Mon Aug 20, 2012, 02:05 PM

maddezmom (130,849 posts)

Obama Calls Akin Rape Comment 'Offensive'

Source: National Journal

President Obama on Monday called recent comments on rape by Rep. Todd Akin, R-Mo., “offensive,” and said they marked a difference in opinion between the political parties.

“Let me first of all say the views expressed were offensive. Rape is rape. And the idea that we should be parsing and qualifying and slicing what types of rape we’re talking about doesn’t makes sense to the American people and certainly doesn’t make sense to me,” Obama told reporters.

The president said Akin’s comments illustrate “why we shouldn’t have a bunch of politicians, the majority of whom are men, making health care decisions on behalf of women.”

Read more: http://nationaljournal.com/politics/obama-calls-akin-rape-comment-offensive--20120820

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11 replies	Author	Time	Post
Obama Calls Akin Rape Comment 'Offensive' (Original post)	maddezmom	Aug 2012	OP
Nailed it. rMoney, of course, said nothing.	truthisfreedom	Aug 2012	#1
Willard's silence is Willard's Assent	Berlum	Aug 2012	#4
Dang! The mind is a terrible thing...	HereSince1628	Aug 2012	#7
Yikes!	AllyCat	Aug 2012	#8
"I, like, totally support the Republican Rape platform." - Mel Gibsin (R)	Berlum	Aug 2012	#9
+1	freshwest	Aug 2012	#2
This Akin guy must be from the 'we are concerned' camp when society started to	AtheistCrusader	Aug 2012	#3
Geez..how'd this guy win? He seems so out there. I do think the issue	Laura PourMeADrink	Aug 2012	#6
I have heard the claim before, but it is not true.	AtheistCrusader	Aug 2012	#10
That is a major stab at Paul Ryan's definition of "forcible rape" as well as a	Coyotl	Aug 2012	#5
It says a lot that Mitt Romney won't come out as strongly against what Akins said.	bushisanidiot	Aug 2012	#11

Response to maddezmom (Original post)

Mon Aug 20, 2012, 02:15 PM

truthisfreedom (17,678 posts)

1. Nailed it. rMoney, of course, said nothing.

Being the sniveling thoughtless cad that he is.

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Mon Aug 20, 2012, 02:25 PM

Berlum (3,726 posts)

4. Willard's silence is Willard's Assent

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Response to Berlum (Reply #4)

Mon Aug 20, 2012, 02:31 PM

HereSince1628 (26,670 posts)

7. Dang! The mind is a terrible thing...

I saw that middle image and wondered what Mel Gibson had done NOW!?!!

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Response to HereSince1628 (Reply #7)

Mon Aug 20, 2012, 02:42 PM

AllyCat (7,524 posts)

8. Yikes!

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Response to HereSince1628 (Reply #7)

Mon Aug 20, 2012, 03:30 PM

Berlum (3,726 posts)

9. "I, like, totally support the Republican Rape platform." - Mel Gibsin (R)

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Response to maddezmom (Original post)

Mon Aug 20, 2012, 02:16 PM

freshwest (31,556 posts)

2. +1

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Response to maddezmom (Original post)

Mon Aug 20, 2012, 02:21 PM

AtheistCrusader (14,267 posts)

3. This Akin guy must be from the 'we are concerned' camp when society started to

realize the need for explicit consent, not implicit.

At one point, one participant getting drunk to the point of not having any awareness, and not explicitly denying consent, was assumed to be implicit consent. Or 'not real rape'.

And when I say 'at one point', I mean a couple years ago.

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Response to AtheistCrusader (Reply #3)

Mon Aug 20, 2012, 02:28 PM

Laura PourMeADrink (15,256 posts)

6. Geez..how'd this guy win? He seems so out there. I do think the issue

about your body not conceiving when "legitimately raped" is interesting. I have never heard this
theory until today I have never seen any stats on rape births. Obviously there are probably
many. But, the human body is just a marvel and it wouldn't surprise me to hear that conception
might be difficult when your body is in a state of extreme duress. They say the concept
has been proven wrong, so I am not refuting that - just think the subject's interesting.

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Response to Laura PourMeADrink (Reply #6)

Mon Aug 20, 2012, 04:08 PM

AtheistCrusader (14,267 posts)

10. I have heard the claim before, but it is not true.

http://www.plannedparenthood.org/health-topics/ask-dr-cullins/cullins-preg-5291.htm

No peer reviewed study has ever shown a prophylactic effect for the emotions or adrenaline or anything else around rape. The pregnancy rate is about 5%, which is what it normally is, for any unprotected consensual sexual encounter.

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Response to maddezmom (Original post)

Mon Aug 20, 2012, 02:28 PM

Coyotl (5,160 posts)

5. That is a major stab at Paul Ryan's definition of "forcible rape" as well as a

comment on the dufus-has-been from Missouri.

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Response to maddezmom (Original post)

Tue Aug 21, 2012, 10:53 AM

bushisanidiot (7,848 posts)

11. It says a lot that Mitt Romney won't come out as strongly against what Akins said.

he knows he'll be smacked down if he is too hard on Akins.

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