greymule Loc: Colorado

It's quite amazing how little Republicans seem to know about Women's Issues, Anatomy and Science-

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/19/todd-akin-abortion-legitimate-rape_n_1807381.html?utm_source=DailyBrief&utm_campaign=082012&utm_medium=email&utm_content=FeatureTitle&utm_term=Daily%20Brief

docrob Loc: Durango, Colorado

your right - that avatar does look like you

pbearperry Loc: Massachusetts

So one fool makes a stupid statement and all the other Republicans must be the same?Something is wrong with this logic,but it seems it is the norm lately.

gmcase Loc: Galt's Gulch

And they defend Biden. Go figure. The hypocrisy is stifling at times.

Blurryeyed Loc: NC Mountains.

You can't push off one dumbass as the whole republican party..

Typical of libs and typical of their minions in the press... I guess all Dems like emailing tweeting dic pics out over the web ala Anthony Wiener... makes about as much sense..

RixPix Loc: Miami, Florida

First and foremost let's agree that the Representative spoke his TRUE feelings on the issue. He is a religious man and as such has specific beliefs. It is his absolute right as a citizen of this country to speak his mind, just like Joe Biden and Joe the Plumber. The fact that his belief is so strong and that it is counter to what others believe is of no consequence other than the fact that he is an elected official. It is up to HIS constituents to either approve or disapprove with his position that has to due with his duties as their representative.

RixPix Loc: Miami, Florida

The man simply spoke his mind. It is up to his constituents to approve with his position. He is a man of great faith and strong religious beliefs how dare YOU castigate him for speaking his mind.

Blurryeyed Loc: NC Mountains.

LOL RixPix, The man is an idiot, his words probably belie his deeper thoughts that if abortion is ok in cases of rape that women will make false claims of rape in order to have an abortion... this may or not be what was in his mind, but the fact that he said what he said, that if it is a "legitimate rape".. what the hell is that???? Is that like a "Righteous Rape" and then goes on to say something stupid about the womans body's ability to not conceive after forcible rape... He is an idiot, and does not deserve to represent the republican party... What's more is that the party is sending him that message loud and clear as I assure you there is pressure being applied as I write this to get him to withdraw from the race...

RixPix Loc: Miami, Florida

He is speaking mind...he is speaking his constituent's mindset....YOU go outside in your neighborhood and ask about abortion...I know where you live in Florida...you will find more people that agree with him than not. He speaks for a portion of the Republican party's core voters there is no denying THAT fact. The Republican party wants these types of people voting for them...they may never take the actions that fulfill their promises to these voters but they want their vote. These are undeniable facts! The Democratic party is made of "others", the Republican Party is made of believers.

greymule Loc: Colorado

What mind?

RixPix Loc: Miami, Florida

Agreed...not a sane position but he said it and I believe that he believes in what he said. Now, he has been de-briefed by his party and is apologizing, his career may be over or not? But he did speak his mind in the beginning. Nothing he or his party can say will ever justify his position aside from coming out in support of abortion rights which they CAN NEVER DO as it will alienate a portion of their constituents and the way things are going they know they need every possible vote to come close to winning.

Blurryeyed Loc: NC Mountains.

LOL I know where I live better than you do and you make assumptions based solely on your bias and I would have to say bigotry... I also know where you live, and many of the issues that you believe and fight for are not so well accepted by your own community... Quieren los latinos a la inglesia, no acepten muchas de los casos que te apoyas..

les_stockton Loc: Eastern Oklahoma

yes. it's a stupid deduction. No one ever suggested that after a Democratic congressman was worried about an island being capsized if too many people were on it; no one suggested that Democrats were stupid because of this. It was just noted that this guy was a moron and the issue was dropped.

RixPix Loc: Miami, Florida

I am not laughing. It is interesting that you are laughing as I didn't say they were your beliefs. I said they were your communities beliefs and they core values of a large percentage of the Republican "Base". There's no denying this no matter how Republican's play to the masses they do not represent the views of the majority of people in this country. These little incidents of Republican elected officials speaking their mind can very disconcerting to oligarchs such as yourself. This association with fundamentalists such as this Congressman soils everyone in the party no matter regardless of whether you agree with the position or not. That's the beauty of politics....it reminds me of that old Italian movie La Cage Aux Folles...the head of the conservative party is caught with a whore and the rest of the party feels the effects. The Republican party has a long way to go to put this behind them. I can't wait to see what happens next to either party it certainly not a boring election cycle.

Blurryeyed Loc: NC Mountains.

Conservatives are not as monolithic as you assume... they are hardly different than are democrats in that there is a broad variance on their political thought. The one thing that conservatives agree on is that the federal government has become to large, inefficient, and that it should be reigned in instead of expanding its power and foot print in the economy.. In my opinion you make the mistake of placing to much import on the religious right and the most ardent of the Tea Party folks... they themselves are not in agreement on many of the issues but they have been successful in finding a voice that as individuals 5 years ago they did not have.. Not all conservatives agree on abortion, or even gay marriage for that matter, but if you were to listen to the media, or read MM or Huffpo.. you would think that conservatives are all bible thumping cavemen who would like nothing better than to oppress our fellow citizens.. nothing is further from the truth, we just want to see fiscal sanity and to be left alone by the government and don't see that as so much to ask for as it is really representative of the principles that this country was founded on... Now liberals however, and this is only my impression, have an internal struggle, where conservatives view issues in terms of individual rights and freedoms, liberals fight for societal rights and freedoms and the necessity of government to impose those on our society... ie gay marriage and amnesty for the undocumented, heck an undocumented here in this country is better protected from the courts than a regular citizen is these days in many communities. Liberals see a need for a larger role for government in our society, and how does this manifest itself? Once in office they go about finding causes to champion and ills to cure, resulting in more and more legislation, more and more resources being devoted to this cause and that cause, this project or that project, all ending in less and less personal freedoms for individuals and businesses, and more and more need for an expanded tax base and increased revenues to the government which is actually just another way of transferring a larger portion of our economy and its control over to the government... This will be the ongoing fight until the day that the progressive element of the democratic party finally prevails and is able to impose its economic and social vision on the country.... This struggle has been going on for 150 years in this country and little by little progressives make their gains that are rarely turned back... they come into and out of power so this is not a steady progression but it is not new..

I just don't buy your characterization of conservatives or of the republican party, nor do I buy your characterization of our society as a whole when you say that the majority of the country thinks as you do... it is natural for people to think that they are in the majority, especially when in today's world so much of the media and information sources are sympathetic to your point of view, but that does not mean that you are correct in that assumption, there does exist a silent majority in this country and thank goodness that they are not so consumed by politics as are you and I that they would be sharing their thoughts on political threads like this one... they still see the country much the same as they have always seen this country and they have not drawn the lines in the sand that you and I have.. They will vote with the gut feelings and I think that they still see the country as not in need of much of the change that the progressive agenda is pressing for.. but that is only my opinion... we will see not only in this up coming election, but in the years that follow, how the mood of the country ebbs back and forth and where it finally settles.