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Letter to the editor: McDowell would deny a woman's right to choose
Editor: Gary McDowell is the Democratic Party candidate for the 1st Congressional District. You might assume this means he supports the rights of women to make their own health care decisions. Not so, and he has a vote on record that proves it. On May...
Tags: Republican Party, Voting, Politics, Feminism, Democratic Party
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Akin's idiocy is infectious
Todd Akin's idiocy appears to be infectious. The evil genius of the Missouri congressman's comments is that they lend themselves to such broad interpretations -- and misinterpretations. By now his remarks are familiar, but just in case ... Mr....
Tags: Republican Party, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan
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The politics of rape and abortion
In the 1988 presidential election, Republicans successfully hanged Democratic presidential candidate Michael Dukakis with Willie Horton, a convicted murderer who committed a rape and assault after he was furloughed. Horton was free because Dukakis, as...
Tags: Republican Party, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Social Issues, Planned Parenthood, Abortion Issue
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Smith makes abortion-related gaffe
Call Harrisburg BureauRepublican U.S. Senate Candidate Tom Smith said Monday afternoon that he opposes abortionin all cases -- even for victims of rape and incest. Smith's comments came after he was asked about the political firestorm surrounding the abortion-related...Tags: Politics, Tom Smith, Claire McCaskill, Abortion, U.S. Senate
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Mitt Romney clinches GOP nomination
Mitt Romney officially clinched the GOP presidential nomination Tuesday when a majority of delegates to the Republican National Convention supported his candidacy. To roaring cheers in the packed Tampa Bay Times Forum, the delegation from New Jersey...
Tags: Social Issues, Chris Christie, Tampa Bay Times Forum, Political Candidates, Time (magazine)
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Akin's remarks on rape may help clarify the abortion debate
Like any sentient person, I was appalled by Missouri Republican Congressman Todd Akin's comments about "legitimate rape." I was shocked by the Limbaugh-ian proportions of his ignorance about the female reproductive system ("in cases of legitimate rape,...Tags: Republican Party, Mitt Romney, Social Issues, Paul Ryan, NASA
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Is Akin really out of the Republican mainstream?
Missouri is a long way from Maryland, so residents can be forgiven for never having heard of Rep. Todd Akin prior to this week. But when the socially conservative Republican Senate candidate suggested that the victims of "legitimate rape" rarely get...
Tags: Republican Party, Karl Rove, Social Issues, Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan
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Akin rape comments 'offensive and wrong,' Bartlett says
Rep. Roscoe G. Bartlett repudiated fellow Republican Rep. Todd Akin’s comments on rape Tuesday, while his campaign manager called an attempt by Maryland Democrats to tie Bartlett to the controversy “disgusting.” Akin, the GOP nominee...Tags: Republican Party, Science, Social Issues, Howard University, Claire McCaskill
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The GOP war on women continues
There has always been something truly unseemly about the desire of conservatives in Congress to assert their control over the residents of the District of Columbia. Not only because it represents a white and male-dominated culture forcing its values on...
Tags: Republican Party, U.S. House of Representatives, Mitt Romney, Social Issues, Crime, Law and Justice
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A question for abortion-right foes
Change of SubjectPoliti-Fact has rated the Obama campaign's claim that Mitt Romney "backed a bill that outlaws all abortions, even in cases of rape and incest" a "pants on fire lie." I happen to think this Planned Parenthood fact sheet and other...... -
Chick-fil-A president's stand on gay marriage has nothing to do with the quality of his company's products
Columnist Thomas Schaller is consistent if nothing else in his convoluted and irrational thinking about Dan Cathy's view that that God defined marriage and men should not try to redefine it ("Chick-fil-A head has a right to speak, not to be taken...Tags: Starbucks Corp., Marriage, Family, Chick-fil-A, Inc., Foods and Beverages
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Man pleads guilty to rape charge
A Webster man has pleaded guilty to a count of what's generally called statutory rape in a case that involved a relative. Charles H. Gabler, 40, will not be sentenced until a presentence investigation is finished, said Danny Smeins, Day County state's...Tags: Punishment, Prisons, Crime, Law and Justice, Sex Crimes, Crimes
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