The Onion is all over this story. I actually like this article more: Pregnant Woman Relieved To Learn Her Rape Was Illegitimate.

It astounds me how amazingly awesome The Onion remains at satire, and how amazingly dreadful at satire every online imitator is.

Forty-Two: The Onion is all over this story. I actually like this article more: Pregnant Woman Relieved To Learn Her Rape Was Illegitimate.

Its like fish in a barrel. Somewhere Colbert and Stewart are beating their heads on a wall over the timing of their vacations.

The last paragraph made me laugh.

Just out of curiosity, have any FARKers actually tried to defend this douchebag, or claim that what he said is a scientific fact?

gilgigamesh: Its like fish in a barrel. Somewhere Colbert and Stewart are beating their heads on a wall over the timing of their vacations.

It seems they're always on vacation for the really CRAZY stuff that goes on.

BronyMedic: Just out of curiosity, have any FARKers actually tried to defend this douchebag, or claim that what he said is a scientific fact?
 
Not a farker, but the talk radio show in Indy(that leads into Rush) had their substitute fink on mic this morning. He was all over defending the guy and arguing with pretty much everyone calling in stating the obvious. I wonder if he'll change his tune tomorrow now that the GOP has completely abandoned Akin. In fairness, the guy sounded totally lost on a monday morning without having his talking points and spin pre-generated for him.
 

BronyMedic: Just out of curiosity, have any FARKers actually tried to defend this douchebag, or claim that what he said is a scientific fact?

Why limit it to farkers? Anyone who tries to explain his authentic frontier gibberish as fact might as well be talking about Martians and the sun rising in the west. His statements are indefensible, because everyone gets the same set of facts from which to choose and his ideas are not in that set... 

Now that's not to say the trolls or the truly wacky religious types won't come out of the woodwork, but they aren't talking about facts either so just ignore them and go on about your day.

BronyMedic: Just out of curiosity, have any FARKers actually tried to defend this douchebag, or claim that what he said is a scientific fact?

There was one. Trolling or not. He basically was justifying it.

BronyMedic: Just out of curiosity, have any FARKers actually tried to defend this douchebag, or claim that what he said is a scientific fact?

I don't think anyone has. Akin's story has made it even more difficult to root out the original source of the "claim", but The Atlantic traced it back to at least 1980, and Mother Jones traced it back to 1988.

But the actual source may have been a misreading of a 1977 study (see 5th paragraph) about lower pregnancy rates during rape only due to the sexual dysfunction of the rapist.

The idea that women can't get pregnant while being raped is an old idea - I remember in the mid 90's when a Southern congressman said the same thing, and it wasn't new then.

You can read one bizarre reasoning here, although that's not the only explanation I've found on the web. It's certainly the off-the-wall, since it argues that women can't become pregnant unless they orgasm. 

If you keep digging, it's usually a variation on that theme - that since the cervix doesn't "dip" without orgasm semen can't enter the Fallopian tubes (this is what they claim). So by their backward reasoning, any pregnancy that happens as a result of rape is because the woman enjoyed it, and thus it wasn't rape. There's no scientific basis for this. It's almost as bad as creationism, except they managed to stumble on actual physiological occurrences, blend them together, and spit out this travesty of a "theory."

Ambivalence: gilgigamesh: Its like fish in a barrel. Somewhere Colbert and Stewart are beating their heads on a wall over the timing of their vacations.

It seems they're always on vacation for the really CRAZY stuff that goes on.

You think they'd realize this by now and set up contigency plans. Sorta like have a minor league team for vacations where the host position rotates through different commentators each night; or they all do a five minutes of new-related standup. And if the writing crew is also on vacation, well, they've got experience with that situation as well.

BronyMedic: Just out of curiosity, have any FARKers actually tried to defend this douchebag, or claim that what he said is a scientific fact?

Not directly, but some people have "just been asking questions" about whether or not what he said is true about rape being unlikely to result in pregnancy. A few others have tried to defend his "legitimately raped" bit to suggest that he meant a variety of strange and sometimes mutually exclusive things. But no one has said outright that he was right.

Too easy. :D

BronyMedic: Just out of curiosity, have any FARKers actually tried to defend this douchebag, or claim that what he said is a scientific fact?

Even Mike_Lowell wouldn't touch it. That should tell you something.

fusillade762: BronyMedic: Just out of curiosity, have any FARKers actually tried to defend this douchebag, or claim that what he said is a scientific fact?

Even Mike_Lowell wouldn't touch it. That should tell you something.

Actually found somebody in one of the threads yesterday. Search for "balloot".

Lsherm: fusillade762: BronyMedic: Just out of curiosity, have any FARKers actually tried to defend this douchebag, or claim that what he said is a scientific fact?

Even Mike_Lowell wouldn't touch it. That should tell you something.

Actually found somebody in one of the threads yesterday. Search for "balloot".

Crap, farked that up. Search for "hobbes0022"

Lsherm: Lsherm: fusillade762: BronyMedic: Just out of curiosity, have any FARKers actually tried to defend this douchebag, or claim that what he said is a scientific fact?

Even Mike_Lowell wouldn't touch it. That should tell you something.

Actually found somebody in one of the threads yesterday. Search for "balloot".

Crap, farked that up. Search for "hobbes0022"

He's on my ignore list. Dam.

And yes, like UPS, The Onion delivers. This got a genuine LOL from me.I was worried they'd lose something when Baratunde left, but I'm pleased as punch they're just as sharp as ever.

Ambivalence: gilgigamesh: Its like fish in a barrel. Somewhere Colbert and Stewart are beating their heads on a wall over the timing of their vacations.

It seems they're always on vacation for the really CRAZY stuff that goes on.

I know, why couldn't KTVI (the TV station that interviewed him) just wait another week to interview him so I didn't have to wait a week for the Daily Show/Colbert Response to this.

But this is a legit vacation for them. They're heading down to Tampa to get set up for the RNC.

Watching Dana Loesch (the Tea Party spokeswoman for St. Louis) lose her collective shiat over this is funny. Just look at this retweet:

RT @S1CT Akin says a stupid thing, GOP clobbers him. Gauthier, a 56 yo MN Dem legislator, has sex with 17yo in a public rest stop, crickets.
Retweeted by Dana Loesch

wee: The last paragraph made me laugh.

FTF Onion Article

"Not only is this knowledge a blessing for me," she continued, "but it will no doubt bring great hope to the tens of thousands of women who are forcibly and savagely impregnated in the United States every year."

So the solution to this is to just rape them anally! Maybe that's what ol Todd what thinking.

Akin was supposed to be on Piers Morgan tonight and he chickened out so Piers kept interviewing an empty chair, farking hilarious.

Is there a not-satire tag? Like an unpleasant honesty tag?

Mrtraveler01: Watching Dana Loesch (the Tea Party spokeswoman for St. Louis) lose her collective shiat over this is funny. Just look at this retweet:

RT @S1CT Akin says a stupid thing, GOP clobbers him. Gauthier, a 56 yo MN Dem legislator, has sex with 17yo in a public rest stop, crickets.
Retweeted by Dana Loesch

Well, Dana, the 17-year-old boy was over the age of consent in MN minus certain stipulations; and even if you consider Gauthier in a position of authority, it's only statutory rape rather than legitimate rape.

/poor Dana

steverockson: Akin was supposed to be on Piers Morgan tonight and he chickened out so Piers kept interviewing an empty chair, farking hilarious.

Been there done that:

Mrtraveler01: Watching Dana Loesch (the Tea Party spokeswoman for St. Louis) lose her collective shiat over this is funny. Just look at this retweet:

RT @S1CT Akin says a stupid thing, GOP clobbers him. Gauthier, a 56 yo MN Dem legislator, has sex with 17yo in a public rest stop, crickets.
Retweeted by Dana Loesch

I think the social conservatives really expected the rest of the GOP to rally around Akin on this. I know the local wingnuts have spent the last 24 hours talking about how of COURSE everyone knows what Akin meant and this is manufactured and isn't Biden possibly unstable and real women care more about the economy than this stupid crap. Now that they aren't getting support, they are just having a massive spaz rage.

That's funny, I had just read this article then clicked over to Fark. The more I think about this asshole, the more pissed off I get. How is he still running for office? Who in the hell supports this guy? I mean, I don't honestly believe that the majority of the republicans feel this way, so why hasn't he apologized for living and retreated to his compound?

Master of the Flying Guillotine: Mrtraveler01: Watching Dana Loesch (the Tea Party spokeswoman for St. Louis) lose her collective shiat over this is funny. Just look at this retweet:

RT @S1CT Akin says a stupid thing, GOP clobbers him. Gauthier, a 56 yo MN Dem legislator, has sex with 17yo in a public rest stop, crickets.
Retweeted by Dana Loesch

Well, Dana, the 17-year-old boy was over the age of consent in MN minus certain stipulations; and even if you consider Gauthier in a position of authority, it's only statutory rape rather than legitimate rape.

/poor Dana

Like I said, she's a hateful bitter woman. She's picking fights with random people on Twitter with snide and sarcastic comments.

Talk about an insecure woman. 

BTW: Here's the link to her Twitter feed if you want to follow the lulz with me

The Onion tells more truth than CNN and Fox News combined.

BSABSVR: I think the social conservatives really expected the rest of the GOP to rally around Akin on this. I know the local wingnuts have spent the last 24 hours talking about how of COURSE everyone knows what Akin meant and this is manufactured and isn't Biden possibly unstable and real women care more about the economy than this stupid crap. Now that they aren't getting support, they are just having a massive spaz rage.

Maybe this is finally the point the GOP realizes how low they've stooped to get votes.

/not holding my breath though

Mrtraveler01: Like I said, she's a hateful bitter woman. She's picking fights with random people on Twitter with snide and sarcastic comments.

Talk about an insecure woman. 

BTW: Here's the link to her Twitter feed if you want to follow the lulz with me

Awesome! Thanks!

Karac: You think they'd realize this by now and set up contigency plans. Sorta like have a minor league team for vacations where the host position rotates through different commentators each night; or they all do a five minutes of new-related standup. And if the writing crew is also on vacation, well, they've got experience with that situation as well.

You'd think they've reached the point where they don't have to both go on vacation at the same time. They each have successful shows in their own right, they don't HAVE to synchronize like that.

And the GOP allows him to continue bearing their Brand Label.

Fark them.

And fark Missouri if they vote for this vicious hillbilly.

Todd Akin (D)

Mrtraveler01: Like I said, she's a hateful bitter woman.

Too bad. She's a very attractive woman.

Republicans Condemn Akin's Comments As Blemish On Party's Otherwise Spotless Women's Rights Record

The Onion has been absolutely killing it with this.

Captain_Ballbeard: And fark Missouri if they vote for this vicious hillbilly.

He's not even a hillbilly. He lives in one of the toniest suburbs in St. Louis.

He's a wierd mix of Prosperity Gospel and Christian fundamentalism.

Mrtraveler01: BSABSVR: I think the social conservatives really expected the rest of the GOP to rally around Akin on this. I know the local wingnuts have spent the last 24 hours talking about how of COURSE everyone knows what Akin meant and this is manufactured and isn't Biden possibly unstable and real women care more about the economy than this stupid crap. Now that they aren't getting support, they are just having a massive spaz rage.

Maybe this is finally the point the GOP realizes how low they've stooped to get votes.

/not holding my breath though

If Christine O'Donnell, Allen West and Sharron Angle weren't rock bottom, Akin won't be. The only way the GOP learns how nuts they are is if a long term, respected national politician gets caught up in something like this.

BSABSVR: Mrtraveler01: BSABSVR: I think the social conservatives really expected the rest of the GOP to rally around Akin on this. I know the local wingnuts have spent the last 24 hours talking about how of COURSE everyone knows what Akin meant and this is manufactured and isn't Biden possibly unstable and real women care more about the economy than this stupid crap. Now that they aren't getting support, they are just having a massive spaz rage.

Maybe this is finally the point the GOP realizes how low they've stooped to get votes.

/not holding my breath though

If Christine O'Donnell, Allen West and Sharron Angle weren't rock bottom, Akin won't be. The only way the GOP learns how nuts they are is if a long term, respected national politician gets caught up in something like this.

I only pray to God that it happens quick for them, for America's sake.

I checked out a Freeper thread on the topic, and I have to give the devil his due - they weren't showing Todd Akin much mercy, either. Their posts broke down into four major categories:

1. That was a dumb, offensive thing to say because it was dumb and offensive (I was pleasantly surprised to see this group very well represented)
2. That was a dumb thing to say because the Lame stream Media will twist it around and it might cost us the Senate seat.
3. We should have listened to Sarah Palin's endorsement.
4. We need to stay the course with Todd Akin and win the election (this was a small group, and included a few half-hearted defenses of his comments).

Mr. Akin seems to have enraged a far larger swath of the country than I thought possible.

gilgigamesh: Mrtraveler01: Like I said, she's a hateful bitter woman.

Too bad. She's a very attractive woman.

Yeah, I always thought the same thing. Then she opens her mouth and...I'm turned off.

The Why Not Guy: 3. We should have listened to Sarah Palin's endorsement.

The fact that they don't think Sarah Steelman wouldn't do something stupid is hilarious to me. The reason Palin endorsed her is because Steelman is practically a clone of Palin.

New Tweet from Loesch (had to post it because it's funny):

I like Ashcroft, but he wanted to cover up a statue's boobs.

I dunno, I think the fact that he couldn't win an election against a dead guy is a pretty good reason of why he wouldn't be a good pick.

Link

Only the fool can speak the truth and keep their head. Why is it that only the comedians are the ones who can seem to say what needs saying these days.

Blowmonkey: Who in the hell supports this guy? I mean, I don't honestly believe that the majority of the republicans feel this way, so why hasn't he apologized for living and retreated to his compound?

Captain_Ballbeard: And the GOP allows him to continue bearing their Brand Label.

The RNC and Rove's Super PAC already dropped him. He's twisting in the wind. However, they can't force him to drop out if he still wants to run without party backing or money.

So yeah, the GOP dropped early today.

Someone needs to post the audio of Ashcroft singing "When Eagles Soar".

Mrtraveler01: Watching Dana Loesch (the Tea Party spokeswoman for St. Louis) lose her collective shiat over this is funny. Just look at this retweet:

RT @S1CT Akin says a stupid thing, GOP clobbers him. Gauthier, a 56 yo MN Dem legislator, has sex with 17yo in a public rest stop, crickets.
Retweeted by Dana Loesch

So they're going with "Hey look, everybody, it's the Batmobile! Over there! Keep looking, you'll see it!"

heinekenftw: The Onion tells more truth than CNN and Fox News combined.

So does my broken clock

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ALL AKIN AND NO PLAY
MAKE JACK A DULL BOY
ALL WORK AND
NO PLAY MAKE
AKIN A DULL JACK. ALL WORK

AND NO PLAY MAKE AKIN A DULL AKIN.

okay, you get the point.

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ALL AKIN AND NO PLAY
MAKE JACK A DULL BOY
ALL WORK AND
NO PLAY MAKE
AKIN A DULL JACK. ALL WORK

AND NO PLAY MAKE AKIN A DULL AKIN.

okay, you get the point.

I must confess that I do not.

Mrtraveler01: Watching Dana Loesch (the Tea Party spokeswoman for St. Louis) lose her collective shiat over this is funny. Just look at this retweet:

RT @S1CT Akin says a stupid thing, GOP clobbers him. Gauthier, a 56 yo MN Dem legislator, has sex with 17yo in a public rest stop, crickets.
Retweeted by Dana Loesch

Because a founding member of the Tea Party Caucus and a candidate for Senate is on exactly the same scale as some two-bit state legislator.