GOP to sex predator "You didn't rape that" ...woman....see...because she got pregnant.

We can add to the "you can't make stuff like this up" list that Akin has served on the house committee of science the last 10 years. Jon Stewart is going to have a field day on this one.

I just read these comments by President Obama:

“What I think these comments do underscore is why we shouldn’t have a bunch of politicians, a majority of whom are men, making health care decisions on behalf of women,” Obama said. “So although these particular comments have led Gov. Romney and other Republicans to distance themselves, I think that the underlying notion that we should be making decisions on behalf of women … or qualifying forcible rape versus non-forcible rape are broader issues.”

I am very heartened that he chose to highlight the fact that there are so few women who have direct power in legislating these and other issues.  There is an image that I consider to be one of the iconic images of American political life, at least during my lifetime, which is that of George W. Bush signing the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act.  To me, it captures and exemplifies what is so deeply troubling about this fundamental disparity.

Also, it happens to be a real "Who's Who" of assholes.

Male-politician-foot-in-mouth-disease-when-it-comes-to-rape has apparently gone international and does not spare the left side of the aisle.