Rep. Todd Akin: No pregnancy from 'legitimate rape'

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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,693
    What it cones down to is it was a dick head, stupid as fuck thing to say, and in its context clearly misogynistic.
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  • ComeToTX
    ComeToTX Austin Posts: 8,067
    PJ_Soul wrote:
    What it cones down to is it was a dick head, stupid as fuck thing to say, and in its context clearly misogynistic.

    Yeah, he doesn't get any benefit of the doubt after his past remarks. I'm convinced he's brain dead.
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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,315
    No one in the Midwest would raise an eyebrow if the term ladylike or gentlemanly is used in conversation. Manners are still prevalent and those terms are used in accordance with one's manners.
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  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    Jason P wrote:
    No one in the Midwest would raise an eyebrow if the term ladylike or gentlemanly is used in conversation. Manners are still prevalent and those terms are used in accordance with one's manners.

    this is true.. however we always need to look at the context in which words are used.
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  • pandora
    pandora Posts: 21,855
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/se ... ouri-women

    great story ...
    it's good too try to understand ...
  • _
    _ Posts: 6,657
    http://www.alternet.org/more-insanity-t ... y-pregnant

    Apparently Akin has also accused physicians of providing abortions for women who aren't even pregnant. :?

    (Yes, I know this is a liberal-leaning article and, no, I haven't actually wantched the videos.)
  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    _ wrote:
    http://www.alternet.org/more-insanity-todd-akin-accuses-providers-giving-abortions-women-who-are-not-actually-pregnant

    Apparently Akin has also accused physicians of providing abortions for women who aren't even pregnant. :?

    (Yes, I know this is a liberal-leaning article and, no, I haven't actually wantched the videos.)


    he probably also thinks children are a gift from god and not the result of sex.
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  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,188
    catefrances wrote:
    _ wrote:
    http://www.alternet.org/more-insanity-todd-akin-accuses-providers-giving-abortions-women-who-are-not-actually-pregnant

    Apparently Akin has also accused physicians of providing abortions for women who aren't even pregnant. :?

    (Yes, I know this is a liberal-leaning article and, no, I haven't actually wantched the videos.)


    he probably also thinks children are a gift from god and not the result of sex.
    i would bet that he probably thinks a stork brings kids to the righteous married couples. how else would atheists and agnostics and muslims have babies?

    this guy is an idiot. he is making a mockery of the house committee on science, space and technology, of which he is a member :shock:
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  • ComeToTX
    ComeToTX Austin Posts: 8,067
    Rep. Todd Akin, R-Mo., came under fire for comparing Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill to a "dog" during a campaign fundraiser Saturday night in Springfield, Mo. McCaskill's office responded a day later with an email to supporters that said Akin "continues to offend women." The conservative's comments came two months after his "legitimate rape" snafu and nearly two weeks from the general election.



    What was candidate's exact quote?



    PoliticMo.com posted an audio recording of Akin's remarks late Saturday. The transcript goes, "So she goes to Washington, D.C., and it's a little bit like one of those dogs, you know, 'fetch,' and gets all of these taxes and red tape and bureaucracy and executive orders... and dumps it on us in Missouri. … What we should be doing is taking the common sense we see in Missouri and taking that to Washington, D.C., and blessing them with more solutions instead of more problems."
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  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,188
    i saw yesterday on local news that akin is trailing by 6-9 points now.

    thank god...
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