Republican Senate hopeful Richard Mourdock in rape row

[Gerald]

Republican US Senate hopeful Richard Mourdock has expressed regret a day after suggesting pregnancies caused by rape were God's plan.

The Indiana candidate made the remarks while debating his Democratic opponent.

He told reporters on Wednesday he "abhors" rape and that if anyone "came away with any impression other than that, I regret it".

Mitt Romney's presidential campaign said he still backed Mr Mourdock, although he disagreed with his views.

Mr Mourdock's comments come two months after another Republican candidate caused a furious backlash when he said women's bodies had ways of preventing pregnancy after rape.

Mr Romney and President Barack Obama are campaigning hard for the 6 November US presidential election, in which women's votes could prove crucial.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20054737


Note: 24 October 2012 Last updated at 18:41 GMT

[mookiemookie]

If at any point you need to reaffirm that rape is bad, you have seriously said something stupid whether you want to admit it or not.

[em2nought]

GOP should revert(not that i'm sure they ever were) to fiscal conservatives, and just shut up about everything else. Everything else isn't their damn business.

[Bubblehead1980]

Idiots like this are going to cost the GOP the Senate

[Armistead]

If Romney was smart he would pull his backing, but still supports him.

[soopaman2]

It is called blind partisanship...

I do not see it as a republican issue though.

I see it as out of touch, old fashioned fundies who have been in power too long.

Back in our infancy, you served your time as a representative of the people, then went back to your farm, or press, or tannery, or whatever your real job is.

Government was never intended to be a full time job by our founding fathers.

I want term limits on senate and house members, no lifelong insurance benefits that equal 84k a year per congress/house member, and half the salary.

This should not be a livelyhood, but a sacrifice.

And you wonder why I keep buying ammunition?
(I feel homeland security on me now, oh boy I am in trouble for saying that)

[yubba]

Originally Posted by Bubblehead1980

Idiots like this are going to cost the GOP the Senate

Been watching the gunshop across the way, for the last couple of days six to eight cars are there at any givin time, if they do decide to take us over the fiscal cliff I think there will be alot of lead poisoning cases, and where is it written in stone that there is going to be some kind of socalistic commie resgime that's just going to take over when we do hit the bottom, this country belongs to us not the government...I think it will be We The People that will reboots America.