However, I respect a fighter. Akin has shown that he can take the heat and not back down. I think a lot of Missouri voters will feel the same way when the go to the polls in November. So I wish Akin luck and hope he picks up the seat for us after all.
“However, I respect a fighter.”
And we’ve got to respect the voters in local elections, too. He sure did make a screwball statement. But if his constituents want that from their representative, then that’s what they should have. That’s what being a Republic is all about.