. >> this is clayton williams. in 1990, clayton williams was the republican candidate for governor of texas. he was running against ann richards. ann richards beat him pretty well in the general election, but not before clayton williams told reporters that rape was a little bit like the weather. as long as it was inevitable, women should just lay back and enjoy it. in june 2008, clayton williams was scheduled to headline a fund-raiser for then republican presidential candidate john mccain. he was scheduled to headline that fund-raiser until people started to ask if he agreed with clayton williams about when women should enjoy rape and then the mccain campaign canceled the fund-raiser. in 1988, a long time antiabortion leader in the pennsylvania house of representatives argued for criminalizing abortion even for rape victims by saying this, quote, the odds are 1 in millions and millions and millions that a woman would get pregnant from being raped. and why is that? he had an explanation. he said, rape obviously is a

. >> this is clayton williams. in 1990, clayton williams was the republican candidate for governor of texas. he was running against ann richards. ann richards beat him pretty well in the general election, but not before clayton williams told reporters that rape was a little bit like the weather. as long as it was inevitable, women should just lay back and enjoy it. in june 2008, clayton williams was scheduled to headline a fund-raiser for then republican presidential candidate john mccain. he was scheduled the headline the fund-raiser until people started to ask if he agreed with clayton williams about when women should enjoy rape and then they canceled the fund-raiser. in 1988, a long time antiabortion leader in the pennsylvania house of representatives argued for criminalizing abortion even for rape victims by saying this, quote, the odds are 1 in millions and millions and millions that a woman would get pregnant from being raped. and why is that? he had an explanation. he said, rape obviously is a traumatic expe

in 1990, texas republican clayton williams, who unsuccessfully ran against ann richards for governor, apologized after comparing rape to foggy weather, saying, "if it's inevitable, just relax and enjoy it." joining me now, goldie taylor, a contributor to thegrio.com, and michelle goldberg, senior contributing writer for "newsweek" and the daily beast. goldie, you just heard former republican presidential candidate, mike huckabee, thinking that the real confusion here was just the use of the word "legitimate" before "rape," instead of forcible. if akin had just said "forcible rape," well, hey, all of us republicans would have been cool with everything you said. >> you know, that's what got my goat yesterday afternoon when this story started to break, were the many qualifiers that we've been hearing about rape. whether it is incest or forcible or assault or, you know, legitimate. rape, as i said last night, rape, as the president said today, is rape. it does not matter, as long as the woman is not able to or does not give consent, everything happens after that is just plain horrible. an

clayton williams compared rape to bad weather, saying if it's inevitable, just relax and enjoy it. when congressman akin was a state legislator in 1991, he voted to back an anti-marital rape law warning that women pull the rape card quote, in a real messy divorce as a tool and a legal weapon to beat up on the husband. what's more, the baseless and defensive claim that women rarely get pregnant from rape has been consistently touted by republican lawmakers and policy groups for several decades. "the atlantic" reports that james leon holmes, tapped for a federal judgeship by president george w. bush wrote in 1980 concern for rape victims is a red herring, because conceptions from rape occur with approximately the same frequency as snowfall in miami. in 1988, pennsylvania state representative stephen friend said in a debate, the odds are one in millions and millions and millions. rape obviously is a traumatic experience. when that traumatic experience is undergone a woman secretes a certain secretion which has a tendency to kill sperm. in 1995, henry aldridge said the facts show that

in 1990, texas republican clayton williams, who unsuccessfully ran against ann richards for governor, apologized after comparing rape to foggy weather, saying, "if it's inevitable, just relax and enjoy it." joining menow, goldie taylor, a contributor to thegrio.com, and michelle goldberg, senior contributing writer for "newsweek" and the daily beast. goldie, you just heard former republican presidential candidate, mike huckabee, thinking that the real confusion here was just the use of the word "legitimate" before "rape," instead of forcible. if akin had just said "forcible rape," well, hey, all of us republicans would have been cool with everything you said. >> you know, that's what got my goat yesterday afternoon when this story started to break, were the many qualifiers that we've been hearing about rape. whether it is incest or forcible or assault or, you know, legitimate. rape, as i said last night, rape, as the president said today, is rape. it does not matter, as long as the woman is not able to or does not give consent, everything happens after that is just plain horrible. and

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look, it reminds you the precedent that rings if my head is clayton williams in the 199 ot texas gubernatorial race where he was up over ann richards and said rape is like the weather, you might as well relax and enjoy it and quickly lost the lead and and richards went on to win the race. it is now the rule i think in primaries that the most conservative candidate wins primaries. >> with the exception of tommy thompson last week was a change. wisconsin voters decided they wanted to actually win. republicans decided we want to have a shot of winning. >> i don't want to say look, we have seen -- the tea party is proudly triumph fal right now walking around saying you guys all thought we were gone. now we're back. and this is to some extent, i don't want to totally denigrate the tea party but it is the case, generally republican primaries, the most conservative candidate, as long as you have enough money to compete, you win that race. >> i actually have moderate republicans that are big spenders, bob herbert have always driven me crazy. if i could get a conservative in there that is a small gover

look, it reminds you the precedent that rings if my head is clayton williams in the 199 ot texas gubernatorial race where he was up over ann richards and said rape is like the weather, you might as well relax and enjoy it and quickly lost the lead and and richards went on to win the race. it is now the rule i think in primaries that the most conservative candidate wins primaries. >> with the exception of tommy thompson last week was a change. wisconsin voters decided they wanted to actually win. republicans decided we want to have a shot of winning. >> i don't want to say look, we have seen -- the tea party is proudly triumph fal right now walking around saying you guys all thought we were gone. now we're back. and this is to some extent, i don't want to totally denigrate the tea party but it is the case, generally republican primaries, the most conservative candidate, as long as you have enough money to compete, you win that race. >> i actually have moderate republicans that are big spenders, bob herbert have always driven me crazy. if i could get a conservative in ere that is a small governm