They Call Them "The Dark Ages" For A Reason

By Zamboni

You know how when we cats say that every time we think the Republicans can't get any worse, they do? Well, this time they may have actually hit rock bottom (although we're willing to be surprised).

We refer, of course, to teabagger Senate candidate Richard Mourdock's assertion that God wants women to be raped. Sorry, Dick — you can protest all you want, but if you think God wants a child to be born from unlawful carnal knowledge, then that's what you mean. And just for the record, that makes you your first name.

The amusing part of all this is that it's caught Willard Mitt Romney quite off guard, because he just — just! — cut a TV ad for this Mourdock nutcase. Severely Conservative Mitt rises, Moderate Mitt recedes. Media, the ball's in your court.

But all kidding aside, we cats are appalled. This God-wants-rape comment is just the latest in a long string of Republican statements that are anti-women, anti-science and anti-reproductive health. Shall we review a few of them?

"If it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down." —Todd Akin

"You can't find one instance" in which an abortion would be necessary to save a woman's life. "There is no such exception as 'life of the mother,' and as far as 'health of the mother,' same thing." —Joe Walsh

"There are very dangerous consequences" to the HPV vaccine. —Michele Bachmann

Contraception "is not okay, because it's a license to do things in the sexual realm that is counter to how things are supposed to be." —Rick Santorum

"Back in my day, [women] used Bayer aspirin for contraceptives. The gals put it between their knees and it wasn't that costly." —Santorum (now Romney) supporter Foster Friess

"If we are going to pay for your contraceptives, and thus pay for you to have sex, we want something for it, and I'll tell you what it is. We want you to post the videos online so we can all watch." —Rush Limbaugh

"Planned Parenthood, we're going to get rid of that." —Willard Mitt Romney

Have you noticed something here? With the exception of Bachmann, these jerks are all men.

Here's what we cats think: No woman living beneath Ann Romney's socioeconomic level should ever, ever think that Willard — or any Republican — would support her choices, care about her health, or do anything to help her and her family. They simply won't. We cats HISS.