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By Amy • 12 years ago

Number One Reason Cain Should be Thanking Perry

Yes, Rick Perry’s memory gaffe in last night’s Republican debate will surely be the stuff of legend. In the way we remember Nixon’s sweaty, bumbling defeat to Kennedy in the first televised presidential debate, we will certainly be referencing Perry’s “Oops” in the political science classes of the future, but let us ignore for a brief moment that Perry so utterly dug himself into a dark, forgetful hole (and let us also try to forget for an even briefer moment that the frightening and disturbing hole consisted of threatening to eliminate the agencies of Commerce and Education and the…uhhh…Department of Energy!). Instead, let us direct our attention to the Godfather himself, Mr. Herman Cain, for if we do that we immediately realize that Cain should be setting Perry up for a lifetime supply of free pizzas in gratitude for deflecting the media attention away from Cain’s own gaffe in last night’s debate. No, I’m not referring to his incessant, obnoxious, and laugh-inducing harping of his 9-9-9 plan (which – for those of you in the dark – is NOT a sweet deal for three medium one-topping pies on football Sunday). Instead, I’m referring to his sexist comment made at the expense of former Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Watch the video or read the transcript below and you’ll hear Cain bitingly refer to Pelosi as “Princess Nancy.”

That legislation has already been written, HR 3000. And in the previous Congress, it was HR ...
By Amy • 12 years ago

Defining Rape is More Than Just Semantics

I don’t know about you but whenever I hear the term “forcible rape” (think back to January’s Republican driven attempt to curtail abortions that “inadvertently” would have limited the definition of rape), the hair on my arms stands on end and I cringe slightly. “Forcible” is a disclaimer that effectively downsizes and minimizes several different kinds of sexual assault. And that’s exactly what the FBI is doing when it relies on the Uniform Crime Report’s (UCR) definition of rape to compile national statistics on rape: “The carnal knowledge of a female forcibly and against her will.” That’s it. Is it archaic? Yes (and really, that answer wouldn’t be different, even back when the definition was formed ...

I don’t know about you but whenever I hear the term “forcible rape” (think back to January’s Republican driven attempt to curtail abortions that “inadvertently” would have limited the definition of rape), the hair on ...