GOP: ‘Todd Akin Has Nothing to Do With Us, We Love Women’

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By denying that Todd Akin has anything to do with the GOP’s attitudes toward women’s rights, the Republican Party establishment is showing just how afraid they are that voters will draw the correct conclusion that Akin is absolutely representative of the GOP’s caveman views: GOP Denies Akin Controversy Will Cost the Party Women Voters.

Republicans are scrambling to distance themselves from Rep. Todd Akin. The pace at which the party establishment denounced Akin and called on him to leave his Senate race was swift. They’ve even begun to backtrack from their “no-abortions, no-exceptions” platform after Akin’s thrust the spotlight onto their strict stance — a sign that they know it is outside the mainstream.

But outwardly, Republicans insist that Akin’s remarks will not cost them votes in November. Women, they argue, won’t connect Akin to the rest of the GOP.

They’re also revealing how much contempt they have for the intelligence of female voters.

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1 calochortus  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 10:33:59am

They may or may not love women, but they sure don't like us very much.

They also underestimate our intelligence.

2 lawhawk  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 10:37:42am

"Back-tracking". Not back tracking. They're still proposing it in their GOP platform, and they still intend to pass it. The plain language is clear, and their claims that Romney/Ryan wont have to abide by it is white washing the party's ultimate intent to make abortion illegal in all instances, including for rape.

3 erik_t  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 10:38:30am

ROMNEY: We don't have a party leader.
WOMAN: What?
RYAN: I told you. We're an anarcho-syndicalist commune. We take it in turns to act as a sort of executive officer for the cycle.
WOMAN: Yes.
RYAN: But all the decision of that officer have to be ratified at a special quadrennial meeting.
WOMAN: Yes, I see.
RYAN: By a simple majority in the case of purely internal affairs,--
WOMAN: Be quiet!
RYAN: --but by a two-thirds majority in the case of more--
WOMAN: Be quiet! I order you to be quiet!
ROMNEY: Order, eh -- who does she think she is?
WOMAN: I am your voter!
RYAN: Well, I didn't give you suffrage.

4 Bulworth  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 10:38:50am
They’ve even begun to backtrack from their “no-abortions, no-exceptions” platform after Akin’s thrust the spotlight onto their strict stance

Hey, we're just pro-life. We're just talkin' about principles here. Nothing specific. We're just really severely pro-life when it comes to fetuses. What happens after they're born is another story.

5 Gus  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 10:39:03am

Todd Akin has nothing to do with us! Why we loves are wimmins. Barefoot, pregnant, and in the kitchen.

6 Dr Lizardo  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 10:39:51am

But outwardly, Republicans insist that Akin’s remarks will not cost them votes in November. Women, they argue, won’t connect Akin to the rest of the GOP.

Wishful thinking; whistling past the graveyard. Privately, I'd be willing to bet the GOP is scared sh*tless. They're already suffering a significant gender-gap problem......Akin's fatuous remarks aren't likely to improve that situation overall, not to mention the GOP 2012 national platform.

7 wrenchwench  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 10:44:38am

From a link at the link:

But the party insists that its strict opposition to abortion doesn’t necessarily mean it objects to rape and incest exceptions. Instead, the RNC argues, it enshrined a broad [emphasis added] set of principles that don’t delve into any policy details.

Sean Spicer, communications director for the Republican National Committee, defended the platform on CNN Thursday morning as “a simple set of principles” that takes no position on exceptions.

The platform is “a simple set of principles which is: The Republican Party’s pro-life,” Spicer said. “There is no additional language, so to talk about exceptions or whatever is not found in the platform."

"It's just our principles. They don't mean anything. Just because we didn't mention any exceptions doesn't mean you can assume we don't favor any exceptions."

8 Cannadian Club Akbar  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 10:46:01am

Wait? So women can drive now and we allow them to vote. Now they want to think for themselves? I don't think so...
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9 freetoken  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 10:46:32am

One thing to note is that in Connecticut the republican nominee for Senate, Linda McMahon, supposedly leads in polling over her Democratic opposition. If CT elects a female (R) there will be much crowing in the GOP about how pro-woman they are.

10 Cinnabar  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 10:46:53am

They love us so much that they want us confined to the safe homes of our husbands/masters, who will always have our best interests at heart, and support us in style, so we'll never need to do anything uncouth like work outside the home.

And what they do to the females in their home is never legitimate rape.

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11 Lidane  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 10:47:15am

"We love women, so we're going to deny them equal pay, deny that sexual harassment in the workplace exists, deny them any say over their bodies and over their reproductive lives, and deny that we're sexist assholes."

Yeah. Try pulling the other one, GOP.

12 The Ghost of a Flea  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 10:47:24am

They also have to backtrack from the platform's "salute to informed consent laws."

'cause nothing says "loving women" like approving of intrusive unnecessary procedures, lying about the health status, and forcing them to sit through shaming sessions.

13 makeitstop  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 10:47:49am

re: #4 Bulworth

Hey, we're just pro-life. We're just talkin' about principles here. Nothing specific.

I can't tell you how many Republicans I've seen in the last couple of days saying 'I've read the platform, but I don't agree with all of it.'

What part of the GOP wanting to codify their platform into law don't they get? It's not an a la carte menu, for cryin' out loud.

14 Dr Lizardo  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 10:51:06am

re: #12 The Ghost of a Flea

On the other hand, the GOP can't backtrack too far without losing a pretty fair-sized chunk of their wingnut base.

That segment of the base is the incarnation of ideological fanaticism, and if the GOP puts too much daylight between themselves and that group, the wingnuttiest of them may well decide to sit this election out. You know, to "teach the GOP a lesson".

15 Mentis Fugit  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 11:46:00am

We love women! We think every man should own one!

In fact, we insist on it.

16 davemartin7777  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 12:40:33pm

No one summarizes an issue better than Charles.

17 nines09  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 12:57:54pm

"Pay no attention to what our candidates say! Vote Republican!"

18 Jolo5309  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:20:08pm

re: #10 Someone Please Beam Me Up!

They love us so much that they want us confined to the safe homes of our husbands/masters, who will always have our best interests at heart, and support us in style, so we'll never need to do anything uncouth like work outside the home.

And what they do to the females in their home is never legitimate rape.

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Maybe if women started covering themselves up they wouldn't be targeted for rape...

Would you like to see something in a burqa and niqab?

19 labman57  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:22:27pm

Romney and Ryan to female voters: "The GOP has your back."

Meanwhile, Republican Senators vote against anti-domestic violence legislation,
… Romney, Ryan, and the Congressional GOP leadership vow to "kill ObamaCare", including all of the components within the ACA that provide affordable preventative health care for women and children,
… Congressional and state Republican legislators strive to make affordable access to contraception and breast cancer screenings more difficult with their assault on PP and employee health insurance coverage,
… female state legislators are shunned and silenced for uttering the word "vagina" (gasp) during an abortion debate,
… GOP-controlled state legislatures mandate that women seeking an abortion provide social conservative politicians with "a womb with a view".
… Rep. Akin utters a commonly-held view among conservatives that some rapes are "rapier" than are other rapes
… and none other than Paul Ryan advocated a federal ban on abortion, in-vitro fertilization, and most forms of birth control, as well as a national mandate on the forced ultrasound requirement for women.

After all, Abortions performed in certified medical clinics must be banned, no matter the circumstances of the pregnancy. Much better to have said procedure performed with a wire coat hanger in a back alley, or with a chemical coat hanger provided by a non-accredited physician in a dingy third world doctor's office.

American women to Republican Party: "WE will decide whether or not our rights are being assaulted by conservative policies, thank you very much."

20 Tigger2  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:47:56pm

That lie wont fly.


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