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Bogus Bolitics: Another GOP Congressman Says Shady Azz Todd Akin’s “Legitimate Rape” Comments Were Partly Right
GOP Congressman Says Todd Akin’s Legitimate Rape Comments Were ‘Partly Right’
If you thought we’d at least be able to make it through the end of the first month of 2013 without a GOP goon making a ridiculously insensitive comment,
OB-GYN Phil Gingrey U-HVE2B-KIDDING: Says Todd Akin “Partially Right” on Legitimate Rape
F. Fitzgerald said there “are are no second acts in American lives” — but there apparently are second acts in conservative ideologues who wish to flaunt their studity. An so I submit to you one Rep. Phil Gringley: U.S. Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-Ga.) said that former Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.) was “partly right” regarding Akin’s [...]
'Legitimate Rape' Compared to Infertility in the Absurd Controversy That Just Won’t Die
Post by Cynthia DermodyWhat day is it? Are we still in 2013? Somebody please tell me I haven't transported back in time about six months because sweet Jesus another politician is actually talking about "legitimate rape" again. Darned...Show More Summary
Phil Gingrey, Georgia Congressman, Explains Concept of "Legitimate Rape"
Phil Gingrey, a Republican Congressman from Georgia, has brought back up the topic of "legitimate rape."
The term was broached by Todd Akin - a losing candidate for Congress in Missouri who drew MAJOR fire last year for saying a woman's...Show More Summary
New Game! What Phrase Will Republicans Use to Redefine Rape Next?
Posted by news intern Chelsea Kellogg Representative Gingrey of Georgia—one time OBGYN, everyday misogynist—defended Todd Akin's "legitimate rape" and "shutting that whole thing down" comments at a breakfast yesterday. Here's what he...Show More Summary
According to Georgia Rep. Phil Gingrey, Todd ‘Legitimate Rape’ Akin Was 'Partly Right'
Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-GA) called Todd Akin's now infamous "legitimate rape" comments "partially right" at a breakfast with constituents yesterday. Also, he's a trained obstetrician. More »
Gingrey speaks out on ‘legitimate rape’ and guns
This is blowing up on social media today, so I might as well put it in a post for discussion – the full article and video. Rep. Gingrey is my congressman. Yeah, I have some pretty spirited thoughts on his suggestion that a girl might’ve gotten pregnant by her boyfriend, didn’t want to fess up to [...]
Gingrey: Todd Akin was 'partly right' on legitimate rape
Congressman Phil Gingrey, R-Gillette, decided yesterday to revisit the "legitimate rape" theory coined by former U.S. Rep. Todd Akin, R-Mo, during his failed Senate race. Gingrey, a longtime OB/GYN said Akin was "partly right" when he said the "female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down."… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
House Republican Open To Gun Restrictions
Why haven’t Republicans developed a Pavlovian reflex to stop touching “legitimate rape,” the most electrified phase in politics? Georgia Representative Phil Gingrey is the latest to stumble into the Todd Akin buzzsaw. Speaking before...Show More Summary
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"He's partly right on that." -- Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-GA), an OB-GYN, quoted by the Marietta Daily Journal, on former Rep. Todd Akn's (R-MO) "legitimate rape" comments.
Georgia Congressman and World's Worst OB/GYN Says Todd Akin's Legitimate Rape Theory Was 'Partially Right'
Todd Akin no longer has direct control over our magical rape-defying uteri, but politicians who more or less agree with his stance on "legitimate rape" do. More »
Gingrey: Akin Was "Partly Right"
Conservative Georgia Congressman Phil Gingrey (R), who happens to be an ob-gyn, now says former Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO) was "partly right" when he talked about "legitimate rape." We've posted the audio of Gingrey's new remarks here......
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[Content Note: Rape apologia; misogyny.]"In Missouri, Todd Akin…was asked by a local news source about rape and he said, 'Look, in a legitimate rape situation'—and what he meant by legitimate rape was just look, someone can say I was...Show More Summary
Rep. Gingrey: Akin "partly right" about "legitimate rape"
Georgia Republican reignites "legitimate rape" debate in his defense of former Senate candidate Todd Akin
Another Republican explains how 'legitimate rape' is sort of a thing. And he's a doctor!
Rep. Phil Gingrey, MD.
No, seriously, this guy's a doctor.
Were you longing for the good old days of 2012, when House Republican Todd Akin explained that women have magic lady parts capable of detecting and deflecting rape sperm in cases of "legitimate rape"?
Of course not. Show More Summary
GOP Congressman Defends Todd Akin’s ‘Legitimate Rape’ Comment: ‘He’s Partly Right’
Months after former Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO) made the controversial claim that female victims of "legitimate rape" have biological mechanisms that reject and prevent pregnancy, Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-GA) defended those comments as "partly right," citing a specific scenario involving wine and adrenaline.
Rep. Phil Gingrey: Todd Akin Was 'Partly Right' About 'Legitimate Rape'
The Georgia Republican, an OB-GYN, boldly steps into territory that brought down two Senate candidates in the 2012 elections.
Male Republican Congressman Just Won’t Let ‘Legitimate Rape’ Go
Now that election season is over, Republicans are doing some soul-searching and trying to figure out exactly where things went wrong. Representative Phil Gingrey of Georgia has some ideas, which he expressed over breakfast yesterday with his local chamber of commerce. "Part of the reason the Dems still control the
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GOP congressman: Akin's rape comments were 'partly right'
A Georgia Republican congressman said that former Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin, R, was "partly right" in asserting that victims of "legitimate rape" rarely become pregnant. Rep. Phil Gingrey, R-Ga., a former obstetrician-gynecologist, said at a town hall meeting th …