Rather than apologize to Wendy Davis for being an asshole, Rick Perry doubles down.

"Look there are three things I don't know about women. Anything, everything, and ..uh..I forgot the third one."

Courtesy of Think Progress:

Last week, Perry faced criticism from members of his own party for suggesting that Davis, who was born to a single mother and is a single mother herself, should have learned from her own life experiences to value “every life.” During an appearance on Fox News Sunday, Perry clarified that Davis should be grateful her mother did not abort her because “[y]ou never know who’s going to be considered to be an extraordinary individual”: 

JOHN ROBERTS (HOST): In hindsight do you regret those comments and do you think that if you decide to run for president again in 2016, that those comments could hurt you with independent women? 

PERRY: Actually, those comments were meant to be a compliment to her for what she had accomplished in her life, and you think about where she came from, what she’s accomplished. And as a matter of fact, I would think that she’s very proud of that as well. My point was that saving a life and letting that life come to its fulfillment and all the good things that happened. You never know who’s going to be considered to be an extraordinary individual who’s going to make that real impact and life. And that was our point that we were making, and nothing else. Nothing more.

So I guess if the un-aborted fetus grew up to be a drug dealer, or a child molester, or a dipshit Governor from Texas, instead of an "extraordinary individual," that Rick Perry would have a different opinion on ensuring that EVERY viable embryo be born?

And of course this is just the latest volley in Perry's war on women:

This is just the latest in a seemingly never-ending assault on Texas women. In 2011, lawmakers decimated the Texas family planning program with a two-thirds budget cut that closed nearly 60 family planning clinics across the state and left almost 150,000 women without care. Soon after, they also barred Planned Parenthood and other reproductive health clinics defined as “abortion affiliates” from the Women’s Health Program (WHP), a state Medicaid program on which thousands of poor women rely. Governor Perry insisted that former WHP patients could find new providers and claimed there were plenty to bridge the gap, but that simply is not the case. Clinics across Texas have reported a sharp drop in patients, and guess that former WHP clients are receiving no care at all. 

Nobody wants there to be ANY abortions if at all possible, but the reality is that they have existed almost as long as civilization itself. And introducing restrictions which would close down clinics and restrict access to abortions when women may find themselves in a desperate life or death medical emergency is beyond callous.

You know during the Republican primary I used to simply think that Rick Perry was an oversize frat boy that was good for a laugh or two. But now I am beginning to REALLY dislike his ass.

My new fantasy is that Wendy Davis challenges him for reelection and fucking DESTROYS him, leaving nothing behind but a pair of cowboy boots and a half empty bottle of Grecian Formula.