Ignorant things politicians say

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by Sciencewoman

IMO, the dumbest line from that article is this one:

"The reason, Freind said, is that the traumatic experience of rape causes a woman to 'secrete a certain secretion' that tends to kill sperm."

Wow, that's soooooo scientific! Sciencewoman does not like this.

I used to write for a children's tv show, which of course included "stranger danger". One of my coworkers at the time spouted this off as truth almost weekly. I know the psychologist who told it to her, but not from whence it comes. Stupidity, perhaps?

[PiKA2001]

Originally Posted by KSig RC

And just like that, McCaskill's up to 55% to win on InTrade, and Republican leaders are thinking about recalling Akin and running somebody else (since a random suit with an R next to its name would be something like 75% to win MO prior to this).

Fascinating, actually.

I heard on the news today that they are trying to get him to step down himself but it seems like he's not open to that idea. This will be fun to watch.

[DZsis&mom]

While we are waiting for the next "stupid politician" to open their mouth. I thought it would be fun to remember some of the profoundly stupid quotes of past idiots.

You gotta love Dan Quayle:

"I love California, I practically grew up in Phoenix." — Dan Quayle

[SWTXBelle]

Oh, I'm so glad I can tell my former student who was raped as a (virgin) freshman that OBVIOUSLY all her psychological trauma wasn't real - if it had been a "legitimate" rape she OBVIOUSLY would not have become pregnant. Whew.

[Low C Sharp]

This may be a "macaca" moment. It's just really, really hard to explain away, and the recording is there for everyone to, um, appreciate. Even the most die-hard anti-abortion Republican women voters do not like men to be flippant about rape. That includes suggesting that if you got pregnant, then you weren't putting up proper defenses.

[AnotherKD]

It's idiots like this that make a lot of people think that Republicans as a whole are not rational and are complete morons. It's embarrassing. We are not all like this jerkoff, I swear.

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by AnotherKD

It's idiots like this that make a lot of people think that Republicans as a whole are not rational and are complete morons. It's embarrassing. We are not all like this jerkoff, I swear.

Rational people know that.

[AnotherKD]

Originally Posted by AGDee

Rational people know that.

I must not have many rational friends or coworkers, then. :-/

[pbear19]

Originally Posted by AnotherKD

It's idiots like this that make a lot of people think that Republicans as a whole are not rational and are complete morons. It's embarrassing. We are not all like this jerkoff, I swear.

Actually, the reason I think my republican friends are a bit irrational in this case isn't because I think they are at all like Akin. I know they aren't. They are great people, actually. What makes them irrational is that they are still going to vote for him, simply because he is republican.

[Low C Sharp]

I don't think that's irrational. It might be wrong or even evil. But if you think that Obama is destroying the country, it's rational to support people who will oppose his policies, even if those people are holdovers from the Stone Age. As this one appears to be.

I just looked it up -- Akin went to a respected prep school and then a nationally known engineering institute. So this has to be a matter of willful ignorance. Meanwhile, the nation's biology teachers sob into their pillows.

[AGDee]

When I first heard it on the news, I thought "Is he a product of abstinence only sex ed?

My second thought was "Are there people who will believe this is true because he said it?"

[MaryPoppins]

Originally Posted by AGDee

My second thought was "Are there people who will believe this is true because he said it?"

Yes.

[christiangirl]

Originally Posted by AnotherKD

I must not have many rational friends or coworkers, then. :-/

I'm not a Republican but I feel bad for you if that's what they think of you.

Originally Posted by AGDee

When I first heard it on the news, I thought "Is he a product of abstinence only sex ed?

I am. This little gem of stupidity was not covered in the class. At all.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by pbear19

Actually, the reason I think my republican friends are a bit irrational in this case isn't because I think they are at all like Akin. I know they aren't. They are great people, actually. What makes them irrational is that they are still going to vote for him, simply because he is republican.

Then they are just like the Democrat idiots who will vote Democrat regardless of what is being said. They are also like the voters who will vote for one candidate because they do not like the other candidate or the other political party. They are also just like the people who will vote for the candidate who fits a certain demographic (gender, race, social class, religion, region of the country, etc.).

All politicians suck and all politics suck. Research and critique all of it.

Team Independent.

[AGDee]

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