Do you really think that is what he believes? Did you hear his apology?
"What I said was ill-conceived, and it was wrong," Akin said on former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee's radio show Monday. "I really just want to apologize to those that I've hurt."
"The controversy started after Akin, a six-term Missouri conservative now running against Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill, was asked in a local interview on Sunday whether he would support abortions for women who have been raped.
"It seems to me first of all, from what I understand from doctors, that's really rare," Akin said in the interview. "If it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down," Akin said of a rape victim's chances of becoming pregnant.
Some liberals tried to tie other Republicans to Akin's comments, noting that Romney's running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan, co-sponsored an abortion-related bill with Akin that would have limited federal funding for abortions to victims of forcible rape," rather than just rape. The FBI's definition of rape is known as "forcible rape," and it is used to distinguish between statutory rape and other kinds of rape.
Huckabee asked Akin whether he was talking about "forcible rape" when he used the term "legitimate rape."
"I was talking about forcible rape, and it was absolutely the wrong word," Akin said.
Akin said he understands that women can become pregnant from rape. "I didn't mean to imply that wasn't the case," he said. "That does happen."
No matter how you slice it, this is kooky stuff and not something conservatives need to be defending for the next 11 weeks when they should be focused on building on their 2010 victories and taking this nation back. Akins can spout his nonsense on Art Bell while we put a responsible adult in charge of winning the Missouri senate seat.
Do you really believe that the Dems will not go after any Rep who believes that abortion is wrong even in the case of rape and incest? Paul Ryan will be the next target as indicated above. Akin should have said "forcible" rape, not legitimate rape. Regardless, he made a verbal gaffe,
What I don't understand is why West would drag Akin into charges against him. Akin is a fellow Rep colleague in the House. Why diss him? Is it necessary to kick him when he is down? Just say nothing.
Thanks, kabar, you nailed it. That is precisely how I explained Akin’s comments to the naysayers here long before he came out with his clarification. It should be obvious to anyone what he meant given the context of his remarks. Obama’s “you didn’t build that” was not a gaffe, it was the entire context of his speech and of course of his anti-business policies. Dan Quayle misspelling “potato” is actually worse than this because it implies low education or actual stupidity. Absolutely every politician will use the wrong words at some point, and every human being can relate to that. Just like Obama with 57 states. No one believed Obama really thought there were 57 states. They knew it was a verbal slip-up. But they believed Dan Quayle really didn’t know how to spell “potato” and that was truly damaging.
We aren't playing a game of friendly table-tennis here. This election is for all the marbles. We lose and our country is likely finished. We must have the senate as well as the presidency in order to overturn Obamacare and get some decent Supreme Court justices appointed. Akin's gaffe may be a blessing in disguise because it occurred when we still had 48 hours to find another candidate. Otherwise we'd be stuck with him.
So I don't really care if Akin is a nice guy or not. If we don't replace him by tomorrow afternoon, he's going to be a liability that may cause us to fall short of our goals this November.