Yeah, it’s all “Look at that crazy Republican extremist and his bizarro attitudes” today … and then “There’s certainly room for discussion on the matter in a democracy” tomorrow … followed by …
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_window)
And, oh, yeah, I’d forgotten about Akin’s (and Paul Ryan’s) co-sponsorship role in the “forcible rape” legislation from the House GOP last year — where women would only be eligible for Medicaid (or any federally supported / tax credited insurance under the ACA) to have an abortion in case of rape if it was “forcible” rape. Rape through coersion, rape through drugs, statutory rape … those wouldn’t count.
Seems right in line with the whole “legitimate rape” talk that the Romney/Ryan campaign is trying to back away from. For the moment.
http://www.thenation.com/blog/169451/danger-laughing-todd-akin#
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The Danger of Laughing At Todd Akin | The Nation
The twitter-sphere went nuts yesterday after a video was posted of Missouri senate candidate, Todd Akin, expressing some jaw-dropping views on rape and abortion in an interview with local news: First …
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