Akin makes a one sentence statement that should not have been said—the Repub’s then throw away the race. With a little support, Akin might have won and moved the R party forward in the US Senate.
Every day, some Dem makes a public statement of far greater horror and one that will harm a big swath of Americans. The Dem party doesn’t even blink an eye and so we have the Pelosi’s, Bidens, Feinsteins, not only winning elections but sitting is positions of prominence. Is this screwed up or what?
You are obviously not familiar with the sitaution at all. There are MANY MANY MANY reasons besides that one statement. Pay a tad more attention.
Everyone makes mistakes, including "misstatements".
What Mister Akin said, however was what he really believed. There is no coming back from saying that women who are victims of "legitimate" rape rarely get pregnant.
This was not a gaffe, it was a window into the alleged thinking and the absolute stupidity and ignorance (they are different, of course) and unelectability that is one Mister Akin.
Some one-sentence statements are so damnably illuminating that you just cannot walk them back.
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You think?.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bs23CjIWMgA