Maybe Akin’s an idiot; never heard of him til this blew up. Was he drunk?
I don’t think he meant to imply rape could ever be ‘legitimate’; he grabbed the wrong word while trying to make a distinction between violent, forced rape by a stranger and things like “date rape.” I don’t think anyone could argue that the latter causes the same level of trauma caused in cases of the former.
Surprising how quickly the media jumped him; it seems they’d already set the type on the presses. I almost think they secretly hypnotized him or implanted some brain control device...
At any rate, by now he’s got a pretty fair idea of what it’s like to be raped.
Here’s what we’ve missed
I haven't seen any commentary on 'bams'(from now on I'm using the plural possessive form because there are so many of him) remarks during his 'surprise' press meeting. He always says more than he says. At the presser he said:
"it shows that politicians, most of whom are men, have no business making decisions on behalf of women's health.." -- well, it went something like that, though perhaps not word-for-word.
We should be all over this:
"Mr President, weren't those politicians precisely the ones who passed your health-care bill?"
"Yo' bam! What the hell do you mean? Our government is based on politicians passing legislation; bad as it is, it's the best I've seen. You got something better?"
"Holy smoke! You seem to think you do! You're figuring on one of you Czars running the show! Isn't that right?