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‘Lord of the Rings’ villain discusses rape

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Another Republican candidate for the Senate — this one being “The Lord of the Rings” villain in his spare time — is focusing on rape:

Indiana Treasurer Richard Mourdock became the latest Republican to wander into eyebrow-raising territory when it came to the discussion of rape and abortion during a Senate debate Tuesday night.

Defending his stance that abortion should be illegal even in the case of rape, Mourdock explained that pregnancy resulting from nonconsensual sex is the will of God.

Of course, he says he was quoted out of context. Here’s the context, direct from his mouth in New Albany, Ind., just across the border from Louisville:

Unlike the Todd Akin bit of medical mystery, the GOP is rallying around Mourdock:

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (KY), who stumped for Mourdock on Monday, also said politics were behind the outrage.

“We’re at the end of an election season here and I understand each side is looking to make hay out of every comment,” McConnell said, “but sharing the view of millions of Americans that life begins at conception is Richard’s deeply held personal belief that shouldn’t be misconstrued by partisans to imply something it does not.”

Perhaps bolstered by the strong support from Republicans, Mourdock was defiant in a press conference Wednesday, attacking his opponents for “twisting” his words.

How directly quoting a person is the same as “twisting” his words is beyond me. But apparently there is a different language for the extreme right. Newt, do you want to take it from here?

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Say it ain’t so! (It ain’t so)

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You know what The Onion is, right? A satirical “news” organization that generates fake stories about pretend events. Pretty much takes an issue in the news, then spoofs it to its most insane extreme. Like the story about the GOP resistance to a program designed to stop a killer asteroid heading toward the Earth. Or Obama’s rambling 75,000 word e-mail sent to America at 4:30 in the morning.

Obviously a joke.

So The Onion ran this recently:

TOPEKA, KS—Planned Parenthood announced Tuesday the grand opening of its long-planned $8 billion Abortionplex, a sprawling abortion facility that will allow the organization to terminate unborn lives with an efficiency never before thought possible.

During a press conference, Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards told reporters that the new state-of-the-art fetus-killing facility located in the nation’s heartland offers quick, easy, in-and-out abortions to all women, and represents a bold reinvention of the group’s long-standing mission and values.

Now that’s totally over the top. So crazy that even if you don’t think it’s funny, you know that it’s not real.

But I give people too much credit. This happened on Facebook after the Abortionplex article ran:

For God’s sake! It says theonion.com right under the headline.

I give up.

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The fight over Planned Parenthood

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Last Thursday, Rep. Chris Smith, a New Jersey Republican, went on an obscene rant against Planned Parenthood and abortion services. He dragged the House of Representatives into a gore fest with a detailed, graphic description of a certain abortion procedure, right down to describing a “mangled image of a dead, tiny baby.”

California Rep. Jackie Speier, a Democrat, hadn’t planned to speak on the topic, but Smith drove her over the edge:

You hear a lot of men talking about what women do with their bodies. Here’s a woman who went through an agonizing decision talking about reality.

Republicans talk about fiscal responsibility and managing deficits, something they failed to do during the Bush administration, but these are the times when you see their real goal is to regulate your personal life. Abortion, gay marriage, your religious beliefs: These are the issues the GOP really cares about. Everything they say about finance, and jobs and health care is just a smokescreen to take control of your soul.

A fully detailed account of the Speier response is over at Hullaballoo.

For balance, here’s Smith in action. Note that the “sting” he’s talking about is another right wing lie performed by the usual suspect, Andrew Breitbart. Media Matters explains how Planned Parenthood reported the perpetrators of the sting to the police because they thought it was real. Smith knows that, of course. But the lie better helps him get his dishonest point across:

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