Here's the thing - the GOP, especially the males, are a bunch of ignorant neanderthals

[CatWoman]

And the women are no better -- especially if they vote for macho idiots like them.

Rep. Akin thinks a woman can't get pregnant if she is raped. Her uterus or some other female naughty part goes into instant Wonder Woman mode, and tracks down and zaps the rapists sperm into oblivion.

Rush Limbaugh believed that women took birth control pills by the handful each and every time she got into an amorous mood.

Folks, where are these people coming from? Where do they get this shit? Do they not have mothers? Sisters? Aunts? Wives? Any females they can talk to? Any woman ANYWHERE who can clear these matters up for them?

No wonder these people hate science.

[freshwest]

1. They stopped thinking years ago. They had 'talent on loan from God' to tell 'em what to think.

Why doesn't anyone question the name they've been given, Dittoheads? It's an insult and it's willful ignorance and bullying masquerading as strength. They pick on those with less power than themselves, no matter how they got it.

It takes NO courage to join forces with the rich and powerful to serve them. It DOES take courage to resist.

The GOP are craven cowards looking to find someone to look down on. But you really can't get any lower than being a fawning lapdog.

[Flatulo]

13. I know, right? I always thought 'dittohead' was so insulting. I guess they never got the joke. nt

[proud patriot]

2. i had a conversation w/ female republican about why she didn't like obama

This is before the whole akin thing ... She said "he is self centered and egostistical" I asked "how so?"
her response "he named obamacare after himself" I kid you not ...

I of course gave her the facts like the bills actual name and who first used the term obamacare.
she responded "I didn't post to debate just to voice my opinnion have a great weekend"

So I wish her well and went on with my day .

[Hydra]

5. "Thinking is hard..."

Actual quote from a group of women I worked with. I about fell over...and then I realized we as a species were probably screwed.

We're 5 billion lemmings, the few idiot "elite" leading them off the cliff after they kill the rest of us who aren't in the pack.

I'm sure there's an ironic joke in there somewhere...

[Lucy Goosey]

12. "he named obamacare after himself"

I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

[proud patriot]

15. It blew me away .... i was prepared for a lot of answers

but not that one.

[CatWoman]

17. I get the same reaction when I ask right wingers

"If you are so fired up and pissed off about Obama attending Rev. Wright's church, how is he a Muslim? Muslims don't attend Christian churches. So which is it?"

[Rozlee]

32. If they get so upset with Wright saying "Damn America" then why

did they never get upset with Republican presidents cosying up to the likes of the late, unlamented Reverend Jerry Falwell, who once famously said that America deserved what happened to us on 9/11. That we'd been damned because we'd allowed abortion, the removal of school prayers, tolerance of gays and other such religious right bugabears into society. Bin Laden was doing gawd's work! Damn America!

[CatWoman]

43. which is why I get so frustrated at dems when they cave in to the GOP

every time they get an attack of the "vapors"

[digonswine]

25. she meant "uppity"

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

26. That's the Republican mantra

They want to hold their wrong opinion, no matter what.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

3. I know an older Republican woman who's appalled by their crap.

She's in her 70 and a retired teacher. She, and she says most in her gardening club, are sickened by this crap.

I know Perry sent her across party lines to vote for the other side. Her husband didn't, but at least she did. I don't know what effect Ryan's relationship to Akins will have on her, but I'm betting it won't be good.

They've become too extreme for more than a couple old time party members. Maybe in time the Tea Baggers will force them to have to actually restructure their party?

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. We got a WINNAH

Regular repubs are repulsed by the tea party crowd

[Lone_Star_Dem]

8. What a lot of people don't think about is most of the Teabaggers in office

Are in congress. It's easier to sell this lunacy to a district. It's harder, but still feasible to sell it to a state, if they tailor the message a bit. On a national level, it does not work. Teabaggers are just too unpopular, even among Republicans.

The GOP has painted themselves into a corner by feeding these fringe until they took on a life of their own. I don't know how they plan on repairing the damage they've done to their party. I don't see any easy fixes to be honest.

They're well and truly screwed.

[freshwest]

19. And dying out. The new ones are teahadjists.

[malaise]

6. So seriously

Can you believe this shit?

Shakes head.

[surrealAmerican]

7. There are plenty of people, of every political stripe ...

... who just don't get accurate information on sexuality from their families. That's why it's so important to have comprehensive sex-ed in schools.

[CatWoman]

10. however

I have three older and three younger sisters, and I learned TONS from them.

[iemitsu]

27. you are/were lucky to have so many resources for your enlightenment

but many aren't so lucky.
i vote for the school centered sex education course (unless, of course, it is an abstinence only model).

[CatWoman]

28. I understand that

and that's all well and good.

Akin is married. Don't you think he could discuss such issues with his wife?

[iemitsu]

44. yes, of course.

but he probably has never had a frank discussion about sex with his wife, who most likely faked any orgasm she ever had.
she is supposed to know only what he taught her about that subject.

i did not mean to sound snotty in my earlier post. i respect you and your ideas as reflected in many posts i have read over the years.
re-reading my earlier response made me cringe. sorry.

[Auntie Bush]

31. Wow! Seven girls in your family! Any brothers?

[CatWoman]

37. three

and they are the best brothers in the world

the youngest is my soul mate.

the oldest is my father reincarnated. He looks so much like our dad and acts just like him.

the middle one is very special in so many ways. when my daughter died we only became closer.

[spanone]

9. it's an embarrassment to our education system...& he's running for the senate

God help us.

[TahitiNut]

11. I'd hesitate to demean peaceful Neanderthals like that.

The GOPricks (& GOPimps) share a gene pool that's more corrupt than my septic tank.

[valerief]

14. No, the GOP leadership are not ignorant. They JUST DO NOT CARE ABOUT US. NT

[CatWoman]

18. now I have Michael Jackson ringing in my head

[Initech]

16. It takes a special mind set to be that hateful

White Republican males are all part of the "I've got mine so fuck you" crowd. They hate everyone and everything that's not them. And not just a little hate either - with the firey passion of 1000 fire and brimstone sermons. I don't get it. Maybe they all scored low on South Park's TMI index and that's caused them to go crazy with violent rage.

[clydefrand]

20. NEANDERTHALS???

Don't say that. They were far more intelligent than Akin and the other idiots who agree with his stupid crap! I guess we will have to educate all young women who could become pregnant, which I certainly am not, that they can squeeze the hell out of the rapist penis so his sperm won't meet her egg/s. What a stupid man. How can we have such dumb assholes in our government?

[Major Nikon]

21. Don't forget Sanctimonious who said rape was a gift

As dumb as these shitbags are, I'd have to say Republican women who vote for this kind of assholery are even worse. What kind of woman votes for a party that has a clear anti-female agenda?

[calimary]

40. I ask myself that question all the time. WHO VOTES for these people?????

WHO on Earth thinks THIS is desirable representation????

WHO could possibly think this is a good thing? Good how?

I do NOT get it. I've heard about voting against one's own best interests, but this is freakin' ridiculous!

[quaker bill]

22. A lie that they are trying to maintain

Is that women only get pregnant by consent. This way it is "always her fault", and she should "bear the consequences".

They attempt to rationalize the brutality of their intended decisions by in some manner dehumanizing the victim.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

23. I hope GOP women....

....use the privacy of the booth to reject them. Sadly, I think a lot of them have turned over their rights to their husband or God, or whomever.

[Tom Ripley]

30. I have long suspected that quite a few of them do just that

[RainDog]

24. this is why I will never support vouchers to pay for religious schools

or vouchers in general - but the reason I so detest that idea is that the religious right uses it to fund their stupidity.

sorry, but no way. no tax dollars to support "religious" bullshit like this.

[KauaiK]

29. Outrageous Sexism AND Stupidity

From Slate:

The sexism is outrageous, but it’s the stupidity that really burns. It takes a lot of work for a member of the House science committee to cultivate an ignorance of science as profound as Todd Akin’s. It’s not accidental and it’s not incidental to his worldview—his belief system requires a rejection of science.

The thing about science, as Neil DeGrasse-Tyson says, is that it’s true whether you believe it or not. And the truth is that biology does not give a goddamn how sperm meets egg, whether it’s within the bounds of a sanctified marriage, in a test tube, or after a rape.

[russ1943]

35. God help us.

He’s a member of the “House Committee on Science, Space and Technology”!
That needs to be repeated; He’s a member of the “House Committee on Science, Space and Technology”!

[Spitfire of ATJ]

33. These are the types who consider women to be "evil"...

...they tossed man out of heaven and have been on the side of Satan ever since.

[cstanleytech]

34. Hey dont knock the neanderthals as I a willing to bet they were more forward thinking than most

republicans are currently.

[lonestarnot]

36. The motherfuckers were hatched under a fucking rock with heat from the sun. Yep, fire is still a

mystery to the mittwits.

[D23MIURG23]

38. I think that comparison is unfair to Neanderthals.

There is no reason to think they were less capable of being thoughtful and sociable than we are.

[Hugabear]

39. Excuse me, Neanderthals take exception to that comment

[calimary]

41. Hey, you know - we could use another one of those commercials now!

That's what's been missing!

[cstanleytech]

42. Just as long as its not a remake of the television show *shudder*

[99Forever]

46. They are little boy egos with tiny penises and premature...

... ejaculation problems. They aren't capable of pleasing or satisfying a woman, so they have to keep them down. It's why so many of them are gun freaks.