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onehandle

(51,122 posts) Wed Oct 24, 2012, 10:25 PM Oct 2012

Obama on Mourdock: 'Rape is rape' [View all]

Source: Politico/MSNBC

President Obama on Wednesday criticized Senate candidate Richard Mourdock's controversial comments on rape, saying that the Indiana Republican was wrong when he called rape "something God intended to happen."

"I don't know how (they) come up with these ideas," Obama said during a taping of "The Tonight Show" in Burbank, Calif. "Rape is rape. It is a crime."

"These various distinctions about rape don't make too much sense to me, don't make any sense to me," he said, and adding that Mourdock's comments show why men should not be left to make decisions on womens' issues.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/politico44/2012/10/obama-on-mourdock-rape-is-rape-147149.html

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Obama on Mourdock: 'Rape is rape' [View all] onehandle Oct 2012 OP

Succintly to the Point. Cha Oct 2012 #1

INcredible!!! Republicans don't think no means no. Women BEWARE!!! patrice Oct 2012 #2

I would love to know deadbrokediva Oct 2012 #15

What one thinks is the result of one's experiences & if one assumes there is a hierarchy patrice Oct 2012 #22

Sounds like their advice & wisdom Cherchez la Femme Oct 2012 #26

here's a link... DonViejo Oct 2012 #3

Post removed Post removed Oct 2012 #4

What's your fucking point Dandy Dan? Old and In the Way Oct 2012 #7

Um, yes? deadbrokediva Oct 2012 #16

you cannot be Dusty Baker Oct 2012 #19

Re-read that post Old-and-in-the-way didn't excuse Whoopi excusing the Polanski rape. What is your patrice Oct 2012 #23

Flame...no...question...what is "good" and your point is, exactly....? libdem4life Oct 2012 #8

Huh ProudProgressiveNow Oct 2012 #9

Obama's quote ... two articles/two links Tx4obama Oct 2012 #5

K&R. nt ProudProgressiveNow Oct 2012 #6

Rape is a crime, not a gift & the victim should not have to suffer the burden of the crime Historic NY Oct 2012 #10

Rape, repubs and visitation. Rising Tide Oct 2012 #20

A lot MORE here from CNN - Obama quote Tx4obama Oct 2012 #11

What I found most offensive about Mourdock's comment was the part he continues to stand by. SunSeeker Oct 2012 #12

Kick for our President! StarryNite Oct 2012 #13

That's MY President. ProfessionalLeftist Oct 2012 #14

Just posted the video... Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2012 #17

Screaming, whistling applause when he makes the point that men should not be deciding for women. truthisfreedom Oct 2012 #18

What gets me is you just KNOW Obama doesn't say that because some focus group liked it. Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2012 #21

I wonder if most women who are voting for Mitt.. Ivywoods55 Oct 2012 #24

Thank you, President Obama Cherchez la Femme Oct 2012 #25

k & r n/t antigop Oct 2012 #27