Not only is this going to loom over mourdock’s head until election day, it also legitimizes the media whores reopening akin’s chapter on rape.
Maybe there is a lurking Bradley effect that will let them squeak by, but good money is on them paying for their stupidity.
The whole notion that anything good can come from rape is going to be lost on the mealy middle and most women voters. Parsing words and amplifying what they “really meant” will not unscrew their own screwing.
These two knuckle heads may have to learn the hard way.
The media always looks at the elections from a prism different from the “common peasants” ( note the quotes ).
They think that women are going to vote mainly because of what a candidate thinks about abortion, incest and conception after rape.
They ought to go out and REALLY ask women what the most important issue is to them....
Here’s a hint — It’s the same as most people — THE ECONOMY.
If someone’s husband is out of work and she can’t a job herself and neither can their recently graduated kids, do you think they are going to vote because someone made ONE SINGLE STATEMENT that a rape conception is God’s will and then totally ignore his economic policies?
Not every woman thinks like Maureen Dowd you know...
I hope you’re right. Most times when I assume the voters will be using logic, they let me down.
It’s the true undecideds that I picture filling out their ballot while thinking...gee, I heard “bad” things about Romney/Republicans so I’ll vote for the other choice.
However, I first blame the fools that try to polish the rape turd, and then the media.