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treestar

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1. WTF?

Reply to ProSense (Original post)

Sun Aug 19, 2012, 04:21 PM

Aug 2012

Gawd I hope this individual loses the election. What a moron. What biological defenses? How medieval.

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Akin On ‘Legitimate Rape’ Comment: ‘I Misspoke’ (updated) [View all] ProSense Aug 2012 OP

WTF? treestar Aug 2012 #1

Agreed! nt avebury Aug 2012 #9

Was he referring maybe to the "morning-after aspirin"? George II Aug 2012 #56

His "apology" should read something like this Bluzmann57 Aug 2012 #2

You "MISSPOKE"?! Arkana Aug 2012 #3

You make an incisive and important distinction. nt. Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2012 #43

Bull. Shit. DinahMoeHum Aug 2012 #4

No, he didn't. VenusRising Aug 2012 #5

Why don't these stupid fucks malaise Aug 2012 #6

Correction to his off-the-cuff remarks: summerschild Aug 2012 #7

He never would have realized he "misspoke" Politicalboi Aug 2012 #8

"Misspoke" MY ASS! Odin2005 Aug 2012 #10

So women's reproductive systems don't have magical shut-down defenses after all? BeyondGeography Aug 2012 #11

It sounded like it was based on such solid science, too. Arugula Latte Aug 2012 #15

Yeah, that's the kind of apology that Rush gave. FU, pig. freshwest Aug 2012 #12

Apology accepted . . . NOT! Your comment implied that women who became coalition_unwilling Aug 2012 #13

Akin also voted for an anti-marital-rape law but only after.... chowder66 Aug 2012 #14

the headline and your post disagree dsc Aug 2012 #18

Thank you for pointing that out. chowder66 Aug 2012 #24

I agree about the sex offender registry. Live and Learn Aug 2012 #38

How this man EVER gets laid is beyond me. nolabear Aug 2012 #21

This is how. lightcameron Aug 2012 #46

So, no doctors told him that garbage. Was he making it up? IggleDoer Aug 2012 #16

no words. unfriggenbelievable. Whisp Aug 2012 #17

Actually he meant to say that after he was elected lunatica Aug 2012 #19

I hope that frogmarch Aug 2012 #20

Tell us Akin...which part did you misspeak on? chowder66 Aug 2012 #22

You said it. You meant it. Own it! reflection Aug 2012 #23

- and NOT ONCE does he apologize in his statement. stlsaxman Aug 2012 #25

You got it. Not once does he apologize. He's not sorry, and the orig. statement is really him. nt. Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2012 #44

Akin Refuses to Apologize for Saying Liberals Hate God: June 2011, link Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2012 #47

Akin is is a member of the House Science and Technology committee DesertRat Aug 2012 #26

That detail right there... TDale313 Aug 2012 #29

+1 DesertRat Aug 2012 #31

Exactly! n/t ProSense Aug 2012 #34

What Posteritatis Aug 2012 #36

I laughed out loud. n/t reflection Aug 2012 #63

Do you think they believe that there really is an ACTUAL Etch-A-Sketch? renie408 Aug 2012 #27

No. He didn't. He spoke HIS truth. ProfessionalLeftist Aug 2012 #28

MISSPOKE, MY PIG'S ASS! meow2u3 Aug 2012 #30

Kicked RagAss Aug 2012 #32

No, he meant it. I'm sure he believes that nonsense to be true. Lone_Star_Dem Aug 2012 #33

I heard this story way back as a kid. rurallib Aug 2012 #35

Via Betty Bowers: LadyHawkAZ Aug 2012 #37

"my batshit crazy override switch was in the 'off' position" grantcart Aug 2012 #39

And then, is it me or???? SoapBox Aug 2012 #40

What happens next? Ryan's take no prisoners attitude on rape / abortion highlighted (pic) Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2012 #66

Forcing women to bear unwanted children SheilaT Aug 2012 #41

+ 1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 kestrel91316 Aug 2012 #64

Wow. So being impregnated by a rapist means it wasn't rape? Chemisse Aug 2012 #42

I know, right? MadrasT Aug 2012 #45

That's exactly the same 'logic'! Chemisse Aug 2012 #51

I'm trying to understand what he said. valerief Aug 2012 #48

He's a useful idiot to run against McCaskill, even if he is a the nominal retirement age. Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2012 #49

He's not the only guy to say this. This is a meme in the psycho-religious sect. MrSlayer Aug 2012 #50

he went on to say something about babies coming from storks delivering from cabbage patches NightWatcher Aug 2012 #52

fucker... fry his ass. nt seabeyond Aug 2012 #53

Can we send this to all those media hounds so they can force an apology out of this guy? vaberella Aug 2012 #54

i just read that if he does not withdraw before Tuesday the Pubs are stuck with him. demgrrrll Aug 2012 #55

Akin Didn't Mispeak DallasNE Aug 2012 #57

Too late to walk it back GP6971 Aug 2012 #58

He didn't write that shit maxrandb Aug 2012 #59

Guy's like 65 and doesn't know how the female body works? Dash87 Aug 2012 #60

Fuck you, Akin. Zoeisright Aug 2012 #61

This isn't a misunderstood area. You don't say such a thing unless you believe it. salin Aug 2012 #62

Frank Zappa: "It is best in cases like this to pretend that you are stupid" derby378 Aug 2012 #65

I just vented my spleen all over this a-hole's email address reflection Aug 2012 #67