[Yashcheritsiy]

Perhaps so, but I find it ironic that while everyone is hot to dump Akin because of one stupid comment, people nevertheless cling white-knuckled to Mitt Romney, who has two decades worth of statist policies and left-wing idiocy to his record.

If we’re so blithe to void the results of a primary and get rid of Akin, then why don’t we do the same to Romney and pick a better candidate who is more conservative and who can actually get the base behind him enthusiastically?

[Cyber Liberty]

... one stupid comment ...

There are stupid comments, and then there are white-hot, surface of the sun type stupid comments. Expounding on the magical abilities of women's reproductive organs that can ward off "rape sperm" is thermonuclear hot stupid. Meta-stupid. So stupid to be so far off the chart it actually seems intelligent. There are some third-rails that are so toxic they don't even get talked about, and rape is one of them.

It's astounding to me a six-term Congressman failed to notice this salient fact.

[cripplecreek]

If we’re so blithe to void the results of a primary and get rid of Akin, then why don’t we do the same to Romney and pick a better candidate who is more conservative and who can actually get the base behind him enthusiastically?

So I'm not the only one to notice that blatant hypocrisy. Not to mention some seriously stupid crap that falls out of his mouth.

[Starstruck]

If we’re so blithe to void the results of a primary and get rid of Akin, then why don’t we do the same to Romney and pick a better candidate who is more conservative and who can actually get the base behind him enthusiastically?

You can call for that. Nobody is denying your right to do so. Won't do any good so our best choice is to win the House and Senate to put brakes on Romney. This guy is toast. Whether Akin is right or wrong is not my issue. Tilting at windmills is for another time, another place.