[Ted Grant]

I think the issue is that he was so unprepared to answer a question that he should have been prepared to answer. He wasn’t only wrong, he was stunningly wrong.

His position can be rationally explained, it’s just that what he said isn’t the way to do it. Nowhere even close.

That more people don’t see that with clarity is astonishing.

[mlizzy]

I think the issue is that he was so unprepared to answer a question that he should have been prepared to answer. He wasn’t only wrong, he was stunningly wrong. His position can be rationally explained, it’s just that what he said isn’t the way to do it. Nowhere even close. That more people don’t see that with clarity is astonishing.

Todd Akin's words (although clumsy) actually made me smile a bit, for any man who attempts to broach this topic, is a true champion of faith to me. Both Huckabee and Santorum had some difficulty too. It's only natural that one might stumble, as our nation has turned to the killing of their own children (for 40 years now!) as a "solution" to selfishness, or suffering, abuse, or others' threats. Just not a cheery topic, yet there's so much pressure for the killing to continue and the damage to the mothers be done.

Akin did his best at that time (and he'd agree with you he was ill prepared), he apologized, and I pray he continues on, and that people get over their smallness (and heal!) and realize what it is that makes a man big.

[LearsFool]

it’s just that what he said isn’t the way to do it. Nowhere even close.

Unbelievable. Our opponents are killing babies right and left, and when a man steps up and stands up to them, we want him dragged off the battlefield because he's not eloquent enough.

What utter cowards we are.