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In case you missed this in the lead-up to the VP debate...it's still in the WI news cycle.
http://www.jsonline.com/newswatch/173718041.html?newsWatchDate=10-12-2012
Madison - Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan and Gov. Scott Walker have dropped their endorsements of a Wisconsin lawmaker who said that his father had told him "some girls, they rape so easy" as a way to warn him that women could consent to sex but then later claim they hadn't.
In a further blow to state Rep. Roger Rivard's re-election bid, the operation committed to maintaining a Republican majority in the state Assembly on Thursday ended its financial support for Rivard.
Ryan pulled his support for Rivard, of Rice Lake, just hours after the Journal Sentinel reported on his rape comments Wednesday, and by Thursday afternoon Walker, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson and U.S. Senate candidate Tommy Thompson also condemned Rivard's statements. U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy of Weston said he was donating money he received from Rivard to a sexual abuse shelter.
lalalu
(1,663 posts)They are always making comments about women being raped.
HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)OldDem2012
(3,526 posts)Flashmann
(2,140 posts)To not be able to publicly endorse one of their personal heros...
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)BumRushDaShow
(127,260 posts)It's done and out there. That's like trying to unring a bell.
HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)It's odd that last spring no republican seemed upset with similar crap Glenn Grothman was pushing.
charmay
(525 posts)about Obama last summer during a parade. It was a local kerfuffle for a few days.