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| + | '''Richard Mourdock''' is the [[pro-life]], [[movement conservative]] [[Treasurer]] of the State of [[Indiana]] who defeated the entrenched, better funded [[liberal]] [[Republican]] [[Richard Lugar]] in the primary for [[U.S. Senate]] in 2012, but ultimately lost against Democratic [[Joe Donnelly]] in November 2012. |
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| | + | The [[liberal media]] successfully exploited a response Mourdock made during a debate to question about whether [[abortion]] should be lawful in cases of rape or incense. Mourdock responded:<ref>http://www.christianpost.com/news/ind-senate-candidate-embroiled-in-pregnancy-rape-comments-83848/#7Kec0i6ykALdhm4T.99</ref> |
| | + | {{cquote|I struggled with in myself for a long time, but I came to realize that life is that gift from God. And, I think, even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that it is something that God intended to happen.}} |
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| | + | Mourdock then stood up to demands by [[pro-abort]]s to apologize. He did not apologize and pointed out how the [[liberal media]] distorted his remarks. |
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| | + | Mourdock had the endorsements of [[Mitt Romney]], [[Sarah Palin]], [[Mark Levin]], [[Steve Forbes]], [[Herman Cain]], and many others. |
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| | + | == References == |
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| | + | [[category:politics]] |