Tag: Republicans

Rep. Todd Akin: Rape Won’t Make You Pregnant

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Meet the man running for U.S. Senate from Missouri against Sen. Claire McCaskill (D). You’ve heard he’s very far right. You’ve heard he’s backed by the tea party. But have you heard that Rep. Todd Akin is nuts? You have now.

Akin’s bizarre theory that the female body has a way of guarding against pregnancy in cases of “legitimate” rape is just wacko. What way might that be, Todd? Does it secrete natural spermicides? Does the uterus jump out of the way of the incoming sperm? Does the female brain send a signal to the uterine wall to sneeze? Break it down for us.

In fact, about 5 percent of rapes of women of childbearing age and ability in the United States annually leave the victim pregnant. Notice I just said, “rape,” not “forcible rape,” or “legitimate rape,” or as Akin might put it, “real rape.”

Why are some men trying to pass laws about what women can and can’t do when they have no more understanding of women than a 12-year-old?

h/t to TPM

Inside a Mitt Romney Rally, or At Least Near It

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Left, 'Truth,' and on the other side, (right) 'Romney.' WTF???

I hope you faithful Pensito Reviewers appreciate my sacrifice in bringing you these crowd shots from Mitt Romney’s appearance in St. Augustine, Fla. on Monday, Aug. 13. I had to get up at 6 a.m. — that’s 6 in the morning, people! — to start my day with a bunch of rabid Republicans and tea partiers.

I wanted to stick around for the speechifying by Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, Gov. Rick Scott, Sen. Marco Rubio, and of course, Willard himself but the speakers started late (you’d think Republicans would be on time and Democrats would run late), and going on three hours in, I wanted to flee the scene. The vibe was decidedly “We’re taking our country back,” and since I’m the one they’re trying to take it back from, it wasn’t pleasant.

But do enjoy these shots. I made them just for you.

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So Many Things to Do Before the RNC Convention

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I’m redoing my breasts and I timed my surgery around it because I wanted to make sure I wasn’t going to be recovering during that time.

“Mary,” a high-end professional escort interviewed in Tampa, who is gearing up for the Republican National Convention at the end of August. “Mary” has also revamped her web site to offer not just sex but “experiences.”

Coulter: The Point of Hannity’s Show is to Elect Romney

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Anyone who donates to Mitt Romney, and I mean the big donors, ought to say if Andrea Saul isn’t fired and off the campaign tomorrow, they are not giving another dime, because it is not worth fighting for this man if this is the kind of spokesman he has…There’s no point in you doing your show, [emphasis added] there’s no point in going to the convention and pushing for this man if he’s employing morons like this.

Ann Coulter, exploding on the Sean Hannity Show over another gaffe from the Romney campaign, but also putting to rest the notion that FOX News is anything but a vehicle for advancing Republicans and the conservative agenda. When she said that if Romney can’t run a better campaign then there is no point in Hannity doing his show, she acknowledged that the purpose of Hannity’s show is to elect Romney and other Republicans.

It Will Be Big, Baby, BIG

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Something dramatic.

What Mitt Romney says will help the economy. What that dramatic something might be, however, he did not define except it will not be a move by the Federal Reserve, it will not be an economic stimulus package, and it won’t increase the size of government, whose public sector job losses since lowered tax revenues met tea party freshmen in Congress has been a huge contributor to unemployment figures. Instead, Romney mushily said someone somewhere needs to “create the incentives and the opportunities for entrepreneurs and businesses big and small to hire more people.” But not government. Meanwhile, Pres. Obama’s many efforts to create incentives and opportunities for hiring have been fought by Republicans.