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kpete

(72,050 posts)
Fri Feb 17, 2012, 01:19 PM Feb 2012

Virginia GOP Lawmaker: 'Women Made The Decision To Be "Vaginally Penetrated" When They Got Pregnant'

Virginia Is For Morons
By Charles P. Pierce
at 11:15AM

............ Lithwick comes up with a real gem amid the muck:

Virginia Democrat Del. David Englin, who opposes the bill, has said Gilbert's statement "is in line with previous Republican comments on the issue," recalling one conversation with a GOP lawmaker who told him that women had already made the decision to be "vaginally penetrated when they got pregnant." (I confirmed with Englin that this quote was accurate.)


Yes, and anyone who has had their earlobes pierced already has made the decision that, one day, the law would require them to have a tenpenny nail driven into their eye.

Guy Clark was right. Lord, you'd think there's less fools in this world.


Read more: http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/virginia-sex-6693080#ixzz1mf0vkuUJ
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Virginia GOP Lawmaker: 'Women Made The Decision To Be "Vaginally Penetrated" When They Got Pregnant' (Original Post) kpete Feb 2012 OP
Including women who have had children as well? mazzarro Feb 2012 #1
And male legislators shouldn't decide that I should get pregnant when I decide no_hypocrisy Feb 2012 #2
Yeah, those rape and incest victims should have just held the aspirin tighter. onehandle Feb 2012 #3
gilbert's in trouble if he's ever had a prostate exam. unblock Feb 2012 #4
In another place I propsed Virginia Delegates submit to... JHB Feb 2012 #8
I think you're on to something. Magoo48 Feb 2012 #13
That would be impossible HillWilliam Feb 2012 #23
They already have holes in the heads... JHB Feb 2012 #25
So unless you are a virgin Kber Feb 2012 #5
Did they? What about rape? What about incest? MineralMan Feb 2012 #6
No need to argue on his ground, he's already shown what kind of mudhole he lives in JHB Feb 2012 #9
Words fail me....I am currently reading Pierce's book... prairierose Feb 2012 #7
I swear the GOP is no better than the Taliban sometimes. Initech Feb 2012 #10
TEH stupid is incredibly strong in that one Vincardog Feb 2012 #11
in an honest world these people would be marginalized out of politics spanone Feb 2012 #12
therefore any woman who has had a child is free game for infinite rape saras Feb 2012 #14
That Fool TheMastersNemesis Feb 2012 #15
k&r n/t RainDog Feb 2012 #16
Will karma rain down on these asshats? One can only hope. Ship of Fools Feb 2012 #17
The Republicans are waiting in line for feet to put in their mouths. Kablooie Feb 2012 #18
Welcome to the sixteenth century, mr. Englin tavalon Feb 2012 #19
Sometimes Pierce irritates me, but when he nails it jsmirman Feb 2012 #20
I won't type what I'm thinking. Solly Mack Feb 2012 #21
You know who is deliberately choosing to get completely and totally fucked, right now? Warren DeMontague Feb 2012 #22
What a ridiculous pig! lonestarnot Feb 2012 #24

mazzarro

(3,450 posts)
1. Including women who have had children as well?
Fri Feb 17, 2012, 01:25 PM
Feb 2012

Does that mean that every woman in Virginia who has had a baby sometime has also made the decision to be vaginally penetrated at the whim of the government of rePIGlicans?

no_hypocrisy

(46,311 posts)
2. And male legislators shouldn't decide that I should get pregnant when I decide
Fri Feb 17, 2012, 01:25 PM
Feb 2012

to be "vaginally penetrated" (his terminology, not mine).

unblock

(52,496 posts)
4. gilbert's in trouble if he's ever had a prostate exam.
Fri Feb 17, 2012, 01:32 PM
Feb 2012

apparently that means he's consented to being the bottom of a big gay gang rape....

JHB

(37,166 posts)
8. In another place I propsed Virginia Delegates submit to...
Fri Feb 17, 2012, 01:44 PM
Feb 2012

...a transrectal sonogram before every vote. (How many of those do they do a day when in session?)

The results would be posted publicly so that voters could be accurately informed of just how full of shit they were. A side benefit would be better tracking of expensive meals paid for by lobbyists.

Does Virginia have ballot initiatives? I think this could pass. I'm sure it'd have a large block of female supporters.

JHB

(37,166 posts)
25. They already have holes in the heads...
Sat Feb 18, 2012, 11:20 AM
Feb 2012

...so that's not the impediment it might seem at first glance.

I'm beginning to think some actual action for such an initiative (or whatever is most appropriate to Virginia) could be useful to start beating these guys back.

"In Soviet Virginia, the Party probes YOU"

MineralMan

(146,351 posts)
6. Did they? What about rape? What about incest?
Fri Feb 17, 2012, 01:38 PM
Feb 2012

Not every pregnancy involves consent. Not by a long shot.

JHB

(37,166 posts)
9. No need to argue on his ground, he's already shown what kind of mudhole he lives in
Fri Feb 17, 2012, 01:46 PM
Feb 2012

His operating system does not use logic.

prairierose

(2,145 posts)
7. Words fail me....I am currently reading Pierce's book...
Fri Feb 17, 2012, 01:39 PM
Feb 2012

Idiot America - How Stupidity became a Virtue in the Land of the Free. I recommend it.

I do think that women should bring up vasectomies and viagra every time that the Rs bring up one of these hateful, misogynistic laws.

jsmirman

(4,507 posts)
20. Sometimes Pierce irritates me, but when he nails it
Sat Feb 18, 2012, 03:51 AM
Feb 2012

he nails it.

Also, one hell of a softball player, or at least he was.

Solly Mack

(90,801 posts)
21. I won't type what I'm thinking.
Sat Feb 18, 2012, 04:04 AM
Feb 2012

But I can see it plainly in my mind...and I'm smiling at the thought.


Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
22. You know who is deliberately choosing to get completely and totally fucked, right now?
Sat Feb 18, 2012, 04:07 AM
Feb 2012

The Republican Party.

Just wait until the primaries are over and they try to play the "oh, no one wants to talk about those silly social issues" card.

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