Insanity in the Republican Party: The Santorum Exhibit

(Via Huffington Post)

GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum explained his opposition to abortion even in cases of rape during an interview Friday, saying that women who face such circumstances should "make the best out of a bad situation."
Asked by CNN's Piers Morgan what he would do if his own daughter approached him, begging for an abortion after having been raped, Santorum explained that he would counsel her to "accept this horribly created" baby, because it was still a gift from God, even if given in a "broken" way.
"Well, you can make the argument that if she doesn't have this baby, if she kills her child, that that, too, could ruin her life. And this is not an easy choice, I understand that. As horrible as the way that that son or daughter and son was created, it still is her child. And whether she has that child or she doesn't, it will always be her child, and she will always know that," Santorum said.
"And so to embrace her and to love her and to support her and get her through this very difficult time, I've always, you know, I believe and I think the right approach is to accept this horribly created -- in the sense of rape -- but nevertheless a gift in a very broken way, the gift of human life, and accept what God has given to you. As you know, we have to, in lots of different aspects of our life we have horrible things happen. I can't think of anything more horrible, but nevertheless, we have to make the best out of a bad situation and I would make the argument that that is making the best."

I still have to reread this to understand that Rick is actually calling babies conceived by forcible rape "gifts from God". This is so beyond the pale is cries out for refutation and begs one to call it what it is: deluded and sick.

This is more evidence that the Republican Party was gone utterly nuts since the Obama election. Women who have suffered the trauma and heartache of rape should see a resulting pregnancy as a "gift from God"??? That this man is even considered seriously as a candidate for the highest office in our land is a travesty.

(Picture via MadMikesAmerica)

That he also presumes to say how a woman in this situation would feel also speaks volumes about his condescending paternalistic attitude to women. He's gone from being a bad Google joke to being a freakin' nightmare.

Shut the fuck up and go home, Rick.