OK, I’ve got my beer and I’m in front of a television… let’s do this, America. 8:13 I just talked with Growing Hope’s Amanda Edmonds. She heard from a friend of hers this morning that there was a handwritten sign telling voters at the Huron County Township Hall that state-issued voter ID was mandatory. Amanda […]
Tag Archives: legitimate rape
Do yo think “Life Begins at Rape” bumper stickers would sell at the RNC?
People are up in arms this evening over something that vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan said recently, when asked to comment on his fellow Republican Todd Akin’s statements concerning “legitimate rape”. (As you’ll recall, Akin, who is running for Senate, had said that “real” rapes don’t result in pregnancy, implying that women who claim to […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged abortion, allegations of rape, bumper stickers, conception, conception begins at rape, life begins at rape, Mark's big ideas, marketing, Paul Ryan, people interviewed in closets, pork, Presidential politics, rape, reproductive justice, RNC, Todd Akin, women's rights 17 Comments
Hoekstra advocates for the repeal of the 17th Amendment, suggesting that Washington insiders and special interests could do a better job of picking our senators
Our favorite race-baiting candidate for Senate, Pete Hoekstra, is in the national spotlight again. This time it’s for comments he made concerning the Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution, which, as you may remember from sixth-grade history class, passed in 1913, allowing American citizens the opportunity to directly elect their Senators by popular vote. (Prior to […]
Posted in Michigan, Politics Also tagged Clarkcast, Constitutional amendments, election, election reform, Pete Hoekstra, Senate, Seventeenth Amendment, states rights, Stephen Colbert, Todd Akin 5 Comments