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For those of you who believed the GOP spin that Akin was a lone extremist working from bad information given to him by a third party, here's the latest insanity from a prominent Republican. It seems Republican Rep. Joe Walsh from Illinois claims that women don't need an exception for abortions that threaten the life of the mother because modern science guarantees that women can't be hurt due to birth complications. After everything that's been going on with regard to misunderstood science, how can these people continue to spout off to the media on issues they're just guessing about? And I guess a deeper question is, is it really insanity if so many people believe the crap they're saying?

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Hello sunshaker, and thanks for that envelope stuffed with all that lovely cash! Who needs math when you can obviously count so well already?! Welcome to SFN, and enjoy your parking space right outside the front door.

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Finally. We had to start without you.

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Did the Republicans check to see if his doctorate was in medicine before they started using him to inform voters and their representatives on important medical issues? If he was actually used to speak to voter groups, how is this really any different than treason? He betrayed the confidence placed in him as a medical professional informing members of Congress about medical matters vital to the public's understanding.

GovTrack.us lists Raúl Grijalva (House of Representatives from AZ's 7th Congressional District) as the farthest left member of the US House according to voting records. The craziest things I can find him saying are that 1) ""Saturday is National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day — prescription drug abuse is bigger than cocaine and heroin combined", and 2) since the discrepancies involved with the 2004 presidential election, he supports a request that the United Nations observe and certify major elections in the US. The prescription drug remark caused a great deal of uproar, until fact checkers pointed out that what Grijalva said was 100% correct. Detractors on the UN vote certification can't really give a good reason why, other than our elections are our own business, not the world's. I used the top hits I got on a Google search of "crazy things Rep. Grijalva said". I'll keep searching for others, maybe in the Senate.

I could do this all day long. Unfortunately.

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To try and get this thread back on track, I think the Republicans misread the reasons behind their defeat in 2008, like they weren't "Republican" enough after the Bush years to beat Obama. I also think the Republicans have swung way too far right, similar to the way the Dems swung way too far left after losing to Reagan (anyone remember Mondale and then Dukakis?). We're seeing extremism going on here in a big way, but it's not anything new. The extremes should worry us only when, like now, they threaten to have complete control. I wasn't worried about Dennis Kucinich getting the voting age lowered to 16 when I supported his first run for the presidency, since he wouldn't have had control enough in Congress. It should worry us though that some of the radical right could hold all the cards if they win enough Senate seats and also manage to get Romney in as president. I'd hate to see four years of Democratic filibustering and no real progress just to stop the crazy from happening. Obama is enough of a moderate that I wouldn't mind seeing a clean sweep if the Dems manage to win back the House (a very big if). I think we need some change that's big enough to make a difference but not big enough to scare everyone into inaction. I'm leery of whether or not that change is going to come in the areas it really needs to. Both majors are beholden to too much corporate cash to effectively hold on to a middle class neither party seems willing to defend, but is clearly responsible for much of our former glory and prosperity.

I started to laugh when I heard this one, then I just got madder and madder. To think that someone blessed enough to earn two degrees from an institution like Harvard using it as a hypocritical and derogatory term is beyond crazy. I think it's criminal.

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The real tipping point was when Steven Hawkins requested the ban himself via private message. Best idea yet, Steve.

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What about, "Baby, your bum makes THAT look fantastic!"

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I'll bet you say that to all the pretty forums. We're VERY fiendly.

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