Thursday, October 25, 2012
Outrageous Comment Creats Headache for Romney
You have to see this to believe it. Richard Mourdock, Republican Senate candidate in Indiana, is the only Senate candidate that Mitt Romney has officially endorsed and filmed an ad for. Now Mourdock has made a statement so controversial that Romney is in a bind-- does he now repudiate his previous endorsement? You can see further analysis of this situation here: more on Mourdock.
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What is with Republicans and saying the most controversial things about rape this year? Now there are going to be people enraged and saying "I guess now that god meant rape to happen too!" Honestly this is why we cannot have social issues overly involved with politics. Fix the economy, end all the wars, get us out of debt, but for god's sake leave abortion and things like that be for a bit. The Republicans have been shooting themselves in the foot all season with this, and frankly they are not the most important parts of this election even if they do hold a key role in American society.
ReplyDeleteOk, both republicans and democrats say controversial things. i dont see a problem with what he said. people need to stop freaking out at what he said. i doubt he meant in the way yur implying. i watched that video and that isnt the way i felt when it was over.
DeleteAt what point is this "mass of cells" considered a human being? why is abortion legal but killing yur six month old infant illegal, or yur twelve year old child? i must ask how can we as a society put a defined number of when something is part of the mother and when it becomes its own being. is it when its heart starts beating or is it when its brain begins to form? or perhaps when it becomes self conscious.
You see everyone is entitled to "life liberty and the pursuit of happiness" even an unborn child. abortion is not a social issue, its an issue of morality and humanity.
Brian--
ReplyDeleteWhile I understand what you're saying, we could slap the same label on the Democratic party and their focus on free birth control and abortions, and gay "marriage rights."
No party is perfect, but like you said, we need to fix our economy and get out of debt first and foremost before we can focus on any social issues.
I did not just mean it for the Republicans, but I have not seen any Democrats say something this bad, but if there is I will gladly say the same for the Democrats, and Justin while you or I may not take it offensively given how diverse America is and especially since we are men, we can not exactly talk about rape as strongly as women can, especially when you say God meant for it. You have to remember that everyone is different and will not see the comment as you and I do. Also, I do respect your position on abortion, but I find it to be more of a social issue given it to be a family matter, and there is far too much gray area to come through cleanly. I am not saying that these issues are not important I just want our country's economy repaired before we go tackling issues much more sensitive. As much as I do not like abortion, the likelihood of anything significantly happening with it in the near future is unlikely, so I would rather backseat it for the moment.
ReplyDeleteThis situation puts Mitt Romney in an incredibly tough spot. I know that it can be beneficial to a campaign for a candidate to endorse someone because in return the supporters of the endorsed person will most likely also support the endorser; however that makes the endorser somewhat accountable for the other’s actions and words. Regardless of how well you know a person or agree with their opinions, I would never want go out of my way and say I completely agree with this person’s views because I would worry that their decisions would directly affect my own campaign.
ReplyDeleteI think we need to be careful of grouping people together. Just because one person says something very controversial does not mean their opinions should account for an entire party’s. Not all Republicans have these very controversial opinions on abortion or rape. I tend to agree more with Justin’s point of view on abortion, but I would never agree with the opinion of Mourdock.
I do agree though that the government should not be focusing as much on social issues and leave that up to the discretion of Americans. As much as I do not agree with abortion and would prefer it to not be an option except in special cases such as rape, I also do not think I have the right to tell anyone what to do with their life and feel this should be left off of the government’s table.