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Astonishing "Rape" Comment May Force GOP Senate Candidate from Race

AllYouPeopleNeedToKnow Wrote: Aug 20, 2012 6:25 PM

Ryan explains why Medicare cuts were in his House budget "Republican vice presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan moved to explain why the federal budget plan he proposed as House Budget Committee chairman included more than $700 billion in cuts to Medicare Thursday, arguing that he was using President Barack Obama's baseline that already included those cuts when crafting the budget." http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/ryan-explains-why-medicare-cuts-were-house-budget-172943914.html

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OriginalDevilDog Wrote: Aug 20, 2012 6:26 PM

fagged as off topic

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Millicent Bystander Wrote: Aug 20, 2012 6:31 PM

He had to switch topics because he lost the Ryan-believes-the-same-thing-as-Akin argument a few posts down.

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Astonishing "Rape" Comment May Force GOP Senate Candidate from Race

This story -- which I touched on briefly in the Obama presser post below -- has been moving at warp speed all day. Let's get you caught up. First, here's Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO) making appalling and cringe-worthy remarks about "legitimate" rape on a St. Louis television program yesterday:

Not only is this indefensible and insulting, his grasp of basic human biology is demonstrably wrong. It would be one thing if a random Congressman said something dumb. It happens every...

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