Post by Jeanne Sager
Wisconsin Republican Roger Rivard was recently quoted in a newspaper talking about the rape of a young girl at a local high school with the words "some girls rape easy." If your mouth just dropped open, you'll understand why the state representative is trying to back away from that one as fast as his little legs will carry him. But in typical politician form, he may have come up with an excuse for bad behavior that's potentially worse than his original gaffe. The way Rivard tells it, he wasn't trying to excuse the 17-year-old charged with the violation of an underage girl at all. Nope, not de-legitimazing the rape of a child. He was just trying to relate an old tale from his dad. Warning: Pops sounds like a mysoginist. Apple apparently didn't fall far ...![]()
Wisconsin Republican Roger Rivard was recently quoted in a newspaper talking about the rape of a young girl at a local high school with the words "some girls rape easy." If your mouth just dropped open, you'll understand why the state representative is trying to back away from that one as fast as his little legs will carry him. But in typical politician form, he may have come up with an excuse for bad behavior that's potentially worse than his original gaffe. The way Rivard tells it, he wasn't trying to excuse the 17-year-old charged with the violation of an underage girl at all. Nope, not de-legitimazing the rape of a child. He was just trying to relate an old tale from his dad. Warning: Pops sounds like a mysoginist. Apple apparently didn't fall far ...