They never learn:
GOP looks for ways to stop the rape comments
Rep. Phil Gingrey’s attempts to explain Todd Akin’s rape remarks are leaving many Republicans beyond frustrated that a few in their party can’t help but insert rape into the already contentious abortion debate.
“This is actually pretty simple. If you’re about to talk about rape as anything other than a brutal and horrible crime, stop,” said Republican strategist Kevin Madden, who was a senior adviser in Mitt Romney’s campaign.
On Thursday, the Georgia Republican didn’t heed that advice, telling a local Chamber of Commerce breakfast that Akin was “partially right” when he said last year that a woman can stop herself from getting pregnant.
“We tell infertile couples all the time that are having trouble conceiving because of the woman not ovulating, ‘Just relax. Drink a glass of wine. And don’t be so tense and uptight because all that adrenaline can cause you not to ovulate,’” Gingrey said.
He also said that Akin’s definition of a “non-legitimate rape” could be “a scared-to-death 15-year-old that becomes impregnated by her boyfriend and then has to tell her parents.”
The comments were reported by the Marietta Daily Journal. Gingrey later said that he wasn’t trying to defend remarks by Akin or Indiana Senate candidate Richard Mourdock, and that his position was misconstrued “in my attempt to provide context as to what I presumed they meant.”
But Gingrey’s lengthy explanation of what Akin meant was quickly circulated by Democrats, repudiated by medical groups, and had some Republicans smacking their heads in frustration.
It’s really quite simple: If you are a Republican candidate and/or office holder and you have a penis but you do not have a medical degree, do not discuss anything having to do with vaginas.
Ever.
You don’t know what you are talking about. The more you talk, the dumber you will look. Even if you have a medical degree it’s better to be safe than sorry.
Just STFU
If you follow my advice some people might suspect you are stupid, but if you open your mouth you will remove all doubt.
The Crawdad Hole 
all of this stupidity aside, I don’t think the Republicans are interested in promoting a woman for president….big mistake
Palin and other Repub women scare Repubs as much as they scare Dems. Same way as Hillary scares the Dems as much as she scares the Repubs. Neither party is on your side. Period.
I know you’re right DandyTiger—-it sucks!!! But then the parties would be our friends if women would just be more proactive and less afraid. Duh….
People on both sides of the isle should leave their bubbles and get out more. They’d be amazed at how most Americans think people in each party are nuts. Right now Repubs seem to have corned the market, which means lots of Americans think all Repubs are nuts (see 2012 election). They really should, you know, think about that.
Oh I don’t know if R’s have the market cornered. I think there is stiff competition from the D’s……see talk of gun confiscation, trillion dollar coin, massive expansion of visas to ME, amnesty via EO and other usurpations of the constitution.
The R’s just get more press coverage for their stupidity.
totally agree. 🙂
Honk!
One price they pay because the “Journalism” industry no longer attracts savvy entrepreneurs and investors.
that swamp gas in DC is very powerful. It drains the brain of all common sense, lowers the intelligence quota.
Both parties are affected. In 2008 there was a major infection in the democratic party. Now there seems to be an outbreak in the republican party. There is no medicine to cure this problem. The only solution is getting out of town, so it is up to the American people to vote out all that are in DC and replace them with new people and only leave them there for two terms at the very most. It is for their own good as well as the good of the country.
sorry wrong you tube. I was trying for one with swamp gas
This article scares me more than the professional mispoken bobbleheads on both sides of the aisle…
http://theothermccain.com/2013/01/11/rush-limbaugh-is-right-the-academic-pro-pedophile-movement-is-a-real-danger/
It’s about lowering the age of consent to 12 or 14 so child molesters won’t have to go to jail. Hey some kids like it ! Say the “experts”.
Wow Denise interesting link…..and apparently Rush was lambasted for speaking out against this.
Cheese whiz what’s next? Did you see some of this tracks back to Columbia??
Yeah, when I heard Soledad O’Brien doing the lambasting a red flag went up.
So I did my own research. 🙂
yeah…and go drink another penis colada…
I was called for a survey the other night and they were asking me questions like…Do you think the Republicans lost the election because of their stance on social issues or because they weren’t conservative enough? Do you think a 14 yr old girl who wants an abortion should need parental approval? Do you think an 18 year old girl who wants and abortion should need parental approval? There was no question about “do you want to vote for a party (Ds or Rs) who is so stupid they only worry about abortion when so many people are unemployed and the national debt is so high. These hosers can’t even figure out what questions to ask so it’s a sure bet they have no answers to the hard problems we face as a country.
Or they’re asking the wrong questions on purpose. Look, squirrel.
OT.
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I still live in space 😀
Got all jiggy to see House Hunters in one of my favorite NYC neighborhoods, Hell’s Kitchen, only to find out a 440 sq ft studio cost 469K + 1k/mo for HOA. View was train tracks and an MTA bus washing station. The couple ended up in Jersey City, got twice the space, a view of the NYc skyline for about 50k less. Am now resetting my Zillow watch list 😀
in go the French….”from here to Timbuktu” is about to have a whole new meaning…
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/01/11/french-military-arrives-to-help-mali-government-as-radical-islamists-advance/
Two hours to Packers vs. 49’ers. Go Packers!!
1T coin seems to be ruled out:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/01/12/treasury-we-wont-mint-a-platinum-coin-to-sidestep-the-debt-ceiling/
That’s too bad. Was sorta hoping they’d be available for flipping during opening ceremonies at NFL games.
I had high hopes for the ultimate heist adventure.
Would only need a Segway for the getaway.
This would have been my Open Thread tonight….
http://bloghopenchangery.com/2013/01/12/will-oprah-drag-barry-to-her-couch/
I chickened out 😦
Oh crap, Bloomberg is right?
http://www.myfoxny.com/story/20569927/woman-falls-through-manhattan-sidewalk
Nah, Bloomberg will never be “right”.
😆
That is so not fair that they are trying to blame her. The city has an obligation to maintain safe sidewalks and obviously they failed. Three skinny people could have been standing there and it would have collapsed, too. I’ve stood in crowds that must have weighed thousands of pounds and still fully expected the sidewalk to hold up.
http://weaselzippers.us/2013/01/12/top-senate-dems-who-urged-obama-to-raise-debt-ceiling-unilaterally-all-voted-against-increase-in-2006/
what difference several years make
http://weaselzippers.us/2013/01/12/report-obama-leaning-towards-picking-another-white-guy-for-chief-of-staff-role/
should we tell the female obots??
backtrack to pick another old white guy, this time for chief of staff
IBSP
Sharpton thinks Obama is ready for Mt. Rushmore.
I think I just threw up a little in my mouth.
http://freebeacon.com/sharpton-is-obama-ready-for-mt-rushmore/
he is ready for a rock pile, chain gang, not mt rushmore
Honk!
http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/2013011200/2012/POST19/ravens@broncos#menu=drivechart&tab=track
This must be a hellva game
broncos vs ravens ot tied at 35
#BREAKING SPORTS: Ravens Beat Broncos in @OT on a FG. 38-35. NOW the country is flipping over to Candlestick.
The Ravens have been underrated for a long time 🙂 GO RAVENS!!
http://spectator.org/archives/2013/01/11/all-the-king-of-beers-men
so what will be your beer of choice to celebrate???
found this and thought a football weekend would be a good time to link it here
cheers for your team
Ha ha. The Ravens Tebowed Denver.
http://weaselzippers.us/2013/01/12/teachers-of-occupy-oakland-calling-for-abolition-of-capitalism/
think there will be a lot of home schooling in Oakland Ca. I certainly hope so
Jesus. I am so glad I don’t live in California. Or on either coast for that matter. People out there look like loons to those of us in the interior. The Midwest cannot rise fast enough for my tastes. To be perfectly regionally supremacist about it.
Come on, Lola, be a sport and take a couple of dozen OWS types off our hands. We promise not to giggle if you do.
growing bigger by the minute…this is a huge turn of events for France…a really big deal….
http://weaselzippers.us/2013/01/12/french-warplanes-pound-islamist-rebels-in-mali-attack-helicopter-shot-down-by-rebels/
Just another front on a world wide war that has been going on for more than a thousand years.
not really…France has the largest moslem population outside of the middle east…this becomes a launching pad like none they have seen in a thousand years….has the possibility to change the political face of Europe very quickly…
Good game in Candlestick even 49ers won.
http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/gameTrax?gameId=20130112025
49ers vs packers game
That was embarrassing. Fucking Packers.
OT but THIS fails to really clear things up
Parsing everyone is wearisome, but “recovering in Cuba” and “not in a coma” does not quite rule out being dead, does it?
He might be dead for years to come. Happens all the time. Ask Francisco Franco.