JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Rep. Todd Akin defied the nation’s top Republicans Tuesday to forge ahead with his besieged Senate campaign, declaring that GOP leaders were overreacting by abandoning him because of comments that women’s bodies can prevent pregnancies in cases of ‘‘legitimate rape.’’
Akin pledged to carry on with his quest to unseat Democrat Claire McCaskill. But his bid faced tall obstacles: a lack of money, a lack of party support and no assurance that his apologies would be enough to heal a self-inflicted political wound.
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Congratulation, Mr. Akins, for your backbone and courage.
I wish a reporter would ask him the name of the doctor who told him what he said. If you think he has trouble now, wait till he has to answer that question and is called a liar by the doctor.
This is simply, beyond belief, frightening, and not just for moral reasons. Akin is already a House committee member who presumably plays an important role in determining the amount and direction of science funding in the US. Mainland China comes closer every day to eating our economic lunch. Can we really afford the luxury of national legislators who make simply make up medical or scientific facts to support their own religious beliefs and decisions?
The repubs decry him in public at the same time that the promise to outlaw all abortions. I don't think they are even a little serious when they say they don't agree with him.
Everyone should thank Akin. He will be responsible for the biggest presidentail election landslide since McGovern.