Yesterday evening Indiana Senate candidate Richard Mourdock (R) made an egregiously clumsy statement. He invoked his personal view of the Christian God. then he asserted a Calvinist position that rape-produced pregnancies are the Will of God:
"I struggled with it myself for a long time, but I came to realize that life is that gift from God. And, I think, even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that it is something that God intended to happened."
-- as reported in Deseret News
Rick Berg (R), running for Senate in North Dakota, wants rape victims to be jailed if they get abortions. (That goes over like a lead crapper. Heidi Heitkamp, a doctor's wife by prior profession, is now sitting at 48%:48%. She's going to punt Berg into retirement, despite a phony Rasmussen poll that sampled 19% Democrats to say she was losing.)
Rape victims are to submit to the divine. Every day in every way, if these Tea Party baggers such as Mourdock, Berg and Flake (in AZ) can get themselves elected.
Thing is, Republican Vice-Presidential candidates Paul Ryan and Sarah Palin say the same thing: rape victims "should keep the baby." Grammar varies, but it's all War on Women. Here's Ryan.
"The method of conception does not change the definition of life."
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Then there's Sarah Palin opposing abortion for a 15-year old girl raped by her father:
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Palin goes on and on. She's big on the Hand of God concept. At the presidential level Romney's one and only consistent belief is that he is the pre-destined hero/conqueror of the White Horse Prophecy. He's been the cult "One Mighty and Strong" since college in Provo. Abortion? Mitt is whatever you want to hear. Videos and links below le cauchon d'orange....
Religion flows into American politics, resembling a tsunami as much as not. Thing is, the American people are not in favor of what they're selling. So when these candidates are not among their rightie True Believers, they have to try to hide their positions.
Any excuse for authoritarian propaganda.
Three Senate candidates come to mind, right off: Richard Mourdock, Jeff Flake in Arizona, and Rick Berg in North Dakota.
As matters stand in October, Democrats could:
-- Lose Montana and Nebraska and
-- Balance out taking Massachusetts and the indie-Dem win in Maine
-- Hold in MO and WI
-- That leaves these three seats as possible wins for the Democrats
Let's focus on North Dakota. That has been the more obscure of these races.
Rick Berg at the Republican National Convention. He neglects to mention that North Dakota won the lottery financially as their Oil Patch came in. It's like western North Dakota became Alaska on a smaller scale. Nary a mention:
-- https://www.youtube.com/...
Rick Berg is not answering questions in 2012 concerning privatizing Social Security. With his backers he has signed on for the Ryan Plan 100%:
-- https://www.youtube.com/...
Rick Berg lies his axx off. Of course:
-- https://www.youtube.com/...
Rick Berg is in training for the lobbying industry:
-- http://www.youtube.com/...
Here's a summary of that race. Berg wants to jail rape victims who get abortions. nice guy for a GOPer:
-- http://www.esquire.com/...
The trove of crazy stuff out of Ryan exceeds what Sarah Palin dumped on us. How you like a forced birth policy for raped women ???
-- https://www.youtube.com/...
Then there's giving more parental rights to rapists !!
-- https://www.youtube.com/...
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Ain't they wonderful !!