A few days ago, I posted a diary in support of Lance Enderle's campaign in which, along with several other key points, I pointed out his opponent, 5-term incumbent Republican Mike Rogers' extreme position on reproductive rights for women:
4. MIKE ROGERS WANTS RAPE VICTIMS FORCED TO CARRY RAPISTS’ OFFSPRING: The whole nation is abuzz about Alan Grayson's opponent, "Taliban Dan" Webster. Well, guess what? Republican Mike Rogers is also so extreme on abortion that he wants women who are the victims of rape to be forced to give birth to their rapist’s offspring. I can’t imagine the injustice of police detaining & supervising rape victims for 9 months until their rapists’ spawn are born. Yet that is the necessary consequence of Mike Rogers’ position.
While it's common knowledge that Rogers is anti-choice, in that diary I forgot to include a link to my source for this particular bit of disturbing detail on just how far his own Taliban-like stance goes: The website for the Republican National Coalition for Life, which displays the results of a questionnaire they sent out to all GOP candidates.
I also failed to mention that it's not just "Taliban Dan" down in FL-08 and Mike Rogers in MI-08 who thinks victims of rape should be forced to bear their attacker's child. There's at least 78 others who feel that way as well. These aren't theoretical candidates--these are the actual winners of the GOP primary.
Take a look at the list and see if the GOP candidate--or, worse yet, the incumbent--in your own district is on this list.
Meanwhile, back here in Michigan, we're facing a trifecta: The Republican nominees in MI-07 (Tim Walberg), MI-08 (incumbent Mike Rogers) and MI-09 (Rocky Raczkowski) are all on the list. In fact, the GOP nominees in 8 of Michigan's 15 districts--including, inexplicably, one female incumbent, Candice Miller--all honestly believe the following:
THEY BELIEVE RAPISTS SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO CHOOSE THE MOTHER OF THEIR CHILDREN.
Think about that for a moment.
Meet Bob the Rapist. Bob wants to have a kid. Why? Who knows; hell, maybe he likes thinking long-term and wants to have a daughter, so he can stock up on rape victims for the future. Let's also say that Bob has a really good lawyer and is meticulous with his rape preparations, minimizing the odds of his getting convicted if caught.
Bob could pick out whichever woman he wants to be the mother of his child, rape them, impregnate them, and--according to sickos like Mike Rogers, Tim Walberg, Rocky Raczkowski and at least 77 other Republican congressional candidates--the victim should be LEGALLY REQUIRED TO BRING THE FETUS TO TERM AND GIVE BIRTH.
Incumbent Democrat Mark Schauer (MI-07) is pro-choice, but is facing a tight race against teabagger & rapist-enabler Tim Walberg.
Mark Schauer on ActBlue
Mark Schauer for Congress
Mark's Facebook Page
Incumbent Democrat Gary Peters (MI-09) is pro-choice, but is facing a tight race against teabagger & rapist-enabler Rocky Raczkowski.
Gary Peters on ActBlue
Gary Peters for Congress
Gary's Facebook Page
And finally, my own candidate-du-jour, Democratic Challenger Lance Enderle is pro-choice, but needs as much help as possible to take out incumbent rapist-enabler Mike Rogers.
Lance Enderle on ActBlue
Lance Enderle for Congress
Lance's Facebook Page
If you click Lance's ActBlue link, you'll notice that it's a little different--it takes you to a special page reserved for his upcoming "Bacon Bomb", running from Midnight Sunday until Midnight Monday.
However, please don't wait until then to donate--give, and give generously if you can! Given the rather unusual circumstances of Lance's entry into the campaign, he had a bit of a late start in fundraising, and he's gonna need every dime he can muster to have a chance at taking out Rogers.