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WCGreen

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10. He looked sincere, to me, about his belief and didn't stick his chin out like others I have seen...

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Oct 25, 2012, 12:00 PM

Oct 2012

He also looked as if he really searched his soul. I will give him that.

And yet letting this man anywhere need the relatively easy constitutional amending process in the senate is not an option. He is putting personal beliefs over perhaps the most personal decision making a woman.

And that is not the American Way. At least the last time I looked.

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Why Liberals are Misreading Mourdock [View all] DonViejo Oct 2012 OP

I think liberals and everyone else who cares about women's right gets it just fine. warrior1 Oct 2012 #1

Yeah, it's us liberals fault for realizing the guy is a first-class asswipe. Scuba Oct 2012 #2

Shock value headline + defense of the indefensible = beac Oct 2012 #3

The problem is using religious belief to make public laws and policy. Jennicut Oct 2012 #4

Nobody's "misreading" anything. We know that they believe TwilightGardener Oct 2012 #5

Don't quite get her point. Arkana Oct 2012 #6

Don't really give a shit. We should destroy everyone of these RW nuts with anything we find... Comrade_McKenzie Oct 2012 #7

Well you see it is the fact that people see that Mourdock is saying that if Jumping John Oct 2012 #8

Mourdoch oh1kelley Oct 2012 #9

He looked sincere, to me, about his belief and didn't stick his chin out like others I have seen... WCGreen Oct 2012 #10

Reading Mourdock as believing God intended for the rape to happen is the most rational reading onenote Oct 2012 #11

Mourdock is wrong. Coyotl Oct 2012 #16

Only one problem with that thought process... janlyn Oct 2012 #12

The thing nobody is willing to say out loud BlueStreak Oct 2012 #13

Yes, the problem is the ugliness of the people aint_no_life_nowhere Oct 2012 #17

So if Obama were to be admitted into hospital after a car wreck or something and was in a coma Jumping John Oct 2012 #14

So Richard Mourdock has no children. I am sure if you ask him he would say Jumping John Oct 2012 #15

My problem with his comment wasn't about the mere stupidity of it justiceischeap Oct 2012 #18

I'm a liberal and that is NOT how I interpreted it karynnj Oct 2012 #19