Note that the proposals are coming from within the GOP, as a way to try to prevent their members from self-destructing over stupid rape comments.
'“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.'
Yup. Be helpful if you believed it, too.
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GOP looks for ways to stop the rape comments – Jennifer Haberkorn
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 aborti…
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Be helpful if you believed it, too.
Exactly! Think about what these are guys are saying. Not "Let's stop supporting GOP candidates who hold these neanderthal views." Not "Let's review our party platform and get all the anti-woman stuff out of here." No, what they're working on is better ways to not draw attention to what they believe… better sleight-of-hand skills. ~sheesh~
But rapes are part of the divine plan, they think.
Though, somehow, Obama as president, same-sex love, and so on are not.
Somehow.