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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTodd Akin Takes Back Apology Over 'Legitimate Rape' Theory
Todd Akin and the rest of America agree on one thing: his odds of beating Sen. Claire McCaskill in his 2012 Missouri Senate race would have been better if not for the whole "legitimate rape" incident. In his new book Firing Back: Taking on the Party Bosses and Media Elite to Protect Our Faith and Freedom, Akin defends the "science" behind his comments and lists all the establishment Republicans who did him wrong.
In this new excerpt from Politico, Akin writes that wishes he'd done more to "end this evil (that) easily trumps slavery as the greatest moral evil in history." More importantly, he regrets apologizing. "By asking the public at large for forgiveness, I was validating the willful misinterpretation of what I had said," he wrote.
What he said in 2012 was that women rarely get pregnant from "legitimate rape" because "the female body has ways of shutting that whole thing down. His defense of "legitimate rape" comes down to this: if a woman isn't lying about being raped ...
... then the stress of the attack will stop conception, because non-rape related stress sometimes contributes to a couples struggles to conceive. Akin argues that fertility doctors "debate and discuss" the impact of stress fertilization, and you should "google" it if you don't believe him.
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http://www.thewire.com/politics/2014/07/todd-akin-takes-back-apology-over-legitimate-rape-theory/374214/
Xyzse
(8,217 posts)Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)I don't think the correct words actually exist.
Xyzse
(8,217 posts)I mean, if I did say something, that might become my first hide. Soooo... Yeah.
roguevalley
(40,656 posts)abortion meets him at the gate. That would be beneficial for his soul.
hueymahl
(2,447 posts)But it would require him to have a soul.
roguevalley
(40,656 posts)JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)randys1
(16,286 posts)WAKE UP
we are under attack
these are NOT wingnuts, this is who the Republican party is and has ALWAYS BEEN
F4lconF16
(3,747 posts)I never knew that. The anti-science and anti-intellectuallism in the US is astounding, and morally sickening in some cases.
DirkGently
(12,151 posts)Coventina
(27,052 posts)How's that outreach to women going?
Trust me, every woman who hasn't been raped knows one (or more) who has.
This is personal. And real. And making light of it will NOT benefit male (or female) politicians.
Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)Bad touch! Bad touch!
Coventina
(27,052 posts)Every time that moron opens his mouth, the first words he should say are, "Trigger alert!"
Lochloosa
(16,057 posts)riqster
(13,986 posts)Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)hobbit709
(41,694 posts)SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)Feron
(2,063 posts)Even better now that fellow shitstain Huckabee is white knighting him.
I hope they both do a book tour together and keep reminding people of how rape pregnancies never happen. And how Republicans view women on the same level as livestock.
SunSeeker
(51,504 posts)hamsterjill
(15,220 posts)"It is better to remain silent and thought a fool rather than to speak up and remove all doubt".
In this case, Todd is two for two!
redqueen
(115,101 posts)hamsterjill
(15,220 posts)n/t
sheshe2
(83,637 posts)Arkansas Granny
(31,505 posts)Babel_17
(5,400 posts)So these rape victims, by the power of their mind, are aborting their pregnancies? And this is his approved method of abortion, in case of legitimate rape? Does it also work the morning after?
If abortion becomes a crime, like murder, will he want to prosecute these women for that thought crime? Would they be guilty of not thinking happy thoughts?
If he favors abortion by mind power for legitimate rapes, does he offer a program that will help? Will counselors come over and help stress the women? Maybe call them "Whore" and parade them in public?
I hope they next time he gets interviewed, or shows his face in public, questions along that line get asked.
Another link: http://www.salon.com/2014/07/10/deranged_todd_akin_is_back_and_steps_in_it_again/
CrispyQ
(36,413 posts)I hate men like this. Acting like some kind of moral authority on a topic he knows nothing about. Nothing.
samsingh
(17,590 posts)stevenleser
(32,886 posts)mcar
(42,278 posts)Yeesh, what a loser.
logosoco
(3,208 posts)Aside from voting against you, my niece and I spent the drive from St. Louis to Springfield and back again giving the finger to every Akin sign we saw. You have shown the women in Missouri that you don't understand them or how their bodies work, so please, DO NOT ever try again for public office.
Thank you!
3catwoman3
(23,943 posts)...or does he have a bad memory? Sheesh.
7962
(11,841 posts)El Shaman
(583 posts)The 'hillbilly' is a gonna run again!!
JohnnyRingo
(18,614 posts)He apologized as a politician, but he's retracting it to sell books.
What's sad is that it may work. At least some conservatives will see this dick move as a commendable reason to buy a copy.
He's finally made president of the Totally Ignorant Asshole Club, so he'll always have that.
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)Do away with birth control and .......