[Jacquerie]

The posters who spent most of the last week hammering Akin for a lesser offense sure are quiet this morning.

[justice14]

If you can’t see the difference between a gaffe and a belief, then I am sorry for you.

[Uncle Chip]

"more government less freedom"

It may not have been a gaffe but his subconscious speaking because he knows what's coming despite words to the contrary.

What's ironic is that the night that Akin won the primary those were his exact words that he said that his campaign was going to be about -- but in reverse order:

"More Freedom Less Government."

[LRoggy]

In my case Jacquerie it is because I made my point and went on to other things. Obviously, unlike you, I don’t believe the END JUSTIFIES THE MEANS. Just because Todd might win the election does not change my feeling towards what I feel about him and the quotes. If he wins, more power to him. But I don’t compromise my thinking based on results, but on my core ethics and beliefs.

Any other ‘progressive-style’ questions or smart-ass comments you’d like to ask me about?

[Optimus Prime]

Are you serious? It's obvious that Rubio simply accidentally switched the words. There's an ENORMOUS difference between that and sincerely stating ones belief that a woman's body has defenses which allow them to shut down their reproduction in the event of legitimate rape... which would come as a surprise to all those women in Eastern Europe who became pregnant after they were raped by Russian soldiers. But according to Akin, since they all became pregnant that wasn't legitimate rape, and they must've wanted it to happen, right?

If you really can't see the difference between those two things then you're a lost cause.

[Republican Wildcat]

The posters who spent most of the last week hammering Akin for a lesser offense sure are quiet this morning.

A lesser offense...saying something off the wall while discussing rape vs. accidentally transposing words in a sentence. Are you truly being serious or are you being sarcastic?