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janlyn

(735 posts)
Tue Aug 21, 2012, 11:00 AM Aug 2012

Todd Akin not the only idiot in the GOP

If it were an isolated incident of one ignorant dumb ass,I think Akins comments would not be as FRIGHTENING as they are...

Offensive? without a DOUBT! Ignorant? goes without saying!

But what is so frightening is the idea that this is the mindset of men in positions of power that make laws we have to obey!!!



Idaho state Sen. Chuck Winder (R) recently justified his opposition to abortion in cases of rape by questioning whether women really know what rape is.

"I would hope that when a woman goes in to a physician with a rape issue, that physician will indeed ask her about perhaps her marriage, was this pregnancy caused by normal relations in a marriage or was it truly caused by a rape," he told colleagues during a debate over an anti-abortion bill.

This is just one example of many including Ryan's Bill to change the wording to "forcible" Rape..

Georgia's attempt last year to change the wording of rape victim to rape accuser.

Utah's "Criminal Miscarriage" Law

If you aren't outraged AND frightened,you aren't paying attention!!

How about we invent a time machine and shag ALL their asses back to the puritan days???It's where they belong with their archaic thinking!!!

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Todd Akin not the only idiot in the GOP (Original Post) janlyn Aug 2012 OP
You are correct CanonRay Aug 2012 #1
So right! He's just the most visible one - at least for today. Arkansas Granny Aug 2012 #2
Now THERE is an understatement!!! HopeHoops Aug 2012 #3

CanonRay

(14,104 posts)
1. You are correct
Tue Aug 21, 2012, 11:03 AM
Aug 2012

and that is evidenced by the support he is still getting from RW talk radio and in freeperville. There crazy within the crazy.

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