The mythical ‘moderate Mitt’ supports extremist Richard Mourdock
Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
On Monday, Willard "Mittens" Romney cut an ad in support of Indiana Tea-Publican Senate candidate Richard Mourdock, one of the rare occasions a presidential candidate has endorsed a congressional candidate in an ad this election cycle. The media villager invention of "moderate Mitt" tied his campaign to one of the most far-right extremist Tea-Publican candidates running for Congress this year. I guess the media villagers must have missed it. Mitt Romney TV ad plugs Richard Mourdock in Indiana Senate race.
Mittens is now learning the hard way why presidential candidates do not tie their campaigns to down-ballot congressional races, especially such controversial candidates. On Tuesday night during a televised debate, Richard Mourdock had this to say. Indiana GOP Senate Hopeful Richard Mourdock Says God 'Intended' Rape Pregnancies:
Indiana Treasurer Richard Mourdock declared during a Tuesday night
U.S. Senate debate that a woman who gets pregnant by her rapist is
carrying a “gift from God” and thus must have the child.
“I struggled with it myself for a long time, but I came to realize
life is that gift from God,” he said. “And I think even when life begins
in that horrible situation of rape, that it is something that God
intended to happen.” Mourdock, who became visibly emotional while
speaking, supports abortion only to save a mother’s life, not in cases
of rape and incest.
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Mourdock’s Democratic rival, Rep. Joe Donnelly, quickly entered the fray after Tuesday’s debate. “The God I believe in and the God I know most
Hoosiers believe in, does not intend for rape to happen — ever. What
Mr. Mourdock said is shocking, and it is stunning that he would be so
disrespectful to survivors of rape,” he said in a statement.
Mourdock harumphed and said his words were being taken out of context when tried to walk them back after the debate:
“God does not want rape, and by no means was I suggesting that he does.
Rape is a horrible thing, and for anyone to twist my words otherwise is
absurd and sick.”
More importantly, Team Romney that had made the mistake of embracing Mourdock on Monday quickly moved to disavow his debate statement:
“Gov. Romney disagrees with Richard Mourdock’s comments, and they do not
reflect his views,” said campaign spokeswoman Andrea Saul. The
candidate supports abortion in cases of rape and incest, as well as to
save a mother’s life.
Well, that's what Mittens says now as he pretends to be "moderate Mitt" for the feckless media villagers who fall for that crap. He and his running mate Rep. Paul Ryan have supported the most extreme positions on abortion and women's access to contraception until the eleventh hour of the campaign.