June 05, 2013 08:13 AM UTC

At Least He's Not Your U.S. Senator

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• by: Colorado Pols

CNN reports, the Todd Akin classy is back in the form of U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss of Georgia:

Representatives from both political parties on Tuesday slammed U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss after he said that hormones may be partly responsible for sexual assaults in the military.

His controversial comments came during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the subject.

Addressing top military officials, Chambliss, R-Georgia, said: "The young folks that are coming into each of your services are anywhere from 17 to 22-23. Gee whiz — the hormone level created by nature sets in place the possibility for these types of things to occur."

It gets even better, reports David Edwards of Raw Story:

The Georgia Republican recalled that “several years ago when we had the first females go out on an aircraft carrier, when they returned to port, a significant percentage of those females were pregnant.”

“Was any investigation made by the Navy following that incident to determine whether or not all of those pregnancies occurred as a result of consensual acts?” he asked Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Jonathan Greenert.

Gee whiz, folks! As you can imagine, Rep. Diana DeGette of Denver is not impressed.

It's not often that a U.S. Senator will try to top Todd Akin's ignorant comments, but it just happened. GOP Sen. Saxby Chambliss blamed the "hormonal level created by nature" for rapes in the military and said that all pregnant servicewomen should be investigated. Chambliss' comments are offensive, and women in the military deserve better.

Wonkette satirically clarifies the issue as only they can:

With rape-apologists like Chambliss, do we even need courts? If an 18-year-old is accused of brutally raping a superior officer, maybe Chambliss can just take the woman aside and say, “Honey, calm down and don’t get all hysterical. It’s all about hormones and nature and biology. Just have a cup of tea, and try to wear a longer skirt next time, k?”

And with that, Republican "women's outreach" sounds the retreat once again.