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We’re past that.

Um, no, we're not. If we were, FR wouldn't have these ongoing multi-hundred-comment threads about Todd Akin. And you still haven't answered my question - what does rape have to do with the 2012 Campaign?

We’re now at Priebus’s statement. Defend it.

Simple. If Akin were running as an independent candidate, he could tell everyone to shove off. But he's not, he's part of a bigger organization, benefitting from their help - and all they ask is that their candidates stay on topic - the lousy economy, Obama's incompetence, energy policy, etc.

THAT MEANS don't go wandering off and ramble about withcraft, rape, white supremacy, and any other eye-rolling crap that you know the other side will exploit. Easy, right?

Yet Todd Akin was incapable of following even that simple path. And when the RNC tried to contact him about it, his family put up a firewall and shut him off.

The RNC is under no obligation to support this selfish idiot any further.