Virginia GOP candidate: Spousal rape isn’t a crime if she is ‘wearing a nightie’

[luckytxn 2,265]

LOL. This is funny.

After losing all major statewide races to Democrats for the first time in 24 years, Republicans in Virginia are pushing to replace a moderate GOP congressman with a candidate so conservative that he doesn’t even believe that spousal rape should be a crime.

On Wednesday, Mother Jones pointed out that state Sen. Richard H. “#######” Black, who is running to take over retiring Rep. Frank Wolf’s seat, had fought against making spousal rape a crime because the woman was “sleeping in the same bed, she’s in a nightie.”

Democrat Shawn Mitchell had uncovered the 2002 video of Black talking about spousal rape for an attack ad during the 2011 campaign for Virginia state Senate.

“I do not know how you could validly get a conviction of a husband-wife rape, when they’re living together, sleeping in the same bed, she’s in a nightie and so forth,” Black says. “There’s not injuries, there’s no separation or anything.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/01/15/virginia-gop-candidate-spousal-rape-isnt-a-crime-if-she-is-wearing-a-nightie/

[Peikko 1,575]

It's funny that people who are so ignorant run for public office? That strikes me as a sad indictment of the political process in the US, not something that's funny.

[luckytxn 2,265]

Worked for Obama.

It's funny that people who are so ignorant run for public office? That strikes me as a sad indictment of the political process in the US, not something that's funny.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Good stuff. Republicans should nominate more such candidates. We need the Todd Aikins and Christine O'Donnells to step forward and run for office on the GOP ticket. The nuttier, the better.

[Peikko 1,575]

Worked for Obama.

What worked for Obama? What has Obama got to do with the fact that this particular Republican candidate is unusually ignorant about a serious issue and that trying to trivialise such issues demonstrates his contempt for the constituents that he wishes to serve?

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

What worked for Obama? What has Obama got to do with the fact that this particular Republican candidate is unusually ignorant about a serious issue and that trying to trivialise such issues demonstrates his contempt for the constituents that he wishes to serve?

Didn't you know? Obama is the catch-all for everything. When the GOP messes up, there's always Benghazi, Obamacare, and my personal favorite, the birth certificate.

When I see this, I have to challenge the validity of their hatred of Obama. Because I get it if you don't agree with his policies, but when you have to name check him for every single thing that comes around, it makes me think...

[Peikko 1,575]

Yes, you do. I don't have a problem with disagreeing with Obama or his politics. I don't think anyone and everyone should like him either. However, hyperbolic rhetoric about Obama in any and every conversation does make you wonder what exactly the person who throws is out has on their mind. What is generating this extreme reaction? The fox tribe should ask themselves why they are being sold this line time after time. They will not though, they'll just keep doing it because it's easier than asking and answering the difficult questions.

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

Yes, you do. I don't have a problem with disagreeing with Obama or his politics. I don't think anyone and everyone should like him either. However, hyperbolic rhetoric about Obama in any and every conversation does make you wonder what exactly the person who throws is out has on their mind. What is generating this extreme reaction? The fox tribe should ask themselves why they are being sold this line time after time. They will not though, they'll just keep doing it because it's easier than asking and answering the difficult questions.

Everyone knows what it is. But if you say it, folks will dismiss it. I hate thinking it's that, but when he comes up in a situation that has ABSOLUTELY nothing to do with him or the administration, I look at that person sideways.

[Peikko 1,575]

Everyone knows what it is. But if you say it, folks will dismiss it. I hate thinking it's that, but when he comes up in a situation that has ABSOLUTELY nothing to do with him or the administration, I look at that person sideways.

I don''t think they see it for what it is because it's been wrapped up in the fox tribe's version of truth. That and the fact that some people are unable to look at any Democratic politician and see anything but 'liberal retard'. It's not exactly helpful but it is easy.

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

I don''t think they see it for what it is because it's been wrapped up in the fox tribe's version of truth. That and the fact that some people are unable to look at any Democratic politician and see anything but 'liberal retard'. It's not exactly helpful but it is easy.

To be fair, I think both sides do it to a certain degree. If you've already made up in your mind it's going to suck just because of that person's political affiliation before you've even heard or seen it, you've got issues.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

To be fair, I think both sides do it to a certain degree. If you've already made up in your mind it's going to suck just because of that person's political affiliation before you've even heard or seen it, you've got issues.

[JohnR! 5,495]

What a moron...

One can only imagine how happy a marriage his is...

After losing all major statewide races to Democrats for the first time in 24 years, Republicans in Virginia are pushing to replace a moderate GOP congressman with a candidate so conservative that he doesn’t even believe that spousal rape should be a crime.

On Wednesday, Mother Jones pointed out that state Sen. Richard H. “#######” Black, who is running to take over retiring Rep. Frank Wolf’s seat, had fought against making spousal rape a crime because the woman was “sleeping in the same bed, she’s in a nightie.”

Democrat Shawn Mitchell had uncovered the 2002 video of Black talking about spousal rape for an attack ad during the 2011 campaign for Virginia state Senate.

“I do not know how you could validly get a conviction of a husband-wife rape, when they’re living together, sleeping in the same bed, she’s in a nightie and so forth,” Black says. “There’s not injuries, there’s no separation or anything.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/01/15/virginia-gop-candidate-spousal-rape-isnt-a-crime-if-she-is-wearing-a-nightie/

[Peikko 1,575]

To be fair, I think both sides do it to a certain degree. If you've already made up in your mind it's going to suck just because of that person's political affiliation before you've even heard or seen it, you've got issues.

Of course, it's certainly not confined to one side of the political divide, both sides do it and the electorate suffer.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Worked for Obama.

Laziest comment ever. Partisan relativist BS.

[Novembro 1,763]

Wonder what size Attends that dude wears.

Does his ####### even work at this point?