He was entirely correct to say that pregnancies in cases of forcible rape are rare.Umm, that's not what he said.
Forcible 
legitimate
Hey..it was Akins own mouth that did this..could he be trying to take the heat off Biden?
whew, a peer reviewed medical journal doing a specific study on rape and conception. The American College Of Obstetrics and Gynecology can stand by Akin.
What a bunch of nonsense. Akin is a clueless political hack who cannot articulate a reasoned pro life position and is completely incapable of winning a state wide election in Missouri.
He is joined in his quest for loser immortality by others who aspire to being beaten by one of the worst Senators to ever trod the floors of the Upper Chamber. Missouri has plenty of true Conservatives who can carry our banner proudly and high. We don’t need to back this moron.
This guy is a far bigger idiot than Akin. At least Akin sounded sincere and heartfelt in his ignorance of science - and even admitted so.
A dog would be a better candidate than Doorstop Akin... Hey you American Family Association, either get on board for a win or keep gumming “legitimate rape” with Akin and sink to the bottom of the sea.
Thanks akin you fool..when my children.. and yours as well, die waiting for basic medical services in the future..I hope you have a special place with satan...
Evidently, I read today, Akin kin Mrs Akin is achin’ to be called Missus Senator.
If Akin had kept his ignorant mouth shut, the discussion would center around Obama’s failed Economy and Slow Joe's Circus Act. Now we may lose a slam dunk chance to pickup a Senate Seat and other Republicans Races are in jeopardy including getting control of the Senate. We may have to rename Akins “Mr. Obamacare”.
Mr. Akin is the only one responsible for his fate. What a Political novice this guy is. He is a hero in his own mind.
Women get pregnant all the time from rape. To pretend otherwise is being willfully stupid.
They also get Sexually transmitted diseases. I suppose some people think we should withhold treatment for that..
This fool (atkins) is single handily changing the dynamics of the race. The dems want to talk about anything other than the economy and this dope has given them an issue on a silver platter.
Just think of how much damage Obama will do in the next 4 years if reelected.
The stress these articles talk about is long term cumulative stress which can create anything from insomnia to coronaries. None of these articles states that acute immediately stressful situations shut down reproductive systems. And Akin’s implication is that in most cases a rape that results in pregnancy was not a traumatic rape i.e.an attack.
He was entirely correct to say that pregnancies in cases of forcible rape are rare.Umm, that's not what he said.
Forcible legitimate
So I guess Sarah Palin, Rush Limbaugh, and Allen West are RINOs now
The Republican Establishment never wanted Akin, and will use this Press generated dustup to refuse him the support they never intended to give him anyway.
the world has seen war babies produced by forcible rape for thousands of years most recently in the former Yugoslavia republic. Rape was at one time, an integral part of war as was pillaging and it’s purpose was to impregnate.
Tis the republicans fault for letting him get the nomination the way I see it. Sure, Claire gave money and swayed dem voters to vote for him but what happened to the all knowing Roves, RNC, RSC, etc? They should have seen this coming and pumped money into the candidate they wanted. Do they themselves not know how important a senate seat is?
He is now the candidate and nothing short of death or resignation will change it, so support him or give up. He can be reconstituted and it will take lots of money and an aggressive crew to do it.
Have been around FR for a few years and I have seen constant complaints about R’s that won’t fight, what a pussy, grow a pair. It is now put up or shut up time.
The R’s have done what they have done so well in the past and that is to eat their own.
Do the Pro-Abort PhonyCons realize, that, if they keep whining about Akin not dropping out....the Pro-Life Conservative voters (already leery of Romney) will withhold their vote for Romney?
No Pro-Life Conservative is going to tolerate this continued attacks on Akin from the Pro-Abort wing of the party
Bryan, what you don’t seem to understand is that the GOP is made up of cowards. They always cut and run in the face of criticism from the left. That is why the GOP can not be trusted in politics, war, or even a game of checkers. Members of that club would rather stab their own in the back than to stand up and fight for one of their own who screwed up. It would not matter if the GOP managed to get 70 seats in the Senate it will still find an excuse not to repeal Obamcare or reduce the size of government. How much longer are conservatives going to continue to fall victim to the GOP?
1. Very few people outside Missouri knew who Todd Akin was before this weekend, or still would if he were moderately coherent. And that includes the “eeeeevil GOP Establishment and the liberal media”, let alone the rank-and-file. In fact, go outside his district and I think finding people inside Missouri who knew who he was would have been a dodgy proposition. The only thing people know about Todd Akin is he said something really dumb, of the kind of dumb that the Democrats and the actual liberal media really love to hear from Republicans and use to make other Republicans and conservatives, politicians, staffers, media folk and rank-and-filers alike miserable, especially during election campaigns. Which the Dems and the actual liberal media are in fact doing right now with more relish than a Chicago dog. And entirely unsurprisingly, the guys on our side are extremely unhappy with Akin because of it. In short it’s not personal, it’s business.
2. If you want the “eeeeevil GOP Establishment and liberal media” to move on from this and give Todd a fair chance to run his race and discuss the issues, it might be at least minimally helpful in that regard to stop waving studies around and saying “He was right! He was right! See? See?” and talk about something else.
3. If we’re now trying to stretch the terms “GOP Establishment” and “liberal media” far enough to include Sarah Palin, those terms have become entirely meaningless.
Akin is radioactive. The commie press will repeat his insane remark 24 hours a day every day until he’s gone, using it to try and tar every other Republican in 2012 and to avoid having to report on the economy and Obama’s record in general. This is what the commie media have been waiting for: a way to define Republicans as extremist nut jobs, and Akin is their perfect storm. I don’t care who he is or what he stands for, Akin has simply got to go. Period.
I still would like to hear him explain “legitimate rape”.
What rape is legit?