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2016 Postmortem

UCmeNdc

(9,601 posts) Wed Oct 24, 2012, 12:39 PM Oct 2012

Enter Richard Mourdock, the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Indiana: GOP Platform:

The Republican Party has long believed—and has tried to legislate—the idea that rape isn't really that bad, especially because sometimes it's not really rape, and besides, if you end up impregnated by your rapist, just turn that frown upside down and be thankful for God's little gift to you. They've been saying this—and trying to legislate it—for years. It's not new. It's not news. It's just the Republican Party.

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