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Another Senate Republican Candidate Compares Rape To “Out Of Wedlock Pregnancy”

Ezra Grant — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 23:10:39 +0000

Trying to distance himself from the “legitimate rape” comment that Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.) made last week, Pennsylvania Senate candidate Tom Smith (R) stirred up further controversy by comparing a pregnancy caused by rape to “having a baby out of wedlock.” Smith said Monday at the Pennsylvania Press Club that although he condemns Akin’s comment, he agrees […]

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The Eric Cantor, Paul Ryan, Todd Akin Connection

Ezra Grant — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 15:41:30 +0000

The Republicans would love for you to believe that what Todd Akin said was just something that happened in his brief moment of insanity. That Todd had a moment, a very bad and unfortunate moment. But a quick check of the Congressional voting record of other Republicans found that Mr. Legitimate Rape’s comment was not […]

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Paul Ryan Throws Todd Akin Under The Bus

Ezra Grant — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 23:40:47 +0000

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Todd Akin – It’s Not About Ego, It’s Not About Politics. I Stand On Principles

Ezra Grant — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 19:46:25 +0000

Paul Ryan, the Republican vice presidential candidate, is very familiar with Mr. “Legitimate Rape” also known as Todd Akin. The two were responsible for a bill attempting to change the definition of rape from its present meaning to “forcible rape.” So when Todd Akin got into trouble for expressing his and the Republican party’s views […]

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Todd Akin Attacks Mitt Romney – Run Your Race, I’ll Run Mine

Ezra Grant — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 01:05:36 +0000

Appearing on Sean Hannity’s radio program for the second time in as many days, Missouri Republican Senate candidate Todd Akin attacked the GOP’s presidential candidate, Mitt Romney, for joining a chorus of Republicans asking him to withdraw from the race. Akin said that Romney had blown the controversy out of proportion and implied that he had done so for […]

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New Poll Has Todd Akin Leading Claire McCaskill In Missouri

Ezra Grant — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 13:59:23 +0000

Maybe it’s too soon to take this poll. And maybe we would love to think that the people of Missouri are smarter than this. Never the less, a new poll from Public Policy Polling is reporting that even after the false and offensive comments on rape from Todd Akin, he is still leading Claire McCaskill […]

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President Obama Responds To Republican’s War On Women – “Rape Is Rape”

Ezra Grant — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 20:04:11 +0000

President Obama on Monday called Rep. Todd Akin’s remarks about rape “offensive” and sought to tie the Republican Senate candidate to the GOP presidential ticket. “Rape is rape,” Obama said at a White House press briefing. He called Akin’s comments “way out there.” Defining rape, he said, “doesn’t make sense to the American people and […]

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Todd Akin And Paul Ryan Co-Sponsored Bill Changing Definition of ‘Rape’ to ‘Forcible Rape’

Ezra Grant — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 17:00:18 +0000

Now that Republican Senate candidate Todd Akin has made us aware that there is something called “Legitimate Rape,” and that a woman’s body is capable of “shutting that whole thing down,” we are now getting word that Mr. Akin and the Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan, sponsored a bill called ‘No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion […]

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