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E.g., because there have been occasional cases of women falsely claiming rape (\"entrapping men\" as they used to call it) therefore any claim of rape is suspect, because, y'know, scarlet women! And because, yes, long term stress makes conception\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":29923,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/21\/bryan-fischer-is-a-dolt-akin-is-being-forcibly-assaulted-edition.html","url_meta":{"origin":30376,"position":1},"title":"Bryan Fischer is a Dolt (Akin is Being Forcibly Assaulted! 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(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\"\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":30364,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/09\/26\/gop-holds-its-nose-in-order-to-try-an-win-a-senate-majority.html","url_meta":{"origin":30376,"position":3},"title":"GOP holds its nose in order to try an win a Senate majority","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 26-Sep-12 9:14pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Which makes one wonder how much all that rapid distancing from Akin back in his \"legitimate rape\" days was because of moral repugnance, and how much was because they thought he couldn't win. \u00a0Regardless, now that they're stuck with him, the GOP is backing him in order to win a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":29917,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/21\/an-apology-that-misses-the-point.html","url_meta":{"origin":30376,"position":4},"title":"An apology that misses the point","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 21-Aug-12 7:46am","format":false,"excerpt":"After a few days of \"I misspoke\" shilly-shallying, Rep. Akin has finally apologized for his \"legitimate rape victims don't get pregnant\" comment. Of course, what he says he meant was \"forcible,\" which doesn't help any:- Forcible rape victims can (and do) get pregnant, despite what Akin (who's on the House\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":31103,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/01\/a-direct-appeal-for-politics-over-principle.html","url_meta":{"origin":30376,"position":5},"title":"A direct appeal for politics over principle","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 1-Nov-12 1:57pm","format":false,"excerpt":"No, really. 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