Seems Todd Akin knows as much about history as he does about medicine.

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And this idiot is on a House science committee?

"The Bible was foundational to development of our country. The English Puritans came to the New World to follow the Bible according to the convictions of their own consciences. Of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence, 24 had what today would be considered Bible college or seminary educations. Only a few years later, in 1782, Congress itself authorized the printing of the Bible." -- Congressional Representative Todd Akin of Missouri, Thursday December 6, 2005, statement to Congress during National Bible Week

While Representative Akin's statement on the Bible and the Puritans was accurate, his claim on the "Bible college" or "seminary" educations of 24 of the signers, which traced to claims advanced by David Barton, was not, and Akin's statement that "Congress itself authorized the printing of the Bible" was also false. Congress did nothing but certify the accuracy of a Bible edition printed by Thomas Aitken, and did so for secular reasons - to promote the struggling American book printing industry, under pressure because of a British blockade. Representative Akin, now running against Democrat Claire McCaskill in the 2012 election, to represent Missouri in the U.S. Senate, also read the same statement, with the two history lies, in Congress on September 26, 2008, for the occasion of National Bible Week.

http://www.talk2action.org/story/2012/10/4/17488/9961/Front_Page/In_05_and_08_Todd_Akin_Entered_Christian_Nationalist_History_Lies_in_the_Congressional_Record

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1. There are certain people who should not be politicians ....

this guy is one of those people ....

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3. There are certain people who should not be

Allowed out in public......There....Fixed....

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2. he's an idiot!!!!

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4. And we live in a time when being stupid is seen as a positive to many Republicans

Because if you're "smart" you may start believing things like evolution and global warming and start tolerating those homosexuals on those scary liberal college campuses. Rick Santorum actual said recently that the conservatives were never going have "smart people" on their side. We can only hope that there are enough smart people in Missouri, since the stupider Akin appears to be the better his voters like him.

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5. Could he and others like him

have syphilitic brains? Not being sarcastic, just trying figure out how so many could have the same exact ideas that are so wrong.