[PauldArco]

Look, I knew exactly what he meant... REAL cases of rape, not bogus rape claims that NOW and NARAL et al want to trumpet as excuses for taxpayer-paid abortion-on-demand.

Politicians say stupid things all the time... we want a smooth talker we get Slick Willie and BHO... Missouri Right to Life and the Susan B. Anthony group have come out in support... they care more about substance than all this fake outrage and indignation strutting about like real concern for women.

Everyone should calm down. Quit acting squirrelly everytime the Left gets offended..

[jboot]

I guess we live in different worlds. In the world I live in, a left-leaning cabal of influential media voices runs interference for the Democrats while working overtime to destroy Republican candidates. A "gaffe" by a Democrat will be quickly minimized and forgotten, while a "gaffe" by a Republican will lead every news show from now until the election.

Also, in the world that I live in the majority of voters are fickle and tend to vote based on their impression of a candidate rather than on a set of core values and principles. By November their impression of Akins will be very, very firmly ingrained.

It's an ignorant, unfair world that I live in, but it is what it is.