Santorum backer Foster Friess: In his day, ‘gals’ used aspirin between their knees for birth control
I'm lazy tonight, here's another blog. I saw this interview on CNN today. All I can say is WOW. I'll find a real source tomorrow.
In an interview with Andrea Mitchell on MSNBC Thursday, billionaire Santorum backer Foster Friess said that debates over the candidate's personal objections to contraception are overblown, adding that, in his day, "gals" used aspirin as birth control.
In a rather strange joke, Friess said: "This contraception thing, my gosh it's so inexpensive. Back in my day they used Bayer aspirin for contraceptives, the gals put it between their knees and it wasn't that costly." Friess is presumably saying all women who didn't want to become pregnant were abstinent and thus had no need for birth control.
MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell stuttered for a moment before saying, "Excuse me, I'm just trying to catch my breath from that."
Earlier in his comments, Friess dismissed the debate over Santorum's personal objections to birth control as a waste of time, saying that America has bigger problems to face. But his colorful comments suggest birth control will not be leaving the headlines any time soon.
Conservative reporter Matt Lewis wrote yesterday that Santorum's earlier comments about birth control will make trouble for Santorum's campaign, and suggested that the candidate might need to have a "contraception speech" to clarify his position. "It's not okay because it's a license to do things in the sexual realm that is counter to how things are supposed to be," Santorum said in October about contraception, though he has also said that he supports individuals' choice to use it.
He's an old guy, over 70 doesn't know about the pill, since women used to put an aspirin between their knees to prevent pregnancy, and this guy is backing Santorum omg
Another way to say my least favorite cmism, wonderful.
A woman can still have sex with her knees together.
Quoting jllcali:
Dumbass.
A woman can still have sex with her knees together.
Quoting punky3175:
DAMNIT! You beat me to it! That's the first thing I thought when I read the title but I guess for those old fuddy duddies there is only one way to have sex. That's gotta be boring as hell.
Quoting jllcali:
Dumbass.
A woman can still have sex with her knees together.
Well can you blame them for not knowing better? If I was their wife I'd demand a sheet between us before I was willing to lie back and think of England.
Quoting joey125:He's an old guy, over 70 doesn't know about the pill, since women used to put an aspirin between their knees to prevent pregnancy, and this guy is backing Santorum omg
But what he is saying is also not true. My aunt and I had long talks about this, she was even older. People had contraception and they used it. Women also had illegal abortions.
Quoting futureshock:
Quoting joey125:
He's an old guy, over 70 doesn't know about the pill, since women used to put an aspirin between their knees to prevent pregnancy, and this guy is backing Santorum omg
But what he is saying is also not true. My aunt and I had long talks about this, she was even older. People had contraception and they used it. Women also had illegal abortions.
Impossible! It was a Christian nation back than and the Lord's Prayer was said every morning in school.
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