Todd Akin Takes Back Apology Over 'Legitimate Rape' Theory

[DonViejo]

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 ...

When a woman claims to have been raped, the police determine if the evidence supports the legal definition of 'rape.' Is it a legitimate claim of rape of an excuse to avoid an unwanted pregnancy?

... 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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[Xyzse]

1. Words fail me...

[Nye Bevan]

9. Sometimes "unredeemed troglodyte" just doesn't cover it.

I don't think the correct words actually exist.

[Xyzse]

15. None... Just ridiculous.

I mean, if I did say something, that might become my first hide. Soooo... Yeah.

[roguevalley]

26. I hope when he passes away that every woman and girl who died from a back alley

abortion meets him at the gate. That would be beneficial for his soul.

[hueymahl]

31. You paint a great picture

But it would require him to have a soul.

[roguevalley]

32. point taken, my friend.

[JaneyVee]

2. And this guy was on the GOP House Science Committee.

[randys1]

27. And right now 50 MIllion Americans would love him to be President

WAKE UP

we are under attack

these are NOT wingnuts, this is who the Republican party is and has ALWAYS BEEN

[F4lconF16]

29. You've got to be kidding me...

I never knew that. The anti-science and anti-intellectuallism in the US is astounding, and morally sickening in some cases.

[DirkGently]

3. THIS guy again? n/t

[Coventina]

4. Good luck with that.

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]

14. "How's that *outreach to women* going?"

Bad touch! Bad touch!

[Coventina]

18. No kidding.

Every time that moron opens his mouth, the first words he should say are, "Trigger alert!"

[Lochloosa]

5. Keeping digging that hole asshole. N/T

[riqster]

6. My head's "Akin", from reading that.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

7. The problem with stupid people is they're too stupid to know when to stop being stupid. n/t

[SummerSnow]

10. Yeah, what you said.

[hobbit709]

12. The only way to stop that level of stupid is if it was immediately, excruciatingly, painful.

[SummerSnow]

8. Whatever.Shut up and go away.

[Feron]

30. I respectfully disagree. He needs to keep talking.

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]

36. Indeed. An Akin/Huckabee roadshow would elect a lot of Dems. nt

[hamsterjill]

11. The old saying

"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]

13. Except republicans. I would suggest that they please proceed as often as possible. nt

[hamsterjill]

17. You do have a point!!!

n/t

[sheshe2]

21. Agreed! eom

[Arkansas Granny]

16. That's the way, Todd, just double down on the stupid.

[Babel_17]

19. He needs to answer some questions

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]

20. What a pathetic piece of shit.

...wishes he'd done more to "end this evil (that) easily trumps slavery as the greatest moral evil in history."

I hate men like this. Acting like some kind of moral authority on a topic he knows nothing about. Nothing.

[samsingh]

22. repug thinking

[stevenleser]

23. K&R&Shared everywhere. nt

[mcar]

24. Best to just stop explaining Todd

Yeesh, what a loser.

[logosoco]

25. You know, todd, just go away!

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]

28. Is he a slow learner...

...or does he have a bad memory? Sheesh.

[7962]

33. What a douche. I love to point him out to republican friends. they cringe.

[El Shaman]

34. Oh , chitt!!!

The 'hillbilly' is a gonna run again!!

[JohnnyRingo]

35. Of course he did.

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]

37. If women would tell themselves it is a legitimate rape and not get pregnant then we

Do away with birth control and .......