What is the Republican obsession with rape?

[ignerntbend]

Gotta say I'm with JB on this one. I understand that at the core, they (Republican politicians) are just appealing to their base, and they (pro-life Republicans) are just trying to do what they think is right for the unborn, i.e., ensuring the right to life. While I understand, and would call myself conservative for the most part, on social issues I'm not. They'd get a lot further if they held in the more, well, extreme comments on the matter.

^^^^ This is it exactly. All the powers in the Republican Party have spent the day begging Akin to PLEASE drop out. They don't want to have this conversation. Problem is, Akin is pretty sure he only "misspoke." Seriously, he doesn't think his fifteenth century understanding of human biology has anything to do with his problem. Science, afterall, is icky, so he lives in a fairy tale world where it's impossibe for rape to result in pregnancy. Hang in there Mr. Akin. Don't let em run you off for saying what the rest of them think.

 

[mightymouse]

Romney is really taking a huge risk here by condemning Akin's comments. If he's not careful he'll alienate the rapist demographic. Can he afford to lose the rapist vote? That's the question the pollsters have yet to answer.

I'm currently at call center. We're cold calling rapists to ask who they plan to vote for if the election was held today. We know our margin of error is pretty high. 83% of people hung up on me when I said "Yes, is there a rapist of voting age that lives in this house?" Follow ups "Are you a legitimate rapist?" and "Are you too legit too quit (raping)?"

The other 17% were out doing what rapists do, no doubt.

 

[RidgeHunter]

Well I just haven’t heard of that being a circumstance that’s been brought to me in any personal way, and I’d be open to discussion about that subject matter.

I like how Rep. King is willing to hear out rape victims on a case-by-case basis. He's really going above and beyond, here.

In a perfect world, every sexual assault victim (or at the very least, minors) would be given the opportunity to grovel at the feet of a benevolent male Republican lawmaker. He will hear her case out, and with a rudimentary knowledge of why the neighbor's dog had puppies and how an incubator works - decide whether or not to grant her permission to access medical care, or assign blame to her for enjoyin' her rapin' a bit too much.

 

[ignerntbend]

The Romney camp doesn't have a "suitable spokesperson" to address these concerns. Maybe it'll just go away?

 

[jfssms]

^^^^ This is it exactly. All the powers in the Republican Party have spent the day begging Akin to PLEASE drop out. They don't want to have this conversation. Problem is, Akin is pretty sure he only "misspoke." Seriously, he doesn't think his fifteenth century understanding of human biology has anything to do with his problem. Science, afterall, is icky, so he lives in a fairy tale world where it's impossibe for rape to result in pregnancy. Hang in there Mr. Akin. Don't let em run you off for saying what the rest of them think.

ha ha this is laughable!

 

[ignerntbend]

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ha ha this is laughable!

I shouldn't have used such an all inclusive term. Romney, last I heard, believes in the rape and incest exception. This puts him at odds with his own party's platform. That's mostly why he'd rather just run and hide. Ryans in the no exception camp, and he's on the record.

 

[Lurker66]

It really doesnt matter what Romney thinks or what he says, he has Flip/flopped all over the place on every issue from Abortion to 2A.

The whole abortion argument is based on hypocracy. Blah blah. Theres no valid argument to violate a womans right to choose!! Outlaw and ban sperm or eggs if you want but it wont settle the issue.

Look at the number of women who actually get pregnant and have an abortion because of rape, incest or endangering the life of the woman. Compare that to the number of regular abortions. You might as well outlaw lightning deaths or death by meteor. The number is miniscule.

We have bigger fish to fry, namely flip flopping Romney, who's conservative record is the COMPLETE OPPISITE OF THE GOP, yet they rally around him as if he could be a leader.

End of rant.

 

[RugersGR8]

The lap/attack dogs in the lib MSM(purveyors/spreaders/whisperers of double standards/hypocrisy) want to focus on Akin and U.S. Rep. Kevin Yoder, R-Kan(nude swim in the Sea of Galilee) and not even mention this democrat sleeze ball, Rep. Kerry Gauthier(MN, Dem). You can only guess what their reason for doing this would be. Could it be that they don't want to talk about Obama's record so they deflect to Akin?


http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/08/21/minnesota-lawmaker-urged-to-step-aside-after-rest-stop-liaison-with-17-year-old/
Minnesota lawmaker urged to step aside after rest-stop liaison with 17-year-old boy
Published August 21, 2012
Associated Press

"Less than an hour later, state Democratic Party Chairman Ken Martin echoed Thissen's comments, although neither man asked Gauthier to leave office before his term ends in January."

 

[JB Books]

Yeah, Ruger, I think the Repubs have the Dems beat on gay scandals...Larry Craig, mark foley and Ted haggard.

 

[RickN]

I love it!!! A Republican who the Dem party backed during the primaries, going so far as to donate millions to his campaign, makes a dumb a$$ comment, and the liberals try to smear the whole GOP because of it.

I guess if you can not run on your record you just throw mud and hope something sticks.