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17. Even Hitler didn't advertise his insanity before he gained power.
Sun Aug 19, 2012, 04:47 PM
Aug 2012

This idiot is running on this crap! He is actually telling women before an election that if they get pregnant as a result of a rape that they were really just playing hard to get!

What kind of a moron would vote for this jackass?

You really have to be an idiot to be a republican! Walk away Aug 2012 #1
Women who vote Republican = Jews for Hitler - n/t coalition_unwilling Aug 2012 #10
Even Hitler didn't advertise his insanity before he gained power. Walk away Aug 2012 #17
Well, actually, Hitler had laid out a pretty good road map back in 1923 in coalition_unwilling Aug 2012 #18
Calling you stupid would be a insult whistler162 Aug 2012 #36
I'm rubber, you're glue. - n/t coalition_unwilling Aug 2012 #39
The "legitimate rape"... SoapBox Aug 2012 #2
Here's how TPM covered the story DavidL Aug 2012 #3
VAGINA. eShirl Aug 2012 #4
McCaskill: ‘I’m Stunned’ By Akin’s Comments About Rape DavidL Aug 2012 #5
As I've said Claire... SoapBox Aug 2012 #8
And monkeys might fly out of his ass. HopeHoops Aug 2012 #6
So if one of the women GallopingGhost Aug 2012 #7
Wow. I guess he missed his 6th grade health class. Jennicut Aug 2012 #9
Post removed Post removed Aug 2012 #16
Let's start with learning the correct spelling of "semen," unless of course you are talking CTyankee Aug 2012 #24
Where did you hear that nonsense? Brigid Aug 2012 #29
I think the poster failed to understand the difference between viable sperm and non consensual sperm unapatriciated Aug 2012 #43
Go take biology again thecrow Aug 2012 #31
And if the woman gets wet during the attack Capt. Obvious Aug 2012 #42
Can you believe that Harry S. Truman came from Missouri? - n/t coalition_unwilling Aug 2012 #11
Harry S Truman, not S. jberryhill Aug 2012 #47
Now that is a piece of trivia I did not know about before today, so "thanks" coalition_unwilling Aug 2012 #48
And, still, nobody asked for his birth certificate jberryhill Aug 2012 #49
McCaskill needs to get a coalition together TroyD Aug 2012 #12
Missouri is ushering in entirely new levels of the stupid: between this story coalition_unwilling Aug 2012 #13
Republican candidate requirements: white, male, ignorant, and greedy. avebury Aug 2012 #14
Sex Ed 101 BelieveMe3 Aug 2012 #15
LOL - Would that be reversible sterilization? (BTW, my wife agrees with you that coalition_unwilling Aug 2012 #19
Excuse me Todd, women aren't computers sakabatou Aug 2012 #20
Lessons from Bennet vs. Buck TroyD Aug 2012 #21
Here is a video clip of the interview thecentristword Aug 2012 #22
I don't think you know what the implications are DavidL Aug 2012 #25
The key issue is whether Akin stays in TroyD Aug 2012 #26
Nice news, but do you have more solid links? DavidL Aug 2012 #35
Ah yes! The vile secret! Those women who got pregnant actually ENJOYED their "rape"! CTyankee Aug 2012 #23
I Saw This Post and Closed My Eyes. I Was Hoping That I Just Read It Wrong. Yavin4 Aug 2012 #27
DCCC petition calling on Romney & Ryan to denounce Akin TroyD Aug 2012 #28
I just love it when . . . Brigid Aug 2012 #30
Anti-abortion ploy WallaceRitchie Aug 2012 #32
Paul Ryan? Brigid Aug 2012 #33
Can we get that out there in America for women by DavidL Aug 2012 #34
wow davidpdx Aug 2012 #37
If he doesn't he probably had dinner with DavidL Aug 2012 #38
This may be his 'macacca' moment. nt cecilfirefox Aug 2012 #40
Todd Akin’s rape remark has GOP fretting TroyD Aug 2012 #41
So basically, if she likes it, Mad-in-Mo Aug 2012 #44
Oh, my... Blue_Roses Aug 2012 #45
He's not the first Republican lawmaker to say something like that. Jamastiene Aug 2012 #46
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