As President Obama put it: “Rape is an affront to our shared humanity”
from Chipsticks at the Obama Diary: http://theobamadiary.com/2012/08/19/rape-an-affront-to-our-shared-humanity/
I just thought of this video tonight, after the events of today (Akin/Ryan). The President wasn’t meant to appear until Lisa Iyotte introduced him, but while speaking for every victim of rape (because, needless to say, it’s not just the native American community that suffers from this horror), she was overcome, so he came out early to comfort her.
It was what ‘Romney/Ryan/Legitimate Rape 2012? would never recognize:
Humanity.
July 2012 marked the two-year anniversary of the enactment of the Tribal Law and Order Act …. Lisa Iyotte, a Lakota woman, a survivor, shared her personal story of her brutal rape that occurred in her home on a reservation as her young daughters watched. The man who raped her was never prosecuted for his crimes against her.
As President Obama put it:
“When one in three Native American women will be raped in their lifetimes, that is an assault on our national conscience; it is an affront to our shared humanity; it is something that we cannot allow to continue.”
read and watch: http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/video/signing-tribal-law-and-order-act#transcript
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mr. obama is one of the most approacable presidents i have ever seen. this man and his wife remind me of the kennedys .jfk and jackie , but with a different twist mr obama really really cares for his countrys people . lets see rr, the 2 shrubs and the rmonies do that . mr obama , you rock 
