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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSantorum Tells Pregnant Rape Victims: ‘Make the Best Out of a Bad Situation’
(yes, I know this is from 2012, but since fecal matter is thinking about a "testing the waters" committee to make money, er, consider running, I think the refresher is necessary)
apocalypse now
Santorum Tells Pregnant Rape Victims: Make the Best Out of a Bad Situation
Searching for the final nail in the coffin of Rick Santorums political career, there appears to be a solid contender in a CNN interview Piers Morgan conducted with the Republican candidate ahead of the South Carolina primary. The liberal network OBVS wanted to get at Santorums extremely conservative views, but the response Santorum gave on the matter of abortion is so heinous it might terrify the viewer away from anything associated with the video, namely, Rick Santorum, walls, picture frames, CNN (again), Piers Morgan (again), lights, chairs, clothing esp. sweater vests, microphones, moving images, air, words, YouTube, television, electricity, sounds, Earth and the Internet.
Yes, the titular proclamation in this post is bad enough, but Piers Morgan asked Santorum to clarify his stance on abortion, which meant that Santorum droned on for a good minute, claiming that his stance has nothing to do with his religious views, then dropping the world God in there anyway.
The worst part (arguably):
Ive always, you know, I believe and I think the right approach is to accept this horribly created in the sense of rape but nevertheless a gift in a very broken way, the gift of human life, and accept what God has given to you.
Some presumptions here, which of course are in keeping with the Santorum schtick: women are subordinate to both men and children; the crime of abortion is worthy of more drivel than the crime of rape; on top of the shame of being raped, a woman is apparently going to have to live with the shame of having given up the unborn child of her rapist, so why not just have the kid, who is someone she never asked for in a million years, anyway?
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Read more at http://wonkette.com/461032/santorum-tells-pregnant-rape-victims-make-the-best-of-a-bad-situation#MYojzALBQyl27GUs.99
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Santorum Tells Pregnant Rape Victims: ‘Make the Best Out of a Bad Situation’ (Original Post)
niyad
Apr 2015
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Iggo
(47,578 posts)1. Oh, Frothy.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)2. would he have said the same thing if HE had been raped in prison,
or if his wife/daughter/mother/sister had been raped?
My guess is that he would not be as accepting.
Oneironaut
(5,530 posts)3. Repubs have a "It's different for me"
addendum to their backwards beliefs. They have it covered.
niyad
(113,628 posts)4. you are quite correct.
CanonRay
(14,121 posts)5. I'm thankful this guy does not have a prayer of getting elected
to anything.
niyad
(113,628 posts)6. I truly hope you are correct.