[PhxTM06]

I love how this lady blatantly ignores the second part of his comment which arguably is the part that riled the most people up due to its abject stupidity. "The woman's body has a way to shut that whole thing down."

The "legitimate rape" could have been apologized for as a poor choice of words and as a slip of the tongue, however when you insinuate that women have a magic vagina fairy that prevents them from becoming pregnant, there's no coming back from that level of stupidity.

[skeeter]

The "legitimate rape" could have been apologized for as a poor choice of words and as a slip of the tongue, however when you insinuate that women have a magic vagina fairy that prevents them from becoming pregnant, there's no coming back from that level of stupidity.

I was under the impression that as there are conditions conducive to conception, the opposite must also be true.

Then maybe I'm criminally stupid as well.

[nhwingut]

Yep. Just like Akin, they think it was a “misplacement of one word in one sentence.”

Nice spin there. The damage was the magical ways woman “can shut down this whole thing.” That thing would be rape.

It was an embarrassing display of ignorance relative to biology and science. And while it may hurt all Republicans, it hurts the pro life movement even more in the long run, i.e. “Is this the way they all think?”.

[faucetman]

“when you insinuate that women have a magic vagina fairy that prevents them from becoming pregnant,”

“magic vagina fairy” ? I didn't hear him say that!

Here is his EXACT quote:
“It seems to me, from what I understand from doctors, that’s really rare,” Akin told KTVI-TV. “If it’s a legitimate rape, *****the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down*****..”

You quoted him as saying: “The woman's body has a way to shut that whole thing down.”

As in the Zimmerman case, words mean things.

He said FEMALE, a most general, technical term.

You said WOMAN, far more personal.

He said “ways”,

you said “*A* way”.

He said “TRY” to to shut that whole thing down”

You said “to shut that whole thing down” leaving out “TRY”.

Since you have changed his words and definitely have misrepresented his meaning, it's no wonder you could come up with “magic vagina fairy”. Too bad it's not factual. Just a fairy tale you made up.