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Major Nikon

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26. Texas State Rep. Jodie Laubenberg Breaks Glass Stupid Ceiling
Tue Jun 25, 2013, 12:25 AM
Jun 2013
Have you had just about enough of ignorant GOP men saying incredibly stupid, clueless things about rape and abortion? Well so has Texas state Rep. Jodie Laubenberg (R-Shut It Down), who obviously decided it was time for GOP women to get in on the act. During debate over a bill that would close most of the state’s clinics that perform abortions, Laubenberg argued against an exemption for victims of rape and incest, dumbsplaining that such an exception isn’t needed, because

“in the emergency room they have what’s called rape kits where a woman can get cleaned out,” she said, incorrectly comparing the procedure to collect physical evidence after a sexual assault to an abortion. “The woman had five months to make that decision, at this point we are looking at a baby that is very far along in its development.”


In addition to automatically winning a nomination for Wonkette’s coveted Legislative Shitmuffin of the Year Award, Rep. Laubenberg also deserves a prize for the strangest description of an abortion to ever come from a “pro-life” person, and the worst euphemism for abortion since that line in “Hills Like White Elephants” about “letting the air in.”

But we hope GOP men have learned their lesson. THAT is how you do stupid. None of this silly Nazi-derived mumbo-jumbo about “legitimate rape” or the morning-after pill or anything like that. If you really want to do batshit insane, just follow the lead of Jodie Lauberberg and throw mere reality out the window altogether, because in Texas politics, you don’t need to be grounded in “facts,” you just have to be “pro-life.”

http://wonkette.com/520665/texas-state-rep-jodie-laubenberg-breaks-glass-stupid-ceiling-declares-rape-kit-abortion

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Wait what? This from a Woman! [View all] sheshe2 Jun 2013 OP
I literally cringed. KittyWampus Jun 2013 #1
I did too KittyWampas. sheshe2 Jun 2013 #7
I yelled "WHAT THE FUCK????" and scared the cat Warpy Jun 2013 #9
Wtf? Oh god. Dash87 Jun 2013 #2
Nutjob Koch whore. She's the president of TX ALEC. hobbit709 Jun 2013 #3
Please tell me there's SOME chance that this will be too much stupid even for her district. Ken Burch Jun 2013 #6
She's been elected 6 times. hobbit709 Jun 2013 #8
Well, she couldn't be pregnant anyway according to Dr. Todd Akin. Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2013 #4
Obviously has never watched Law and Order: SVU Hekate Jun 2013 #5
I know what you mean, Hekate. sheshe2 Jun 2013 #10
I was going to say that all it takes is watching a freaking cop show. LisaLynne Jun 2013 #12
These are her cohorts. hobbit709 Jun 2013 #11
That's an exceptionally grim-looking bunch Hekate Jun 2013 #13
They make pictures of Carrie Nation look like she's smiling. hobbit709 Jun 2013 #14
Dear Lord! sheshe2 Jun 2013 #18
Who had sour grapes for breakfast? NV Whino Jun 2013 #24
What dour, sour, and judgmental expressions. Kath1 Jun 2013 #25
The Texas Vagina League SummerSnow Jun 2013 #31
Unhappy & Unhealthy Mushroom Jun 2013 #35
Disgusting ismnotwasm Jun 2013 #15
Now that's a perfect idea! sheshe2 Jun 2013 #20
women have been in the forefront of the fight for more restrictions on abortion recently, cali Jun 2013 #16
As they were when VAWA was being fought again and again. sheshe2 Jun 2013 #29
Everything's bigger in Texas, including our morons. tanyev Jun 2013 #17
LOL. I'm in Tennessee (Marsha Blackburn and Steve Fitcher) what we lack in breadth okaawhatever Jun 2013 #33
Wow... Hissyspit Jun 2013 #19
Another ignorant religious asshole RainDog Jun 2013 #21
Every minority group has members like this me b zola Jun 2013 #22
Mahalo for exposing the idiocy, she.. Cha Jun 2013 #23
Texas State Rep. Jodie Laubenberg Breaks Glass Stupid Ceiling Major Nikon Jun 2013 #26
Insane is it not Major Nikon. sheshe2 Jun 2013 #30
She had no business making choices for anyone Just Saying Jun 2013 #27
liars. the truth won't promote their agenda. spanone Jun 2013 #28
Another grand marshal in the moron parade that is today's GOP. Warren DeMontague Jun 2013 #32
It does help explain Texas' aversion to teaching science. okaawhatever Jun 2013 #34
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