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Oct. 26, 2012 5:29pm Meredith Jessup

Akin, Mourdock, rape, rape, rape.

We all know about Todd Akin’s absurdly stupid comments from earlier this year. Now, the Left is all up in arms over Indiana Senate candidate Richard Mourdock’s “controversial” views expressed during a debate this week. In responding to a question on abortion — specifically whether the practice was acceptable to terminate a pregnancy in a case of rape or incest — Mourdock went where few politicians dare go: his faith.

“Even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that is something that God intended to happen,” Mourdock explained. If you listened carefully, you could hear a million feminists cry out in abject horror.

(Mourdock later attempted to clarify his remarks: ”God does not want rape, and by no means was I suggesting that he does,” Mourdock later tried to clarify. ”Rape is a horrible thing, and for anyone to twist my words otherwise is absurd and sick.”)

What controversy! Mourdock is making the absurd suggestion that God (gulp) creates life. <–When did this become a such controversial opinion? As someone who also subscribes to this nutty idea, I took no real offense to Mourdock’s comments, but the outcry from the Left has been deafening.

President Obama took to “The Tonight Show” to disavow Mourdock’s “controversial” views. ”I don’t know how these guys come up with this idea,” the president said, referring to Mourdock and, apparently, his faith in God (?). ”Let me make a very simple proposition: rape is rape; it is a crime,” the president explained to Jay Leno, lest there be confusion on this point. Obama went on to use the Republican rape gaffe ju jour to attack the notion of “politicians, mostly male, making decisions about women’s health care decisions.”

I don’t want politicians making decisions about my health care, either. Yet I still agree with Mourdock — life is created by God and the means by which that life is created does not detract from its ultimate sanctity.

Obama’s comments, however, did not surprise me. The president has demonstrated time and again that he’ll do and say lots of things to get reelected. Take, for instance, his appearance today on MTV. Despite his clear opinions on rape and how wrong it is, he doesn’t seem to mind ignoring such serious issues when it benefits him.

In the same week the President Obama invites MTV into the White House for a live interview, the cable television channel made an out-of-court settlement in a lawsuit brought by one of its reality stars, Tonya Cooley of Real World/Road Rules Challenge. According to the complaint, Cooley says was raped by her castmates while MTV producers stood idly by and film crew kept cameras rolling. Earlier this year, MTV’s parent company responded to Cooley’s lawsuit — not by denying the accusations, but by basically saying she had it coming:

“[Cooley] failed to avoid the injuries of which she complains. [She] was frequently intoxicated, rowdy, combative, flirtatious and on multiple occasions intentionally exposed her bare breasts and genitalia to other contestants.”

Here’s more:

In the complaint filed on October 27, 2011—which names MTV, Bunim-Murray Productions, and The Challenge castmates Kenneth Santucci and Evan Starkman—Cooley alleged she was a victim of sexual harassment, discrimination, wrongful termination, and sexual battery. According to the complaint, Santucci and Starkman “took another male participant’s toothbrush and rubbed the toothbrush around [Cooley]‘s genitals, including rubbing her labia and inserting the toothbrush into plaintiff’s vagina” while she was passed out drunk. She says that producers were aware of what happened and more than likely watched it on monitors while it was going on. But they did not stop it, nor did they reprimand Santucci or Starkman. They did, however, replace the toothbrush. They never informed Cooley of what happened. She reportedly learned about the incident after the fact from other female cast members.

And this isn’t the first time MTV has been accused of such things. During the filming of another season of “The Real World” in 2004, a 22-year-old woman claimed she had been raped after being roofied by a castmate’s guest. The cameras rolled as she later woke up naked, lying on the bathroom floor and one of her female roommates informed her that she may have been sexually assaulted. The police were called to the scene, but a lawyer for MTV stepped in and refused to let the police search the premises.

Now I will not make judgments about MTV or her parent companies. Rather, I’d just like to throw this question out there for people to ponder: Is such a place really appropriate for a president of the United States to visit, let alone one who prides himself for being a champion of women??

There is no dignity in this.

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Comments (19)

gandalf1g
Posted on October 29, 2012 at 1:52am
As Woopie Goldburg would say” Theres Rape. Then theres RAPE.” Maybe When the Muslim in Chief is schmoozing with Clinton next week, he can get some pointers on the best tactics for raping women.
I will never forget Clintons rape trial. The victim was about to tell the judge and jury a damning bit of information that would prove that she had indeed seen Clintons male organ. The judge immediately stopped the proceedings. It was discovered that Clinton had peyronies. It was all over the news that weekend. On Monday when the trial resumed, the victim testified that Clinton had peyronies. The responsce from the defense? “Thats common knowledge”
Obama needs pointers on rape, He’ll be with a great teacher on the campaign trail next week.

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thetrooper
Posted on October 28, 2012 at 10:42pm
i have yet to see a pro choicer post any intelligent, relevant, or even coherent view on abortion. most pro choice opinions that i have read are misinformed, selfish reasons to promote the murder of unborn innocents. immoral and evil , and a product of the times we live in. im not so naive as to think my opinions can change anything, but i do know the difference between right and wrong. and abortion is wrong. dora gas bag, i would suggest that if you cant find something to say that makes you look like less of an idiot, then keep your stupid mouth shut.

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Ken2
Posted on October 28, 2012 at 10:42pm
Bill Clinton has always maintained, as a ‘feminist’, that abortion should remain an option for the good of women who have been victimized by men. If that doesn’t tell you all you need to know…

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Miss Impala
Posted on October 28, 2012 at 5:17pm
It was a poor choice of words. If you read what he said, it is offensive. But if you know anything about Christianity, you know that what I think he meant to say was that God can take a horrible and incident and bring something good from it. Not that God condone’s or intends rape to occur. In fact, if you read or hear the stories of people that have NDE’s, (Near Death Experiences), they say that we are just spirtual beings having a human experience and we pick our own lessons that we want to learn when we come here. People get their panties in a wad over this crap, and let things like Benghazi slip by. It is distract, distract, distract.

And I actually agreed with the Akin. Even when I went to Nursing School, we were taught this. When he says legitmate rape, he means forced, not statutory, nor unconscious rape. Forced rape combines not only physical but emotional trauma, all which can prevent a pregnancy as well as cause a spontaneous abortion. If you don’t believe me ask the many women trying to get pregnant that are under stress. It greatly reduces their chances. And he said it was based on his understanding from doctors, again people getting their panties in a wad without thinking things through.

But, it still needs remain an option for the woman to abort. http://www.consciousparentingguide.com/PREGNANCY_files/Stress%20%26%20Pregnancy,%20Fetal%20Affects,%20on%20MedicineNet.com.pdf

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Zeke48
Posted on October 28, 2012 at 1:23am
Screw all this BS about rape, binders,Romnisia, and all they other BS that Liberals can come up with. It’s all the Left can do because they don’t have anything to talk about that can stick. like a bunch of school children. I say BOYCOTT every station that will not cover this Black Muslim POS for telling our forces to stand down. Obama killed these four Hero’s, These so reporters that will not ask questions, can no longer call themselves news reporters. They are all fake SOB who are nothing but cheerleaders for this jack ass Obama!

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FloraBelleza
Posted on October 27, 2012 at 11:59pm
The accuser with Jodie Foster, this is ridiculous, I don’t care if this girl is getting drunk or high, rape is rape, and no is mean no. Besides Obama is talking B.S. because he is that one defender the right of a rapist in court.

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DOra Glasberg
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 10:57pm
Republican men hate women and want domain over their bodies.
Obama’s remarks are 100% on the money as we Biden’s in his massacre of Paul Ryan.

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- taintso
  Posted on October 27, 2012 at 9:57am
  Yes and Obama wants every woman to have free condoms, too get them off unemployment, or to give them something to do when they loose their jobs. Sounds to me he has little respect for women, or thinks they are stupid. which in your case he might be right.
  
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- topperj
  Posted on October 27, 2012 at 5:59pm
  Hey, Gasbag, your meds are ready.
  
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- Edohiguma
  Posted on October 28, 2012 at 6:41pm
  Right.
  
  Go to Europe. Be a woman who choses to have kids instead of career. The “feminists” will tear you to shreds for that decision.
  
  Also, if you argue that Republicans want to control women’s bodies, then I say you like killing babies. And far closer to the truth than a million stormtroopers like you will ever be.
  
  A fetus is a human being. It’s alive, proven by its growth and multiplying cells. It’s human, proven by its DNA. Some may say it’s not self aware, but that is irrelevant. There is no scientific proof that any of us is actually self aware either. Sure, maybe we are self aware, but maybe it’s just a really highly developed program running on our hard drives. So everything points towards the fetus being a **** sapiens sapiens and with that science is clear. Your whine won’t help you.
  
  PS, when you say fetuses have no rights, what do you base that on? Can’t be the life or DNA, so it has to be the self awareness. So by your logic, any person with a lack of mental development falls under having no rights either. And that means we can kill them too. Oh wait, we’ve been there, a couple of decades ago in a country called Germany.
  
  PPS: if a mother has the right to kill her child, then I have the right to kill anyone I run into.
  
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tootsie roll
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 10:04pm
There are more people living in this world who are products of rape. Yes they are GOOD PEOPLE who THANK GOD THEIR MOTHER’S DID NOT ABORT.
I have two great niece’s from Latin America who were adopt and brought to America to live who are GOOD GIRLS NOW YOUNG WOMEN.
BOTH OF THEM FROM RAPE. Yes Liberal women God does ALLOW GOOD TO COME FROM
RAPE. THESE TWO YOUNG WOMEN ARE PROOF. Liberals will twist anything. If you do not know Jesus you cannot understand that Good sometimes comes from bad. SHAME ON YOU WOMEN POSTING HERE AGAINST MOURDOCK. YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT LIFE JUST POLITICS

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- jrc99
  Posted on October 27, 2012 at 5:35am
  AMEN!!! I have always came across those who use rape or incest as an excuse for keeping casual abortions legal. It’s disgusting, I have left many a speechless when I asked, “Why would you kill an unborn child, who really had nothing to do with the rape or incest, as a punishment for the rapist? Do you not think that full prosecution under law of the rapist is enough? Why punish the unborn child?”
  
  My father was the 7th child of a prostitute and my natural grandmother could have had my dad aborted easily. Thank God she didn’t! My dad grew up to be a wonderful Evangelist until his passing in 2005.
  
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Mapache
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 9:17pm
Just two words come to mind: BILL CLINTON

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333maxwell
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 8:14pm
The Governor said in his ‘big speech’ today ‘I know what it takes to lead, I am a leader.

How silly..

The Governor has NOTHING to say to concerned women.The Governor has shown us time and time again what kind of leader he would be when the going get’s tough.EVERY TIME there seems to be an issue that is ‘hard’, he avoids it like the plague.His mode of operation seems to be that if he just avoids anything ‘tough’ people just give up and move on to something else.That is not leadership, that is extremely weak and spineless.

Mr Mourdock is a man Governor Romney ENDORSED this week for high office and will certainly oversee women’s health legislation at some point and NOW Governor Romney has ‘no comment’.

‘Gods Will’ has NO place in the same sentiment as ‘rape’. Not even in some abstract Lenny Bruce joke.

My boy just returned in August from whatever it is they are still doing in Iraq, and we SEND kids overseas to combat extremism brought around by the ‘Gods will’ mentality. It has ZERO place here at home in the US Government.Governor Romney is a disaster, you can not like the President, but at least he takes stands and you know where he stands on stuff like this.

The Governor is acting like a pathetically weak and spineless chicken. Expect for Governor Romney to continue him to exhibit ZERO leadership when it is needed.

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- tootsie roll
  Posted on October 26, 2012 at 9:57pm
  My friend very good friend is a product of RAPE AND YES GOD GAVE THE WORLD SOMEONE
  VERY GOOD THROUGH A VERY EVIL ACT
  
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- DOra Glasberg
  Posted on October 26, 2012 at 11:00pm
  YOur boyy (God Bless Him) fought for women to determine what to do with their body.
  And NOT carrying an attacker’s child is one OF THOSE INALIENABLE RIGHTS.
  Semen has nor rights.
  Zygotes have no rights.
  Fetuses have no rights.
  
  ONLY THE WOMAN DOES.
  
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- bonesiii
  Posted on October 27, 2012 at 3:35am
  Dora, why should women have any rights either while adult, if they do not when an unborn baby? You’re arguing against the rights of females to live — yes, half of babies are female. Essentially, you’re arguing it’s okay to kill women. You’re arbitrarily deciding who gets rights and who doesn’t — isn’t this the same thing rapists do? They arbitrarily decide that women DON’T have rights.
  
  Instead of trying to find ways to kill humans, we should be looking for other options, like advancing transplant technology for one… and providing better information for another so that women who are raped know that the baby inside them is human. Committing another sin — murder — does not cure the earlier sin of rape. Indeed, it only gives guilt to the mother and likely depression as a result, where previously she was innocent.
  
  I agree that women who are raped should not have to carry their baby to term. I can understand why that must be very traumatic. But the only alternative should be more advanced transplants or something, because the rights of the human who is their baby must be considered as well.
  
  Any arbitrary standard for when a person gets rights or is considered human is a slippery slope and therefore wrong. Individual human life begins at conception. That is fact.
  
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- Edohiguma
  Posted on October 28, 2012 at 6:43pm
  Hey Dora, so you punish the future human, who is 100% innocent, with death, while the rapist, in today’s “humane penal systems”, gets catered to and maybe even leave from prison (happens in some EUSSR countries already)?
  
  Yeah, that sounds like justice. Not. Also sounds perfectly logic. Not. Makes a lot of sense. Not.
  
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The Jewish Avenger
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 7:49pm
”Rape is a horrible thing, and for anyone to twist my words otherwise is absurd and sick.”

So the left says, lets end this horrific event by KILLING THE BABY THAT IS HALF YOU INSIDE

Ya, that’ll make everything better.
Nothing like being raped a second time, this time to finish off your soul.

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