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Title: Legitimately Stupid Teabagger Post by: Howey on August 20, 2012, 08:18:08 am HuffPo (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/19/todd-akin-abortion-legitimate-rape_n_1807381.html) got it right on this one. How in the hell do these idiots get elected?
Quote Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.) justified his extreme opposition to abortion by claiming that victims of "legitimate rape" rarely get pregnant. In an interview with KTVI-TV on Sunday, the GOP Senate nominee was asked if he supported abortion in the case of rape. "From what I understand from doctors, that's really rare," said Akin said of pregnancy caused by rape. "If it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. But let's assume maybe that didn't work or something. I think there should be some punishment, but the punishment ought to be on the rapist." Akin won a three-way primary on Aug. 7 for the rights to a November battle against incumbent Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.). McCaskill was "stunned" by Akin's Sunday comments. Me being a mo and all...can anyone explain how a woman "shut(s) that whole thing down"? If women can "shug that whole thing down", then why is there a need for abortion? Or contraception? Title: Re: Legitimately Stupid Teabagger Post by: ekg on August 20, 2012, 03:21:11 pm It's not the first time the GOP has felt this way.. in 95 this idiot said
"Women do not get pregnant when raped because "the juices don't flow, the body functions don't work" during an attack, a state lawmaker said yesterday." Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Lawmaker-Says-Rape-Can-t-Cause-Pregnancy-3036411.php#ixzz247EZdgpH It seems as if this is an actual belief in some circles in the GOP.. and it kind of explains things. Title: Re: Legitimately Stupid Teabagger Post by: uselesslegs on August 20, 2012, 06:00:24 pm It's not the first time the GOP has felt this way.. in 95 this idiot said "Women do not get pregnant when raped because "the juices don't flow, the body functions don't work" during an attack, a state lawmaker said yesterday." Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Lawmaker-Says-Rape-Can-t-Cause-Pregnancy-3036411.php#ixzz247EZdgpH It seems as if this is an actual belief in some circles in the GOP.. and it kind of explains things. Today's beliefs, is tomorrow's facts. And by tomorrow, I mean literally a day or two's time from opinion to truth. |