Mrebo said:
Warbler said:
Mrebo said:
His campaign was about reducing women to #ladyparts
???
it wasn't a Democrat that said women couldn't get pregnant via rape. It wasn't a Democrat that called pregnancy via rape, a gift from God. If you want the Republicans to have chance, you need to gets these kinds of yahoos out of the party.
The first guy was roundly and swiftly criticized by the Republican Party which withdrew all support from him and pressured him to drop out. Blame the man, not the party. A person does not need permission from the party to run under its banner.
I think the party does have some say there. Do you really think either on of the Clintons or Obama would be allowed to as Republicans? The party really couldn't have prevented Akins from running under the Republican banner? Need I remind you that Akins was supported by Michelle Bachmann? There's another nut the party needs to distance itself from.
Mrebo said:
And the second guy, as previously discussed, expressed his personal view (so as to explain his principled opposition to all abortion) that the innocent growing baby should be regarded as a gift from God (how terrible! /sarcasm).
It may be a gift from God to that guy, but to the woman who was made pregnant via rape, it is her worst nightmare come true. Can you imagine what it would be like to have to carry a baby from rape in you for 9 months??
Mrebo said:
It doesn't need to toss someone out for being 'too' pro-life.
no, but the party does need to show more sympathy for women pregnant via rape.
Mrebo said:
Obama said there should be no restriction on abortion, ever. The Democratic Party removed the word "rare" from their platform when it comes to abortion. To me, that is extreme. If we want to demonize a party based on the issue of abortion it should be the Democratic Party.
of course you'd say that, you're pro-life.
Mrebo said:
Women dressed up as 'ladyparts'
when and where were women dressed up as lady parts.
Mrebo said:
Perhaps you cannot see what a demeaning self-parody that is.
all I can tell you is that most feminist groups believe that the right to chose is a women's rights issue. Just who do you think the feminists voted for in this election?
Right now there is a perception out there that the republican party is out of touch with modern times and the common man and minorities, that it is the party of old Christian white men. And yes, I know the media is to blame for that perception. The Republicans really need to show that perception isn't that case. They really need to distance themselves from the likes of Akins, Bachmann, Palin, Trump, and Bush Jr. They have to stop making themselves so easy targets for the media.