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"In the emergency room, they have what's called rape kits, where a woman can get cleaned out" -- Rep. Jodie Laubenberg (R) TXhttp://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/06/23/1218299/--In-the-emergency-room-they-have-what-s-called-rape-kits-where-a-woman-can-get-cleaned-out#
I thought I couldn't be surprised nymore. WRONG!
Bolo Boffin
(23,796 posts)smh
LuvNewcastle
(16,864 posts)It's one thing when some of the ignorant Republican men say something stupid, but I'm just gobsmacked that a woman could be that clueless.
demwing
(16,916 posts)That's a strange point to make.
HappyMe
(20,277 posts)nothing to do with Republican or Tea Party ideology. Women are not immune to being ass backwards.
SamKnause
(13,114 posts)I think Jodie took advantage of 'brain kits' at her local hospital.
The cleaning out of her brain was definitely extremely successful.
She should be in a padded room.
She is unfit to serve in any legislative body, or to hold any position that serves the public.
There are 32,000 pregnancies per year as a result of rape. Source; CDC:Center for Disease Control.
Were the hospitals out of 'rape cleaning kits' ???
What an embarrassment the U.S. has become.
RandiFan1290
(6,260 posts)Are_grits_groceries
(17,111 posts)there are a lot of elected officials in a lot of states with RWingers in charge of legislatures that could say something as massively stupid as this.
Berlin Expat
(950 posts)is how do people such as this Representative get through their day without causing serious injury to themselves?
darkangel218
(13,985 posts)RandiFan1290
(6,260 posts)and if it were in Florida someone here would have pointed it out.
Texans and their defenders just need thicker skin.
Bolo Boffin
(23,796 posts)That's the protest from tonight.
Maybe don't judge a state by the assholes in charge.
LonePirate
(13,437 posts)The leaders of a state are merely a reflection of the people who live there.
Bolo Boffin
(23,796 posts)And it's nutty power grabs like this anti-abortion bullshit that is only hastening it.
Prejudice is ugly no matter where it rears its head.
Javaman
(62,534 posts)of everything.
it seems as if they feel now that they can unleash the full power of their gross stupidity.
I live in Austin and am witness to the raw awesome power of the repukes derangement on a daily basis.
City Lights
(25,171 posts)An embarrassment to the human race.
jsr
(7,712 posts)Laubenberg Named Texas State Chair of the American Legislative Exchange Council
02/05/2013
State Representative Jodie Laubenberg has been selected as the Texas State Chair of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).
ALEC is a national nonpartisan legislative group founded in 1973 to promote the Jeffersonian principles of free markets, limited government, federalism and individual liberty. With more than 2,000 bipartisan members representing all 50 states, it is the largest individual membership organization for state legislators. The group also has more than 300 private sector members.
Laubenberg said she is looking forward to her new role with ALEC. At its heart, ALEC seeks to affect public policy that will ensure the powers of government are derived from, and assigned to, first the People, then the States, and finally the Federal Government," she said. While ALEC is focused on policy at the state level, it is just as firm a believer in the need for public-private partnership in order to best promote a successful free market system. The business community provides many of the ideas and resources which make ALEC so successful, Laubenberg said.
Texas House Speaker Joe Straus congratulated Laubenberg on the appointment. I applaud Representative Laubenbergs appointment to represent Texas as state chairwoman for the American Legislative Exchange Council, Straus said. Rep. Laubenbergs commitment to advancing free-market and limited government policies in the Texas Legislature is well recognized and will be an asset to ALECs membership and board.
TexasTowelie
(112,619 posts)I did the same thing last night on the thread I posted last night in the Texas group while the debate was going in the Texas House. I watched most of the debate last night and Laubenberg would not even step up to the mic to answer questions as the amendments were being discussed. She successfully tabled each amendment by "informing the chair" -- the ultimate in cowardice.
alp227
(32,073 posts)I thought they would have learned something after the 2012 losses of candidates like Akin who insulted rape victims.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)backscatter712
(26,355 posts)I thought the purpose of the "rape kit" was to collect evidence to be used to prosecute the rapist.
And that the use of a rape kit was pretty unpleasant for the rape victim.
Are_grits_groceries
(17,111 posts)Many survivors, nurses, and others have blasted her and they are talking about what a horrid experience it is.