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> Roger wrote: 'Akin gave and extensive apology on the Mike Huckabee Show this morning. -Roger'<br><br>> Roger also wrote: 'The point is all politician commit gaffes. Either give then all equal coverage or<br>> let them off the hook. To be fair to you Republicans are no better. The press however should give<br>> equal coverage. In most cases I think that they do not. - Roger'<br><br>BULL <pause> SHIT Roger. This Akin character is obviously staunchly pro-life. So much so, that he'll make an exception for an ectopic pregnancy since it'll kill the mother and itself anyway, but no exceptions for any type of rape ('legitimate' or in his own mind 'illegitimate'). His idiotic statement (that you downplay as a mere 'gaffe') that rape based pregnancies don't occur isn't really relevant because he continued down this same path to say that if the woman's system didn't shut down as it was designed to do during the 'legitimate rape' that: 'Let’s assume that maybe that didn’t work, or something, I
think there should be some punishment, but the punishment ought to be on
the rapist and not attacking the child.'<br><br>If Republicans were smart - which they are not - they would just say it like it is with out trying to sugar coat it and without trying to send 'coded messages' like 'state's rights' and 'strict constructionist' when trying to pussyfoot around the issue of abortion. Is there some reason why they can't just say that they're against all abortions and that they will push to legislate outright bans on all abortions without allowing any exceptions whatsoever for them??? And I mean some reason other than the fact that this will be political suicide for saying something like this.<br><br>-Scott<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><div><br>> -----Original message-----<br>> From: Tom Hansen thansen@moscow.com<br>> Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 11:57:20 -0700<br>> To: lfalen lfalen@turbonet.com<br>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Say What?<br>> <br>> > Tell us, Mr. Falen:<br>> > <br>> > Did Rep. Akin mis-speak when he stated . . .<br>> > <br>> > " . . . the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down."<br>> > <br>> > If so, he owes every living rape victim a serious apology.<br>> > <br>> > If not, he should share the source of his claim that the female body is capable of shutting down potential consequences of rape.<br>> > <br>> > Seeya round town, Moscow.<br>> > <br>> > Tom Hansen<br>> > Moscow, Idaho<br>> > <br>> > "We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The college students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."<br>> > <br>> > - Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)<br>> > <br>> > <br>> > On Aug 20, 2012, at 11:45 AM, lfalen <lfalen@turbonet.com> wrote:<br>> > <br>> > > the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.<br>> > <br>> > <br>> <br>> =======================================================<br>> List services made available by First Step Internet,<br>> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.<br>> http://www.fsr.net<br>> mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<br>> =======================================================<br></div> </div></body>
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