Just how crazy is Sharron Angle? (3)

By Michael J.W. Stickings

Read this exchange from a radio interview Angle did back in January:

MANDERS: Is there any reason at all for an abortion?

ANGLE: Not in my book.

MANDERS: So, in other words, rape and incest would not be something?

ANGLE: You know, I'm a Christian, and I believe that God has a plan and a purpose for each one of our lives and that he can intercede in all kinds of situations and we need to have a little faith in many things.

On the face of it, so what? Angle's a pro-life extremist who allows for no exceptions whatsoever. That's crazy, from policy and women's rights perspectives, but not, you know Sharron Angle crazy.

But wait. What's with this divine "plan" of which she speaks? Ah, now we're getting somewhere. As Digby explains:

The truth is that she is being more consistent than most allegedly "pro-life" people. If you genuinely think that abortion is murder then you can't justify "killing" the blastocyst or fetus just because of the way it was conceived.

On the other hand, Angle seems to see conception by rape and incest as something God purposefully directed and so the results of which are something the birthing vessel must embrace. That's a very disturbing point of view no matter where you come out on the issue.

Disturbing indeed, and "rather terrifying," as Steve Benen puts it. But, then, so is Sharron Angle, a completely ridiculous figure were it not for the fact that she's the Republican candidate in a major national election -- and so must be taken seriously.

Meanwhile, when you're being raped, including incest, just remember that it's all part of Sharron Angle's God's plan. I'm sure that'll make everything feel right.

What an utterly insane, despicable woman she is.

(You can find the first two parts of this ongoing series here and here.)