Oh, THAT’s what’s it’s about. Competence spelled play-the-game? Competence is worthless without truth-telling and other prized ethics. Is competence now measured by how efficiently one lies? And how exactly does Akin’s core belief on abortion remotely affect his competence in a thousand other spheres?
Competence is that any pro-life Republican running against an incumbent Democrat in a senate race should expect the “abortion in cases of rape and incest” question to be asked just as anyone taking a driving test should be expected to be asked to make a left turn.
So said candidate should have long before then have a answer to that question prepared that is 1) pro-life 2)articulate and well thought out and 3) persuasive.
The fact this guy didn’t tells me he’s never ran a real campaign(i.e. one not in a heavily Republican district), and isn’t ready for prime time.
He didn’t get caught on some obscure gotcha topic, he failed to be prepared for most obvious and cliched trap in the book.
Incompetence is the only appropriate description of his lack of preparedness.
I don’t agree that’s it’s about competence but I do think he should drop out. The fact that he got so deep into a social issue like abortion shows he’s prone to fighting the wrong battles for this election. Dems thrive on distraction and with their current record that’s all they have going for them. I’m 100% pro-life but I know we can do more good if we take back the Senate than during a campaign.
We need someone who can stay on point.