Paul Ryan Said Something That Should Force Him Off the Ticket, But You Probably Didn'

[Hardrock69]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-slansky-/paul-ryan-said-something-_b_1832377.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009

Paul Slansky
Writer; Contributor to The New Yorker
Posted: 08/27/2012 8:14 am

Paul Ryan Said Something That Should Force Him Off the Ticket, But You Probably Didn't Hear About It


Last week, Paul Ryan gave an interview in which, defending his position that there should be no excuses for abortion, he referred to rape as a "method of conception."

Wow, right? Talk about a benign euphemism. Rape -- RAPE! -- is now a "method of conception." You know, like love-making, just without the love.

There could be no greater testament to the utter abdication of responsibility by what passes for a "news" media in America in 2012 than that, despite the grotesquerie of this cavalierly callous comment, chances are better than good that this is the first you're hearing of it.

Here, watch it -- and try to figure out why this has gotten NO MAINSTREAM MEDIA play (not even here at the Huffington Post) despite it being, to my mind, a far more offensive remark than Todd Akin's imbecilic blurt of last weekend. What, are we tired of stupid remarks about rape now, so Ryan gets a free pass?

Given the demands for Akin's resignation from a mere Senate race when his musings on "legitimate rape" were publicized, what do you imagine the reaction would be if people were as familiar with VP wannabe Ryan's stunning statement? Might there be a cacophony of outrage? Might there be calls for his resignation from the ticket? Might there be a focus on how fundamentally oblivious these people who would make our laws are to not just women's but humans' rights and dignity? Sure, there might, but then of course people would have to have heard about it.

According to the man who would be the proverbial heartbeat away from the White House, and who in any event would -- given Romney's utter hollowness -- have an inordinate influence on the judicial appointments that will determine how much freedom our children get to live under, RAPE = "METHOD OF CONCEPTION." And yet, unless you're a frequenter of one of a dozen or so lefty blogs -- or my friend on Facebook -- you probably knew nothing about it.

I truly despair for the country my 14-year-old daughter is inheriting. That a remark this intensely revealing of the danger posed by this ticket can go basically unreported is as nauseating to me as the quote itself.

[Seshmeister]

There seem to be a lot of these Christian Taliban people standing for election...

http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2012/08/27/tom_smith_republican_candidate_makes_rape_gaffe.html

Ah, here we are. This is the reason Republicans were uncommonly furious with Todd Akin. Tom Smith, the GOP's very okay first-time candidate in Pennsylvania's U.S. Senate race

Mark Scolforo, Associated Press: How would you tell a daughter or a granddaughter who, God forbid, would be the victim of a rape, to keep the child against her own will? Do you have a way to explain that?
Tom Smith: I lived something similar to that with my own family. She chose life, and I commend her for that. She knew my views. But, fortunately for me, I didn’t have to.. she chose they way I thought. No don’t get me wrong, it wasn’t rape.
Scolforo: Similar how?
Smith: Uh, having a baby out of wedlock.
Scolforo: That’s similar to rape?
Smith: No, no, no, but… put yourself in a father’s situation, yes.

What are the odds that Smith would have gotten this question in an Akin-less world? Slim, right? Having talked to Smith before, I know what he was trying to say and understand why he said it gormlessly. But in 2010, Republicans generally escaped these questions because no one planted them in their way.

[ELVIS]

Christian Taliban ??

[Seshmeister]

Your crowd.

Good definition here -

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=christian%20taliban

Christian Taliban

These are fundamentalist Christians who believe in establishing a theocratic state based on Biblical doctrine. Most of the world's Christian Taliban reside in the mid-western and southern United States of America. A growing ethnic minority in the region, these populations tend to be poorly educated, isolationist, and fun-loving in the great tradition of the late 17th century (they advocate flogging of children, burning of witches, stoning for various and sundry offences, and greeting foreigners with a cheery "You're going to Hell, praise God!"). For some inexplicable reason, they are also fascinated with all matters sexual: homosexuality, human reproduction, "man-on-dog," and so forth. A visitor to the Christian Taliban homeland should note that these topics never fail to "break the ice" and elicit spirited conversation with the locals.

[jhale667]

Also known as Teahadists.

[ELVIS]

It must be nice to be so enlightened like you two bungholes...

[Seshmeister]

Yes it's nice not to be frightened all the time of people that are different from us or of making a vengeful invisible sky daddy angry.

[jhale667]

[hambon4lif]

Have you noticed that the only people who say rape is a method of conception are people who are a result of it?
It's not a coincidence.

[ELVIS]

frightened all the time of people that are different from us

That's such fucking bullshit...

[FORD]

That's such fucking bullshit...

Then why did they spend most of the last century trying to pass laws against Black folks, and have spent all of this centrury (so far) trying to pass laws against the LGBT community?

[ELVIS]

What ??

[Redballjets88]

As time goes by all of these social issues will be moot. Liberals believe that they will eventually change everyone's mind on these issues, but really the people who don't agree will just decide to not argue about pointless social issues and keep their eyes on the big picture. Liberals are becoming more and more welfare statish and republicans are becoming more an more libertarian. Fingers crossed we aren't full blown commies in 50 years

[FORD]

Well, it's definitely true that Eddie Munster's worship of the serial killer groupie Ayn Rand, and the adoption of her Antichrist nihilistic bullshit as economic policy scares me far more than his Christian Taliban social policies.

Not that either one should be tolerated in the 21st century, of course.

[Redballjets88]

FORD your opinions have always interested me, just wish the rhetoric and hard stances didn't get in the way of clear conversation. I feel like there is a lot to learn behind the conspiracies and slander of the other side of the aisle.