Maine Republican regrets saying men should rape women if abortion is legal

[Bjorn Against]

Maine Republican regrets saying men should rape women if abortion is legal
By Travis Gettys
Thursday, February 27, 2014 11:23

A Republican state lawmaker from Maine says he regrets making decades worth of offensive comments about gays, rape, and abortion that were compiled recently by a liberal activist.

Blogger Mike Tipping dug up several offensive comments made by state Rep. Lawrence Lockman (R-Amherst) from old news reports he posted on the Bangor Daily News website, which has spurred Democratic calls for the lawmaker’s resignation.

In one of the quotes posted on the blog, Lockman falsely suggested HIV and AIDS could be spread by bed sheets and mosquitos, and he also said the progressive movement helped spread the virus by claiming “the practice of sodomy is a legitimate alternative lifestyle, rather than a perverted and depraved crime against humanity.”

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“If a woman has (the right to an abortion), why shouldn’t a man be free to use his superior strength to force himself on a woman?” Lockman said. “At least the rapist’s pursuit of sexual freedom doesn’t (in most cases) result in anyone’s death.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/02/27/maine-republican-regrets-saying-men-should-rape-women-if-abortion-is-legal/

[gaspee]

1. Oh my

I have no words for what that man is.

[raven mad]

12. I do.

But not in polite company.

[blkmusclmachine]

2. Oh, brother. The WAR ON WOMEN has sunk to new lows. GOP: "The Party of HATE"

IMHO

[AnneD]

55. That is the only thing they have to sell to the voters...

Hate and fear. Hopefully people will wake up. You can cry wolf only so many times. IMHO

[shenmue]

3. Unbelievable

What a piece of shit.

[IllinoisBirdWatcher]

4. Regrets getting caught.

One can regret a simple mistake.

One does not simply "regret" more than a decade of bad behavior.

[awoke_in_2003]

39. Saying an obnoxious thing once...

is regrettable. A decade is a big trend

[frylock]

5. the only thing this shithead regrets is getting called out

[Donald Ian Rankin]

6. That people like this exist doesn't scare me, but that they get elected does.

There are always going to be some loonies out there, and society can cope with that, give or take.

But when they're winning the majority of popular votes, you have a problem.

[Octoberfurst]

30. Amen to that!

I feel the same way. Of course there will always be politicians out there are who are out-of-their mind loons. Knuckledraggers who haven't even entered the 20th century much less the 21st. But the thing that boggles my mind is when they get elected! And keep getting reelected! I wonder WTF is wrong with the voters! Why would they vote for such people? And then the scary part comes to my mind. There are a LOT of stupid, reactionary troglodytes out there who vote!

[seabeyond]

7. sick fucker, legally representing us. nt

[ThoughtCriminal]

8. Oh, that moment of regret

When they start saying what they really thing and then slowly come to a stop followed by:

"Why is everyone looking at me like that?"

[sheshe2]

9. Sick, revolting and sick. nt

[freshwest]

10. He needs to leave office and his votes expunged. Yeah, like that's gonna happen... n/t

[Ohio Joe]

11. As usual... He is only sorry he got caught...

If the compilation had not been put out, he would have continued making the same vile comments.

[NaturalHigh]

13. Nice that he regrets it.

I still wouldn't vote for any such idiot, though.

[yuiyoshida]

14. Wow....

[marions ghost]

27. !

that drawing says it all....

[Drew Richards]

15. Sick son of a.... This is not the first wacked thing I have from Maine representative...

Does Maine seem like a different country compared to the states around it?

[Sarah Ibarruri]

16. He's advocating violence; he's proselytizing his beliefs; he's psycho...

Is there anything good about this Republican?

[Bjorn Against]

17. The one good thing about him is that he won his election by only 106 votes

Now that he has been exposed he should be easy to take down in the next election.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

18. That is a good thing! Thanks for pointing it out. nt

[47of74]

19. Dear Rep. Lawrence Lockman,

FUCK YOU.

Sincerely,
47of74

[Fumesucker]

20. K&R

I had no idea Maine is in the Deep South.

[AAO]

49. I think its in the top corner right above Washington.

[JI7]

21. this is the type of religious protection they were trying to go for in arizona

[DeadLetterOffice]

22. This kind of shit is why

only "28% of Republicans believe GOP advocates its principles well."
Whatever it is that 'well' means under the circumstances.
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/02/24/just-28-of-republicans-believe-gop-advocates-its-principles-well/

[Bjorn Against]

24. It is kind of hard for them to advocate principles when they have none

[tclambert]

23. Obviously, he didn't pick up his duct tape from Party Headquarters.

[RandySF]

25. ugh

[SCVDem]

26. My first thought?

Do ya think?!!

Obviously NOT!

[tandot]

28. Worst is that he has 4 children and also grandchildren

who are probably taught the same "family values"

How does such disgusting, vile, piece of sh*t get elected in Maine, of all places???

[libodem]

29. What a disgusting POS

[Coyotl]

31. Time to go home and stay there.

[Nanjing to Seoul]

32. To a Republican, rape is a joke. They've been raping Mother Earth for years

So I guess raping someone's mother or potential mother is a okay!

Besides (and I am stealing this from the movie Airplane): "Sayna, that got their two X chromosomes. They knew what they were getting into when they were in the womb. I say, let 'em get raped."

[blue neen]

33. This man has no soul.

None whatsoever.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

34. daFuck he said ...

“If a woman has (the right to an abortion), why shouldn’t a man be free to use his superior strength to force himself on a woman?” Lockman said. “At least the rapist’s pursuit of sexual freedom doesn’t (in most cases) result in anyone’s death.”

[freshwest]

36. 'free to use his superior strength to force himself on a woman & rapist’s pursuit of sexual freedom'

Anyone who says that must have experience doing such.

He's perfectly in line with 'pro-life' repukes who claim no woman should be allowed to get an abortion, or say no to their demands for sex.

If she gets pregnant, she's a gold digger who got pregnant to entrap them.

Every young lady should know there are men like that around or get the hell away from them.

[Starry Messenger]

35. Female privilege!

[sakabatou]

37. I hope he resigns

What a sick SOB.

[Triana]

38. Yea. He regrets saying it. But not believing it.

Someone making that kind of comment for decades -- has issues beyond just what he *said* - and he clearly should not be in public office.

[Aviation Pro]

40. What the fuck is wrong with these fuckticks?

Yo, fucklick, pay attention:

Rape = Illegal
Abortion = Legal

I'm not even going to debate your stupidity with you, you fucking used piece of shit paper.

Especially, someone who looks like a penis:

[Threedifferentones]

41. If he had said any one of those things out loud and to my face...

I would probably be in prison the rest of my life. Just sayin.

[bulloney]

42. And this goober was elected to a state legislative seat?

Sad thing is, there are dozens of other Lockmans holding elected seats at all levels of government.

There was a time when people making such ignorant statements would be shamed out of even thinking of running for dogcatcher, let alone a state or federal legislative seat. And they're so friggin' outspoken with their ignorance! They wear it like a badge of pride!

This is what 25-30 years of dumbing down from RW radio and Faux Snooze has done to the overall intelligence of this country.

[opiate69]

43. I bet he does regret saying it...

Regret believing it? I'd wager not so much.

[niyad]

45. no, he only regrets that somebody found the statement and made it quite public.

[niyad]

44. so, larry, how many women have you raped? how many have you fantasized about raping?

seriously, you are one sick, twisted, ignorant, woman-hating pos.

[mythology]

46. This makes my head hurt

How can somebody be so utterly devoid of logic, basic human decency and the slightest sense of public discourse?

I mean even if you are stupid enough to believe such a thing, what the bloody hell made him think saying it aloud was a good idea? Then again, I remember Clayton Williams, so perhaps there's just a strain of stupid that I can't understand.

[Skittles]

47. rape is the "pursuit of sexual freedom" ?

what kind of sick, twisted thinking is that???

[SunSeeker]

53. That struck me too.

So wrong on so many levels.

[yuiyoshida]

48. Does he Regret the backlash that he got....

Because he must obviously believe what he said.

[Jamaal510]

50. .

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[Iggo]

51. I'll bet he does.

But I'll also bet he doesn't regret for one minute that that's what he truly believes.

[Warpy]

52. Women aren't human beings to him, only commodities to be used

and it's high time women spot these bastards a little earlier so they can be prevented from rising above the level of dog catcher.

Yeah, he's really sorry now. I just wish I could say his career in politics was over.

[alp227]

54. Too bad you exposed the wicked minds of your fellow right wing rat bastards, Lawrence.

I think that's why he regrets saying what he said. Sunshine is the best disinfectant.

The new motto by his Democratic challenger: Take away Lockman's keys to his office!

[sibelian]

56. Well... I really don't even know how to start reacting to that.

To a large extent I think I'd rather not know such people existed. But, they do.

So, what can be done about them? We're not allowed to round them all up and send them off to see psychiatrists...

[Lizzie Poppet]

57. In other news, Maine Republican's father regrets not pulling out.

What a complete waste of carbon that Lockman jackass is.

[otohara]

58. I Hope Maine Regrets Voting For This Creep n/t

[freshwest]

59. If I owned a business there, or had a newspaper, I would see to it that people read this everyday:

“If a woman has (the right to an abortion), why shouldn’t a man be free to use his superior strength to force himself on a woman?”

“...At least the rapist’s pursuit of sexual freedom doesn’t (in most cases) result in anyone’s death.”

~ Rep. Lawrence Lockman (R-Amherst)