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(Darrin Bell, via gocomics.com)
During the Republican
debate cattle show last Thursday, several of the
"talent" and "well-qualified" candidates were asked about their views on abortion, and proceeded to
go off the deep end:
[Gov. Scott] Walker, Wisconsin’s governor, was asked by Fox News Channel’s Megyn
Kelly whether his staunch opposition to abortion without exceptions puts
him out of the mainstream.
“I believe that that is an unborn
child that’s in need of protection out there, and I’ve said many a time
that that unborn child can be protected, and there are many other
alternatives that can also protect the life of that mother,” Walker
said. “That’s been consistently proven.”
Later, [Sen. Marco] Rubio, a
44-year-old senator from Florida pitching himself as the GOP’s best
chance to defeat Clinton, said he has never backed allowing abortion in
cases of rape or incest. “What I have advocated is that we pass a law in
this country that says all human life at every stage of its development
is worthy of protection,” he said.
Rubio appeared eager to be
portrayed as sufficiently conservative on abortion, even though it is
not an issue he emphasizes much on the campaign trail. He has supported
measures that included exceptions for victims of rape or incest, but he
has also backed bills without them, leaving him room to argue that he
did not advocate for the exceptions. Democrats say that if he is the
nominee, his debate comments will come back to haunt him. (our emphasis)
If even the Republican shills at Fox "News" are calling your position "out of the mainstream," you might want to fall back on the
"I'm not a scientist" dodge.
Earlier, at the Kiddie Table,
Gov. Piyush "Bobby" Jindal (R-Swamp) was asked about Planned Parenthood and goose-stepped into this response:
"Planned Parenthood had better hope that Hillary Clinton wins this
election," Jindal said, "because I guarantee you that under President
Jindal, January 2017, the Department of Justice and the IRS and
everybody else that we can send from the federal government will be
going into Planned Parenthood."
First of all, "
President Jindal" LMFAO. Anyone with a smattering of knowledge about, you know, gummint would smell something here -- oh, yeah! Directing the Feds to go after political enemies! That would be exactly what the wingnuts have falsely accused the Obama Administration of doing to their tea bag groups AND IT WOULD BE ILLEGAL AND AN IMPEACHABLE OFFENSE. Not to worry, though. "Bobby" will be working at some backwater wingnut welfare outfit come January 2016.
UPDATE:
And then there was this from the Republican front-runner:
The billionaire businessman lashed out against Fox News' Megyn Kelly
for her questions during the campaign's first debate. She had asked the
candidate about his use of derogatory language toward women and whether
it reflected the "temperament of a man we should elect as president."
Referring to Kelly's questions, Trump told CNN in an interview late
Friday, "There was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her
wherever."
UPDATE II:
Andy Borowitz never disappoints.
UPDATE III:
Nor does The Onion. (h/t Silver Spring Bureau Chief Brian)