E. W. Jackson Fans the Fires in VA Race

E. Earl Walker Jackson, Sr. is an American politician, Christian minister and lawyer in Virginia. On May 18, 2013, he was nominated as the Republican Party candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia.

 His thoughtless comments about abortion, homosexuality and the Democratic party as well as his ridiculous positions i.e., comparing Planned Parenthood to the Ku Klux Klan and referred to gays in the military as “sexually twisted” have generated controversy ever since he began to receive national attention as his party’s nominee for that position.  He's in the process of walking back his most recent blunder, claiming that practicing yoga could lead to Satanism.

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Clueless Rep. Trent Franks Proposes New Abortion Law

In case you thought Republicans were going to give the War on Women a break, what with their scandal-mongering and lessened work days, Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ) set the record straight when he claimed at a hearing Wednesday, “The incidents of rape resulting in pregnancy are very low.”

Of course, Franks had an agenda in pretending ignorance about rape, as he was objecting to a Democratic amendment to make an exception to Franks’ bill to nationally ban all abortions after the 20 week mark. His bill was advanced from an all-male panel, naturally. Franks’ “Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act” is unconstitutional, and allows no exceptions for rape and/or incest victims. Somehow Republicans sell this as being “family values”.

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