The Understatement

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Well, at least one company decided to move back production this way. I have to admit, that would probably be a pretty cool line production job

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You read that right. Last night, Puerto Ricans approved a move on their ballots to elect to become the 51st state of the union. All that needs to happen is for Congress to approve the measure and THEN to approve a 51st star for the flag (which seems ridiculous but in actuality, it would need to happen because honestly, you cant get an odd number of stars to fit in a symmetrical setting like what we have now)

If you haven’t guessed, I’m ecstatic about this. Since I was in 6th grade and learned about Puerto Rico, I’ve always wondered why it isn’t a state, and that it should just be given the statehood it so rightly deserves. And it’s not just a superficial love of a place I’ve never been to. There are certain political rights that Puerto Ricans don’t have since they are simply a territory, such as being unable to vote in certain races (like the Presidential Election) but are still given the status of US citizens. It’s in a unique state (pun unintended) when it comes to being a territory. I hope Congress does the right thing and allows the people their choice

Apparently, Richard Mourdack has never heard the saying “If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say it at all”. Or maybe it just didn’t cross his mind that the words coming out of his mouth were inflammatory for a number of reasons and his brain said “the press can deal with it later”.

Mourdock, there are just some things that should not be spoke aloud, even if you’ve been asked a direct question. There’s such a thing as deflecting it. Or, as the GOP so often do, just not give a direct answer. In this case, he should have gone with the former. Some things sound good in your head, and then they come out your mouth and you realize “Oh shit, that sounds dumb. I can’t believe I just said that”.

Not only did Mourdock stand by his comment on “God’s will”, but he defended himself and said that he didn’t think rape was preordained by God and “that’s not even close to what I said”. No, that’s exactly what you said. Do we need to replay the sound bite for you again, or have you suddenly come down with Romnesia? Because there is quite literally no other translation from that.

And as if to put the icing on the cake, not only is he part of the GOP, but he is backing Romney, and Romney is publicly backing him…in ads!!! It’s just a free fall from here for the GOP and women. I wouldn’t be surprised if every Republican woman decided to quit the party today (though I wouldn’t be surprised if certain ones backed this comment up either)

If anything, the real question to be asked here is why does abortion keep coming up in debates? Yes, it’s important to us women to be able to make our own decisions with our bodies, but really, at this point, it’d be better off being generalized into women’s health period, because we’ve got a lot going on, and that’s just one thing we still haven’t got full control over. At this point, moderators are baiting for situations like this come up.

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