Akin talked about “legitimate rape.” What’s wrong with saying that? We all know that not all rape accusations are legitimate. Remember when the Duke lacrosse team was falsely accused of rape? False accusations like that happen all the time. When rape is legitimate is is wrong and needs to be prosecuted, but please don’t overreact to Akin’s comments because he meant well. Todd Akin is that you? Is he a relative? Do you work on his staff? Or are you just a blinkered zealot like he is? That's the only support Akin has left."Taken out of context"? If "legitimate rape" was the only thing he said that would be bad enough, but he made it sound like pregancy could help you determine the truth of a rape claim while simultaneously parroting quack science. Sure Mark Levin, Rush, Hannity, the entire conservative blogosphere and every Republican who has spoken out on this so far are the "liberal media elite" and the "East Coast Republican Establishment." Conservatives are not attacking this guy because he is firmly pro-life. God bless anybody who wants to make that case effectively. They are attacking him because he is both politically inept and objectively stupid. He gravely reduced our chances of winning the Senate and repealing ObamaCare, not to mention the pro-life cause and the general reputation of Evangelicals by playing directly to the stereotype of an ignorant, sexist, scientifically illiterate fundamentalist dummy who hasn't thought through his own beliefs--right when we were finally building momentum. What's his next destructive gaffe going to be?
You do know that the Duke case was never brought to trial, don’t you?
All the opinions were formed by TV publicity.
No one really knows what happened as the defendants had enough money to hire good attorneys who proceeded to ruin the reputations of both the DA and the accuser.
What do you really know? There was no trial and no testimony, so believe whatever your bias tells you, but that is not the American way. Victims beware! Money rules this world. That is how Romney won the primary.