweeting “Todd Akin is right: physical trauma of forcible rape can interfere w/ hormonal production, conception.”

5. Marjorie Dannenfelser. The head of the anti-abortion Susan B. Anthony list said that “We are proud to support Congressman Akin,” but later backtracked, amending her statement to “Congressman Akin has been an excellent partner in the fight for the unborn.”

6. Glenn Reynolds. The popular pundit and law professor simply wrote “BY THE TIME I NOTICED THIS STORY, IT WAS OVER, but Todd Akin’s “legitimate rape” remarks pale in comparison with Whoopi Goldberg’s.”

thinkprogress.org/election/2012/08/20/716001/influential-conservatives-defending-akin/

[TeyshaBlue]

And he doesn't speak for alot of conservatives, tea baggers, etc.

Following a growing uproar over Mr. Akin’s provocative comments on rape and abortion in an interview broadcast Sunday, the National Republican Senatorial Committee threatened to withdraw its financial and party support for Mr. Akin a day after the Republican nominee said victims of “legitimate rape” rarely get pregnant.

Crossroads GPS, a Republican nonprofit group that had already spent more than $5 million to weaken Senator Claire McCaskill of Missouri, long considered the Senate’s most endangered in bent, announced it was withdrawing from the state.

At the same time, Republican candidates including Mitt Romney and Senator Scott Brown of Massachusetts either called for Mr. Akin to step aside or strongly indicated he should. Senator John Cornyn of Texas, chairman of the Senate campaign committee, personally told Mr. Akin to step aside, a senior Republican Senate campaign aide said.



http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/21/us...pagewanted=all

lol thinkprogress

[coyotes_geek]

lol boutons, lol thinkprogress

[boutons_deux]

he speaks for a lot of conservatives and tea baggers.

he and Ryan have been pushing the "legitimate rape" concept for months, plus banning all kinds of contraceptive drugs, with NO PUSHBACK for the Repugs.

[TeyshaBlue]

And he doesnt speak for a lot of conservatives and tea baggers
I just showed you pushback. You won't find pushback on thinkprogress.

[CosmicCowboy]

He damn sure doesn't speak for me. I honestly just wish Republicans would get the over abortion and gay rights. No sense fighting over it or even talking about it. I can be a fiscal conservative and despise Obama without agreeing with their ed up social agenda (which is totally pointless because they will NEVER get anything passed)

[ElNono]

He damn sure doesn't speak for me. I honestly just wish Republicans would get the over abortion and gay rights. No sense fighting over it or even talking about it. I can be a fiscal conservative and despise Obama without agreeing with their ed up social agenda (which is totally pointless because they will NEVER get anything passed)

Are you a "legitimate" fiscal conservative or?


just messing with ya

[TeyshaBlue]

He damn sure doesn't speak for me. I honestly just wish Republicans would get the over abortion and gay rights. No sense fighting over it or even talking about it. I can be a fiscal conservative and despise Obama without agreeing with their ed up social agenda (which is totally pointless because they will NEVER get anything passed)

I think the vast majority of conservatives don't give a about contraception issues. But the far-right Santorum nutbars enable the far left nutbars to frame all conservatives as far right nutbars. The distinction is lost on those bereft of critical thinking...aka...the thinkprogress crowd.

[TeyshaBlue]

Are you a "legitimate" fiscal conservative or?


just messing with ya

you're a trouble maker today.

Back to the native country for you, boy!

[CosmicCowboy]

Are you a "legitimate" fiscal conservative or?


just messing with ya

Of course I am. I'll try to drop a few crumbs occasionally but I think y'all probably need to learn to do with less...

[ElNono]

you're a trouble maker today.

Back to the native country for you, boy!

Make me


Actually, I'm visiting the family for two weeks in about 15 days... please keep the bot in check while I'm away, kthx

[TeyshaBlue]

Make me


Actually, I'm visiting the family for two weeks in about 15 days... please keep the bot in check while I'm away, kthx

Sweet. You and CC are quite the elite vacationing 1%ers!

[DMC]

Mother ers didn't learn from Clayton Williams.