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bluesinG on 24 October 2012
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Kasz216 said:
bluesinG said:

Mitt Romney officially endorsed Richard Mourdock this past Sunday. Romney also recorded a TV ad for Mourdock, which started airing this Monday. It's the only TV ad that Romney has recorded for a senate candidate. Then yesterday, Mourdock says that if a woman becomes pregnant due to rape, it's "something God intended to happen." When asked about it this morning, Romney's campaign said that they still support Mourdock for senate, and they haven't asked Mourdock to stop airing the ad featuring Romney.

What a disgusting sequence of events.


You know... and they totally disavowed his position on that subject.  Though i'm sure that part just totally slipped your mind despite being by far a bigger headline then anything you mentioned.

The strongest language the Romney campaign has used is that they "disagree" with Mourdock, but "still support him". They haven't withdrawn their endorsement of Mourdock, or asked him to pull his campaign ad featuring Romney. Paul Ryan hasn't commented at all, which isn't particularly surprising since he opposes a woman's right to choose an abortion, even in cases of rape and incest.

As for what's the bigger headline, here are the top three headlines from Google News' Election section: "Mourdock Rape Comment Puts GOP on Defense", "Will Richard Mourdock's Rape Remarks Hurt Mitt Romney?", and "Will Richard Mourdock's Comments on God and Rape Sink the GOP?" There isn't a single headline on the front page about Romney disagreeing with Mourdock.

Bottom line: Is it too much to ask Romney to withraw his endorsement of Mourdock?