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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOperation awkward: Will Paul Ryan distance himself from Mourdock now?
Operation awkward: Will Paul Ryan distance himself from Mourdock now?
by Kaili Joy Gray
Things sure do get tricky when one Republican says something they all believe, but he gets in trouble for saying it.
Enter Richard Mourdock, the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Indiana:
The Republican Party has long believedand has tried to legislatethe idea that rape isn't really that bad, especially because sometimes it's not really rape, and besides, if you end up impregnated by your rapist, just turn that frown upside down and be thankful for God's little gift to you. They've been saying thisand trying to legislate itfor years. It's not new. It's not news. It's just the Republican Party.
Every now and then, though, one Republican will express this widely held Republican principle in such an honest way that it's embarrassing for the party, and his fellow Republicans, who agree with him completely, will pretend they don't because they think that's the politically expedient thing to do. See, for example, magic lady parts theorist Todd Akin of Missouri, from whom his entire party, especially the two men on the presidential ticket, tried to run as fast as their cowardly legs could take them.
But this is different. The election is less than two weeks away. Republicans can't call on Mourdock to drop out of the race so they can replace him with someone equally vile, but who hasn't embarrassed them yet. Which begs the question: What will Paul Ryan do?
Ryan didn't just stump for Mourdock; his PAC also gave Mourdock $5,000 in June. Mourdock is Ryan's kind of guy, after all. It wouldn't be noteworthy that Ryan is dedicated to Mourdock's electionexcept, now that Ryan is on the national ticket, he's supposed to pretend he's not the American Taliban poster boy he actually is. That's why the Romney campaign forced him to pretend to distance himself from Todd Akin in August. And that's why it's going to be very interesting to see whether Ryan is forced once again by the campaign to condemn Mourdock's comments and pretend he doesn't agree. Even though we already know he does.
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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/10/24/1149393/-Operation-awkward-Will-Paul-Ryan-distance-himself-from-Mourdock-now
by Kaili Joy Gray
Things sure do get tricky when one Republican says something they all believe, but he gets in trouble for saying it.
Enter Richard Mourdock, the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Indiana:
The only exception I have to have an abortion is in that case of the life of the mother. I struggled with it myself for a long time, but I came to realize that life is that gift from God and I think even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape that it is something God intended to happen.
The Republican Party has long believedand has tried to legislatethe idea that rape isn't really that bad, especially because sometimes it's not really rape, and besides, if you end up impregnated by your rapist, just turn that frown upside down and be thankful for God's little gift to you. They've been saying thisand trying to legislate itfor years. It's not new. It's not news. It's just the Republican Party.
Every now and then, though, one Republican will express this widely held Republican principle in such an honest way that it's embarrassing for the party, and his fellow Republicans, who agree with him completely, will pretend they don't because they think that's the politically expedient thing to do. See, for example, magic lady parts theorist Todd Akin of Missouri, from whom his entire party, especially the two men on the presidential ticket, tried to run as fast as their cowardly legs could take them.
But this is different. The election is less than two weeks away. Republicans can't call on Mourdock to drop out of the race so they can replace him with someone equally vile, but who hasn't embarrassed them yet. Which begs the question: What will Paul Ryan do?
Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan Monday used his first campaign stop in Indiana to do some fundraising and delivered a ringing endorsement of Indiana Republican Senate candidate Richard Mourdock.
Please, please send us Richard Mourdock. We need this man in the United States Senate, Ryan told a midday crowd of more than 100 people who had paid at least $1,000 per ticket to hear him speak at the J.W. Marriott in downtown Indianapolis.
Ryan didn't just stump for Mourdock; his PAC also gave Mourdock $5,000 in June. Mourdock is Ryan's kind of guy, after all. It wouldn't be noteworthy that Ryan is dedicated to Mourdock's electionexcept, now that Ryan is on the national ticket, he's supposed to pretend he's not the American Taliban poster boy he actually is. That's why the Romney campaign forced him to pretend to distance himself from Todd Akin in August. And that's why it's going to be very interesting to see whether Ryan is forced once again by the campaign to condemn Mourdock's comments and pretend he doesn't agree. Even though we already know he does.
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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/10/24/1149393/-Operation-awkward-Will-Paul-Ryan-distance-himself-from-Mourdock-now
More fallout here:
Mitt tries to distance himself from Mourdock's rape comment after starring in ad
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021621280
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Operation awkward: Will Paul Ryan distance himself from Mourdock now? (Original Post)
ProSense
Oct 2012
OP
Ryan's still suffering migraines trying to figure out the "Horses and Bayonets" jab
rustydog
Oct 2012
#2
ProSense
(116,464 posts)1. Kick! n/t
rustydog
(9,186 posts)2. Ryan's still suffering migraines trying to figure out the "Horses and Bayonets" jab
at the debate Monday night.
ProudProgressiveNow
(6,129 posts)3. Rock, meet hard place.
Lose lose situation for Ryan.
forestpath
(3,102 posts)4. Of course not. Rapepublicans don't really even believe in abortion to save the life of the mother.
ESPECIALLY if they are Catholic.
ProSense
(116,464 posts)5. Scott Brown: Mourdock’s Comment ‘Not What I Believe’
Scott Brown: Mourdocks Comment Not What I Believe
Republican Sen. Scott Brown, who is in a tough race in Massachusetts, said Wednesday that he disagrees with the controversial comment by Richard Mourdock, the GOP nominee for Senate in Indiana.
Mourdock said at a debate the previous night that he opposed allowing abortion in cases of rape, saying that in those cases where a pregnancy occurred, "it is something that God intended to happen."
Its not what I believe, Brown told reporters at a campaign event, according to the Republican, a newspaper based in Springfield. Im a pro-choice Republican and thats not what I believe. I disagree with what he said.
When asked whether he wants Mourdock to be elected to the U.S. Senate, Brown said: Its up to the people of Indiana, certainly.
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/scott-brown-mourdocks-comment-not-what-i-believe
Republican Sen. Scott Brown, who is in a tough race in Massachusetts, said Wednesday that he disagrees with the controversial comment by Richard Mourdock, the GOP nominee for Senate in Indiana.
Mourdock said at a debate the previous night that he opposed allowing abortion in cases of rape, saying that in those cases where a pregnancy occurred, "it is something that God intended to happen."
Its not what I believe, Brown told reporters at a campaign event, according to the Republican, a newspaper based in Springfield. Im a pro-choice Republican and thats not what I believe. I disagree with what he said.
When asked whether he wants Mourdock to be elected to the U.S. Senate, Brown said: Its up to the people of Indiana, certainly.
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/scott-brown-mourdocks-comment-not-what-i-believe
Obama (Spokesperson) Links Mourdock To Romney After Rape Comments
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021621836