[quaere]

What makes it worse is that this guy almost certainly doesn't believe the shit he says. No one on the verge of national office is that dumb. No, what makes this awful is that he's saying it only to appeal to a sizable amount of people who actually believe this shit.

Sarah Palin and Michelle Bachmann really are that dumb.

[SolarPowered]

That is the dumbest thing I've ever heard on the net.

wow

[eBay Huckster]

http://thinkprogress.org/election/20...he-black-vote/ I honestly don't know which is worse.

jesus christ how is this not prosecutable

[Oblivion]

http://thinkprogress.org/election/20...he-black-vote/ I honestly don't know which is worse.

Where was liberal gaf when Joe Biden said Republicans want to put black people back in chains?

Exactly. CRICKETS.

okay I'll stop now

[Plinko]

Missouri has now joined Arizona on my "states to never live in" list.

[ivysaur12]

So if she gets pregnant, we can assume her skirt was too short and she was basically asking for it.

[Kusagari]

What makes it worse is that this guy almost certainly doesn't believe the shit he says. No one on the verge of national office is that dumb. No, what makes this awful is that he's saying it only to appeal to a sizable amount of people who actually believe this shit.

Most of these Tea Party guys really do believe this shit, which is even scarier.

[Imm0rt4l]

There's legitimate rape, and theres illegitimate rape. You know the kinda rape that starts out really rapey, but then she starts to like it, so it's not legitimate rape at that point. Women who are legitimately raped have the power to not get pregnant, kinda like how horses have the ability to abort at will.

srs guys

[animlboogy]

So if she gets pregnant, we can assume her skirt was too short and she was basically asking for it.

Her skirt was too long and I just had to see what she was hiding, that minx.

Most of these Tea Party guys really do believe this shit, which is even scarier.

Didn't these guys used to claim they didn't have a social agenda, just an economic one? It all seems like some distant echo buried under a bunch of tape hiss at this point...

[GaimeGuy]

jesus christ how is this not prosecutable

Um, it is.

that's a confession of acting in violation of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the 15th amendment of the constitution.

[Metrotab]

According to that ThinkProgress site this guy wants to overturn the 1964 Civil Rights and 1965 Voting Rights Acts. Crazy guy all around.

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/20...be-overturned/

[Battersea Power Station]

32,101 rape related pregnancies per year.

That pales in comparison with the number of cases of voter fraud.

[KHarvey16]

Wait a minute...that might be it! Their newsletter simply mixed up the statistics for voter fraud and rape related pregnancies. It was just a misunderstanding this whole time.

[SquiddyCracker]

That pales in comparison with the number of cases of voter fraud.

wat

[i-Lo]

Ah glorious american republican conservative ideologies and even more glorious is this:

He's currently leading by eight points in the polls. Would be nice to see that change.

Reminds me a bit of this:

Oklahoma Doctor Refuses To Provide Rape Victim With Emergency Contraception

Imagine you don't have access to either. Looks like being a woman in conservative republican state is becoming a curse. Not to mention victim shaming and blaming is becoming an ever increasing problem.

[789shadow]

wat

You bit.

[Rivyn]

Legitimate rape? I never knew rape can be legitimate.

My mind is blown.

[ivysaur12]

If you're pissed, now is as good of a time as ever to give to his opponent:

https://wfc2.wiredforchange.com/o/8/...item/mccaskill

[Tugatrix]

Women use your jedi powers to abort the damn bastard

[Neo C.]

There's legitimate rape, and theres illegitimate rape. You know the kinda rape that starts out really rapey, but then she starts to like it, so it's not legitimate rape at that point.

Republicans are hentai reader? Their sources are doujinshis?

[Septimius]

I've been thinking, GAF. Abortion isn't legal because life is so holy that under no circumstance can it be killed, right? Human life, that is. What gives courtrooms the right to sentence someone to death, but not women power over their own body even to the measly extent of aborting a rape-child?

[The Abominable Snowman]

The funny thing is, dumb stuff Repubs say is never given news coverage by the "Anti-Republican, liberal, Leftist media"

I would love a roundtable or at least some coverage of all these gaffes from the last few days on MSNBC at least. They need stuff like this.

[Salvor.Hardin]

i think I'm going to throw up. Why can't there be a mandatory science exam for budding politicians?

[Krev]

Even more depressing than it is funny.

[CornBurrito]

Honestly, I never got the "allow abortion in the case of rape" thing from pro-lifers. If you truly believe a developing fetus is a life, why does it suddenly become okay to terminate its life just because of the sin of its father?

And I'm pro-choice before anyone gets the wrong idea.

[Devolution]

I've been thinking, GAF. Abortion isn't legal because life is so holy that under no circumstance can it be killed, right? Human life, that is. What gives courtrooms the right to sentence someone to death, but not women power over their own body even to the measly extent of aborting a rape-child?

It's never been a crusade about life, it's always been about controlling women. They (those in power/GOP) don't give a fuck about that precious life once it's born.

[789shadow]

Honestly, I never got the "allow abortion in the case of rape" thing from pro-lifers. If you truly believe a developing fetus is a life, why does it suddenly become okay to terminate its life just because of the sin of its father? And I'm pro-choice before anyone gets the wrong idea.

Because if you don't allow at least that you are a fucking Saturday morning cartoon villain?

[Rivyn]

Honestly, I never got the "allow abortion in the case of rape" thing from pro-lifers. If you truly believe a developing fetus is a life, why does it suddenly become okay to terminate its life just because of the sin of its father? And I'm pro-choice before anyone gets the wrong idea.

Seriously?

Did you just..

Seriously?...

[SquiddyCracker]

Honestly, I never got the "allow abortion in the case of rape" thing from pro-lifers. If you truly believe a developing fetus is a life, why does it suddenly become okay to terminate its life just because of the sin of its father? And I'm pro-choice before anyone gets the wrong idea.

It's a compromise of their beliefs that they hope pro-choicers will accept.

[Air Zombie Meat]

I can't believe this shit is real..

[Reuenthal]

I've been thinking, GAF. Abortion isn't legal because life is so holy that under no circumstance can it be killed, right? Human life, that is. What gives courtrooms the right to sentence someone to death, but not women power over their own body even to the measly extent of aborting a rape-child?

No, if I thought that a human person started at conception I still would not consider the life of very violent criminals as holy.

Frankly I am pro choice and I still think a fetus having more worth than a serial killer. Their life has a negative value while a fetus can be worth something to the mother of father and even grandparents and eventually can potentially become a human person and has yet to kill anyone.

[Dead Man]

Honestly, I never got the "allow abortion in the case of rape" thing from pro-lifers. If you truly believe a developing fetus is a life, why does it suddenly become okay to terminate its life just because of the sin of its father? And I'm pro-choice before anyone gets the wrong idea.

It's so they can appear to care about the rape victim having to raise a kid with her rapists eyes/nose/hair/whatever.

[TacticalFox88]

Because if you don't allow at least that you are a fucking Saturday morning cartoon villain?

Which is pretty much the GOP in a nutshell.

[CHEEZMO™]

Arguments between the people who are calling themselves conservatives right now and, basically everyone else, boil down to this: Batshit Insane Dominionist-Pandering Racist Misogynistic Neocon goes and says something completely whacked out. Advocates abandoning science, living in the dark ages, mass oppression, etc Everybody Else In the Fucking World turns and goes "what in the literal fuck, this cannot be real." Defenders of Batshit Neocons rush out and start pointing fingers at everyone, crying "How dare all you hypocrites say anything bad about our people I once heard you smoked in the bathroom in highschool and kicked a poodle at a little girl's birthday!" And the problem is that the longer this shit goes on, the more and more literally accurate this becomes. It is escalating to the point of absurdity where you almost cannot mock it anymore. In finger pointing contests, all positions are not created equal. You don't get to stand over a body with a smoking gun, pointing at a child who is yelling for the police, and say the boy is a hypocrite because he currently has his hand in a cookie jar therefore how dare he say anyone else is doing a bad thing. This always comes up in GAF for threads about the Daily Show. Jon Stewart mocks something on Fox News, conservative member weighs with with "Pah, Stewart is merely a liberal cronie, of course he would say that". When Stewart is a comedian, who also merrily reads off material mocking democrats and liberals when they actually say stupid shit. Meanwhile, the people being mocked are, generally, actually saying the crazy stuff in deadly earnest, promoting it as unvarnished reality and calls to action. But it seems false equivalency is a popular fallacy for people to employee.

Yeah, but Bill Maher called Palin a cunt that one time.

I think we know which team the real misogynists are on here!

[Gary Whitta]

This video made me donate to McCaskill's campaign. Here's the link if you want to do likewise:

https://wfc2.wiredforchange.com/o/8/...item/mccaskill

[Septimius]

It's never been a crusade about life, it's always been about controlling women. They (those in power/GOP) don't give a fuck about that precious life once it's born.

I dare anyone to prove this to be untrue. Funny how pro-lifers don't give a shit when it's a convicted felon that's killed, but once it's the embryo of a child that'll have the most horrible childhood ever, then it's all holy.

"mommy, where's daddy?"

[Oblivion]

So tell me guys, was my troll better than this ACTUAL defense by a legitimate right winger?

The left: documented Occupy rapes < Akin's comment on pregnancy and rape

Again, the people who denied documented Occupy rapes are mad over Akin's rape comment.

I need more women who support female genocide to tell me about representing my sex, or something.

Cue liberal outrage! Oh, wait. Also Biden saying there'd be more rapes if jobs bill not passed

Akin failed a soundbite. McCaskill helped tank the economy. If you think his bad is worse, join the left.

You progressives with your hypocritical outrage only serve to prove my point.

https://twitter.com/dloesch

[Devolution]

I dare anyone to prove this to be untrue. Funny how pro-lifers don't give a shit when it's a convicted felon that's killed, but once it's the embryo of a child that'll have the most horrible childhood ever, then it's all holy. "mommy, where's daddy?"

The worst part (other than the rhetoric and attempts to limit reproductive freedom) is how much thid bullshit detracts from our dwindling economy, infrastructure, education and the rich getting ever more richer.

[Jim E. Rossler]

[speculawyer]

Reality has a well-known liberal bias.



This is really a great example of how someone has to contort their view of reality in order to rationalize their terrible terrible political views. He wants to ban abortion but no matter how you slice it, banning abortion for raped women creates a really pathetic situation of a victim being forced to bear the child of their rapist. But have an exception for rape opens up the door for more situations for abortion and thus creates a slippery slope.

Thus . . . convince yourself that raped women don't get pregnant and the problem disappears!


Why stop with that one?

-Just claim climate change is a big hoax and that whole difficult issue disappears!
-Deny that police ever abuse minorities and the problem disappears!
-Claim that being gay is a just a 'choice' and thus they have no need for rights!


Denying reality is such a great way to rationalize bad policy.

[FyreWulff]

I dare anyone to prove this to be untrue. Funny how pro-lifers don't give a shit when it's a convicted felon that's killed, but once it's the embryo of a child that'll have the most horrible childhood ever, then it's all holy. "mommy, where's daddy?"

They're pretty blatant about it too. All those programs where they try to get a total ban on abortion, then get rid of all the prenatal and postbirth support programs and WIC/food stamp programs. They just care that they made the kid come ouf the vagina, but then fuck them once they're born.

Like when they fire a Catholic school teacher for having a kid out of wedlock, so of course they stuff her in the hole of "you must have the kid, but we're going to abandon it by firing you. GAYS ARE THREATENING THE FAMILY UNIT"

[Septimius]

No, if I thought that a human person started at conception I still would not consider the life of very violent criminals as holy. Frankly I am pro choice and I still think a fetus having more worth than a serial killer. Their life has a negative value while a fetus can be worth something to the mother of father and eventually can potentially become a human person.

This argument comes short, because this isn't about potential, it's about religion. And one part of society can say that life is so holy that we can never abort anyone, then another can't sentence another to death for something they did. The potential of an embryo is infinitely evil and infinitely good. The thing a convicted felon has done is always finite, and their next part of life is again infinitely good and evil at the same time

[Bo]

O hapless, feckless liberal, what are you to do in the face of applied Neolithic medicine? Prevail upon your Ungod to save you!

[Ohwiseone]

Republicans.. You so funny.


And people wonder why I'm scared shitless if the republicans win this election,

[ivysaur12]

Re the MO race: The last 3 polls have been done by Rassmusen, which probably shows a bigger gap for Akin than what actually exists. But we gotta support McCaskill.

[sc0la]

This is awful :/ what an asshole.

"legitimate rape" sounds like justifiable homicide, right?

Someone should follow up and ask if someone is convicted of rape in a court of law, but then the victim gives birth and the rapist is confirmed to be the father, if he should be released and the conviction overturned because the victim wasn't "legitimately raped" since it resulted in pregnancy.

[SquiddyCracker]

"mommy, where's daddy?"

This is kinda heart-breaking because you know that there are kids out there who have asked this.

I wonder what you tell a child in a situation like that, I doubt you'd actually tell the truth.
God is probably also involved in the explanation, e.g "you were an unexpected miracle".

[Gary Whitta]

So tell me guys, was my troll better than this ACTUAL defense by a legitimate right winger? https://twitter.com/dloesch

Oh man I just had to reply to her, could not resist.

[Mammoth Jones]

I just.....wow.....wow.....WOW....

I mean....Damn. How can you be THAT fucking stupid an obtain ANY position of legitimate power?

[CornBurrito]

This thread makes me want to see a more adult-oriented Captain Planet reboot focusing on social/political issues in the United States.

The problem with Captain Planet was that the villains were often evil just for the sake of it. This reboot wouldn't have a problem with finding suitable cartoonishly evil villains based off real life politicians.