[Brookhaven]

Unfortunately, all that is balanced out by one quote: “If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.”

That’s right up there with Rep. Hank Johnson’s quote about the island of Guam: “My fear is that the whole island will become so overly populated that it will tip over and capsize.”

Statements like these make voters believe (rightly or wrongly) that the speaker is—to put it bluntly—too stupid to hold elected office. Not misinformed; not mistaken; stupid.

You will never get a majority of voters in a statewide race to vote for someone they feel is too stupid to hold office.

Like it or not, Aiken has placed this brand on himself, and the damage can’t be undone—ever.

[tsowellfan]

Heck, forget a sentence. Try spelling potato wrong (as Vice-President) and see where it takes your career. Anybody who thinks Akin still has a chance is DANGEROUSLY wrong.

[beenaround]

You will never get a majority of voters in a statewide race to vote for someone they feel is too stupid to hold office.

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LOL, really? Care to explain how Maxine Waters gets elected and re elected?