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Michael Baumgartner, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Washington State, took exception to an article written about him this week, emailing the author to tell him to "go fuck yourself."
Josh Feit, a reporter for PubliCola blog at Seattle Met Magazine, had interviewed Baumgartner earlier in the week and written a story about how the Republican state senator's views on abortion were similar to those of embattled GOP congressman and Missouri Senate hopeful Todd Akin.
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Baumgartner, like Akin, reportedly believes that there should be no exception for rape in his opposition to abortion. While he was quick to condemn Akin's "inexcusable and stupid and ignorant remarks, Feit reported that their views on abortion were fundamentally identical.
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Baumgartner later released a statement apologizing to Feit for the use of such "strong language," but Feit notes that the Republican has since taken a different tack, telling a reporter from Washington's KIRO that Feit "had it coming."
more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/22/michael-baumgartner-washington_n_1821410.html
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
(16,399 posts)The reich loves telling the media off, especially when they present truth and fact.
librechik
(30,676 posts)prepare yourself for a lot of these in the next few weeks.
Javaman
(62,534 posts)they all have the same views as akin, yet, when they are publicly equated with akin, they run from him like he's radioactive.
typical repukes: they lie, have no spine and will do backflips contradicting something they just said to avoid stating their platform.