The fact that he couldn’t accurately repeat or source exactly what he said is his problem.
Allow me a similar example, guy says Bush changed the bank law so banks could have less then 25% in reserve. At that point, I didn’t know it was probably the Securities Exchange Commission in 2004 that changed the amount of reserve that Investment banks could have that he was talking about, so I couldn’t correct or counter the misinformation this individual has believed and/or was spouting. The point being, he thought and talked as if he was an authority on the subject.
Same logic, only in this example I bet he’s wrong and either is misinformed or has an agenda. Can I accept the next thing this guy says as fact? No.
Divergence.
First issue is the meaning of the words LEGITIMATE RAPE.
Second issue is FERTILITY.
Third issue is Akin apologizing for using the word LEGITIMATE, even though the meaning was blatantly obvious.
This whole controversy centers around the ABORTION ISSUE, and there is no limit to the amount of LYING and OBFUSCATION that will go on to further LEGAL GOVERNMENT (TAXPAYER) funded abortions BECAUSE.... organized crime runs the abortion clinics and they make a ton of money, part of which they funnel back to politicians. The same people who own the Abortion Clinics also own ADULT BOOK STORES, INTERNET PORN SITES, and STRIP CLUBS. Promotion of casual sex increases the number of unwanted pregnancies, and that MEANS MORE MONEY for them.
Even if Akin provided DOCUMENTED SOURCES for his claim, those who think he was saying that RAPE IS OK would never read it, nor listen to anyone who did.
Are you saying that he's wrong about claiming that women who are really RAPED get pregnant LESS than women who want to have a baby ?
Can I accept the next thing this guy says as fact?
SO... you think he is a LIAR because of the PUBLIC CONFUSION over the difference between LEGITIMATELY RAPED and LEGITIMATE RAPE ?
He said the latter, but the public is protesting over the former. Who would you trust ? The guy who said LEGITIMATE or the people who say (imply, conclude) he said LEGITIMATELY ?
Isn't this whole thing a repeat of the POTATO/POTATOE issue with Dan Quayle ? That one depended on the ignorance of the voting public, and this one does too.
Name one person in your locale who got pregnant from an actual forcible and violent rape. (The female lead in the NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET movie doesn't count. Besides, where would we be without Freddy Krueger ?)