“The Republican Party has ridden ideological, anti-government fervor to a number of victories, particularly in the 2010 midterm election. But the political dangers created by the free-wheeling, anti-authoritarian movement have come into full view in the person of rogue U.S. Senate candidate Todd Akin,” as the L.A. Times reports.
“Most traditional GOP nominees who made a giant blunder — as Akin did Sunday with his foolish comments about how “legitimate rape” seldom makes women pregnant — would find it hard to resist the barrage of calls from Republican Party major-domos to give up their candidacies.
“But as of Monday evening, Akin appeared determined to remain in the race against Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.). His intransigence came despite clear signals — from the GOP’s presumptive presidential nominee, its Senate leader, its party chairman, one of its most powerful independent fundraising engines and even a leading tea party umbrella group — that he needed to get out as soon as possible.
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He screwed up and told the truth, at least in far right eyes. Paul Ryan is up to this to his EDDIE MUNSTER HAIRLINE, cosponsoring bills that aimed for same goals, using similar definitions for rape, parcing situations to protect the fetus, to heck with the woman actually raped.
I gave him some money. Much better chances that the Democrats will retain the Senate if Akin stays in. This guy exemplifies the double-down or double or nothing conservative approach to every loss and I’d love to see he and the wingnuts take it on the chin come November.
Personhood laws, transvaginal exams, anti-birth control of any kind, no abortion for any reason including rape and incest. And God told them to run for office-
I’m using the “Eddie Munster Hairline” quote!