Ind. Rep Senate candidate, Richard Mourdock

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I can't believe this scumbag! Don't vote for him! Perhaps he is a rapist who knows? Perhaps we should register him as sex offender before he acts like one.

His comment is downright UNACCEPTABLE! It is like whenever rapist died and met God, then God said "oh, that's alright that was my plan" opening door to heaven. Think this is going to happen? Hell NO! The place for rapist is Hell not heaven.

GOP Senate Candidate: 'God Intended' Pregnancies From Rape - Yahoo! News

Indiana Republican Senate candidate Richard Mourdock said pregnancies resulting from rape are part of God's plan, tearfully explaining that he only supports abortions when a mother's life is in danger.

"I think even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that it is something that God intended to happen," Mourdock said during Tuesday's Senate debate, choking up. Mourdock's opponent, Democratic Rep. Joe Donnelly, opposes abortion except in cases of rape and incest.

After the debate, Mourdock further explained his comment.

"Are you trying to suggest somehow that God preordained rape, no I don't think that," said Mourdock, according to The Associated Press. "Anyone who would suggest that is just sick and twisted. No, that's not even close to what I said."

Democrats wasted no time linking GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney to Mourdock. Earlier this week, Romney personally appeared in a TV ad for the Indiana state treasurer, offering his endorsement.

"Richard Mourdock's rape comments are outrageous and demeaning to women. Unfortunately, they've become part and parcel of the modern Republican Party's platform toward women's health, as Congressional Republicans like Paul Ryan have worked to outlaw all abortions and even narrow the definition of rape," Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz said in a statement released to press.

"As Mourdock's most prominent booster and the star of Mourdock's current campaign ads, Mitt Romney should immediately denounce these comments and request that the ad featuring him speaking directly to camera on Mourdock's behalf be taken off the air," she added

"Mitt's man Mourdock apes Akin, reflecting a GOP that is way out of mainstream," Obama strategist David Axelrod tweeted.

Romney's campaign distanced itself from Mourdock's comment.

"Gov. Romney disagrees with Richard Mourdock's comments, and they do not reflect his views," campaign spokeswoman Andrea Saul said.

Abortion has become a more prominent issue in the presidential campaign in recent weeks, as Mitt Romney told the Des Moines Register that he would not pursue any specific abortion legislation as president and began airing a new TV ad in which a woman touts Romney's support for abortions in cases of rape and incest-a difference of opinion between Romney and his running mate, Paul Ryan.

The Obama campaign hit Romney on abortion soon after, releasing a TV ad of its own that features footage from a 2007 GOP presidential primary debate in which Romney said he would be "delighted" to sign a bill banning all abortions in the U.S.

Missouri Senate candidate Rep. Todd Akin said during an interview in August that women's bodies have ways of preventing pregnancy in cases of what he called "legitimate rape." Akin apologized for the comment, but refused to leave the race despite pressure from his own party.

ABC News' Elizabeth Hartfield and David Muir contributed to this report.
 
Yup, I agree with you and I don't like him.
 
Yup, I agree with you and I don't like him.

Wait, I thought political discussion wasn't allowed.....you always post that when a (D) is the topic. :hmm:


Oh well, it's up to the mods....I have no problem with this topic being discussed.
 
Wait, I thought political discussion wasn't allowed.....you always post that when a (D) is the topic. :hmm:


Oh well, it's up to the mods....I have no problem with this topic being discussed.

Tell to OP, not me.

I'm no longer to say "hey, political discussion isn't allowed" because members continue to do it and not going waste my time.
 
It is neither political or religious discussion, it is about rape. He seems to think it is OK since it is God's plan. Okay, leave religious out of this, it is NOT OK to rape, period! Its scary to think if he gets elected, he would look women downward and think nothing of them. Or even worse, he may be lenient with convicted rapist and let them go out of jail earlier, cause he thinks it is God's idea (Thud!). Really disgusted and he should not be elected, period!
 
It is neither political or religious discussion, it is about rape. He seems to think it is OK since it is God's plan. Okay, leave religious out of this, it is NOT OK to rape, period! Its scary to think if he gets elected, he would look women downward and think nothing of them. Or even worse, he may be lenient with convicted rapist and let them go out of jail earlier, cause he thinks it is God's idea (Thud!). Really disgusted and he should not be elected, period!
I read, and re-read his statement. He does not say that rape is God's plan. He does not say that it is OK to rape. He does not say that rape is God's idea.

From your post, he said:

"Are you trying to suggest somehow that God preordained rape, no I don't think that," said Mourdock, according to The Associated Press. "Anyone who would suggest that is just sick and twisted. No, that's not even close to what I said."


Mourdock is against abortion; he is not pro-rape. Disagreeing with him about his stance on abortion is a legitimate argument; saying that he is pro-rape is not an honest statement.
 
It is neither political or religious discussion, it is about rape. He seems to think it is OK since it is God's plan. Okay, leave religious out of this, it is NOT OK to rape, period! Its scary to think if he gets elected, he would look women downward and think nothing of them. Or even worse, he may be lenient with convicted rapist and let them go out of jail earlier, cause he thinks it is God's idea (Thud!). Really disgusted and he should not be elected, period!

It's a politician running for office discussing his view on a political issue (abortion) based on his religious beliefs. He never said anything about rape being ok.
 
I read, and re-read his statement. He does not say that rape is God's plan. He does not say that it is OK to rape. He does not say that rape is God's idea.

From your post, he said:

"Are you trying to suggest somehow that God preordained rape, no I don't think that," said Mourdock, according to The Associated Press. "Anyone who would suggest that is just sick and twisted. No, that's not even close to what I said."


Mourdock is against abortion; he is not pro-rape. Disagreeing with him about his stance on abortion is a legitimate argument; saying that he is pro-rape is not an honest statement.

It's a politician running for office discussing his view on a political issue (abortion) based on his religious beliefs. He never said anything about rape being ok.

He's just say "seems" so it may be true, or may be not true, when speaking to himself.

Reba - I disagree with your statement about God's plan.
Indiana Republican Senate candidate Richard Mourdock said pregnancies resulting from rape are part of God's plan, tearfully explaining that he only supports abortions when a mother's life is in danger.

"I think even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that it is something that God intended to happen," Mourdock said during Tuesday's Senate debate, choking up. Mourdock's opponent, Democratic Rep. Joe Donnelly, opposes abortion except in cases of rape and incest.
 
It is neither political or religious discussion, it is about rape. He seems to think it is OK since it is God's plan. Okay, leave religious out of this, it is NOT OK to rape, period! Its scary to think if he gets elected, he would look women downward and think nothing of them. Or even worse, he may be lenient with convicted rapist and let them go out of jail earlier, cause he thinks it is God's idea (Thud!). Really disgusted and he should not be elected, period!

I know about how you feeling with this article.
 
He's just say "seems" so it may be true, or may be not true, when speaking to himself.

Reba - I disagree with your statement about God's plan.

You are misinterpreting the quotes, he is saying the baby was intended.

"Seems" would really make sense either since Mourdock clarifies his position in the very same article.
 
You are misinterpreting the quotes, he is saying the baby was intended.

"Seems" would really make sense either since Mourdock clarifies his position in the very same article.

I disagree with you and I'm not misinterpreting the quotes, so it is obviously that you soften on Mourdock because he's conservative and GOP.

I'm looking for someone who make neutral about Mourdock's comment.
 
I agree with Reba and TXGolfer that he was referring to the conception not the rape.

I know someone who has a teenage son who was conceived due to a rape. She did not even consider having an abortion. She said that if the baby looked anything like her rapist then she would put the baby up for adoption, otherwise, she would keep him, which she did. She was not going to MURDER her unborn child no matter how s/he was conceived.
 
I disagree with you and I'm not misinterpreting the quotes, so it is obviously that you soften on Mourdock because he's conservative and GOP.

I'm looking for someone who make neutral about Mourdock's comment.

I don't care anything about Mourdock or his party. His words were clarified in the same article.

"Are you trying to suggest somehow that God preordained rape, no I don't think that," said Mourdock, according to The Associated Press. "Anyone who would suggest that is just sick and twisted. No, that's not even close to what I said."
 
Speaking about Mourdock's word - RAPE is RAPE.
 
I agree with Reba and TXGolfer that he was referring to the conception not the rape.

I know someone who has a teenage son who was conceived due to a rape. She did not even consider having an abortion. She said that if the baby looked anything like her rapist then she would put the baby up for adoption, otherwise, she would keep him, which she did. She was not going to MURDER her unborn child no matter how s/he was conceived.

If my future wife gets raped so I rather to have baby aborted and I don't want child to raised from my future wife and rapist's genes, period.
 
Did Mourdock say that "rape isn't rape" someplace? That certainly isn't in the article.

It doesn't matter, so I agree with US president about rape is rape, and Mourdock shouldn't make complicated statement about rape and the God at first place, it cause confusion to people.
 
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