Why are so many Republicans against a pro-life conservative politician? Is it because he reintroduced the abortion debate (with his misspeak) which Romney was so “cleverly” was hiding?
pro-life and abortion is not the issue.
I think the issue is that he was so unprepared to answer a question that he should have been prepared to answer. He wasn’t only wrong, he was stunningly wrong.
His position can be rationally explained, it’s just that what he said isn’t the way to do it. Nowhere even close.
That more people don’t see that with clarity is astonishing.
“Why are so many Republicans against a pro-life conservative politician”
Akin is a coward. He only got in trouble because he tried to justify his prolife position by claiming that pregnancy is impossible in cases of rape. The man is an idiot. He should leave.
You can't be real! Rather than face Akin's ignorance and egotism, you want to pretend this is a grand conspiracy to "get" a pro-lifer. None-sense.
If you care about pro-life issues, you must realize Akin's done immeasurable damage to the pro-life cause with his ignorant comments. Thanks to him, those values will have one less voice from Missouri because McCaskill's about the be reelected.
Ask yourself this: was Akin supported by the party and the CrossRoad's PAC before his comments? Yes. Did he hold pro-life views before those comments? Yes. There you go. End of story.
The issues Akin claims to value are more important than he is, the Republicans asking him to get out understand that but, sadly, Akin does not.