‘Legitimate rape’ rarely causes pregnancy...

[madinmaryland]

The belief of Todd Akin, GOP US Senate candidate in Missouri...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2012/08/19/todd-akin-gop-senate-candidate-legitimate-rape-rarely-causes-pregnancy/?hpid=z2

“First of all, from what I understand from doctors, (pregnancy from rape) is really rare,” Akin told KTVI-TV in a clip posted to YouTube by the Democratic super PAC American Bridge. “If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.”

Akin added: “But let’s assume that maybe that didn’t work or something. I think there should be some punishment, but the punishment ought to be on the rapist and not attacking the child.”

According to a 1996 study, approximately 32,000 pregnancies result from rape annually, and about 5 percent of rape victims are impregnated.

Needless to say, this is territory that GOP leaders would rather not have Akin wander into. Getting into the particulars of “legitimate rape” (as opposed to what?) and the female reproductive system has the potential to make this a headache for the GOP and take the focus off of Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) and President Obama, who is very unpopular in Missouri.

This makes me really say WTF is wrong with these people. Where do I even start? What the fuck is a "legitimate rape"??

[corkhead]

1. I think Todd is speaking from his own personal experience with barnyard animals

[lastlib]

34. K & R!!!!

(though I seriously doubt that Todd rapes farm animals--after all, they're his, um, friends.)

[Downwinder]

2. I didn't think there was such a thing as "legitimate rape"

I thought all rape was illegal.

[lastlib]

43. Well, see, this is why we need Republicans, to tell us these things we don't know...

...

[coalition_unwilling]

3. A more interesting question, imo, is what Akin considers "illegitimate

rape". Would that be rape where the victim 'secretly wanted it'? (in case it's needed)

[LadyHawkAZ]

24. Well obviously, if she's pregnant

then it was "illegitimate" rape. QED.

[coalition_unwilling]

38. Yep, I hope Obama is able to go 'national' with this

Yahoo's comments and use them to banish the Repigs to the political wilderness for at least a generation. I always feel like I need to use the sarcasm icon but really this is just so over-the-top that I don't think even 'sarcasm' quite captures it.

[AC_Mem]

4. I literally yelled WHAT???

When I read this. Wtf is WRONG with these primates???

"Legitimate rape"?? Wtf!!

This needs to be broadcast far and wide.

Hey GOP -- Get the HELL out of my uterus.

Annette

[Sparkly]

6. Me too!!!

Then I yelled it mentally a few more times as I read.

Unbelievable.

[DirkGently]

27. Yep. It's really beyond comprehension a human being could be so vile.

[lastlib]

35. Hey!! Don't insult primates!!

Baboons, chimpanzees, and even gorillas are kind, loving, intelligent animals!

Worms, OTOH, are fairly comparable to Repuglikans, as are slime molds.

[AC_Mem]

49. Agree~

Perhaps this would be a better picture of them....



~~~~

OMG the funniest thing - I googled (to get the image) "ignorant caveman pulling woman by the hair" and THIS is one of the pics that came up in the images!!!!




HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Annette

[Warpy]

5. Akin talks to rapists and preachers, exclusively

because no doctor with a legitimate MD would ever back this idiocy up.

It's like the ducking stool: if she drowned, she hadn't been a witch. According to Akin, if she was impregnated, it couldn't possibly have been rape.

I hate these assholes with the white hot fury of a thousand supernovae.

[coalition_unwilling]

9. Man, that is some serious hatin' :) But I'm right there with you - n/t

[lastlib]

36. I'll see your thousand supernovae and raise you a thousand pulsars on steroids.

[randome]

7. McCaskill needs to say more than just being 'stunned' by this idiot's statement.

She needs to fight dirty. Something like, "My opponent sounds in need of medical attention himself."

[lastlib]

44. She needs to wrap this around his pencil-neck and pull...

...until the bastard strangles on it.

[riderinthestorm]

8. I've just got to K&R this story so more people can see what we're up against... nt

[gollygee]

10. What does he mean by "legitmate rape" anyway?

I'd be bothered by that phrase even if he didn't have the stupid belief about it. Just saying "legitimate rape" bothers me.

[treestar]

17. I bet he thinks date rape and marital rape are not real rape

Only stranger-rape is "legitimate" is his likely position.

[Care Acutely]

33. And statutory rape.

If that little 14yo hussie was wearin' a short skirt and some lip gloss she was obviously not raped.

[lastlib]

37. ...an' b'sides, she deserved it for dressing that way.....

(in case anyone needs it.)

[DirkGently]

30. He's implying women only get pregnant when they "want it" & falsely claim rape

whenever it's convenient. He's a monster. No other way to read this one. Vile, vicious. Evil, simply put. This is the level of human perversion that is not compatible with people living with other people.

[Initech]

11. Where do we find these assholes???

[smirkymonkey]

19. LaBrea Tar Pits?

Just a guess.

[Initech]

21. Well they do have a neanderthal line of thinking...

[lastlib]

45. they seem to crawl out of sewers and septic tanks at night....

[Terra Alta]

12. Please tell me this idiot has no chance in hell of being elected. nt

[coalition_unwilling]

13. Akin is currently polling about 8% ahead of

McCaskill. That was before this imbroglio, however. Akin's locked down the misogynist vote, that's for sure.

[seabeyond]

14. date rape is not "legitimate" for some. nt

[RagAss]

15. What is this fuckery ?

I really thought it was an Onion article. This shithead could easily end up in Senate.

[treestar]

16. How can anyone, in 2012, be this ignorant?

What doctors told him that? There is no scientific proof of that whatsoever. It's not even an issue sane people would raise.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

18. Some moron made up that when a woman is frightened...

...her body releases a hormone that prevents pregnancy in case of rape. IF a woman wasn't legitimately scared, then she wasn't raped, at least according to these whack jobs.

[gollygee]

20. It also ignores women being drugged to be raped.

This guy should not be in a position to make decisions for this country.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

22. Absolutely not.

I'm seriously thinking either these people have just lost their fucking minds or they are purposely being this idiotic just purposely lose.

[Oilwellian]

23. Question

“If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.”

Would that be an "immaculate rejection" to this idiot who is one step away from serving in the US Senate? McCaskill better step up her game.

[HillWilliam]

25. Thank heavens stupid isn't dynamite

Akin would have blown Missouri clean off the map.

[Shrike47]

26. "Legitimate rape" is easy to define

It's a stranger rape, by a minority person usually who beats the hell out of you leaving you either hospitalized or dead. If you survive and don't kill yourself, you are probably a hussy who secretly liked it.

[Skittles]

28. BINGO

[brewens]

29. So if they get pregnant, maybe he thinks that means they enjoyed it? n/t

[maxrandb]

32. That's exactly what he means!

[Marrah_G]

31. He is a fucking idiot

If women couldn't get pregnant during a rape I would not be alive.

[meow2u3]

39. Legitimate murder rarely causes death

Legitimate robbery rarely causes property loss; legitimate arson rarely causes houses to burn down; and legitimate assault rarely causes bodily injury.

GET REAL, RETODD AKIN!

[Jeneral2885]

42. Heck, the invasion of Iraq was legitimate in Bush's views

What's new?

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

40. Conversely, what is illegitimate rape?

[Jeneral2885]

41. You guys wonder what values will be spread through the world if there wee many of these idiots in

charge

Then action in failed and fragile state would be supported by these Senators. "Don't worry female citizens of XYZ country, when men assault you, it is legitimate! You won't get preg!"

[Shankapotomus]

46. Well, isn't forced childbirth

the same thing as forced sex, but in reverse?

[tanyev]

47. He does realize that women are not able to keep an aspirin between their knees while they are raped?

[Jeneral2885]

48. Bank vault

must have mistaken the womb's canal fora Bank vault.