her own will? i lived something similar to that with my own child. she chose life. and i commend her for that. she knew my views, but, uh, fortunately for me, i didn t have to she chose the way i thought. don t get me wrong, it wasn t rape, but similar. similar how? um, having a baby out of wedlock. you know? that s similar to rape? no, no, no, but well, put yourself in a father s position, yes. i mean, it is similar. that was a video sampling from the republican party s creepy rape and abortion comments caucus. those guys were essentially forced by precise and persistent lines of questioning in this election season to campaign on their anti-abortion positions. forced to explain themselves, even when they did not want to, because, frankly, democrats pushed them on it. so how did these guys do in last night s election? they did very, very, very badly. the creepy rape and abortions caucus by our count went 0 for 9 last night.
rape, to keep the child against her own will? i lived something similar to that with my own child. she chose life. and i commend her for that. she knew my views, but, uh, fortunately for me, i didn t have to she chose the way i thought. don t get me wrong, it wasn t rape, but similar. similar how? um, having a baby out of wedlock. you know? that s similar to rape? no, no, no, but well, put yourself in a father s position, yes. i mean, it is similar. that was a video sampling from the republican party s creepy rape and abortion comments caucus. those guys were essentially forced by precise and persistent lines of questioning in this election season to campaign on their anti-abortion positions. forced to explain themselves, even when they did not want to, because, frankly, democrats pushed them on it. so how did these guys do in last night s election? they did very, very, very badly.
so for me, he s already not someone that i m able to trust on these types of questions. sandra, the other thing i wanted to talk to you about is the tenor and the language regarding women s choice issues and women s health. paul ryan talked about forcible rape and used the phrase stock language. anything relating to rape i think is far from stock. but pennsylvania gop senate candidate tom smith had some very interesting comments on abortion. he was asked about an abortion decision following a rape and said i lived something similar to that with my own family. she chose life, speaking of his daughter, and i commend her for that. don t get me wrong, it wasn t rape. he was asked a follow-up question to that and said she was having a baby out of wedlock. that s similar to rape, a reporter asked. no, no, no, said smith but well, put yourself in a father s position. yes, i mean, it is similar. having a baby out of wedlock, being similar to being raped. but really, what that comment i thi
we begin as the republican party plays hurry-up-and-wait, getting its convention officially underway, and immediately putting it on hold until tuesday. here was the scene down in tampa, just a short time ago. but it s my privilege to proclaim the 2012 republican national convention in session and called to order. about one minute later, the convention stood in recess, with chairman reince priebus staying only long enough to set up not one, but two large deck clocks, proving that no tropical storm should ever get in the way of pumping up the optics. and not only does isaac threaten to blow out coverage of romney s latest reintroduction to voters, the romney also has to clean up the damage and debris from last week s blizzard caused by the legitimate rape remarks by congressman todd akin and then
the baby. but smith totally upends his story when he tells the reporter, don t get me wrong, it wasn t rape. here s what happens next. similar how? having a baby out of wedlock. that s similar to rape? no, no, no, but well, put yourself in a father s position, yes. i mean, it is similar. but back to the original, i m pro-life, period. having a baby out of wedlock, put yourself in the father s situation, yes, it is similar. i mean, do they really need this? this is another republican candidate for the senate, after todd akin, making this obtuse comparison between having a child out of wedlock and having a child as a consequence of rape? let s set up a scenario. let s set up the scenario that todd akin becomes a united states senator, and whoever this yahoo! is todd smith. of the commonwealth of pennsylvania, and they are two