They should ask Akin if he agrees with his wife’s comments that he was raped by the Republican Party.
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Ah...why should they do that? She’s not the candidate.
In a sense, he WAS raped by the Republican Party, and it was more like a gang rape, as the GOP toadies piled on.
“Rape” probably wasn’t the word she really wanted to use, however.
First off, I don't think men should be using the word "rape" in anything other than the literal meaning. It is something so horrifying to women that men really can't comprehend it. If Mrs. Akin wants to say this, on the other hand, she's a woman and she can get away with it.
But back to the main point...
I'm on Akin’s mailing list. He's been attacking the national Republican leadership for weeks now. This has turned into a really nasty race.
The blame for that falls squarely on the national Republican leadership.
Scott Brown may well have needed to distance himself from Akin. I believe in federalism and I do not have a problem with that. What works in Massachusetts won't necessarily work in Missouri, and vice versa.
What happened next with the massive anti-Akin attack was unnecessary at best, and has created the very real possibility that Akin will enter the United States Senate with a mandate to attack Republican leadership as weak-knee compromisers who hate Christians almost as much as they fear Christians.
I would never have asked for this, but when life deals lemons, it's time to make lemonade. Having Akin become a Christian conservative standardbearer in the Senate proving that Christians win when we stand on pro-life principles would not be a bad thing.