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Ok another example of just being a real brat...

this is second third grade now- the neighbor had beagle and nicely fenced yard...

i had a third floor (big old attic) room... i could sit in my wndow witht helights off,and shoot with big 7-11 peashooter, the neighbors shed and the dog would bark and then eventually howl after about ten shots, at the shed as only beagles can howl...

old man Grey, the neighbor though his dog was going insane...

i would also ping one off the other neighbors (who spent alotof time in his back yard popping schlitzes and looking busy but not really busy) shed when i thought he wasn't looking so he was thinking it was squirrels dropping nuts (at least fifteen feet from the tree) for a long time...

that went on for like two years until the schllitz drinking neighbor saw me shooting at the beagles shed,
so picture my poor Dad with a half-3/4 drunk neightbor who also has kids older than me, swearing that i was shooting a BBgun (which i was not allowed to have, i dunno why [Big Grin] ) at him...

i swear to god, i was not shoooting at the dog or the people i was just shooting the sheds with peas to make the "special" pinging noise that had them all going a little nutty.. they did figger out i was telling the truth when they went and found hundreds of the peas all over the roofs of both sheds [Wink]

brat? hellyeah i was.. face it tho, 7-11 sold a peashooter and a bag of peas tfro what a quarter? and there were alot of those dried peas in that bag...

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4th grade? my standout prank that year involved earthworms (fishbait right?) and girls and lunchboxes.. it went off way better than i could ever have expected... i only sortof got away witht hat one cuz i was laughing too much...

that one is kind of embarassing to me to this day, but in 4th grade? i thought i was the absolute King of Comedy that day...

the worms were NOT supposed to actually crawl INTO the baloney sammich... just stick tot eh lid of th ebox or soemthing... live animals? hard to work with sometimes [Were Up]

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i think this was my role model:

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1st grade.... hmmm.. how to splain this.....

i had a teacher that i suppose mustaben a real hottie...

this was '65-66 now, i wasn't into girls yet for crying out loud, i was 6... but i was pretty curious, you know, about all the hardawre i could plainly see holdin up her stockings.....
nah...
i gotta think somemore about how to 'splain this....

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what the heck, a fisrt grade teacher has no dang business wearing all that hardware in school

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4GZFbCqx18

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nah, definiteley not my fault i wasn't even 7 yet, for crying out loud,
and the good news was that i really liked my NEW school for 2nd grade [Big Grin]

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kindergarten? i didn't mean to put the clothespin on the cats tail - it just happened, and i couldn't get it off before he got away... you ever try to catch a cat running from his own tail? not easy...

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You Won’t Believe The GOP’s Latest Assault on Women
By ThinkProgress War Room on May 16, 2012 at 5:37 pm

House GOP Passes Rollback of the Violence Against Women Act
In a show of bipartisanship that is basically unprecedented these days in the dysfunctional U.S. Senate, the Senate recently reauthorized and expanded the Violence Against Women Act on an overwhelming 68-31 vote. (Unfortunately, 31 male Republican Senators still voted no.)

Today, instead of passing this overwhelmingly bipartisan bill, House Republicans passed a watered-down version that actually rolls back existing protections for women.

Here’s the rundown on the latest assault in the GOP’s war on women.

What’s not in the House GOP’s bill?

Important expanded protections for LGBT people, immigrants, and Native Americans.
Some existing protections for victims of domestic abuse.
Click HERE for a complete, detailed rundown of all the problems with this partisan bill.

Who supports the House GOP’s attempts to weaken the law?

A misogynistic “men’s rights” organization that told Rihanna to “woman up” after she was abused by Chris Brown.
Lobbyists for the mail order bride industry.
It’s also worth noting that the coalition of fringe social conservative organizations who opposed the bipartisan Senate included a convicted domestic abuser.

Who opposes the House GOP’s efforts to weaken the bill?

The White House, which has threatened to veto the bill.
Hundreds of groups, including the U.S. Conference of Mayors, National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, National Network to End Domestic Violence, National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs, Break the Cycle, Legal Momentum, Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, National Organization for Women, Feminist Majority, YWCA USA, AAUW, Business and Professional Women’s Foundation, National Women’s Law Center, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, American Bar Association, NAACP, National Council of La Raza, Human Rights Campaign, United Church of Christ, United Methodist Church, Jewish Council for Public Affairs, and National Congress of American Indians.
IN ONE SENTENCE: Instead of passing a deeply flawed, partisan bill that actually leaves women more vulnerable to abuse, it’s time for House Republicans to stop their war on women and pass the bipartisan Senate Violence Against Women Act.

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Oh brother, more propaganda from Think Progress.

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yep you have that right no run to rush and have him tell you what to do.

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Cash you say you are a businessman . With a short term memmory like you have that is terrible I can't believe you are. I mean you could not manage gas after a bean dinner.

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Ray, this whole "war on women" is blown out of proportion. Think Progress and Media Matters are drunk on their own kool aid in a war with the far right bloggers.

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you are wrong

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quote:
Originally posted by CashCowMoo:
Ray, this whole "war on women" is blown out of proportion. Think Progress and Media Matters are drunk on their own kool aid in a war with the far right bloggers.

not just a little wrong either. way wrong.

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Steve King Again Attempts To Limit Women’s Access To Abortion Services
By Amanda Peterson Beadle on May 16, 2012 at 8:30 am

Rep. Steve King (R-IA), the same congressman who thinks states have a right to ban contraception, has revived an anti-abortion bill that is destined to die in the Senate. King has reintroduced his bill to “prohibit federal tele-health grants from going to clinics and doctors who use video-conferencing technology to prescribe the abortion medication mifepristone, also known as RU-486.” So far, the bill has 47 co-sponsors.

The Senate killed the same proposal in October after the House passed it as part of an agriculture bill, so it is likely the same thing will happen again.

When he introduced the measure on Thursday, King said his proposal was about stopping Planned Parenthood from providing what he has called “robo-Skype abortions“:

King said these “telemedicine abortions” help Planned Parenthood save costs by getting the same result as a surgical abortion, but “without the overhead costs.” But King said evidence is mounting that the morning-after pill, RU-486, is dangerous to women.

“Eight percent of women who take the abortion drug known as RU-486 require surgical intervention to complete their abortion,” he said. “This new practice leaves those women at grave risk and should never be supported with taxpayer dollars.”

The problem is that King’s view of telemedicine abortion services as a way to lower overhead costs is completely inaccurate. For one, Planned Parenthood officials have confirmed that abortion medication is a very small part of the telemedicine services the organization offers.

And studies have shown that medication abortions with a doctor connected by teleconference is safe, and it expands health care options for rural women who otherwise would find it difficult to terminate their pregnancies. And as states like Wisconsin block these procedures, researchers have found that there is no reason to restrict medication abortion services via telemedicine. Once again, King is using scare tactics to push for unnecessary policies that would hurt women’s access to health care.

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Missouri Legislature Approves Bill Allowing Employers To Deny Access To Birth Control
By Amanda Peterson Beadle on May 21, 2012 at 9:15 am

Missouri legislators passed a bill Friday that allows employers or health insurance providers to stop offering coverage for contraception, abortion, or sterilization if doing so violates their religious or moral convictions. The bill now goes to Gov. Jay Nixon (D), who has not said whether he supports the legislation.

The measure mirrors a federal restriction proposed by Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) that has not progressed in Congress and is designed to push back against the Obama administration’s rule requiring contraception coverage to be included in insurance plans at no additional cost.

While some Democrats opposed the anti-contraception bill, it passed the Senate 28-6 and the House 105-33:

The bill states that no employer or health plan provider can be compelled to provide coverage _ or be penalized for refusing to cover _ abortion, contraception or sterilization if those items run contrary to their religious or moral convictions. The bill also gives the state attorney general grounds to sue other governmental officials or entities that infringe on the rights granted in the legislation.

“This bill is about religious freedom and moral convictions,” said Rep. Sandy Crawford, R-Buffalo. “This is about sending a message to the federal government that we don’t like things rammed down our throat.”

But state Rep. Stacey Newman (D) said the bill endangering women’s access to health care was more of an attack on “women’s reproductive choices” than a message to the federal government. “This is wrong and I dare you to go home and talk to your daughters … and say, ‘Look, what we’re going to say is that your employers’ religious beliefs matter more than your own,’” Newman told colleagues.

In 2006, 53 percent of pregnancies in Missouri were unintended, 61 percent of which resulted in live births and 25 percent resulted in induced abortions. According to the Guttmacher Institute, 65 percent of births that were unintended were publicly funded, compared to 50 percent of all births and 37 percent of intended pregnancies.

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50% of all Missourri births wer publicly funded?

does that mean not covered by insurance? holy crap we are in big trouble

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Members Of New GOP Women’s Caucus Voted Against Equality For Women
By Josh Israel on May 22, 2012 at 1:58 pm


YouTube video introducing the Women's Policy Committee
The 24 Republican Congresswomen in the U.S. House announced yesterday that they have joined to form the Women’s Policy Committee, a caucus aimed at “raising the profile of GOP women in their roles as lawmakers, highlighting their diverse achievements and providing a unique, unified voice on a wide range of critically important issues.”

But a ThinkProgress review of their voting records shows that the two dozen women have been fairly consistent in their legislative opposition to women’s rights:

Violence Against Women: Of the 24 women, 22 voted to rollback the Violence Against Women Act, backing a version of the bill that could violate the confidentiality of victims and that excluded protections for immigrants, LGBT people, and Native Americans.
Access to contraception: 21 of the 24 co-sponsored the “Respect for Rights of Conscience Act” to take away regulations enacted under Obamacare requiring most employers to cover birth control in their health insurance plans, without additional cost-sharing.
Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act: Of the 15 Republican Congresswomen who were in the House at the time, all 15 voted against the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009, a law that helps women hold accountable employers who discriminate in the pay practices based on gender.
Paycheck Fairness Act Act: 13 of those 15 also voted against the Paycheck Fairness Act, which would update the 1963 Equal Pay Act by closing many of its loopholes and strengthening incentives to prevent pay discrimination.
Reproductive health: According to Planned Parenthood, 20 of the 24 GOP women earned a zero score, voting against reproductive health at every opportunity. The average score for the women was under 6 percent.


In lauding the group’s formation, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) said “Make no mistake, these aren’t just leaders on so-called ‘women’s issues,’ these are women leaders on all issues.”

But their leadership on women’s issues has been decidedly absent. In fact, even in their two-minutes-and-fifteen-seconds introductory video “Working For You,” they note they are “working together to create jobs, reduce spending, health small businesses, and put back into your hands.” But they do not name a single accomplishment or goal relating to equal protection for women.




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5 Things You Should Know About The Paycheck Fairness Act
By Annie-Rose Strasser on May 24, 2012 at 11:40 am

Senate Democrats, led by five female Senators, began a renewed push this week to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act, a bill that protects women who sue over being paid less than their male counterparts.

But, as with much of the recent pro-woman legislation, the measure will spark a partisan fight. On Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) began efforts to prevent the vote from being filibustered. “Republicans deny they’re waging a war on women,” Reid said on the floor Thursday morning, “yet they’ve launched a series of attacks on women’s access to health care and contraception this year. Now they have an opportunity to back up their excuses with action.”

Here are five things you need to know about the Paycheck Fairness Act:

1. The Paycheck Fairness Act is not new: Democrats, however, have struggled to get it passed. Last time it came up for a vote, the House passed it with very little bipartisan support. Then Senate Republicans unanimously voted against the bill. Even if they had passed it, though, then-President George W. Bush vowed to veto it.

2. Pay equity is a real problem: Nearly half of all workers in the United States are women. But women tend to hold lower-paying jobs overall, and even when they have the exact same title as men, they make significantly less. Overall, women make 77 cents to a man’s dollar, and in some professions, specifically high-paying careers, that disparity is much higher. The Paycheck Fairness Act would help close the gap more quickly by providing incentives for employers not to discriminate.

3. Lost earnings have serious consequences: The amount of money an average woman loses to the pay gap could feed a family of four. And while the wage gap is slowly shrinking, at its current rate it won’t actually disappear for 45 years. Still, more women are becoming the primary breadwinners or dual-earners in their family, with nearly 40 percent of women out-earning their husbands and a larger number of women with high degrees entering the job market.

4. Existing law doesn’t go far enough: The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act ensured that a woman has the proper window of time to sue for pay discrimination. The Paycheck Fairness Act takes significant steps to close loopholes in the original pay discrimination law, the Equal Pay Act, and to ensure that women can investigate whether they are being discriminated against. It also makes stronger penalties so that employers don’t violate pay discrimination laws. Included in the bill, too, is a grant for a salary-negotiation training program for women, who tend to be reluctant to negotiate.

5. Mitt Romney has not taken a position on the bill: After a very awkward moment over the Lilly Ledbetter Act, a spokesperson for his campaign said that Romney “supports pay equity and is not looking to change current law.” But it’s unclear whether this means Romney would support a new piece of legislation that protects women who don’t have full pay equity.

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Former Republican Congresswoman Blasts Modern GOP, Laments Party’s Approach To Women’s Issues
By Josh Israel on May 25, 2012 at 5:38 pm


Former Rep. Connie Morella (R-MD)
Over her eight terms as a Congresswoman from Maryland’s Eight District, Connie Morella earned a reputation one of the strongest voices for women’s rights and reproductive choice in the Republican Party. A bipartisan-minded moderate, she worked with members of both parties to shepherd the 2000 re-authorization of the Violence Against Women Act through the House with a 415 to 3 majority. Like former Sen. John Danforth (R-MO), she hardly recognizes her party today.

In an interview with ThinkProgress, Morella expressed disappointment with the anti-women voting record of the 24-member Republican Women’s Policy Committee and the lack of bipartisan House support for the Senate version of the Violence Against Women Act.

Among her observations:

On the GOP’s move to the right:
I think the [Republican] Party has moved more towards the right and it has become more solidified in terms of not offering opportunities for other voices to be heard. Look at [Indiana Republican Senate Nominee Richard] Mourdock’s statement when he proclaimed victory: I’m not going to give into them, they’re going to come over to me. The word compromise is not even in the lexicon, let alone an understanding of what it means.

On moderates in Congress:
I went to Harvard in 2008. My program’s theme was “An Endangered Species: A Moderate in the House of Representatives.” If I were to go back now, I think I’d have to say “An Extinct Species,” not endangered, extinct.

On the GOP-only Women’s Policy Committee:
I’ve always said that when you look at Congress, you had more bipartisanship with Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues. The number of issues has gotten smaller… I was the prime sponsor in 2000 of the Violence Against Women Act, when it was reauthorized… On the floor, there was hardly a vote against it. And now, I don’t know why these women have been cornered, so to speak. Maybe they are motivated by the fact that this is an election year — and in a presidential election particularly, they want to act to counter the concept of the War on Women. That’s why they’re coming up with their own caucus, I suppose. I’ve always felt [the women's caucus] needed to be bipartisan… I think it’s a defensive attempt on the part of this caucus, because they’re concerned.

On a backlash for the GOP’s votes on women’s issues:
Women are a majority of the voting bloc. If they sense that some of the equities they worked so hard for are being taken away, you’ll see a backlash.

While she thinks the economy will be the biggest issue in the 2012 elections, she warns that if House Republicans insist on a Violence Against Women Act that says “except certain women,” it could hurt the party in November.

Morella says she’s disappointed with where the Republican Party has gone. “If I were there, I’d be one of the minorities voting against the party. There’s no big tent, not even a small tent. It collapsed.”

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GOP Congressman: Women Who Undergo Abortions Should Face Criminal Charges
By Igor Volsky posted from ThinkProgress Health on Jun 1, 2012 at 5:59 pm

Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-FL) unwilling admitted to MSNBC’s Chris Matthews on Friday afternoon that he believed women who receive abortions should face criminal charges. “I think the punishment should certainly be very serious,” he said. “It should be more than a civil case. It should be something very serious”:

MATTHEWS: So it should be a criminal matter for the woman as well as the doctor?

STEARNS: I think so. You are killing an embryo and in some cases you are killing an embryo that is four or five months into ges


Stearns was appearing on the program to talk about the GOP’s recent effort to ban sex-selective abortions. That bill, the Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act or PRENDA, failed earlier this week and would have fined and imprisoned doctors who knowingly aborted fetuses based on racial or gender discrimination.

The congressman sought to defend the measure by arguing that “if all of Europe and most of Asia has this same rule, that you cannot have sex selection as an abortion, why can’t we in the united states pass the same bill?” But Matthews responded succinctly, saying, “it’s always amazing when you guys on the right want to import the values of other countries. Any time we do it, any time a liberal tries to do it, you say they’re bringing foreign values into this country.”

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BREAKING: Senate GOP Blocks Pay Equity Bill
By Annie-Rose Strasser on Jun 5, 2012 at 2:53 pm

Today, Republicans in the Senate blocked the Paycheck Fairness Act by filibustering the bill. The legislation would have strengthened protections for women who are being paid less because of their gender by creating larger penalties for employers who discriminate, creating more transparency of salaries so that women know whether they are being paid less, and protecting those who sue for pay equity.

Republicans framed the measure as a useless bureaucratic roadblock that would have hindered free enterprise and helped trial lawyers. Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV) called the bill a “war on free enterprise.” But Heller’s record on women’s issues is far from stellar: He previously voted against Paycheck Fairness when he was in the House of Representatives and also voted against the Lily Ledbetter Fair pay act, another pay equity bill.

Pay discrimination isn’t some fantasy of the left — it actually prevents families from higher earnings. On average, women make 77 cents to a man’s dollar. And that’s happening while more women are becoming the primary breadwinners or dual-earners in their family and a larger number of women with high degrees entering the job market.

Over her lifetime, the average woman loses enough in wages to feed a family of four for 37 years.

The Paycheck Fairness Act has become an election issue, as well. Rep. Shelley Berkley (D-NV), who is challenging Heller, cited his opposition as a sign that he is one of the warriors in the ongoing battle to destroy women’s rights. In Missouri, the Senatorial candidates have also butted heads on Paycheck Fairness (all three Republican candidates opposed the bill). And in the Presidential election, President Obama has come out strongly in favor of the bill, while Mitt Romney has kept silent on the issue.

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The measure was blocked by a 52-47 vote. Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL) was absent for medical reasons. Majority Harry Reid switched his vote so that the bill could come up for another vote at some point down the road.

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After GOP Blocks Pay Equity, Sen. Barbara Mikulski Calls On Women To Start A ‘New American Revolution’
By Annie-Rose Strasser on Jun 5, 2012 at 3:45 pm

Immediately after the Paycheck Fairness Act failed to get enough votes to avoid a filibuster in the Senate today, Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), clearly fed up, gave a rousing speech aimed at women across the country who are equally angry at being under-paid and treated as unequal citizens.

Taking the floor as soon as the measure failed, Mikulski, who reintroduced the bill last week, shouted, “We’re going to foment our own revolution”:

I say to the women out there in America, let’s keep this fight going. Put on your lipstick, square your shoulders, suit up, and let’s fight for a new American revolution where women are paid equal pay for equal work, and let’s end wage discrimination in this century once and for all.

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Do you work for "think progress" ray?


From your article:

"I say to the women out there in America, let’s keep this fight going. Put on your lipstick, square your shoulders, suit up, and let’s fight for a new American revolution where women are paid equal pay for equal work, and let’s end wage discrimination in this century once and for all."


Did I miss 1920? Condi Rice, Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin, Michelle Bachmann, Nikki Haley, Queen Elizabeth, Janet Reno (or man), Meghan McCain, Mary Kay, Chelsea Clinton, Meg Whitman, Oh...lets not forget. Ann Romney has not worked a day in her life.

The bra burning, fist pumping, gender and race baiting is getting really old.

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actaully cash, i have quite few women in MY family, i don't know about you.

some of them have (actually alot) have advanced degrees and i know for a fact they get paid less than men.

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I know some men getting paid less than women, so where is the justice glass?

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moooooo grazer

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Akin Clarifies ‘Legitimate Rape’ Comments: Women Make ‘False Claims’ About Being Raped
By Igor Volsky on Aug 21, 2012 at 1:56 pm

Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO) announced that he will continue with his race for the U.S. Senate, during an appearance on the Mike Huckabee radio show Tuesday afternoon, and clarified his claims that women who face “legitimate rape” cannot become pregnant.

Arguing that he misplaced the word “legitimate,” Akin explained — during a follow up interview with Dana Loesch — that he meant to argue that women sometimes lie about being raped:

AKIN: You know, Dr. Willke has just released a statement and part of his letter, I think he just stated it very clearly. He said, of course Akin never used the word legitimate to refer to the rapist, but to false claims like those made in Roe v. Wade and I think that simplifies it….. There isn’t any legitimate rapist…. [I was] making the point that there were people who use false claims, like those that basically created Roe v. Wade.

Since he first made the comments over the weekend, Akin claimed that he meant to say “forcible,” rather than “legitimate” rape.

And while many Republicans are distancing themselves from the candidate, staunch anti-choice conservatives are backing-up Akin’s explanation. Dr. John Willke, who describes himself as the “founding father” of the movement, issued a statement defending Akin and Huckabee approvingly read it during his interview on Tuesday.

Willke “is a leading proponent of the view that women are unlikely to become pregnant by ‘forcible rape,’ a theory he laid out in a 1999 article on the subject.”

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quote:
Originally posted by raybond:
Akin Clarifies ‘Legitimate Rape’ Comments: Women Make ‘False Claims’ About Being Raped
By Igor Volsky on Aug 21, 2012 at 1:56 pm

Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO) announced that he will continue with his race for the U.S. Senate, during an appearance on the Mike Huckabee radio show Tuesday afternoon, and clarified his claims that women who face “legitimate rape” cannot become pregnant.

Arguing that he misplaced the word “legitimate,” Akin explained — during a follow up interview with Dana Loesch — that he meant to argue that women sometimes lie about being raped:

AKIN: You know, Dr. Willke has just released a statement and part of his letter, I think he just stated it very clearly. He said, of course Akin never used the word legitimate to refer to the rapist, but to false claims like those made in Roe v. Wade and I think that simplifies it….. There isn’t any legitimate rapist…. [I was] making the point that there were people who use false claims, like those that basically created Roe v. Wade.

Since he first made the comments over the weekend, Akin claimed that he meant to say “forcible,” rather than “legitimate” rape.

And while many Republicans are distancing themselves from the candidate, staunch anti-choice conservatives are backing-up Akin’s explanation. Dr. John Willke, who describes himself as the “founding father” of the movement, issued a statement defending Akin and Huckabee approvingly read it during his interview on Tuesday.

Willke “is a leading proponent of the view that women are unlikely to become pregnant by ‘forcible rape,’ a theory he laid out in a 1999 article on the subject.”

That guy needs to step down
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quote:
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quote:
Originally posted by raybond:
Akin Clarifies ‘Legitimate Rape’ Comments: Women Make ‘False Claims’ About Being Raped
By Igor Volsky on Aug 21, 2012 at 1:56 pm

Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO) announced that he will continue with his race for the U.S. Senate, during an appearance on the Mike Huckabee radio show Tuesday afternoon, and clarified his claims that women who face “legitimate rape” cannot become pregnant.

Arguing that he misplaced the word “legitimate,” Akin explained — during a follow up interview with Dana Loesch — that he meant to argue that women sometimes lie about being raped:

AKIN: You know, Dr. Willke has just released a statement and part of his letter, I think he just stated it very clearly. He said, of course Akin never used the word legitimate to refer to the rapist, but to false claims like those made in Roe v. Wade and I think that simplifies it….. There isn’t any legitimate rapist…. [I was] making the point that there were people who use false claims, like those that basically created Roe v. Wade.

Since he first made the comments over the weekend, Akin claimed that he meant to say “forcible,” rather than “legitimate” rape.

And while many Republicans are distancing themselves from the candidate, staunch anti-choice conservatives are backing-up Akin’s explanation. Dr. John Willke, who describes himself as the “founding father” of the movement, issued a statement defending Akin and Huckabee approvingly read it during his interview on Tuesday.

Willke “is a leading proponent of the view that women are unlikely to become pregnant by ‘forcible rape,’ a theory he laid out in a 1999 article on the subject.”

That guy needs to step down
Why should he step down cowpie? GOP are birds of a feather. I know ya hate it when your party shows their true colors. They are of the same ilk.

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