Ignorant things politicians say
 

Election season is in full force and that means they are opening their mouths a lot. That also means they are saying some really ignorant things.

This can be a bipartisan thread...

We'll start with this one:
Rep. Todd Akin, R, Missouri-

First of all, from what I understand from doctors, [pregnancy from rape] is really rare. If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down," Akin said.

http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2...pregnancy?lite

Pro life or not, surely people know that the female body cannot shut that whole thing down just because it was a rape, right?

I'm curious what makes a rape "legitimate".

Yeahhhh - homeboy's definitely from Missouri, not Iowa.

Also InTrade has him at about 85% to win .... so there's that.

I would like to know where he got this idea from.

Oops, sorry. I'll fix that. I don't know where I got Iowa from.

There are rumblings that it's from literature provided by one of the SuperPAC-funded fake-science think tanks, as a sort of pseudoscientific end-around to help develop anti-abortion laws. I haven't seen anybody produce the literature yet, though.

Spoken by one of those misogynistic idiots who don't think marital rape, date rape, acquaintance rape, etc. is "real" rape.

If it's not a total stranger accosting women on the street and violently raping them, it's not "legitimate".

And they wonder why the GOP has lost all credibility.

If that is what he believes then he is definitely a misogynist idiot.

I was wondering whether he was talking about that or talking about false rape accusations, in general.

I think "false allegations" are part and parcel, but as more of a general "women: what WON'T they fake?!" kind of general misogyny than anything. This article from the Atlantic outlines the strategy: it's pretty gross.

"In Delaware, the largest growth of population is Indian Americans, moving from India. You cannot go to a 7/11 or a Dunkin' Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent. I'm not joking." - Joe Biden

IMO, the dumbest line from that article is this one:

"The reason, Freind said, is that the traumatic experience of rape causes a woman to 'secrete a certain secretion' that tends to kill sperm."

Wow, that's soooooo scientific! Sciencewoman does not like this.

But, but "They" say it is true. :mad:

Oh, dear lord. To think of all of the money I spent on birth control. I could have just convinced my sperm killing secreting gland to get to working, and no babies and money in the bank!

And just like that, McCaskill's up to 55% to win on InTrade, and Republican leaders are thinking about recalling Akin and running somebody else (since a random suit with an R next to its name would be something like 75% to win MO prior to this).

Fascinating, actually.

Sounds like an excellent plan to this FORMER Republican.

(Independent since 2000)