Anonymous
Post 08/21/2012 11:26     Subject: GOP candidate says women's bodies can prevent pregnancy after a bona fide rape
Until he has a credible rape charge like Clinton, this guy is easily presidential material. Why are democrats so worked up about a guy who didn't even rape anybody or have a lifetime of predatory behavior like the guy who will be kicking off the democrat convention? because they hate women and are happy the mostly women get aborted.
Anonymous
Post 08/21/2012 11:05     Subject: GOP candidate says women's bodies can prevent pregnancy after a bona fide rape
Anonymous wrote:saying one republican represents all of the party is akin to all dems flashing their dicks to random internet users a la weiner.


No it's not, and I hope any reasonable person can see the difference.

Weiner did not try to impose any policy changes related to his exhibitionism. His actions were disgusting, but do not directly impact the lives of millions of American women.
Anonymous
Post 08/21/2012 10:47     Subject: Re:GOP candidate says women's bodies can prevent pregnancy after a bona fide rape
Anonymous wrote:


LOL!
Anonymous
Post 08/21/2012 10:06     Subject: Re:GOP candidate says women's bodies can prevent pregnancy after a bona fide rape
Anonymous
Post 08/21/2012 09:22     Subject: GOP candidate says women's bodies can prevent pregnancy after a bona fide rape
Oh no, restricting abortion has nothing to do with male jealousy of women's power to create, control and dispose of life:

"Historically, it is interesting to note that when the Roman Empire did away with laws that allowed abortion, it was done not because of the woman or the harm that abortions were doing to women (and indeed they do vastly more harm than most people are aware of), but because the husband was being defrauded of his progeny.” Interestingly, Akin has worried that criminalizing marital rape provides women “a legal weapon to beat up on the husband.”

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/08/20/713571/akins-spiritual-mentor-women-occasionally-invite-rape-victims-are-hysterical/

Anonymous
Post 08/21/2012 09:21     Subject: GOP candidate says women's bodies can prevent pregnancy after a bona fide rape
Anonymous wrote:So dems will lurch at any issue to distract from the economic failure of this administration no matter how far reaching and unrelated


It is not the dems putting abortion in the spotlight. You all are doing that. Why don't you deprive the dems of their fantasy "war on women" and stop feeding into the liberal lies?
Anonymous
Post 08/21/2012 09:13     Subject: GOP candidate says women's bodies can prevent pregnancy after a bona fide rape
So dems will lurch at any issue to distract from the economic failure of this administration no matter how far reaching and unrelated
Anonymous
Post 08/21/2012 09:12     Subject: GOP candidate says women's bodies can prevent pregnancy after a bona fide rape

I don't think it is cruel to acknowledge the reality that our current spending will bankrupt our country, and that if our country goes bankrupt it will be the most vunerable among us who suffer the most. . It isn't cruel to think that the members of our military aren't "young kids who don't know any better" It isn't cruel to think that killing a child isn't the path to a better life for a child and its mother. I think you are comfusing the support of the financial wizards with the democratic party and Obama's bailout of Goldman Sacks.

I wasn't mistreaten as a child, but I wasn't given everything I wanted either. I don't confuse concern and love with being given everything with no personal responsibility.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Yes, spending on two endless wars and tax cuts for Mitt Romney will indeed bankrupt our country, to the detriment of everyone else.
Anonymous
Post 08/21/2012 08:46     Subject: GOP candidate says women's bodies can prevent pregnancy after a bona fide rape
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I'm a republican.

This guy akin is an idiotic, mean, ass. His statement was both cruel and dumb, but mainly cruel.

Romney and republican leaders around the country asked him to drop out. I think republicans are united with democrats in being appalled by this.


What you don't understand, PP, is that to a lot of us Liberals, the Republican party's positions on most things these days are just cruel, period.

When you profess a love of life, but don't care about the life of the mother, don't care if the kid in question goes hungry, don't care if the kid has access to basic healthcare (Ryan voted against CHIP, didn't he?), you look cruel. Really cruel.

When you attack teachers who make 40k a year or call people who've lost their jobs and can't sell their house "moochers" and advocate cutting the pittance they're given to survive, while advocating for every advantage possible for the financial "wizards" who brought the country to the brink of collapse, you look cruel.

When you send young kids who don't know any better into battle under false pretenses for the benefit of a military-industrial complex and oil industry that are the real moochers sucking at the government's teats, you look cruel.

When you advocate cutting social programs of all kinds that would benefit a majority of people at their weakest, most vulnerable moments while preserving defense spending that just benefits fat-cat government contractors, you look cruel. (please, no BS about protecting our troops. If you want to protect the troops, don't send them into killing fields to fight wars they have no hope or prayer of ever winning--they're just cannon fodder to keep the military spending machine going).

Cruelty seems to many of us "bleeding-heart" liberals to be worn like a badge of honor by those in the GOP these days. What makes them so mean? Where they horribly mistreaten as children?


I don't think it is cruel to acknowledge the reality that our current spending will bankrupt our country, and that if our country goes bankrupt it will be the most vunerable among us who suffer the most. . It isn't cruel to think that the members of our military aren't "young kids who don't know any better" It isn't cruel to think that killing a child isn't the path to a better life for a child and its mother. I think you are comfusing the support of the financial wizards with the democratic party and Obama's bailout of Goldman Sacks.

I wasn't mistreaten as a child, but I wasn't given everything I wanted either. I don't confuse concern and love with being given everything with no personal responsibility.
Anonymous
Post 08/21/2012 08:44     Subject: GOP candidate says women's bodies can prevent pregnancy after a bona fide rape
Anonymous wrote:I'm a republican.

This guy akin is an idiotic, mean, ass. His statement was both cruel and dumb, but mainly cruel.

Romney and republican leaders around the country asked him to drop out. I think republicans are united with democrats in being appalled by this.


The problem with Republicans distancing themselves NOW from this idiot is summed up pretty well in this article:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eve-ensler/todd-akin-rape_b_1812930.html

"Clarification. You didn't make some glib throw away remark. You made a very specific ignorant statement clearly indicating you have no awareness of what it means to be raped. And not a casual statement, but one made with the intention of legislating the experience of women who have been raped. Perhaps more terrifying: it was a window into the psyche of the GOP.

There is only one party which is aggressively - agressively - trying to legislate women's reproductive choices. This is the same guy with whom Paul Ryan, your VP candidate, co-sponsored a bill which attempted to redefine rape. This isn't some idiot talk show talking head (Hilary Rosen, anyone) but an elected Republican who is working on laws that affect all of us in this country.

I don't think that some people are so much appalled by what he said. It's that he said it OUT LOUD, in THAT WAY. He just makes the pro-life movement "look bad". But hey, whatever we have to do to save babies, amiright?

Anonymous
Post 08/21/2012 08:43     Subject: GOP candidate says women's bodies can prevent pregnancy after a bona fide rape
It is not the republicans fault that they have become so out of touch with working class people and middle class
This politician is not a doctor but bases his knowledge on hearsay. Maybe the hidden motive is to save money, hospitals will not have to stock plan b medicines for rape victims.
Anonymous
Post 08/21/2012 08:38     Subject: GOP candidate says women's bodies can prevent pregnancy after a bona fide rape
heck ou tthis HILARIOUS tweet from a Politico Reporter (who got himself pulled off the story): davecatanese ?

@davecatanese
Ok, I'm gonna (ask for it) & defend @ToddAkin for argument's sake. We all know what he was trying to say . . .
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Get it? ASK FOR IT??? And we all know what he was trying to say..... which was, um, what again?
Anonymous
Post 08/21/2012 08:19     Subject: GOP candidate says women's bodies can prevent pregnancy after a bona fide rape
Anonymous wrote:I'm a republican.

This guy akin is an idiotic, mean, ass. His statement was both cruel and dumb, but mainly cruel.

Romney and republican leaders around the country asked him to drop out. I think republicans are united with democrats in being appalled by this.


What you don't understand, PP, is that to a lot of us Liberals, the Republican party's positions on most things these days are just cruel, period.

When you profess a love of life, but don't care about the life of the mother, don't care if the kid in question goes hungry, don't care if the kid has access to basic healthcare (Ryan voted against CHIP, didn't he?), you look cruel. Really cruel.

When you attack teachers who make 40k a year or call people who've lost their jobs and can't sell their house "moochers" and advocate cutting the pittance they're given to survive, while advocating for every advantage possible for the financial "wizards" who brought the country to the brink of collapse, you look cruel.

When you send young kids who don't know any better into battle under false pretenses for the benefit of a military-industrial complex and oil industry that are the real moochers sucking at the government's teats, you look cruel.

When you advocate cutting social programs of all kinds that would benefit a majority of people at their weakest, most vulnerable moments while preserving defense spending that just benefits fat-cat government contractors, you look cruel. (please, no BS about protecting our troops. If you want to protect the troops, don't send them into killing fields to fight wars they have no hope or prayer of ever winning--they're just cannon fodder to keep the military spending machine going).

Cruelty seems to many of us "bleeding-heart" liberals to be worn like a badge of honor by those in the GOP these days. What makes them so mean? Where they horribly mistreaten as children?
Anonymous
Post 08/21/2012 01:18     Subject: GOP candidate says women's bodies can prevent pregnancy after a bona fide rape
Anonymous wrote:I'm a republican.

This guy akin is an idiotic, mean, ass. His statement was both cruel and dumb, but mainly cruel.

Romney and republican leaders around the country asked him to drop out. I think republicans are united with democrats in being appalled by this.


I think they are united in wanting to save their chances for reclaiming the senate. They did not move with such decisiveness with Sandra Fluke, because the political effect of offending Rush Limbaugh's audience was bad for them then.
Anonymous
Post 08/21/2012 00:59     Subject: GOP candidate says women's bodies can prevent pregnancy after a bona fide rape
I'm a republican.

This guy akin is an idiotic, mean, ass. His statement was both cruel and dumb, but mainly cruel.

Romney and republican leaders around the country asked him to drop out. I think republicans are united with democrats in being appalled by this.