excellent article on how Akin’s moronic statement has hurt his fellow pro-lifers.
http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2012/08/21/akins-crime-against-pro-lifers/
Yeah, due to his stupid statements, the well has been poisoned on the question of abortion in rape cases, probably for months, maybe even a year. And that’s assuming that he doesn’t continue to be be a gaffe-machine until the elections.
All this guy did was parrot the same things the bed wetters have been saying.
Yes, he has hurt pro-lifers, especially those who seek public office. The voters cannot be sure whether or not they view their candidacies as ordained by God and divined by Providence. So they view themselves as exempt from the consequences of their words and actions. They’re on a “mission from God” and that’s all there is to it. Everybody else can just get lost.