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cali

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Wed Apr 17, 2013, 04:14 AM Apr 2013

NH Repub Legislator calls women "vagina's". Issues worst non-apology evah. [View all]

A Republican New Hampshire lawmaker referred to women as "vaginas" in an email to colleagues on the official legislative electronic mailing list earlier this month, drawing outrage from his own party.

State Rep. Peter Hansen (R) made the comment, first reported by New Hampshire political blogger Susan the Bruce, in an April 1 email debate with colleagues about a "stand your ground" gun bill. Hansen's colleague, Rep. Steve Vaillancourt (R) had delivered a lengthy floor speech about the benefits of retreating instead of using deadly force, to which Hansen replied in an email:

What could possibly be missing from those factual tales of successful retreat in VT, Germany, and the bowels of Amsterdam? Why children and vagina's of course. While the tales relate the actions of a solitary male the outcome cannot relate to similar situations where children and women and mothers are the potential victims.

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Hansen initially did not back down. But on Tuesday, he claimed his comments were misinterpreted and he apologized "to those who took offense."

"Can there be any doubt my comment is being misinterpreted and taken completely out of context?" Hansen said in a statement. "It was not, and is not, my intention to demean women at any time. It is apparent that the intent of my remarks has been misinterpreted, the true goal of the message lost and for that I apologize to those who took offense."

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/16/peter-hansen-new-hampshire-vaginas_n_3095135.html

I'd call him a pig, but no actual pig deserves to be associated with this shitstain.

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I have to say Skittles Apr 2013 #1
I cannot imagine an existince Le Taz Hot Apr 2013 #2
You can't imagine that existence because you're not a Conservative. Volaris Apr 2013 #9
because today, talking about women in this manner is more a norm. it says a hell of a lot seabeyond Apr 2013 #16
Another lowlife that passed second grade with a C- DFW Apr 2013 #3
ha, you caught it. I was waiting for someone to notice that. Your prize cali Apr 2013 #4
Vaginas Unite! blkmusclmachine Apr 2013 #5
" I apologize to those who took offense" SCVDem Apr 2013 #6
He left out an excited declaration. Think Anne Romney Heather MC Apr 2013 #7
What a dick. LuvNewcastle Apr 2013 #8
I see what you did there. n/t whopis01 Apr 2013 #32
Exactly what I was thinking. smirkymonkey Apr 2013 #33
Like every other right wing moron, MineralMan Apr 2013 #10
sure, but forget that for a moment. women (and men) are more than their sex organs. cali Apr 2013 #12
Of course it does. And equating someone to their sex organs MineralMan Apr 2013 #14
That is like the gold standard for classic Republican non-apologies! bullwinkle428 Apr 2013 #11
it is, but i'm mind boggled by his initial response cali Apr 2013 #13
Talk to that Kansas teacher SCVDem Apr 2013 #18
WOW, so the statement in the OP was the "revised" apology? bullwinkle428 Apr 2013 #21
of course. cause when a man is called on sexism/misogyny, it is women that misinterpret, out of seabeyond Apr 2013 #15
huh? cali Apr 2013 #17
Hansen's phraseology is so awful, it's kind of difficult to tell if he's LeftinOH Apr 2013 #19
He reduced women to being nothing sufrommich Apr 2013 #20
Where do the pukes FIND these cretins? hifiguy Apr 2013 #22
What a bathroom wall finger painter. Eleanors38 Apr 2013 #23
What an ignorant flaccid penis.. truebrit71 Apr 2013 #24
Of course they'd want to demean us to the body part they want to regulate the most... cynatnite Apr 2013 #25
Referring to women as 'vagina's' was a " well founded strategy in communication"? Shrike47 Apr 2013 #26
"Misinterpreted"? Misin-fucking-terpreted???????????????? kestrel91316 Apr 2013 #27
Here's his contact information: kestrel91316 Apr 2013 #28
now why didn't I think of that? You're a peach. Thanks. cali Apr 2013 #30
OK, I sent him a very nasty message. Hope they don't come after me. smirkymonkey Apr 2013 #34
Really clever how a couple of men insulted him by referring to him as a male sex organ. redqueen Apr 2013 #29
sauce for the gander, I suppose, though it's not terribly clever cali Apr 2013 #31
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