Showing posts with label US Senate. Show all posts
Showing posts with label US Senate. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

“Too ‘Legit’ To Quit”



Mitt Romney is calling on Rep. Todd Akin to drop out of the Senate race in Missouri, in the wake of his comments that women rarely get pregnant from “legitimate rape.”  Akin refuses to quit, saying he might step aside only if Romney releases his “legitimate tax returns.”

Akin’s initial mistake was misunderstanding the expression “illegitimate children.”  

Thursday, December 9, 2010

"No Repeal"

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2010/12/senate-gop-blocks-repeal-of-dont-ask-dont-tell/1

Senate Republicans successfully blocked the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Thursday, which would have allowed gay men and women to serve openly in our armed forces. The move is hardly a surprise, since everyone knows that Republicans mainly like to keep their gay sex anonymous.