Akin, should have simply, recognized what he did was suicide this election cycle, stepped aside and could have returned in the future to fight again, instead he refused to recognize a serious temporary wound, and through another act of stupidity (the first being believing that rape victims are less likely to become pregnant due to magical uteruses) turned this temporary serious wound into a mortal one.
Had he stepped aside quickly, laid low, he could have returned in another cycle and kept on trucking politically. Instead he insisted on sticking around and basically become a millstone around the entire party and cause. He’s now without any chance of returning to politics after this election, unless he would miraculously win, which ain’t gonna happen.
I’m a conservative, I’m Pro Life, and if all he was being attacked for was using the term “legitimate rape” I’d defend the guy, but him truly believing rape has a lower incident of pregnancy than consentual sex is beyond ignorant.
And before you fools come out of the woodwork trying to argue stress affects pregnancy, here’s the FACTS.. 1 time sex act whether consentual or forced has the EXACT same statistical chance of leading to pregnancy!!! PERIOD.
It appears that elections are not over for Democrats until every disputable chad is counted again and again and ... to their satisfaction.
And elections are not over for the GOPe until soundbytes are counted again and again and... and they get the candidate that they want.