Missouri Tea Party Candidate Doesn’t Think Chicks Can Get Pregnant When They Get Raped
LA Times – If there is something everyone can agree on, it would seem that the idea that rape can result in unwanted pregnancy would be right up there at the top of the list. Not so in Missouri, where the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate on Sunday advanced the theory that the female reproductive system shuts down when a woman is being raped, thus preventing conception. Rep. Todd Akin, a tea party candidate who is challenging incumbent Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill in the closely watched race, was asked in a local television interview about whether he supports access to abortion in the case of rape.
I know we don’t talk politics, but everybody and I mean everybody is talking about this moron. To be honest the first 100 times I heard this story I thought it was a scene from last night’s Newsroom on HBO which I haven’t watched yet. Just Will Macavoy making fun of Tea Party people. Nope. This is real fucking life. A grown ass man who is somehow leading the Senate race in Missouri saying chicks can’t get pregnant when they get “legitimately raped.” IE if a chick gets pregnant when she gets raped that must mean she sneaky wanted it. Yes this is absolutely the dumbest most ignorant thing I’ve ever heard anybody say in my life. I love how he keeps saying he misspoke too. Umm no you didn’t bro. You honestly thought chicks bodies knew when they were legit getting raped and could shut down getting pregnant. That’s what you really believed. It kind of puts the whole KO Barstool thing in perspective right? Like this is what those nutbags never understood. I make jokes. This guy was dead serious. There are people like Todd Akin that exist in this world. Save your venom for guys like him who deserve it and are actually a real threat to women and society in general and not guys who just want to party and get laid.
this is why the debate format they introduced on the Newsroom last night would be so great to watch but will never in a million years happen. the last thing this guy said in this clip is essentially “in the case of rape, i think the punishment should be on the rapist.”
This was dumb, but Obama’s response that “America does not distinguish between rape” was asi-ten. HS sr/HS fr vs. couple college freshmen who have one too many v. everyone’s favorite defense coordinator. They all getting the same penalty?
Over under is 7 minutes until right wing nutjobs come to defend this guy.
Why are you raking tea partiers over the coals? we dony give a ahit about abortion or homo marriage or social issues, we just want he debt fixed and taxes lowered. This guy is just a douche who should stick to fiscal issues. Btw you realize biden told black people that mitt wants to put them back in chains. A douche for a douche.
Missouri is now the most ignorant state in the Union, better luck next year Texas.
Btw Newsroom is fucking great.
Shit, so you mean chicks can get pregnant when we date rape them because their bodies don’t shut down?
This guy needs to be euthanized, no joke.
Simple test to determine whether you’re on the right or wrong side of this issue: if it was your wife, sister, or mother who got pregnant from “legitimate rape”, do you think she has the right to choose whether to keep the zygote or does the government? I want to crush this misogynistic pig in the face with a cinder block.
Listen…in no way is rape ever legitimized, ever. And I don’t want to be the first one to bring this up, but there is a difference in a females biological response regarding consensual sex and rape. It has to do with cortisol and stress response. I’m not saying that this guy said it right…of course you can get pregnant from being raped. But for those who actually have higher than a high school education in biology, you’d understand that the likelihood of conception after a rape is much much lower than consensual sex. That’s not saying rape is right, but it’s just putting perspective on what this guy was trying to say. He said it wrong, but that’s what he meant.
Yeah this was a retarded statement. But saying all tea party members believe this is just as dumb. I’m not a tea partier but @TappinKatherine makes a solid point.
Also, about 95% of politicians are retarded.
Did I miss the part where the tea party got raped over coals?
I guarantee that is NOT what this retard meant Randy Randall. Even so, his whole point is so fucking ludicrous it doesn’t matter
It’s awesome when portnoy is 24-48 hours behind the news cycle.
Really on the ball there “prez”
If anyone doesn’t agree with abortion there nuts, abortion has been around for ages
But this guy scientifically speaking is correct. The chances of getting preggo from rape is basically 0. Especially of its a guy being raped.
@tappin he’s running for senate you can just stick to money
I can increase or lower the potency of my cum depending on how hot the girl is.
This archaic, god fearing, mouth breathing, hill billy, has been elected to office 6 straight times in Missouri. Good work Y’ALL!
This is going to sound fucked up, but how does rape actually work? A Dick doesn’t fit in a dry pussy. Do rapists Fuck the dry vag until blood is the lubricant? How does that work? Shits fucked.
this shit is like david icke and all those nutjobs. something with real information gets infiltrated by wacko’s and the message gets hijacked. if something is a risk to the illuminati the message gets perverted through insanity. in this instance the idea of a movement for limited government and responsible spending gets turned into a message about rape and forced births lolol. anyone bueller?
well buddy if shits fucked then i suppose the shit is the lubricant.
abortion is government sponsored genocide. minorities make up 13% of the population but have 35% of all abortions. wake up people. lol i dont believe this shit. but its still nuts
@buddy: use your imagination man, that’s why it’s so terrible.
@TappinKatherine – this guy is a tea party member and obviously has an opinion (an unbelievably retarded one) on abortion. I could really get down with the tea party and conservatives with how they feel fiscally but the majority of them have the most fucked up social stances in the world and they are constantly pushing their wacko religious views into politics. Dems actually get that its 2012 and act accordingly with their social views, theyre just too fucking stupid to understand you cant keep spending more than you have for eternity. Herein lies why both parties blow dick. PS- dont see where Pres was “raking all tea party people over the coals”
I’m neither republican or democrat but here is a question aimed at hacksaw….If Republicans are for limited gov shouldn’t they be pro abortion? IE – Gov can’t tell a chick what she can do with her own body? It’s like limited gov in financial but heavy gov in moral
@ buddybianca rape is like 5000 years old. Clearly it’s possible
It’s neither nor not neither or kike
well what you are talking about is a fiscal and social conservative. this isnt the definition of all republicans. most people are fiscal conservatives and socially moderate or even liberal. however, no one runs on this platform, even though most everyone you and i know would vote for someone like that. conservatives dont want to end welfare, they want responsible spending as it relates to social outreach programs and safety nets. the media however will never let this concept out there, so we get arguments going about whoopie pies and racism.
however, i would agree. someone who wants to eliminate government spending would be all for killing unborn children. less mouths to feed less whoopie pies to buy with government cheese.
@randyrandall where are you coming up with that shit? maybe its just the liberal media trying to make up excuses for more abortion but everyone says that his “legitimate” point is complete bs.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/sns-rt-us-usa-politics-abortion-claimbre87j0xj-20120820,0,740124.story
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/wp/2012/08/20/study-rape-victims-have-a-higher-pregnancy-rates-than-other-women/
I’m aware it happens, just not aware of the logistics. Seems like a couple of you guys have it down though. Keep rapin!!!!
Couldn’t agree more. Portnoy is an obnoxious, ill-informed, poor-grammared, teen predator, fuckin’ asshole but his point is solvent – spend your energy hating “Pageviews” and these right/left wingers float their beliefs enticing followers to cling to and evangelize. It’s more disgusting than this site is awful.
Can we all just agree that chicks today throw out rape
Way to often. Ladies thats not rape it’s regret.
@jimmiejames….i went to college and learned it there. Once you graduate high school, rough it through a few years of community college, then if you’re lucky get accepted to an actual university…maybe you can one day learn that education goes beyond the Chicago Tribune.
I’m not saying anything regarding whether or not it’s ok to rape women…I’m commenting on the actual biology of conception which you clearly can’t learn from a single fucking website.
Pres – had you “broke” this story, your spin would have been much different. I used to read this site for your 3rd grade humor commentary – when did you become NPR’s Cookie Roberts? Christ…
Almost as bad as this Akin nutjob are the people that actually argue about it here. And you also have to be equally insane to care about politics. Who gives a fuck, you can’t change anything might is well not worry about it.
@randyrandall you are a retarded lunatic. Not a chance you’ve ever attended an accredited school in your life. Or gotten laid. There’s a good chance you’ve raped, but that doesn’t count. Not that you condone it or anything, you just like making up shit about how raped girls cant get pregnant bc you took an online course from the University of Feonix (which would explain why you arent able to accomplish a simple google search).
I think the media gang bang on this guy is ludicrous. Hey, hey! He misspoke so lets kick and scream and roll around on the ground until the real issues are sufficiently drowned out and he drops out of the race for literally no reason other than the simple fact that we can’t let one fucking sentence go. For the record, I think the Tea Party sucks cock.
I can just picture randyrandall pouring over page after page of a google search of “can rape get you pregnant” looking for any source that looks vaguely academic. Oh and here’s one that says about 5% of rapes result in pregnancy when the woman is between the ages of 12 and 45… I’m not to keen on those odds, how bout you?
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8765248
Other than the time I raped jimmiejames mother in 2002 (resulting in his birth) it’s impossible to impregnate a chick via rape. Ask Jeeves. Faggots.
AAAAND we’ve successfully reached the bottom rung of the hierarchy of debate right there, have a great night e’rybody.
Oh a politician who wears his religious views on his sleeve doing a live interview. What can go wrong?
Jimmie James is only 10 years old? Facinating stuff.
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I just realized why most of ya’ll hate the Goddy. Its becuz ur all fuckin jackasses. Listen to yourselves. About 3 of you make any sense at all and Prez, ur not one of them.
^I raped jimmiejames mother on Christmas Eve 2002. She was still emotional after her 3rd abortion, so I figured there’d be no harm in having her take shots of 99 bananas and doing lines of coke and xanax. Her pussy was so mangled I couldn’t have ever imagined that after pumping her up with cum six or seven times would have gotten her pregnant. But as luck would have it, even after all the vodka and propecia she inhaled during the pregnancy, jimmiejames was born. He was born with fetal alcohol syndrome because his whore mother was raped, and it was fucking hilarious. Still is.
Jimmie James, did u know about this? Damn, randyrandall is jimmie james old man. That explains the similarity in ur handles i rekon.
So actually my point is, he’s still nine. He’ll be ten this December.
I love how every political blog on this site stats with ” now i know we dont talk about politics, but portnoy always does and he always is on the dems side….He is a lefty lunatic!!!
“But for those who actually have higher than a high school education in biology, you’d understand that the likelihood of conception after a rape is much much lower than consensual sex.”
Hey RandyRandall…BS in Biology from a top 30 university checking in here, WHAT IN THE FUCK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
^If you can’t use your “BS in Biology” from a “top 30 university” to understand what I was saying about cortisol and stress response and how it relates to conception…then you fall under the category of people who wanted to become a doctor/surgeon etc. but simply weren’t smart enough. So you got a degree in Biology like any asshole who attends college can, and now you think you’re an authority figure on all biology related discussions.
I’m glad to know we have a BS in Biology from a top 30 university checking in though. Now I know I need to stay on my toes. How’s that BS in Biology treating you in the job market?
And its retards like RandyRandall who would vote for this mouthbreather. Post a published academic paper that states that pregnancy isn’t as likely during rape, or shut the fuck up moron. Or just read this:
http://news.yahoo.com/rape-trauma-barrier-pregnancy-no-scientific-basis-235231028.html
But oh yeah, you took an Intro to Bio course at Keane State, so you def. know what you’re talking about.
And here’s why your moronic theory is wrong:
THE STRESS FACTOR
In more modern times, the rape-pregnancy claim seems to have been linked to the fact that stress can decrease fertility.
“Mental stress can temporarily alter the functioning of your hypothalamus – an area of your brain that controls the hormones that regulate your menstrual cycle,” explains the Mayo Clinic in a publication about infertility. “Ovulation and menstruation may stop as a result.”
But the stress that reduces fertility is the chronic kind that occurs over months or years, not the acute trauma of a rape.
“A woman who is raped at a vulnerable time in her menstrual cycle is as likely to conceive and retain a pregnancy as a woman who was voluntarily attempting pregnancy,” said ACOG’s Levy. “There’s absolutely no validity to any sort of theory that the trauma related to rape – or to any thing else for that matter – would shut down ovulation that has already begun.”
Randy, reading an article about something doesn’t make you an expert. I have a BS in biology, not all of us aspire to be doctors you cunt. Some of us get into the biotech industry where the real money is. Maybe you should take a lap.
Gotta love how he is says he doesn’t talk about politics. You constantly talk about politics for two reasons. To show that you are a liberal which is fine I don’t agree with any of their policies but it’s a difference of opinion and two because it gets more comments than any other story you put out there. Consistantly over 150 comments anytime something is political on this site.I think the last time i looked you had over 250 on the last political blog you put out about Romney introducing Ryan as the next President of the United States of America which is funny because you didn’t post it when Obama said the exact same words about Biden which shows the liberal aspect of my point.
Pres is behind on the news cycle always because he doesn’t want to get involved in political shit. Christ, he made fun of a Mitt Romney gaffe and had 200 comments from that maniac topher. But Pres is right, this is one of those stories you need to comment on.
If you feel the need to defend this guy, I’m guessing you probably think evolution is still up for debate, and that whole science thing is only a step above the witchingcrafts. You’re probably a little iffy on the whole computer thing too, as Satan may be trying to hide the porno ographies in the electrobox.
So THIS is when you decide to start showing political videos? What’s the controversey? It’s dumb and makes no sense and no one buys it. Why wouldn’t you put up a video showing Obama say “You didn’t build this”? Seems that would hit home to someone who built their own business. Or how about Biden “putting y’all back in chains comment?” Or how about during the campaign in ’08 when Biden speaking to a large crowd, pointed out his “very good friend” and asked him “to stand up!, come on stand-up!” But, he apparantly forgot his “very good firend” was crippled and in a wheel chair. Just stay away from politics and stick to smut please.
Biden says something equally as asinine once a week and gets a free pass from the media. This is a pivotal senate race and that’s the only reason this has lasted more than one news cycle. This guy will drop out of the race today. Count on it.
@dixon this point is so retarded, does fox not count as mainstream even though it’s the highest rated network?
I mean Christ, I voted repub in 2008 and will vote Mitt in 2012 bit can we stop with the liberal media bullshit excuse?
Fox is all conservative and is by FAR the most watched network
It never ceases to amaze me how conservatards can be wrong about FUCKING EVERYTHING. Newsflash: the national debt was primarily created by Reagan and the two Bush’s. Obama hasn’t created much in the way of new spending, he’s been stuck dealing with the structural deficit left by Bush (cut taxes, start two wars, pass Medicare Part D, etc). Obama actually reflected the cost of the wars in the budget, something Bush never did, so the deficit looks higher, but Bush ran up the debt.
Fuck off and die you fucking knuckle-dragging, mouth-breathing, bible-thumping assholes.
Also as to this fucker, I wish the southern bible belt republicans would just shut the fuck up till we get the WH back, there all redneck retards that shouldnt be allowed near a mic.
good work Pres, if nothing else, maybe this will get the vehement feminists of your back until the next time you want them giving you press, then its time for more classless rape jokes
Ducks on the other hand…
http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2007/05/02/a-reproductive-arms-race-betwe/
LOUDDDDD NOISES!!!!!!!!!!
Politics has become the new religion. People become partial to a particular channel on the TV or radio and listen to these “leaders” like they have enlightened things to say. Right wing nut, conservative, republican, , moderate, Democrat, liberal, left wing nut, Independent, Green…All with the same country and think everyone else is wrong. It’s become the same as Catholic, Christian, Born Agains, Mormons, Jehovas witnesses, Hasidic Jews, Orthodox, Amish…All the same God and think everyone else is wrong. Telling a Hasidic Jew it’s fine to drive on a Saturday will get the same reaction as telling a Right winger that abortion should be fine. You might be killed either way. Political TV, talk radio and churches are all for the sheep. Where and what circumstances you were born into dictate which flock you will be in.
What did he say that was so wrong ?? Chicks can shut their shit down to make sure they don’t get prego. It’s a scientific fact and everyone knows that.
@dixon – Biden gets a free pass? i must have saw that “put you back in chains” clip 100 times in the last week or so. Im not saying he isnt a huge idiot and a 1st ballot HOFer when it comes to political gaffes but at least in his recent statements he was making a reference to what he thinks Romney’s financial regulations towards the banks will do (he said he wants to “unchain the banks” first). It was certainly a retarded choice of words but this dude right here is basically saying women who are raped can clench their fists and and convince the eggs in their uterus to stop sperm from fertilizing them. thats a whole new level of shitheadedness
Here’s where your Chic-fil-A money goes for all of you “Who gives a fuck, the chicken is delicious” morons.
“…shut that whole thing down…” is there an on/off switch. Fuckin idgit
@presmoobs: To deny liberal media bias is to exhibit how misinformed you are. In the 2008 election, journalists supported Kerry over Bush by 3:1 and were 8 TIMES more likely to make a contribution to Democrats than Republicans. Overall, 4/5ths of journalists nationwide are Democrats. No shit Fox leans to the right; when 50% of voters pay no income tax at all, its little wonder how widely polular Fox has become. It is the only antidote left for the people that actually pay the bills in this country. You’re entitled to your own opinion, but you’re not entitled to your own facts.
^ This.
This guy is obviously just pandering to the crucial serial rapist vote. If they were undecided before, he just scored big time with this gem.
There is no liberal bias in the media because the corporate media is now controlled by six multinational corporations, you stupid fucks. Remember all that opposition to the war in Iraq we saw on the news back in 2003? Oh right, of course you don’t, because even MSNBC fired anyone who opposed the war. Liberal bias is just another right-wing fantasy used to distort reality and allow them to continue playing the victim card.
its not just the media. reality and facts have a liberal bias
@dixon yea skippy, i watch hannity too, nice verbatim qoute. As i said im a republican. that was a nice stat he brought up. Too bad it doesn’t reflect the fact that Fox is SLAUGHTERING CNN and MSNBC in the ratings. Who gives a shit who reporters no one is watching voted for?
If a tree votes liberal and no one fucking cares or watched, did it make a sound?
The NY times reporters can hem and haw all they want at the liberal teat, no one reads them. CNN and MSNBC’s anchors can slant their coverage all they want, no one fucking watches.
I like fox because in general, ass hat southern republicans like this jamoke aside, They cover the stories I as a conservative want covered, but the “oh, wooo is us, can you not see how biased the media is??” is such a stupid talking point for them to push when they slaughter all the other “news outlets” in viewership.
never comment, but since there was a scientific dick measuring contest, i figured i’d weigh in.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8765248
if you look at the literature, this is the only scientific paper on whether rape affects pregnancy rates. it was published in 1996 and nothing else has been written since because IT’S NOT CONTROVERSIAL. all the literature now is on pregnancy prevention following rape. the mouth-breather who started talking about a cortisol rush somehow preventing pregnancy is an idiot. credentials: 4th year med student at a top 10 institution
its just that modern conservatives are so sensitive if they hear anything negative about some random righty they believe the entire world is against them. much like a Christian hearing a Mosque is about to open. Thats the world against Christianity
@presmoobs: Good points, but it’s getting tiring to hear libs smugly say “Faux News,” etc on one hand while denying any liberal bias on the part of other networks/papers on the other. This country needs to wake up and realize that impartial media is a myth.
“We just want to lose the debt and pay less taxes”. Yes, that’s how it works in every western society. Pay nothing, have everything working. Can’t believe some of you animals actually have a right to vote.
@ Harry, Faux News is insulting, really? You know what we call that channel here in Europe? Comedy central.
Any one ignorant enough to claim any news station is not politically biased needs to have their head checked. The question is, would you rather watch the news that agrees with conservative views and smaller government, or liberal views and expansive government. Trying to call out republicans for being sensitive when people express views that they themselves do not agree with is the definition of the pot calling the kettle black. And any hack who dares cry racist over that remark is the real racist.
@Langdon: What country do you live in? And you completely missed the point of my post.
Come on cut Akin some slack. He’s clearly a big fan of creampie porn. I’ve watched quite a bit myself. Those chicks have no problem expelling semen from all orifices. ; )
@olympic. I’ve made up a new variation of kettle/pot with no racist angle. “It’s like a duck calling a goose fowl.”
Langdon, that’s only because British comedians are so awful.
Both fox and msnbc have their agendas and often tell the exact same story in completely different ways. The problem with this country is everyone on both sides of the aisle are too fucking lazy and stupid to use their own god damn brain and use multiple sources to try to decide the truth for themselves. People need to quit taking what they hear on tv as gospel and actually put some damn thought and effort into making their own informed decision. Jesus this infuriates me, no wonder the country if a fucking joke. Not as big a joke as Neil though.
I went on a solid twitter rant about this with RA last night…WHO FUCKING CARES! let people in Missouri decide to vote for this guy or not, even if he is elected absolutely nothing will change in regards to abortion laws…that’s supreme court shit not wacko Missouri senator shit…lets focus on shit that really matters to every citizen, the economy, unemployment, national defense, etc etc…rape pregnancies are really fucking rare
Some of you guys are such fucking losers…posting scientific journal articles to back up your response on the comments section of barstool. And a word to the wise, anyone who claims to be a 4th year med student in the comments section, is not a 4th year med student.
You guys are all fucking faggots
Waaaaaahhhhh!!!!! I’m randyrandall and I just got outted as the stupidest motherfucker on the planet and now I’m mad!!!!!! WAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! WAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Randy… is posting actual, scientific support of your argument really worse than just screaming your point of view with literally nothing to back it up? You have commented SEVEN times without managing to support your opinion ONCE and still insist that everyone else is the loser.
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